| GLOUCESTER | Founded by the Romans as Glevum, a cathedral city in the Cotswolds on the Severn (10) |
| SLIMBRIDGE | The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust reserve on the Severn estuary founded by Peter Scott in 1946 (10) |
| PORTISHEAD | Coastal town in North Somerset on the Severn Estuary that is the location of the headquarters of Avon and Somerset Constabulary |
| IRONBRIDGE | Card game behind golf club in town on the Severn (10) |
| ADONISBLUE | Sometimes spotted in the Cotswolds, one of Britain's rarest butterflies (6,4) |
| EEL | A catadromous snig which is glass-like during its stage as an elver and formerly prevalent in a cathedral city in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire (3) |
| WELLSPOKEN | Articulate writer touring in order to support a cathedral city |
| WORCESTER | A cathedral city in W central England on the River Severn (9) |
| EXETER | Cathedral city in Devon founded by the Romans as Isca Dumnoniorum (6) |
| YORK | Walled city in the North of England, founded by the Romans as Eboracum (4) |
| BATH | English city, founded by the Romans as Aquae Sulis, made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987 (4) |
| AIXENPROVENCE | City in Bouches-du-Rhone, France that was founded by the Romans as Aquae Sextiae (3-2-8) |
| LINCOLN | Town founded by the Romans as Lindum Colonia; the 16th US president; or, a shade of green (7) |
| ALICANTE | Port city of SE Spain founded by the ancient Greeks as Akra Leuke ('white peak') and later known by the Romans as Lucentum (8) |
| MOON | A pale tide-pulling heavenly orb, famously described by Juliet as "inconstant", mapped by early selenographers, personified by the Romans as Luna and responsible for the majestic "diamond-ring" effect |
| CIRENCESTER | Gloucestershire market town founded by the Romans as Corinium Dobunorum, home of the UKs oldest polo club and the Royal Agricultural University (11) |
| LEICESTER | English city founded by the Romans as Ratae Corieltauvorum circa 50 AD (9) |
| DERBY | Cathedral city in the East Midlands on the banks of the River Derwent (5) |
| COVENTRY | Cathedral city in the West Midlands devastated by bombing in the Second World War (8) |
| BIBURY | Village in the Cotswolds, site of the Arlington Row, the cottages pictured on the inside of the English passports (6) |
