| 100% | BIDEFORD | 8 | Town in North Devon whose 24-arch Long Bridge spans the River Torridge |
| 36% | SETTLE | 6 | Market town in North Yorkshire on the River Ribble |
| 36% | MOLD | 4 | Town in Flintshire, North Wales, on the River Alyn |
| 35% | SKIPTON | 7 | Market town in North Yorkshire on the River Aire housing a medieval castle |
| 35% | BARNSLEY | 8 | Town in South Yorkshire on the River Dearne, north of Sheffield |
| 34% | SELBY | 5 | Market town in North Yorkshire on the River Ouse housing an 11th-century abbey |
| 34% | ILKLEY | 6 | Town in West Yorkshire on the River Wharfe north-west of Leeds |
| 34% | ILKESTON | 8 | Town in Derbyshire on the River Erewash whose Charter fair was established in 1252 |
| 34% | TOTNES | 6 | Market town in Devon on the River Dart that houses a castle |
| 33% | HUNTINGDON | 10 | Market town in Cambridgeshire on the north bank of the River Great Ouse |
| 33% | WELSHPOOL | 9 | Market town in Powys, Wales, on the River Severn north of Powis Castle |
| 33% | DUMBARTON | 9 | Town in Scotland on the north bank of the River Clyde; administrative HQ of West Dunbartonshire |
| 32% | ELS | 3 | 24 mile long river and tributary of the Streu in the Rhon Mountains, Bavaria |
| 31% | ABERGAVENNY | 11 | Market town in Monmouthshire, Wales, on the north bank of the River Usk housing an 11th-century castle |
| 31% | BARNSTAPLE | 10 | Market town in North Devon; birthplace of playwright John Gay |
| 31% | EXETER | 6 | City in Devon whose name contains the river on which it is situated |
| 29% | TOA | 3 | 81 mile long Cuban river, located mostly in Guantanamo Province, that enters the Caribbean just north of Baracoa |
| 29% | BRIDGWATER | 10 | Town in Somerset on the River Parrett |
| 29% | NUNEATON | 8 | Town in Warwickshire on the River Anker |
| 29% | TORRIDGE | 8 | River in North Devon upon which Bideford stands |
| 29% | BURY | 4 | Town in Greater Manchester on the River Irwell |
| 29% | DONCASTER | 9 | Town in South Yorkshire on the River Don |
| 29% | ASHFORD | 7 | Town in Kent on the River Great Stour |
| 29% | COLCHESTER | 10 | Town in NE Essex on the River Colne |
| 29% | ILKLEY | 6 | Town in West Yorkshire on the River Wharfe |
| 29% | SCARBOROUGH | 11 | Coastal town in North Yorkshire home to the Stephen Joseph Theatre |
| 29% | MOLD | 4 | Town in Flintshire, N Wales, on the River Alyn |
| 29% | SALTASH | 7 | Town in Cornwall across the River Tamar from Plymouth |
| 28% | NILE | 4 | Longest river in the world |
| 28% | PINK | 4 | ___ Hill, town in North Carolina named after the flowers that bloom there |