| LUDLOW | Market town in Shropshire near the border with Wales housing a medieval castle |
| OSWESTRY | Market town in Shropshire near the Welsh border (8) |
| SKIPTON | Market town in North Yorkshire on the River Aire housing a medieval castle (7) |
| CHESTER | City in Cheshire on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales |
| DENBIGH | Market town in the Vale of Clwyd, N Wales housing a ruined castle (7) |
| ALANYA | Mediterranean seaside resort in S Turkey housing a medieval castle (6) |
| CONWY | Walled market town and resort in N Wales housing a 13th-century castle and church (5) |
| OFFA | King of Mercia who constructed an earthwork on the border with Wales (4) |
| BEAUMARIS | Resort town on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales, housing a castle |
| SHREWSBURY | Town on River Severn near border with Wales (10) |
| SWANSEA | City and holiday resort in South Wales housing a castle (7) |
| TENBY | Seaside resort in Pembrokeshire, Wales housing a walled castle (5) |
| BOWER | Literary word for a country cottage or summer house; a shady place in a garden or wood; or, a lady's private boudoir in a medieval castle (5) |
| TELFORD | A town in Shropshire, designated a new town in 1963 (7) |
| HALL | The principal room in a medieval castle; a manor-house; a lobby or vestibule; or, an Oxbridge dining room, hence the dinner itself |
| ARUNDEL | Market town in West Sussex that has a medieval castle and a Roman Catholic cathedral (7) |
| COALPORT | Town in Shropshire on the River Severn associated with a type of porcelain |
| TYDFIL | Town in Mid Glamorgan, Wales, housing Cyfarthfa Castle (7,6) |
| MERTHYR | Town in Mid Glamorgan, Wales, housing Cyfarthfa Castle (7,6) |
| WARWICK | Town in central England on the River Avon; location of a medieval castle originally built by William the Conqueror during 1068 (7) |
