| GRAVESEND | Kent town on the south bank of the River Thames that has the world's oldest surviving cast iron pier, built in 1834 (9) |
| PIER | Gravesend has the world's oldest surviving cast iron ____ |
| CHERWELL | Tributary of the River Thames that flows through Oxford |
| KENNET | Tributary of the River Thames that flows through Marlborough, Hungerford and Newbury |
| DARTFORD | Town on the south bank of the River Thames noted for its crossing to Thurrock in Essex (8) |
| MAZE | Botanical labyrinth such as that built in the multicursal or puzzle style for William and Mary in the Hampton Court garden which is the world's oldest surviving example (4) |
| CHATHAM | Kent town on the River Medway, the boyhood home of Charles Dickens (7) |
| TONBRIDGE | Kent town on the River Medway at which a castle was built by Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare in the 11th century |
| AFGHANISTAN | Landlocked Asian country that has the world's oldest oil paintings in caves at Bamiyan (11) |
| MET | Location of the world's oldest surviving piano, with "the" |
| REDCAR | North Yorkshire town whose museum contains the Zetland, the world's oldest surviving lifeboat |
| RUNCORN | Town on the south bank of the River Mersey |
| GATESHEAD | Industrial town on the south bank of the River Tyne (9) |
| ZETLAND | What is the name of the oldest surviving lifeboat in the world, currently housed in the museum in Redcar, England? (7) |
| CALIFORNIA | State of the western US that has the world's 5th-largest economy (10) |
| ASHFORD | Kent town on the Stour - part of Erewash for days! (7) |
| ERSKINE | Town on the south bank of the Clyde (7) |
| THEAVENUE | Rugby union stadium in Sunbury-on-Thames that was the home of London Irish from 1931 to 1999 (3,6) |
| SKIFFS | Wooden boats of the Thames that evolved from the wherries operated by London watermen (6) |
| STAUSTELL | Town on the south coast of Cornwall associated with the china clay industry (2,7) |
