Settlements are places where groups of people live and work.

A service is a system that supplies a public need, for example waste collection.

A facility is a building, piece of equipment or place that is used for an activity or purpose.

The population is the total number of people living in a particular area.

Settlement features

Geography

Villages, towns and cities in the UK

Location and growth of settlements

Change in our local area

Our local town

Designing a new settlement

This unit provides a foundation for Local area: How is it changing?', which involves a detailed case study of change in the school’s local area, and 'UK region: Why is the Lake District a National Park?', which investigates settlements, land use and change at a regional scale. 

This builds on 'Land use: how diverse are local and UK landscapes?', which focuses on land use locally and in the UK as a key aspect of human geography, extending and deepening pupils' understanding of human geography processes by investigating the characteristics of different types of settlement and the reasons why settlements are initially established and then change over time.

This unit explores different types of settlements, from villages to cities. Pupils learn about settlement features, growth and location, and use their local area to understand how places change. They apply what they’ve learned by designing a new settlement.

Settlements: where do people live and why?

Hamlets usually have {{}} facilities and services.

_______ have a population greater than 10 million.

London is predicted to become a megacity by the year...

Starting with the smallest, order the settlements by size.

Which settlement has the greatest range of facilities and services?

Which of these is not a country in the UK?

Match the countries of the UK to their capital cities.

What is the main type of land use in the UK?

Match the OS symbol to the correct label.

Settlement features

Lesson outcome