English Counties Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Ipswich is the county town of which ceremonial county?
Essex
Norfolk
Suffolk
Cambridgeshire
2. The White Cliffs of Dover are found in which ceremonial county?
Kent
West Sussex
Essex
East Sussex
3. A route leaves Suffolk by crossing its western boundary. Which ceremonial county can it enter directly?
Bedfordshire
Cambridgeshire
Hertfordshire
Northamptonshire
4. Which ceremonial county includes the city of Manchester?
Lancashire
Merseyside
West Yorkshire
Greater Manchester
5. If you travel north from Newcastle upon Tyne and leave Tyne and Wear, which ceremonial county are you most likely to enter?
Northumberland
Cumbria
County Durham
North Yorkshire
6. A walking holiday includes Keswick, Kendal, and the Lake District. Which ceremonial county is the main destination?
Northumberland
North Yorkshire
Cumbria
Lancashire
7. For ceremonial purposes, the city of York belongs to which county?
East Riding of Yorkshire
North Yorkshire
South Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
8. The historic city of Chester is located in which ceremonial county?
Shropshire
Staffordshire
Merseyside
Cheshire
9. Which ceremonial county contains the city of Cambridge?
Hertfordshire
Bedfordshire
Cambridgeshire
Northamptonshire
10. A history trip combines Stonehenge with the nearby city of Salisbury. Which ceremonial county contains both?
Hampshire
Wiltshire
Dorset
Somerset
11. A visitor staying in Bakewell plans to explore the surrounding Peak District. Which ceremonial county are they in?
Staffordshire
South Yorkshire
Nottinghamshire
Derbyshire
12. A form asks for the ceremonial county containing the city of Bristol. Which answer is correct?
Somerset
Bristol
Gloucestershire
Wiltshire
13. The Sandringham Estate, a royal residence near the Wash, is in which ceremonial county?
Lincolnshire
Suffolk
Cambridgeshire
Norfolk
14. Which pair of ceremonial counties shares a land boundary?
Oxfordshire and Warwickshire
Kent and Cambridgeshire
Cornwall and Somerset
Norfolk and Northamptonshire
15. You want to visit both Bath and Wells while staying within the same ceremonial county. Which county should you choose?
Somerset
Wiltshire
Gloucestershire
Dorset
16. Driving east from Cornwall, which ceremonial county do you enter after crossing Cornwall's only land boundary?
Somerset
Dorset
Devon
Gloucestershire