| STIRLING | Site of a castle that was the childhood home of Mary Queen of Scots (8) |
| NAZARETH | City that was the childhood home of Jesus |
| CARLISLE | County town of Cumbria with a castle that was founded in 1092 (8) |
| HOLYROOD | Palace, perhaps best known as the home of Mary, Queen of Scots (8) |
| RACKRENT | Titular castle that was the setting of an 1800 historical novel by Maria Edgeworth (8) |
| LOCHLEVEN | Body of water in Scotland housing a castle that was the place of imprisonment of Mary, Queen of Scot |
| LEVEN | Loch -- in Scotland houses a castle that was the place of imprisonment of Mary, Queen of Scots (5) |
| GLAMIS | Castle which was the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother |
| HEVER | 15th-century castle near Edenbridge in Kent that was the childhood home of Anne Boleyn (5) |
| MONMOUTH | Welsh town, site of a castle where Henry V was born in 1386 (8) |
| STORMONT | Belfast castle that served as the official residence of the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1972 (8) |
| BALMORAL | Castle that is a holiday residence of the Royal Family (8) |
| DURHAM | City on the Wear, site of a castle constructed in 1072 under the orders of William the Conqueror and a cathedral containing the tomb of the Venerable Bede (6) |
| IMPETIGO | I omit peg to get the childhood skin infection (8) |
| SCRANTON | Childhood home of President Biden |
| STUART | Royal house of Mary, Queen of Scots and Mary II of England |
| FORFAR | County town of Angus, once site of a castle associated with Malcolm III, Canmore King of Scotland (6 |
| LUDLOW | A market town in Shropshire, site of a castle founded in the 11th Century (6) |
| MOTTE | Mound forming the site of a castle - Bailey's companion? (5) |
| GOKARTS | Small vehicles with an open frame which was the childhood starting point for many F1 drivers (2-5) |
