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List: The 100 Greatest Places to Stand in the UK

100 of the UK’s most wondrous, inspiring, or thought-provoking locations have been put forward to be voted on by the public and collect the award as the Greatest Place To Stand In The UK 2009. Click on the vote button at the side to vote a place up or down. If you think another place should have been included in this list then leave your comment at the bottom of the page. Don’t forget, if you have been to any of these places, you can also add your photo as proof that you have StoodThere. Is it possible that someone has been to all 100? The VOTE will close on the 01 December 2009 when the full results will be given to the World's Media. In the meantime, you can see the changes as they happen every day.

Places

1
St Pauls Cathedral, London, UK
St Paul's Cathedral is the Anglican cathedral on Ludgate Hill, in the City of London, and the ...
2
Shakespeare's Birthplace, Stratford on Avon
Shakespeare's Birthplace is a carefully restored 16th century half-timbered house situated in ...
3
Trafalgar Square, London.
Trafalgar Square is a square in central London, England.With its position in the heart of London, it ...
4
Forth Rail Bridge, Edinburgh
The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge over the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, ...
5
Lake Windermere, Cumbria
Windermere is the largest natural lake in England.It has been one of the country’s most ...
6
The Backs, Cambridge
The Backs is an area of the city of Cambridge, England, where several colleges of the University of ...
7
All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon, London.
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club is based at Wimbledon in London, England, and is best ...
8
Radcliffe Camera, Oxford
The Radcliffe Camera (colloquially, "Rad Cam"; "Radder" in 1930s slang[1]) ...
9
Castle Urquhart, Loch Ness, Scotland
Loch Ness is a large, deep, freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately 37 ...
10
Piccadilly Circus
Piccadilly Circus is a famous road junction and public space of London's West End in the City of ...
11
Whitby, North Yorkshire
Whitby is a town and civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire on the north-east ...
12
Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Stratford
Anne Hathaway's Cottage is the former childhood home of Anne Hathaway, the wife of William ...
13
Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire
Blenheim Palace is a large and monumental country house situated in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, ...
14
Angel of the North, Gateshead
The Angel of the North is a contemporary sculpture designed by Antony Gormley, which is located in ...
15
Natural History Museum, London
The Natural History Museum is one of three large museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, ...
16
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
Her Majesty's Naval Base (HMNB) Portsmouth (HMS Nelson), is one of three operating bases for the ...
17
Hampton Court Palace
Hampton Court Palace is a former English royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon ...
18
Portmeirion, Wales
Portmeirion is an Italianate resort village in Gwynedd, on the coast of Snowdonia in Wales.The ...
19
Warwick Castle
Warwick Castle is a medieval castle in Warwickshire, England. It sits on a cliff overlooking a bend ...
20
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Trevor, Wales
The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Llangollen Canal over the valley ...
21
The Royal Crescent, Bath
The Royal Crescent is a residential road of 30 houses, laid out in a crescent, in the city of Bath, ...
22
Wembley Stadium, London.
Wembley Stadium is located in North West London, England.Primarily a football venue, Wembley is ...
23
York Minster
York Minster is a Gothic cathedral in York, England and is one of the largest of its kind in ...
24
Stonehenge, England
Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about 3.2 ...
25
Glenfinnan, Loch Shiel
Glenfinnan (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Fhionnainn) is a village in Lochaber area of the Highlands of ...
26
Cape Wrath, Sutherland, Scotland
Cape Wrath (Am Parbh in Scottish Gaelic) is a cape in Sutherland, northern Scotland. It is the most ...
27
British Museum, London
The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture situated in London. Its collections, ...
28
Giants Causeway, Northern Ireland
The Giant's Causeway (or Clochán na bhFómharach in Irish) is an area of about 40,000 ...
29
Eden Project
The Eden Project is a visitor attraction in the United Kingdom, including the world's largest ...
30
The London Eye
The London Eye, also known as the Millennium Wheel, at a height of 135 metres (443 ft), is the ...
31
Chesil Beach, Dorset.
Chesil Beach, sometimes called Chesil Bank, in Dorset, southern England. is one of three major ...
32
Alnwick Castle, Northumberland
Alnwick Castle and stately home in Alnwick, Northumberland, England and the residence of the Duke of ...
33
Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
Standing upon the basalt plug of an extinct volcano which is estimated to have risen some 340 ...
34
Tower of London
Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London, is a ...
35
Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Salisbury, England, considered one of the leading ...
36
Hadrians Wall, England, UK
Hadrian's Wall (Latin: Vallum Aelium, "the Aelian wall") is a stone and turf ...
37
Tower Bridge, London.
Tower Bridge, crossing the River Thames, close to the Tower of London, which gives it its name, has ...
38
Osborne House, Cowes, Isle of Wight
Osborne House is a former royal residence in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, England.Queen Victoria and ...
39
Durham Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham, commonly referred ...
40
IronBridge, Shropshire
Opened on New Year's Day 1781, the world famous Iron Bridge crosses the River Severn at the ...
41
Leeds Castle
Leeds Castle, located four miles south east of Maidstone, Kent, England, dates back to 1119, when it ...
42
Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle, in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, is the largest inhabited castle in ...
43
The Royal Pavilion - Brighton
The Royal Pavilion is a former royal residence located in Brighton, England. It was built in the ...
44
Llechwedd Slate Caverns, Blaenau Ffestiniog, North Wales
Llechwedd Slate Caverns is a visitor attraction in Blaenau Ffestiniog, North Wales. Visitors can ...
45
Merlin's Cave, Tintagel, Cornwall
Merlin's cave', named after the Arthurian wizard Merlin is found close to .Tintagel Castle, ...
46
Skara Brae Stone Age Settlement, Orkney
Skara Brae is a large stone-built Neolithic settlement, located on the Bay of Skaill on the west ...
47
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are extensive gardens and ...
48
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
The garden at Sissinghurst Castle in the Weald of Kent, is owned and maintained by the National ...
49
The Old Man of Hoy, Orkney Islands, Scotland.
The Old Man of Hoy is a 137 metres (449 ft) sea stack of red sandstone perched on a plinth of ...
50
Royal Armouries, Leeds.
The Royal Armouries Museum is a national museum in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.It is located in ...
51
The Falkirk Wheel
The Falkirk Wheel is a rotating boat lift connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal. ...
52
Geevor Tin Mine, St Just, Cornwall.
Geevor Tin Mine was a tin mine in the far south west of Cornwall, between the villages of Pendeen ...
53
Derwent Valley Mills, Derbyshire
Derwent Valley Mills is a World Heritage Site along the River Derwent in Derbyshire, England, ...
54
Southwold Beach Huts
Southwold, which in recent years has been referred to as the ‘least affordable town in ...
55
Blackpool Tower
Blackpool Tower is a major tourist attraction in Blackpool, Lancashire, which was opened to the ...
56
Spelga Reservoir, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Spelga Reservoir was formed by the Spelga Dam and sits amongst the spectacular countryside of the ...
57
Royal Horticultural Society's Wisley Garden, Surrey
The Royal Horticultural Society's garden at Wisley in Surrey, is one of the three most visited ...
58
Dunnottar Castle
Dunnottar Castle is a ruined medieval fortress located upon a precipitous rocky headland on the ...
59
The Gherkin, London.
The Gherkin, formally known as 30 St Mary Axe or the Swiss Re Building, is a skyscraper in ...
60
Sutton Hoo, Woodbridge, Suffolk.
Sutton Hoo near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, is the site of two Anglo-Saxon cemeteries of the 6th ...
61
Blue John Cavern, Castleton, Derbyshire.
The Blue John Cavern in the Peak District is a series of caverns considered to be the finest range ...
62
Roman Baths & Pump Room, Bath
The Roman Baths complex is a site of historical interest in the English city of Bath. The complex is ...
63
Tate St Ives
Tate St Ives is an art gallery in St Ives, Cornwall, UK, exhibiting work by modern British artists, ...
64
Speedwell Cavern, Castleton, DerbyShire
The Speedwell Cavern is one of the four show caves in Castleton, Derbyshire, England.It consists of ...
65
Isaac Newton's Tree, Woolsthorpe Manor, Lincolnshire.
Woolsthorpe Manor in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, was the ...
66
Kinver Edge, Stourbridge, West Midlands
Kinver Edge is a high heath and woodland escarpment just west of Kinver, about four miles west of ...
67
Electric Brae, Ayrshire
The Electric Brae is a gravity hill in Ayrshire, Scotland where cars appear to be drawn uphill by ...
68
Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, County Antrim
Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge is a rope suspension bridge near, Ballintoy, County Antrim, Northern ...
69
Bronte Parsonage Museum, Haworth, West Yorkshire
The Bronte Parsonage Museum is maintained by the Bronte Society in honour of the famed Bronte ...
70
National Railway Museum, York
The National Railway Museum (NRM) in York tells the story of rail transport in Britain and its ...
71
Land's End, Cornwall
Land's End (Cornish name: Penn an Wlas) is a headland on the Penwith peninsula, located near ...
72
Liverpool Road Railway Station, Manchester
Liverpool Road Railway Station is a former railway station in Manchester, England. The building is ...
73
Tresco Abbey Gardens, Scilly Isles
Tresco Abbey Gardens are located on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly.A Benedictine abbey ...
74
Beeston Castle,
Beeston Castle is a castle in Beeston, Cheshire, England, perched on a rocky sandstone crag 350 feet ...
75
Saltaire, West Yorkshire
Saltaire is the name of a Victorian era model village in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, ...
76
Lincoln Cathedral
Lincoln Cathedral (in full The Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln, or sometimes ...
77
Jodrell Bank, Cheshire
The Jodrell Bank Observatory is an observatory that hosts a number of radio telescopes, and is part ...
78
Chester City Walls
The Chester city walls are system of largely intact defensive walls surrounding the strategically ...
79
Blinking Bridge, Newcastle, England
The Gateshead Millennium Bridge, commonly known as the ‘Blinking Bridge’ is a pedestrian ...
80
Caernarvon Castle
Caernarfon Castle was constructed at Caernarfon in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, by King Edward I of ...
81
Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms, London
The Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms is a museum in London and one of the five branches of the ...
82
Mount Snowdon, Snowdonia
Snowdon (Welsh: Yr Wyddfa), is the highest mountain in Wales and has been described as "probably ...
83
Jorvik Viking City, York
The Jorvik Viking Centre is a museum and visitor attraction in York, England. It was created by the ...
84
John O'Groats, Scottish Highlands
John o' Groats is a village in the far north of mainland Scotland. Once a part of the county of ...
85
Menai Suspension Bridge, Anglesey, Wales
The Menai Suspension Bridge, or Pont Grog y Borth in Welsh, is a suspension bridge between the ...
86
Canterbury Cathedral, Kent
Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures ...
87
Albert Dock, Liverpool.
The Albert Dock is a complex of dock buildings and warehouses in Liverpool, England.Designed by ...
88
Cerne Abbas Giant
The Cerne Abbas giant, also referred to as the Rude Man or the Rude Giant, is a hill figure of a ...
89
Royal Yacht Britannia, Edinburgh
Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia is the former Royal Yacht of the British royal family, the 83rd ...
90
White Cliffs of Dover
The white cliffs of Dover are cliffs which form part of the British coastline facing the Strait of ...
91
Eilean Donan Castle, Loch Duich
Eilean Donan is a small island in Loch Duich in the western Highlands of Scotland. It is connected ...
92
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, London
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, which officially opened in 1997, is a reconstruction of The Globe ...
93
Canary Wharf, London
Canary Wharf is a large business and shopping development in East London, centred on the old West ...
94
Science Museum, London
London’s Science Museum on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, is part of the National Museum ...
95
Fingals Cave, Island of Staffa, Inner Hebrides, Scotland.
Fingal's Cave is a sea cave on the uninhabited island of Staffa, in the Inner Hebrides of ...
96
Gold Hill, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Gold Hill is a hill and a famous street in Shaftesbury in the county of Dorset.It is a steep cobbled ...
97
Beetham Tower, Manchester
Built in 2006, the Beetham Tower (also known locally as the Hilton Tower) is a landmark skyscraper ...
98
Glen Coe, Highlands.
Glen Coe (Gleann Comhann in Scottish Gaelic) is a glen in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies in the ...
99
Samson and Goliath gantry cranes, Harland and Wolff, Belfast.
Samson and Goliath are twin shipbuilding gantry cranes situated at Queen's Island, Belfast, ...
100
HMS Belfast, River Thames, London.
HMS Belfast is one of the two ships forming the final sub-class of the Royal Navy's Town-class ...

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bidbods says:
What about the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth?
simoninlondon says:
where's Tate Modern?
kencampbell says:
Great idea

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