| HARTLEPOOL | Coastal town in County Durham (10) |
| DUNGARVAN | Coastal town in County Waterford (9) |
| BRAY | Coastal town in County Wicklow which is home to Ardmore Studios, Ireland's oldest film studio (4) |
| SPENNYMOOR | Industrial town in County Durham NE of Bishop Auckland (10) |
| CONSETT | Town in County Durham whose steelworks closed in 1980 (7) |
| PETERLEE | A new town in County Durham, founded in 1948 (8) |
| STOCKTON | Market town in County Durham that was the destination of the first steam locomotive journey on a public railway, in 1825 (8) |
| BISHOPAUCKLAND | Market town in County Durham |
| AUCKLAND | Bishop --, town in County Durham (8) |
| PORTISHEAD | Coastal town in N Somerset west of Avonmouth (10) |
| PORTHMADOG | Coastal town in Gwynedd (10) |
| WHITEHAVEN | Coastal town in Cumbria south of Workington (10) |
| ANSTRUTHER | Coastal town in the East Neuk of Fife near St Andrews (10) |
| BEAMISH | Open-air museum near the town of Stanley in County Durham (7) |
| ESCOMB | Village in County Durham on the River Wear, about 1.5 miles west of Bishop Auckland, that has one of the oldest Anglo-Saxon churches in England |
| STOCKTONONTEES | Normal note on set misbehaving in County Durham town (8,2,4) |
| EASINGTON | Tonnage is removed from village in County Durham (9) |
| AYCLIFFE | Home of Hitachi in County Durham (6, 8) |
| CLAN | Early 1970s sports wedge built in County Durham (4,8) |
| CRUSADER | Early 1970s sports wedge built in County Durham (4,8) |
