Across
- 7. One word: what is the topic of the (imo interesting) museum right next to Hoxton Station
- 8. At the 2024 General Election, of the constituencies that were not won by Reform UK, this is the one they came second closest to winning, after Llanelli in Wales. It is located in London and is two place names, separated by an ‘and’
- 9. English Island that was reviews prior to the 2024 General Election and split into two constituencies
- 10. An invention that is used in many houses, which a glass or a mug is placed on to avoid an impression or stain on the surface it otherwise would have been placed on
- 15. A Scottish county, and by area the smallest county in Britain apart from the City of London, its main town is Alloa
- 16. You could rename it ‘The Museum of Stolen Items’, or if you aren’t going to give them back, at least something like ‘Museum of Archaeology and Historic Artefacts’
- 19. Owned by the National Trust, it is a hamlet located in the Dedham Vale National Landscape
- 22. Crown Dependency famous for motorbike races
- 24. A free art gallery in Greenwich, part of the Royal Museums Greenwich trust of four museums
- 25. Alight at High Street Kensington for this (imo boring) museum
- 26. Located in inner north London, this neighbourhood is split between Haringey, Camden and Islington
- 28. If one was to use letters, whether writing on a piece of paper or texting on an electronic device, it is quite likely that if they were going to, in a word format, attempt to present the sound which a cat makes, they may write this
- 29. Located in the rival county of Yorkshire, this city has a castle that is a former prison, and houses a courtroom which officially is still in use
- 30. It ruined Star Wars, and probably other things
- 31. National park home to Hardknott Pass, one of the joint steepest roads in England
- 32. A town in Buckinghamshire than actually used to serve as a terminus of the Metropolitan Line
- 33. Only one-syllable station name on the entire London Underground network
- 36. National park home to Rosedale Chimney Bank, one of the joint steepest roads in England
- 38. There is a one-station branch on the District Line from Earl’s Court, so what is the second word of the same of the only station on this branch
- 39. Southbound, what station comes after Euston on the Victoria Line?
- 40. short-lived successor to Edward VI as Queen of England in a plot to stop a specific Catholic inheriting the throne in accordance with Henry VIII’s line of inheritance
Down
- 1. Village in North Wales, quite touristy mainly as it is a good hiking base for the surrounding area. It contains ‘-‘, but ignore these when typing the crossword answer
- 2. Significantly better, in my opinion, to its counterpart gallery in Southwark
- 3. In what borough of London is (according to Wikipedia) the largest shopping centre in Europe located in?
- 4. A sci-fi show that is very specifically (and factually) inferior to Doctor Who
- 5. Mysterious, though possibly quite underwhelming, tourist attraction in Wiltshire, possibly the most famous individual attraction in England outside of London
- 6. A little park in London which on either side of it are both the John Soane Museum and the Hunterian Museum
- 7. A town and constituency in Yorkshire where a massive amount of the town centre is a building site because they are trying to regenerate it. Green Party came second to Labour at the 2024 General Election here.
- 11. classical (well technically Baroque) music composer whose name lends itself perfectly to memes literally only because his name is easy to make puns out of
- 12. National Trust site in Suffolk where lots of Anglo-Saxon things were found
- 13. A large-scale, brutalist development (much of it is residential) in central London, which although it is quite cool, aesthetically looks so depressing that you might actually go crazy if you stay there too long
- 14. On the Bakerloo Line, what station is located between Waterloo and Elephant and Castle?
- 15. Commonly celebrated at Christmas
- 17. This is a town in Northamptonshire that is pronounced, but not spelled, like a common household appliance
- 18. They famously outnumber people in Wales (3:1 ratio)
- 20. This is an LNER ______ service to Edinburgh Waverley
- 21. City in northwest England which has it’s own non-tram metro system
- 23. Nottinghamshire town home to National Civil War Centre
- 27. Not the National Gallery, but it’s near it, and those two words are included in it’s name
- 34. Movie franchise quite popular around 2019, but now basically only incredibly loyal fans go to see their films
- 35. A city in England which, unlike other urban English counties, is in a county where the name is one word and exactly the same as the city.
- 37. ______ House Gallery, an art gallery in Twickenham