| HARLECH | Welsh coastal town with a 13th-century castle |
| CONWY | North Wales town with a 13th century castle (5) |
| LOSSIEMOUTH | Moray coastal town with a nearby RAF base (11) |
| AYR | Coastal town with a large-capacity racecourse (3) |
| PENARTH | Coastal town with a pier, near Cardiff (7) |
| RHYL | Welsh coastal town 11 miles east of Colwyn Bay (4) |
| SWANSEA | Welsh coastal town which was the birthplace of Dylan Thomas (7) |
| USK | Welsh coastal town on the eponymous river (3) |
| BEAUMARIS | Resort on the island of Anglesey with a 13th-century castle |
| ODIHAM | Historic village in the Hart district of Hampshire with the ruins of a 13th-century castle (6) |
| FYVIE | Village in Aberdeenshire housing a 13th-century castle (5) |
| ANGERS | Historical capital of Anjou where Cointreau is distilled, location of the Apocalypse tapestry in a 13th-century castle of the same name (6) |
| TINTAGEL | Ruins of a 13th-century castle above Merlin's Cave in Cornwall; the legendary birthplace of King Arthur according to Geoffrey of Monmouth (8) |
| IONA | Island with a 13th-century cathedral |
| LEON | Provincial capital in north-west Spain (pop about 450,000) with a 13th century Gothic cathedral (4) |
| EXETER | City in south-west England (pop 130,000), with a 13th century cathedral (6) |
| ROTHESAY | Island town (pop about 5,000), with a ruined 13th century castle (8) |
| EILEAN | Donan; 13th-century castle near Kyle of Lochalsh in the Highlands (6) |
| BURNELL | Acton ___, Shropshire village with the remains of a 13th-century fortified manor house (7) |
| SIENA | Walled city in Tuscany, Italy that houses a 13th-century university (5) |
