British Place Names

[bloater]

Answers are names of places in Britain (can be towns, villages, buildings, etc.) 1. Palace for a Queen's favourite (8,6) 2. Lord! A hole in a drift (7) 3. Favourite of Wallace and Grommit (10) 4. The kingmaker (7) 5. Virginia Woolf et al (10) 6. Place for a Gothic convention (6) 7. Chop down a cathedral (9) 8. Biblical scheme (4,7) 9. Half a double act (8) 10. Clues (5) 11. Slow walk 95) 12. Share (5) 13. Gorgeous place for a ploughman's (7) Any sugggestions, please.

[pollyspeed]

3. wenslydale
13. cheddar

[pollyspeed]

11. ambleside?

[JMR27]

7 Axeminster

[emeritus]

4 Warwick

[JMR27]

sorry, can't spell - it's Axminster

[emeritus]

9 Morecambe

[JMR27]

10 Leeds, sounds like leads

[emeritus]

5 Bloomsbury ?

[Vesper99]

5 Bloomsbury

[Hazlinny]

8. ?? Eden Project

[diane1706]

1 pembroke castle???
she likes corgis but I'm not sure if they are Pembroke or Cardigan

[Hazlinny]

1. Just a guess ? Blenheim Palace - think there is a book about the Marlboroughs and it is marked "the queen's favourite".

[diane1706]

i considered Blenheim but the word palace is in the question........

[diane1706]

3 I think Wensleydale as a e in it. (Sorry Pollyspeed)

[pollyspeed]

i did too at first diane but if you google it its spelt without......................and no need to be sorry in any case!!!!!!!!

[pollyspeed]

.............................found it spelt with and without actually !!!!

[bloater]

Thanks everyone - re Wensl(e)ydale - The question does say Wallace and Gromit and from what I've read it's Wallace that likes the cheese. I did wonder about "Tottington" as she's a character in the series - but then I've never seen it!!