| STAFFORDSHIRE | English county, home to the highest village in Britain (13) |
| SHROPSHIRE | English county, home to the Wood Lane and Venus Pool nature reserves (10) |
| TOMINTOUL | The highest village in the Highlands, founded by the Duke of Gordon in 1779 (9) |
| WANLOCKHEAD | Highest village in Scotland (11) |
| ESSEX | County home to the world's longest pleasure pier (5) |
| CLARE | Irish county, home to the Cliffs of Moher |
| SURREY | English county, home of Lingfield Park racecourse (6) |
| BERKSHIRE | English county, home of Windsor Castle and Royal Ascot racecourse (9) |
| ANDES | Home to the highest active volcano in the world |
| ASIA | Home to the highest and lowest points on the Earth's land surface |
| SWANSEA | Welsh county, home to a city of the same name, the Gower Peninsula and village Mumbles (7) |
| DHARAMSHALA | Home to the highest cricket ground globally |
| DORSET | County, home to part of the Jurassic Coast (6) |
| NORFOLK | County home to Sandringham and the halls of Hindringham, Holkham, Houghton and Hoveton (7) |
| AMBASSADORIAL | Relating to the highest diplomatic duties (13) |
| SUFFOLK | East Anglian county, home to places including Newmarket and the archaeological site Sutton Hoo (7) |
| YORKSHIRE | Historic county, home to RSPB Bempton Cliffs and RSPB Old Moor (9) |
| CLARA | Santa ___ County (home to Stanford University) |
| STAFFS | County, home to Alton Towers (abbr) (6) |
| HUMBOLDT | County home to Eureka, CA |
