What is special about St Davids?

It is Britain's smallest city by population

St Davids Quiz: Britain's Smallest City and Its Cathedral

This St Davids quiz visits the tiny Welsh city near the westernmost tip of Pembrokeshire. Play an interactive set of 10 questions on its small population, how a cathedral made it a city, St David the patron saint of Wales, the cathedral's sloping floor, the Bishop's Palace ruins, St Non's Well, medieval pilgrims, Ramsey Island and St David's Day.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Record
What is special about St Davids?
Country
Which country is St Davids in?
Saint
Who was St David?
Why
Why is St Davids a city?
Floor
What is unusual about the cathedral floor?
Palace
Which ruined building stands beside the cathedral?
Well
Whose well is linked to St David's birth?
Pilgrims
How was a pilgrimage to St Davids once valued?
Island
Which island off the coast is a nature reserve?
Day
When is St David's Day?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: What is special about St Davids?
Answer: It is Britain's smallest city by population
About 2,000 people live there.
Q2: Which country is St Davids in?
Answer: Wales
It is in Pembrokeshire.
Q3: Who was St David?
Answer: The patron saint of Wales
His Welsh name is Dewi Sant.
Q4: Why is St Davids a city?
Answer: Because of its cathedral
City status was confirmed in 1994.
Q5: What is unusual about the cathedral floor?
Answer: It slopes upward
The nave rises toward the altar.
Q6: Which ruined building stands beside the cathedral?
Answer: The Bishop's Palace
Its arcaded parapets are striking.
Q7: Whose well is linked to St David's birth?
Answer: St Non, his mother
It overlooks the sea.
Q8: How was a pilgrimage to St Davids once valued?
Answer: Two equaled one to Rome
A pope declared it.
Q9: Which island off the coast is a nature reserve?
Answer: Ramsey Island
Seals breed on its beaches.
Q10: When is St David's Day?
Answer: 1 March
People wear daffodils or leeks.

Britain's Smallest City and the Patron Saint of Wales

St Davids, near the western tip of Pembrokeshire, is the smallest city in Britain by population, with about 2,000 residents. It is a city because of its cathedral, built on the site of a monastery founded by St David, the patron saint of Wales, in the 6th century. Its city status was confirmed in 1994.

The cathedral, hidden in a hollow, has a nave floor that slopes noticeably upward toward the altar. Beside it stand the ruins of the grand Bishop's Palace. Nearby, St Non's Well is linked to legends of St David's birth, since Non was his mother.

In the Middle Ages, a pope declared that two pilgrimages to St Davids equaled one to Rome. On St David's Day, 1 March, people across Wales wear daffodils or leeks. Off the coast, Ramsey Island is a nature reserve where seals breed and seabirds nest.

What This Quiz Teaches

Wales fans will enjoy these questions.

Why it is a city
Who St David was
What the cathedral is like
Which sites surround it
How Wales celebrates its saint

Did You Know?

The Pembrokeshire Coast Path passes nearby.
Whitesands Bay is a popular surfing beach.
Boat trips spot porpoises and dolphins.
The cathedral hosts a summer music festival.
The city's name in Welsh is Tyddewi.