Atlas maps show the location of places and features at global or national scale.

A symbol is used to show an important landmark, place, feature or area of a map, diagram or drawing.

A location is the particular position of something on Earth.

Distribution is how something is spread out across a geographic area.

Villages, towns and cities in the UK

Geography

Settlement features

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?

What is the capital city of Northern Ireland?

The vertical lines on an OS maps are called {{}}

The horizontal lines on an OS map are called {{}}

The United Kingdom is made up of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and __________?

Which of the following settlement types is the smallest?

Which of the following settlement types is the largest?

__________ generally has a population of between 500 and 3000 people and usually has a few services: typically a church, a post office, a school and a pub.

__________ has a population in excess of 10,000,000 with a large transport network and has global importance.

Villages, towns and cities in the UK

Lesson outcome