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In which county is the Lake District?
Counties - English Counties 2
There are different uses for the word 'county'. These quizzes are about the 48 geographic counties of England - sometimes known as the ceremonial counties.
How well do you know the English counties - here is your chance to find out!
1 .
What is the name of this geographic county?
Buckinghamshire
Tyne and Wear
Northumberland
Kent
Admin HQ at Morpeth
More castles than any other county
Contains some of the Cheviot Hills
County flower is the Bloody Cranesbill
Collieries and coal mines were at Ellington and Ashington
Bobby and Jack Charlton born at Ashington
'Capability' Brown (landscape designer) born at Kirkharle
George Stephenson (engineer) born at Wylam
Grace Darling (Victorian heroine) born at Bamburgh
Tidal island at Lindisfarne
2 .
What is the name of this geographic county?
Shropshire
Somerset
Dorset
Essex
No cities
3 large ports – Poole, Weymouth and Portland
Poole is one of the largest natural harbours in the world
Experimental new town near Dorchester
Thomas Hardy born at Higher Bockhampton
Airport at Hurn
Popular tourist towns of Lyme Regis and Swanage
Seaside resorts of Bournemouth and Weymouth
Swannery at Abbotsbury
One of the most expensive places to live in Europe is Sandbanks near Poole
3 .
What is the name of this geographic county?
Northumberland
Gloucestershire
Tyne and Wear
Isle of Wight
"Angel of the North" near the A1
Locals called Geordies
Contains part of Hadrian's Wall
Metro centre at Gateshead
Jarrow Hall (formerly Bede's World) at Jarrow
Daniel Defoe lived in Hillgate
Stephenson's Rocket was built in Newcastle
The first public demonstration of a light bulb was in Newcastle
First church in Britain to have stained glass windows was Monkwearmouth