| CHORLEY | Market town in Lancashire, 8 miles north of Wigan, whose wealth came principally from the cotton industry |
| ORMSKIRK | A market town in Lancashire (8) |
| HATS | During the Middle Ages, much of Pulham St Mary's wealth came from the making of ... (4) |
| HERNEBAY | Which North Kent coastal resort is located approximately eight miles north of Canterbury? (5,3) |
| CANVAS | A boat's sails; a boxing ring's floor; cloth for embroidery; an oil painting or its ground; or, a tent/group of tents, each made from the cotton- or hemp-based fabric of the same name (6) |
| STRAND | Famed New York City used book store with '8 miles of books' |
| OILTYCOON | One whose wealth is well-earned? (3,6) |
| GARSTANG | Fish with spinning flies somewhere in Lancashire (8) |
| ORRELL | Rugby union club based in Wigan whose nickname is The Anvils (6) |
| ACCIDENT | The _, recent Channel 4 series with Sarah Lancashire (8) |
| BURNLEY | Market town in Lancashire at the confluence of the Rivers Calder and Brun |
| LEIGH | Town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan that is home to the Centurions rugby league team (5) |
| DUCKING | Form of public humiliation being in the middle of Wigan covered in bird poo (7-5) |
| STOOL | Form of public humiliation being in middle of Wigan, covered in bird poo |
| BLACKBURN | Town in Lancashire, on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley (9) |
| SOLIHULL | Market town eight miles south-east of Birmingham (8) |
| NELSON | Small town in Lancashire (pop about 30,000), a former mill town (6) |
| CLOWNING | Joking jester in centre of Wigan (8) |
| PHOTOGENIC | After refurbishment, the Co-op in centre of Wigan is striking (10) |
| BYRDS | "Eight Miles High" folk rockers of the '60s, with "the" |
