Village, town or city?
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What you will learn
By the end, you can tell a village, a town and a city apart and say what a piece of land is used for.
Postcard from Tomas: “Our village has one shop, one school and a lot of sheep. Yesterday we went to the city. It had a train station, a football stadium, a hospital and more shops than I could count. My cousin says her town is halfway between.” Places come in sizes, and the size changes what you find there.
Read the explanation
A settlement is a place where people live. A village is small: a few streets, maybe a shop and a school. A town is bigger, with a high street, more schools and a doctor. A city is the biggest, with hospitals, big stations, colleges and many jobs. Every settlement uses its land in different ways: homes, shops, farms, parks, factories and roads.
- Land use means what a piece of land is for: living (houses), working (offices, factories), growing (farms) or playing (parks).
- Cities pack many uses close together. In the countryside, farmland takes up most of the space.
- People settle near what they need: fresh water, flat land, good soil and easy ways to travel.