The British Isles


1Name Britain’s longest river.
2What is the highest mountain in England?
3Which city is known as the ‘Granite City’?
4Aquae Sulis is the Roman name for which modern city?
5Which range of hills in the west country has Cheddar Gorge and it’s caves as well as Wookey Hole caves?
6What is the name of the extensive area of marshland on the south-east coast of Kent?
7What is the name of the World Heritage Site on the coastline of Dorset and East Devon?
8On which island are the Cuillin Hills?
9Which word, common in the South of England, describes a steep-sided river valley where the water flows through coastal cliffs to the sea?
10What was the UK’s earliest National Park?
quiz kindly submitted by jim Cutler on 20th July 2011