John O’Groats to Lands End

1 In which Scottish county is John O’Groats located?

2 On which river does the city of Dundee stand?

3 Which was the first British city to have pavements?

4 In which industrial town was the Co-operative Movement founded?

5 What is the county town of Derbyshire?

6 Dunkery Beacon is the highest point of which county?

7 Which county is home to an area known as the Dukeries?

8 In which city was Dick Turpin hanged?

9 In which county was Princess Diana born?

10 In which town is the novel The French Lieutenant’s Woman set?

11 What is the home county of the Dursley family in the Harry Potter novels?

12 Which area of London is known as Kangaroo Alley as it is a popular residential area for Australians?

13 Which county is home to the Clee Hills?

14 Which bridge connects Haysgate to Almondsbury?

15 What has been the Lord Mayor of London’s official residence since 1753?

16 In what year did the Pepsi Max Big One open on Blackpool Pleasure Beach?

17 In which county is the painting the Haywain set?

18 Which island off the coast of Devon takes its name from the Norse for puffin?

19 In 1985, where did the Battle of the Beanfield take place?

20 What nickname given to an inhabitant of Wiltshire is also the title of a James Bond film?

21 How is the Collegiate Church of St Peter otherwise known?

22 Which city is served by Temple Meads railway station?

23 Which town is home to the National Library of Wales?

24 Opened in 1957, what was Britain’s first safari park?

25 Which county is home to the Peckforton Hills?

26 Which city is nicknamed the City of a 1000 Trades?

27 What is the name of the Queen’s estate in Norfolk?

28 Which building’s outside wall houses a statue by Jacob Epstein of St Michael slaying the Devil?

29 In London, what has ten rising gates?

30 What was the parliamentary constituency of Margaret Thatcher from 1958 to 1991?

31 What are the Great Tom in Oxford and Great Dunstan in Canterbury?

32 The London theatres The Apollo and The Lyric are both located on which thoroughfare?

33 Which London street is nicknamed the Street of Ink?

34 Which county is also the name for a four wheeled carriage?

35 In which county was Britain’s first lifeguard training centre opened?

36 Gosport naval base is located in which county?

37 Which London arts centre was opened to the public in 1982?

38 Which novel by Graham Greene features the character of Pinkie Brown?

39 From which county did the Tollpuddle Martyrs hail?

40 What P is the name of the Cornish peninsula at which Land’s End is located?

Answers to John O’Groats to Land’s End

1 Caithness
2 Tay
3 Edinburgh
4 Rochdale
5 Matlock
6 Somerset
7 Nottinghamshire
8 York
9 Norfolk
10 Lyme Regis
11 Surrey
12 Earl’s Court
13 Shropshire
14 Severn Road Bridge
15 Mansion House
16 1994
17 Suffolk
18 Lundy
19 Stonehenge
20 Moonraker
21 Westminster Abbey
22 Bristol
23 Aberystwyth
24 Longleat
25 Cheshire
26 Birmingham
27 Sandringham
28 Coventry Cathedral
29 Thames Flood Barrier
30 Finchley
31 Bells
32 Shaftesbury Avenue
33 Fleet Street
34 Surrey
35 Cornwall
36 Hampshire
37 The Barbican
38 Brighton Rock
39 Dorset
40 Penwith