Category: News; New Media
Date: 18.08.2006
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The 91Èȱ¬ News website is asking readers to vote for their favourite unsung
landmarks.
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A recent survey found that around 66% of people would be lost without famous and
eye-catching landmarks like the London Eye, Stonehenge, Blackpool Tower or
Edinburgh Castle. (1)
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But there are scores of non-touristy and less well-known landmarks that make up
the landscape of the United Kingdom and the 91Èȱ¬ News website is asking readers to vote for
buildings and places they think really stand out.
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An appeal for suggestions has generated more than 1,100 nominations and plenty of
pictures from readers so far for their favourite landmarks up and down the
country.
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These were shortlisted to the current 28 nominated landmarks divided
up into the North and Scotland; the West, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man; the
South (of Birmingham); and the East.
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The Oxford English Dictionary defines a landmark as: "An object in the landscape, which, by its conspicuousness, serves as a guide in
the direction of one's course (orig. and esp. as a guide to sailors in
navigation); hence, any conspicuous object which characterises a neighbourhood
or district."
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Go to the 91Èȱ¬ News website's Magazine page to vote: bbc.co.uk/news then click on Magazine, then Unsung Landmarks.
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The vote to pick eight finalists closes at the end of Wednesday 23 August 2006.
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Final voting ends on 29 August 2006.
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Unsung Landmarks nominated by 91Èȱ¬ News Website readers
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North and Scotland
Tees Transporter Bridge, Middlesbrough
Necropolis, Glasgow
Tinsley Viaduct towers, Sheffield
Emley Moor tower, Yorkshire
Chemical works, Runcorn
Jodrell Bank Telescope, Cheshire
Town Hall tower, Greenock
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West, Wales, Northern Ireland and Isle of Man
Samson and Goliath, N.Ireland
Laxey Wheel, Isle of Man
Steelworks, Port Talbot
Bideford Bridge, Devon
Fort Dunlop, West Midlands
New Severn Crossing, Wales
Minack Theatre, Cornwall
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South (of Birmingham)
Cardington Airship Hangars, Bedfordshire
Didcot Power Station, Oxfordshire
Green Park Turbine, Berkshire
Radio Masts, Rugby, Warwickshire
Senate House, London
Crystal Palace Tower, London
Walthamstow Stadium, London
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East
Radar Tower, Gt Baddow, Essex
Campbell's Tower, Kings Lynn, Norfolk
Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station, Nottinghamshire
Old John, Leicester
Dock Tower, Grimsby
Humber Bridge
Boston Stump, Lincolnshire
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Notes to Editors
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(1) Survey conducted by ConstructionSkills in August 2006.
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