| KENDAL | Town in north west England (6) |
| MERSEY | River in North West England flowing west from Stockport to empty in Liverpool Bay (6) |
| WIRRAL | Merseyside borough in north-west England on a peninsula that includes Birkenhead and Wallasey (6) |
| IRWELL | River in north west England that is a tributary of the Mersey (6) |
| RUNCORN | Town in north west England (7) |
| ROCHDALE | Hold race around town in north-west England (8) |
| EGREMONT | Town in north-west England (pop about 8,000), with a market charter since 1267 (8) |
| MANWEB | Regional electricity supplier for part of north-west England and North Wales (6) |
| RIBBLE | Salmon river of north-west England (6) |
| EUSTON | London mainline train station that serves north-west England and Scotland (6) |
| CREWE | Town and major railway junction in north-west England (5) |
| CHESHIRECHEESE | Dairy product originally made in north-west England (8,6) |
| LAKEDISTRICT | Popular holiday destination in North West England, location of England's highest mountain (4,8) |
| LANCASTER | City in north-west England (pop 52,000), with a university established in 1964 (9) |
| PRESTON | City in north-west England (pop 114,000). It obtained city status in 2002. (7) |
| MANCHESTER | City in north-west England with Salford to its west (10) |
| ELLESMERE | ___ Port, town on the edge of the Wirral in north-west England |
| CARLISLE | City in North West England (8) |
| DISTRICT | Scenic area in north-west England, the Lake ... |
| CUMBRIA | Non-metropolitan county in north-west England (7) |
