| NORTHAMPTON | London Midland station built on the site of a former castle (11) |
| MIR | Space station built in 1986 |
| GREATGLEN | Former Midland station south of Leicester, a long way from the Highlands! (5,4) |
| STANAKATIC | Former "Castle" star who's now playing an FBI agent on "Absentia": 2 wds. |
| STOCKTON | Keep facing to north in English town with former castle |
| HAY | Midland station between Hereford and Three Cocks (3) |
| COVEN | Try to leave Midlands station - but met by witches? (5) |
| BLACKFRIARS | Site of a former priory in the City of London (11) |
| LORDS | Which famous English cricket ground was built on the site of a former duck pond? (5) |
| MEWS | Street built on the site of a former stables |
| STDAVIDS | Village-sized cathedral city in Pembrokeshire that was built on the site of a monastery founded by the patron saint of Wales (2,6) |
| TUNIS | Which capital is built on the site of the ancient city of Carthage? (5) |
| THEFORGE | Parkhead shopping centre built on the site of a steel works (3,5) |
| EIFFELTOWER | This iron tower built on the Champ de Mars beside the River Seine in Paris has become a global icon of France (6,5) |
| HOSPITAL | King Henry VIII built St James's Palace in London on the site of a former what? (8) |
| STAPLE | ____ Inn, in High Holborn, is London’s only surviving Elizabethan half-timbered building, on the site of a former wool trade centre and later an Inn of Chancery |
| BARBICAN | London estate on the site of a former fortified gateway |
| LYON | A Roman military colony called Lugdunum was founded on the site of this French city in 43 BCE, and it subsequently became the capital of the Gauls. This place reached its peak of classical development |
| BULAWAYO | City in Zimbabwe founded on the site of the kraal of Lobengula, the last Matabele king |
| TEHRAN | Capital of Iran, on the site of the ancient city of Rhages (6) |
