| WIDNES | Town in North Cheshire, on the River Mersey (6) |
| RUNCORN | UK industrial town in North Cheshire, on the Manchester Ship Canal (7) |
| ARLEY | 19th-century hall in north Cheshire built for Rowland Egerton-Warburton (5) |
| WARRINGTON | Town in Cheshire on the River Mersey east of Widnes (10) |
| WIRRAL | Peninsula that separates the rivers Mersey and Dee (6) |
| MACCLESFIELD | Market town in Cheshire on the River Bollin (12) |
| CHESTER | City in Cheshire on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales |
| ELLESMEREPORT | Cheshire town on the River Mersey |
| LIVERPOOL | English city on the River Mersey (9) |
| BIRKENHEAD | Town on the Wirral on the left bank of the River Mersey opposite Liverpool |
| SALE | Town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, on the south bank of the River Mersey |
| WALLASEY | Town at the mouth of the River Mersey on the Wirral Peninsula (8) |
| BOOTLE | Town on the north shore of the Mersey (6) |
| CHEADLE | Historically within Cheshire, this suburban village of Greater Manchester is three miles from Stockport town centre; it lies on the Ladybrook, a tributary of the River Mersey (7) |
| IRWELL | River in north west England that is a tributary of the Mersey (6) |
| INGHAM | Situated on the Herbert River, what town in north-eastern Queensland on the Bruce Highway near Tooba |
| VERDUN | Town in North East France, on the Meuse, scene of a long and severe battle in the First World War (6) |
| THEWIRRAL | Peninsula in NW England between the estuaries of the Rivers Mersey and Dee (3,6) |
| SETTLE | Market town in North Yorkshire on the River Ribble (6) |
| DEESIDE | A conurbation of towns and villages in Flintshire and Cheshire on the Wales-England border (7) |
