[Closed] What is the most iconic building or landmark in the country?

Barrow in Furness bus depot or Stonehenge ...

big ben, i'd say. maybe tower bridge or st pauls.

Big Ben. It's easily one of the most famous landmarks in the world.

Big Ben
White cliffs.

The ventilating towers of the first mersey road tunnel, birkenhead.Which i shall be riding past in about 20 minutes.

In my country, Edinburgh Castle - judging by visitor numbers anyway....

Big Ben ftw

The ventilating towers of the first mersey road tunnel, birkenhead.Which i shall be riding past in about 20 minutes.

That's a nice building for geometry fans. I'll be seeing it from the other side of the river in about 50 minutes and I shall wave.

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No?

I guess most 'foreigners' would know which country this was in?

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so it's iconic in that respect.

I've always liked Castle Howard, though;}

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Big Ben/HoP.

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Got to be really in't it?

The London skyline is certainly truly iconic:

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Elf, you forgot the dirt and the doom-laden greyness. 🙄

St Pauls, Tower Bridge, Palace of Westminster or Stonehenge for England and the whole of the UK. The Angel of the North is nice but I don't know if it's something known worldwide.

In Scotland I'd maybe go for the Forth Rail Bridge. I wouldn't say that Edinburgh Castle is particularly distinctive. Well not the castle itself. Having it stuck on a great big batholith (awesome word) helps, though.

Stonehenge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_of_the_United_Kingdom

Elf, you forgot the dirt and the doom-laden greyness

I was talking about London, not Birmingham.

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I would have to say The Palace of Westminster and the clock tower therei that houses Big Ben, as Englands (and in some eyes Britains) most iconic construct. Tower Bridge probably comes second though perhaps on an equal footing with Stonehenge.

Natural icon probably has to be the White Cliffs. While there are too many to name utterly beautiful natural sites throughout the UK I doubt that many residents let alone visitors from other lands would say that any other natural site says England/Britain like the white cliffs.

what is the most iconic British Building

I picture an image of that there clocktower containing the bell known as Big Ben, preferably with a man in a bowler hat and a kilt, singing "sospan fach" stepping off a Routemaster bus.

Iconic: Big Ben
Best: [url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/sep/16/britains-best-building-readers-vote-results ]Durham Cathedral[/url]

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[i]singing "bread of heaven"[/i]

Jerusalem, surely?

I was talking about London, not Birmingham.

Hmm... well, I was on Noddy's DLR railway the other day. The views between Bank and whatever the destination station was were of... dirt and the doom-laden greyness, plus the Millennium Dome, which, if anything, looks sillier in real life than it does on TV.

def big ben HoP - still cool seeing in the mornings.

picture of Big Ben

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which is inside the Clock Tower of St Stephens

shame the tower has started to lean a bit!

Barrow in Furness bus depot

Not as chewy as the old one.

</showing my age>

Bregante wins. Hic! 😀

Actually Project - The Liverpool shoreline we hadn't thought of, but is very iconic. Old Trafford was mentioned repeatedly Thats what you get for asking a load of Mancs 😉

That Wiki list is incorrect, as it omits this wondrous place:

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Is beautiful. 😥

I know I always loved that advert for Chewits.

Definiltey Parliament. I've shown many (intelligent and educated) Americans around, and the thing they all want to see is HoP. The other things of which they have heard are usually the Eye and Tower Bridge (which they usually call London Bridge)

Wow! Where's that Fred?

Now you're being silly Binners. You know perfectly well that it is the [b]World Famous Alhambra Palace in Bradford[/b] (after which some much lesser building in Granada TV was named).

One day I shall visit this magnificent and magical place:

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1) Houses of Parliament
2) Tower Bridge
3) Heaton Park Tower 😉

Sorry Elf... I'll get around to updating Wiki later.

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One day I shall visit this magnificent and magical place:

You'll have to be quick, they're on about pulling it down.

They must not, Cougar! they must not. Stop them please.

Forth Bridge is the most iconic Scottish thing for me actually, as an ignorant heathen sassenach what's never bin there. 🙂

It's a bloody nice bridge, in't it? We Londoners appreciate a nice bridge...

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I am afraid that photo flatters Preston Bus Station, didn't realise they were planning to pull it down

Another iconic bridge surprised no-one's mentioned it yet:

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I think the tithebarn project has been scrapped in Preston

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no mention of this place yet

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Surely..

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Hahaha, beaten to it..

snap!

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Even as a londoner, Buck house isn't iconic in the sense that BB/HoP or Tower Bridge etc are. It's just a big stately home inhabited by a bunch of benefit scroungers...

Nice drive though:

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I've been run over on that there orange tarmac by some arse in a limo.

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No. 10
The Telly Tubbies' House
HoP
The Albert Hall
Wimbledon
That Scottish castle used in Highlander
The little house over the stream in Ambleside
Buck Pal

Although I must confess that anyone who uses the word "iconic" near me tends to have their knuckles hit repeatedly with a hammer.

Heres one I took of one of the 3 graces that I am pleased with.

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I knew it wouldn't be long until someone made it clear that Big Ben is a bell. However as any fule kno Londoner's all call the tower Big Ben on account of how unpretentious we are.

True dat, Jools; true dat.

Fred - is that Preston Bus station? Bin there, dan that. Bit of a let-dahn to be honest.

Intersting how little consensus there is. HoP / Tower Bridge I'd have said, this for the non-Sassenachs:

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Looks like Oxford Al... only ugly 😀

And how could I forget:

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Buck Palace wasn't supposed to be a royal palace, it was some guy's house. Duke of Buckingham perhaps.. That's why it looks pretty lame compared to some other palaces of the world.

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Castell Gwyrdd

My thanks to Rootes for correcting all the dullards calling the tower Big Ben.

That's what tourists and Americans call it, FFS.

The gas works opposite the Oval, accompanied by the Test Match Special theme tune

World Famous Alhambra [s]Palace[/s]Theatre in Bradford

FTFY

I think the Alhambra Palace is in Spain

Big Ben
Houses of parliament
St Pauls Cathedral
Hampton Court
Tower Of London
Tower Bridge
Covent Garden

All equal then you have
Battersea power station & Tate Modern

But I love the Michelin Building in Chelsea

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Castell Gwyrdd

Twpsin !!

Birthplace of the world we know....
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This place, as it means I'm back in God's county... 😉

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This place is pretty iconic, for me, too.

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in between each pair of windows on the second floor (third floor for americans) there's a statue of each of the kings & queens of England from William I right up to Victoria. Obviously none after her as she was still alive when it was built

If we are being pedantic, the whole site is not the Houses of Parliament. It is the Palace of Westminster. EDIT: Didn't read first page, where the correct term was frequently used.

Angel Of The North has become a nice landmark

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The most 'Iconic' will be summink in london.
The best is, as Miketually said, in Durham.

Wouldn't argue with the big guns of London and Stonehenge, but a couple of others that might be worth a thought?
Glasto
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and from less happy times

Martello, they're all round the edges
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Pill box
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Love em or hate em, they're now iconic.

Clearly this

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Cool, Hoad! Can you still go up t'top?

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Yeh, its just been refurbished and its now a lovely shade of white.

I am just not seeing 😕

bob_summers - Member
Cool, Hoad! Can you still go up t'top?

For me,

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davidtaylforth - Member
Yeh, its just been refurbished and its now a lovely shade of white.

Wooohooo, Ironbridge!! Yes, yes indeedy.. See the Church on the hill, look to it's left four houses, that was my old house right there it was.

Amazing place, dull as when you're finishing skool and off to uni, but returning for my 1st job and buying my first place and ridin in the woods.. well hey, for me.. It's the most iconic place indaworld.

Nice one.

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Twpsin !!

pwy fi neu nhw?

bob, is that the M6 services near Lancaster?