A quick look at the 2,579 small villages you can be asked to find on the map, before you play.
GuessTheDot is a free geography guessing game: you get a place name and a map full of dots, then click the one you think is right.
The hardest tier: places small enough that even many locals would need a map. This is where the best players separate themselves from everyone else.
In the United Kingdom this set is spread across 159 different counties, with Norfolk home to the most of them (84).
Place kinds on GuessTheDot are a practical grouping by population and place type for gameplay, not a legal or historical designation. A place can hold official city rights (or an old city charter) and still show up here as a village if it stayed small, and the other way around: this is a rough size ladder for guessing, not a statement about a place's official status.
Only the 250 biggest fit on this page. The game still picks from all 2,579.
| Place | Population | county |
|---|---|---|
| Sherburn in Elmet | 6,657 | North Yorkshire |
| Girvan | 6,650 | South Ayrshire |
| Thornhill | 6,635 | Cardiff |
| Willington | 6,633 | County Durham |
| Rishton | 6,625 | Lancashire |
| North Anston | 6,610 | Rotherham |
| Wadebridge | 6,599 | Cornwall |
| Chapel en le Frith | 6,598 | Derbyshire |
| Send | 6,597 | Surrey |
| Westgate on Sea | 6,594 | Kent |
| Kelty | 6,590 | Fife |
| Lochgelly | 6,586 | Fife |
| Saint Blazey | 6,575 | Cornwall |
| Harefield | 6,573 | Greater London |
| Greenhithe | 6,567 | Kent |
| Southam | 6,567 | Warwickshire |
| Downside | 6,564 | Surrey |
| Waltham | 6,563 | North East Lincolnshire |
| Chapelhall | 6,560 | North Lanarkshire |
| Whetstone | 6,556 | Leicestershire |
| Skelton | 6,538 | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Filey | 6,530 | North Yorkshire |
| Anstey | 6,528 | Leicestershire |
| Midhurst | 6,514 | West Sussex |
| Newbridge | 6,509 | Caerphilly County Borough |
| Godmanchester | 6,506 | Cambridgeshire |
| Abertridwr | 6,504 | Caerphilly County Borough |
| Benwell | 6,500 | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Currie | 6,500 | City of Edinburgh |
| Leiston | 6,495 | Suffolk |
| Dromore | 6,492 | Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon |
| Stainforth | 6,483 | Doncaster |
| Liphook | 6,480 | Hampshire |
| Newarthill | 6,480 | North Lanarkshire |
| Tadcaster | 6,480 | North Yorkshire |
| Olney | 6,477 | Milton Keynes |
| Wroughton | 6,474 | Borough of Swindon |
| Washingborough | 6,463 | Lincolnshire |
| Kilkeel | 6,447 | Newry Mourne and Down |
| Witley | 6,437 | Surrey |
| Wingerworth | 6,430 | Derbyshire |
| Market Weighton | 6,429 | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Houston | 6,420 | Renfrewshire |
| Castle Donington | 6,416 | Leicestershire |
| Heighington | 6,414 | Lincolnshire |
| Bothwell | 6,410 | South Lanarkshire |
| Ruddington | 6,404 | Nottinghamshire |
| Stockton Heath | 6,396 | Warrington |
| Countesthorpe | 6,377 | Leicestershire |
| Burntisland | 6,370 | Fife |
| Loanhead | 6,350 | Midlothian |
| Long Ditton | 6,343 | Surrey |
| Netley | 6,338 | Hampshire |
| East Leake | 6,337 | Nottinghamshire |
| Gorebridge | 6,330 | Midlothian |
| Coalisland | 6,323 | Mid Ulster |
| Narborough | 6,321 | Leicestershire |
| Malmesbury | 6,318 | Wiltshire |
| West Hallam | 6,314 | Derbyshire |
| Sauchie | 6,310 | Clackmannanshire |
| Burwell | 6,309 | Cambridgeshire |
| Newbiggin-by-the-Sea | 6,308 | Northumberland |
| Thames Ditton | 6,307 | Surrey |
| Blaby | 6,300 | Leicestershire |
| Bishops Waltham | 6,275 | Hampshire |
| Peasedown Saint John | 6,263 | Bath and North East Somerset |
| Liss | 6,248 | Hampshire |
| Shifnal | 6,240 | Shropshire |
| Tunstall | 6,232 | Stoke-on-Trent |
| Egremont | 6,222 | Cumbria |
| Higham Ferrers | 6,222 | North Northamptonshire |
| Milford | 6,220 | Surrey |
| Bowdon | 6,214 | Trafford |
| Haworth | 6,213 | Bradford |
| Studley | 6,203 | Warwickshire |
| Farnham Royal | 6,187 | Buckinghamshire |
| Hindhead | 6,187 | Surrey |
| Garswood | 6,183 | St. Helens |
| Beith | 6,170 | North Ayrshire |
| Kirriemuir | 6,160 | Angus |
| Rhoose | 6,160 | Vale of Glamorgan |
| Withernsea | 6,159 | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Marchwood | 6,141 | Hampshire |
| Rainford | 6,131 | St. Helens |
| Pembury | 6,128 | Kent |
| Kingsbridge | 6,116 | Devon |
| Denmead | 6,107 | Hampshire |
| Rowlands Gill | 6,096 | Gateshead |
| Weaverham | 6,087 | Cheshire West and Chester |
| Fordingbridge | 6,066 | Hampshire |
| Boston Spa | 6,052 | City and Borough of Leeds |
| Strensall | 6,047 | City of York |
| Amble | 6,025 | Northumberland |
| Aylsham | 6,016 | Norfolk |
| Wellesbourne Mountford | 6,007 | Warwickshire |
| Balerno | 6,000 | City of Edinburgh |
| Bennetts End | 6,000 | Hertfordshire |
| Gossops Green | 6,000 | West Sussex |
| Burley in Wharfedale | 5,996 | Bradford |
| St Leonards | 5,984 | Dorset |
| Abercynon | 5,983 | Rhondda Cynon Taf |
| Millom | 5,980 | Cumbria |
| Ventnor | 5,976 | Isle of Wight |
| Broughton | 5,974 | County of Flintshire |
| Locharbriggs | 5,960 | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Saltburn-by-the-Sea | 5,958 | Redcar and Cleveland |
| Wales | 5,956 | Rotherham |
| Crumlin | 5,947 | Caerphilly County Borough |
| Magor | 5,941 | Monmouthshire |
| Ballingry | 5,940 | Fife |
| Brundall | 5,927 | Norfolk |
| Undy | 5,914 | Monmouthshire |
| Cottenham | 5,903 | Cambridgeshire |
| Flackwell Heath | 5,900 | Buckinghamshire |
| Moor Park | 5,900 | Hertfordshire |
| Billinge | 5,896 | St. Helens |
| Purfleet-on-Thames | 5,883 | Borough of Thurrock |
| Gorleston-on-Sea | 5,882 | Norfolk |
| Upton | 5,874 | City and Borough of Wakefield |
| Dodworth | 5,870 | Barnsley |
| Wem | 5,870 | Shropshire |
| East Horsley | 5,866 | Surrey |
| Great Gonerby | 5,853 | Lincolnshire |
| Hagley | 5,850 | Worcestershire |
| Wellesbourne | 5,849 | Warwickshire |
| Auchterarder | 5,840 | Perth and Kinross |
| Wigton | 5,831 | Cumbria |
| Ilminster | 5,808 | Somerset |
| Benson | 5,802 | Oxfordshire |
| Whitworth | 5,798 | Lancashire |
| Waterbeach | 5,795 | Cambridgeshire |
| Pontyclun | 5,794 | Rhondda Cynon Taf |
| Kibworth Harcourt | 5,790 | Leicestershire |
| Callington | 5,786 | Cornwall |
| Axminster | 5,761 | Devon |
| Ravenshead | 5,759 | Nottinghamshire |
| Llanharan | 5,755 | Rhondda Cynon Taf |
| Borrowash | 5,746 | Derbyshire |
| Oundle | 5,735 | North Northamptonshire |
| Selkirk | 5,730 | The Scottish Borders |
| Coedpoeth | 5,723 | Wrexham |
| Chipping Norton | 5,719 | Oxfordshire |
| Frimley Green | 5,717 | Surrey |
| Great Torrington | 5,714 | Devon |
| Hoylake | 5,710 | Metropolitan Borough of Wirral |
| Newmains | 5,710 | North Lanarkshire |
| Eaton Socon | 5,704 | Cambridgeshire |
| Ballynahinch | 5,701 | Newry Mourne and Down |
| Alness | 5,700 | Highland |
| Manningtree | 5,696 | Essex |
| Burpham | 5,695 | Surrey |
| Brynamman | 5,693 | Neath Port Talbot |
| Elderslie | 5,690 | Renfrewshire |
| Ash Vale | 5,686 | Surrey |
| Four Marks | 5,674 | Hampshire |
| Cockenzie | 5,660 | East Lothian |
| Bracebridge Heath | 5,656 | Lincolnshire |
| Ibstock | 5,650 | Leicestershire |
| Blaenavon | 5,647 | Torfaen County Borough |
| East Wittering | 5,647 | West Sussex |
| Broseley | 5,644 | Shropshire |
| Audley | 5,638 | Staffordshire |
| Ruskington | 5,637 | Lincolnshire |
| Wotton-under-Edge | 5,627 | Gloucestershire |
| Dunholme | 5,625 | Lincolnshire |
| Ingatestone | 5,620 | Essex |
| Dartmouth | 5,610 | Devon |
| Uddingston | 5,610 | South Lanarkshire |
| Holmes Chapel | 5,605 | Cheshire East |
| Arlesey | 5,584 | Central Bedfordshire |
| Wheatley | 5,574 | Oxfordshire |
| Askern | 5,570 | Doncaster |
| Ballycastle | 5,566 | Causeway Coast and Glens |
| Dalry | 5,560 | North Ayrshire |
| Halesworth | 5,558 | Suffolk |
| Kilburn | 5,552 | Derbyshire |
| Colnbrook | 5,528 | Slough |
| Wilsden | 5,524 | Bradford |
| Hemsby | 5,522 | Norfolk |
| Hethersett | 5,520 | Norfolk |
| Holbeck | 5,505 | City and Borough of Leeds |
| Chipping Sodbury | 5,500 | South Gloucestershire |
| Jordanstown | 5,494 | Antrim and Newtownabbey |
| West Kingsdown | 5,484 | Kent |
| Chinnor | 5,473 | Oxfordshire |
| Tetbury | 5,472 | Gloucestershire |
| East Tilbury | 5,471 | Borough of Thurrock |
| Thorpe | 5,465 | Surrey |
| Ruthin | 5,461 | Denbighshire |
| Shenfield | 5,460 | Essex |
| Yapton | 5,459 | West Sussex |
| Barton on Sea | 5,454 | Hampshire |
| New Stevenston | 5,450 | North Lanarkshire |
| Shepley | 5,444 | Kirklees |
| Lyneham | 5,437 | Wiltshire |
| Wincanton | 5,435 | Somerset |
| New Alresford | 5,431 | Hampshire |
| Bagshot | 5,430 | Surrey |
| Stansted Mountfitchet | 5,429 | Essex |
| Pentre | 5,424 | Rhondda Cynon Taf |
| Cookham | 5,422 | Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead |
| West Clandon | 5,422 | Surrey |
| Glyn-neath | 5,419 | Neath Port Talbot |
| Creswell | 5,417 | Derbyshire |
| St Ives | 5,410 | Cornwall |
| Great Wakering | 5,400 | Essex |
| Brotton | 5,394 | Redcar and Cleveland |
| Nailsworth | 5,394 | Gloucestershire |
| Earls Barton | 5,387 | North Northamptonshire |
| Barrowford | 5,378 | Lancashire |
| Randalstown | 5,378 | Antrim and Newtownabbey |
| Hoo | 5,377 | Medway |
| Cranfield | 5,369 | Central Bedfordshire |
| Preesall | 5,367 | Lancashire |
| Barnt Green | 5,366 | Worcestershire |
| Pelton | 5,366 | County Durham |
| Dingwall | 5,360 | Highland |
| Shelley | 5,359 | Kirklees |
| Cwmafan | 5,336 | Neath Port Talbot |
| Kelvedon | 5,322 | Essex |
| Bourne End | 5,320 | Buckinghamshire |
| Bridge of Allan | 5,320 | Stirling |
| Neilston | 5,310 | East Renfrewshire |
| Llandrindod Wells | 5,309 | Sir Powys |
| Cardigan | 5,301 | County of Ceredigion |
| Bovingdon | 5,295 | Hertfordshire |
| Bonnybridge | 5,280 | Falkirk |
| Radstock | 5,275 | Bath and North East Somerset |
| Appley Bridge | 5,270 | Lancashire |
| Manston | 5,261 | Dorset |
| Crofton | 5,258 | City and Borough of Wakefield |
| Long Ashton | 5,254 | North Somerset |
| Sawtry | 5,252 | Cambridgeshire |
| Brixworth | 5,228 | West Northamptonshire |
| Inverkeithing | 5,220 | Fife |
| Measham | 5,209 | Leicestershire |
| Cheddar | 5,199 | Somerset |
| Barrow upon Soar | 5,196 | Leicestershire |
| Shevington | 5,195 | Borough of Wigan |
| Edwinstowe | 5,188 | Nottinghamshire |
| Budleigh Salterton | 5,185 | Devon |
| Helsby | 5,166 | Cheshire West and Chester |
| Tillicoultry | 5,160 | Clackmannanshire |
| Ryhill | 5,150 | City and Borough of Wakefield |
| Whaley Bridge | 5,140 | Derbyshire |
| Malton | 5,135 | North Yorkshire |
| Wingate | 5,134 | County Durham |
| Poringland | 5,132 | Norfolk |
| Bungay | 5,127 | Suffolk |
| Redbourn | 5,113 | Hertfordshire |
Big cities Cities Big villages Villages
Netherlands Belgium Germany United States France Spain Mexico Turkey Brazil India Canada Australia Indonesia Japan China Philippines South Korea Egypt Portugal Ireland Norway Sweden Finland Denmark Estonia Latvia Lithuania Poland Czechia Slovakia Hungary Austria Switzerland Italy Slovenia Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbia Albania North Macedonia Greece Bulgaria Romania Moldova Ukraine Belarus Luxembourg Malta Cyprus Argentina Bolivia Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela