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Places in town Word Search

This places in town word search hides words like bridge, museum, station to find. Play it free online or print the PDF with the answer key, a handy places in town vocabulary activity.

10 words · 11×11 grid · Medium · Answer key included · Free printable PDF

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  • CROSSWALK
  • HOSPITAL
  • FOUNTAIN
  • SIDEWALK
  • PHARMACY
  • STATION
  • LIBRARY
  • SKYLINE
  • BRIDGE
  • MUSEUM
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bridge
Some living bridges in northeastern India are grown from tree roots, guided across streams instead of assembled from timber.
museum
Oxford's natural history museum holds the only surviving dodo soft tissue, preserving skin that can reveal information unavailable from skeletons alone.
station
London's Underground, opened in 1863, was the world's first subway, and early steam trains filled the tunnels with smoke.
library
St Catherine's Monastery library in Egypt's Sinai has operated since the 500s, one of the world's oldest still in use.
hospital
Sri Lanka may hold the oldest known hospital ruins, at Mihintale, with stone medicine troughs shaped to fit a patient's body.
fountain
Rome's Trevi Fountain collects around a million euros in coins each year, all gathered up and given to charity.
sidewalk
Pompeii had raised stepping stones across its streets so walkers could cross without wading through mud and waste water.
skyline
Chicago builders held a building's upper floors on jacks, demolished the lower floors, and began a new foundation while tenants stayed upstairs.
crosswalk
An Icelandic crosswalk was painted to look like floating blocks, creating the impression of raised obstacles on a completely flat road surface.
pharmacy
The symbol Rx on prescriptions comes from a Latin word meaning 'recipe' or 'take', instructing how a medicine should be prepared.
airport
An airport's runway numbers usually describe its magnetic direction, so a runway can be renamed when Earth's magnetic field shifts.
stadium
The word stadium comes from an ancient Greek foot race and the length of the track it was run on.
factory
Factory and factor share a doing-related Latin root; a factory once meant a trading station rather than a roomful of machines.
streetlight
London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807, replacing dim oil lamps and night watchmen.
billboard
Vermont banned traditional roadside billboards in 1968, removing giant off-site advertisements from its scenery long before digital advertising took over many streets.

Trivia

  1. Which city is often called the oldest continuously inhabited city on Earth, with over 11,000 years of history?

    Jericho.

  2. Roughly what share of the world's people now live in cities rather than the countryside: a quarter, a half, or more than half?

    More than half (about 57%).

  3. What is the most populous city in the world by metropolitan area, home to over 37 million people?

    Tokyo, Japan.

  4. What ancient Greek word for a city-state gives us words like 'police' and 'politics'?

    Polis.

  5. Which tiny walled city is both the smallest country and the seat of the Catholic Church?

    Vatican City.

Trivia · 1 / 5
Which city is often called the oldest continuously inhabited city on Earth, with over 11,000 years of history?
Jericho.

In their words

A city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time.

Patrick Geddes

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

Samuel Johnson

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This places in town word search is a free printable puzzle with 10 hidden words in an 11×11 grid. Find words like CROSSWALK, HOSPITAL, FOUNTAIN hidden across, down, and diagonally. You can play it right here in your browser — tap the first and last letter of a word — or download it as a printable PDF with the full answer key on page two. It's free for personal and classroom use, so teachers can print copies for a whole class with no sign-up and no account. Word searches like this one are a proven way to build vocabulary, spelling, and word-shape recognition, which is why they're a favourite with ESL learners, elementary classrooms, and anyone who likes a quiet puzzle with their coffee.

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Sources: Times Square's New Scene-Stealer: 376 Rubber Lawn Chairs (New York Times) · Egypt reopens ancient library in Sinai after renovations (Arab News) · Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan, world's oldest hotel (Wikipedia) · Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena history, founded 1472

Word list, facts & trivia researched and compiled by Sam Letterman — spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.