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ARTS / ARCHITECTURE and LANDSCAPE
List: Top Ten Biggest Blots on the British Landscape
Date: November 2003
Source: Country Life magazine readers poll
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Notes: Amongst the worst of the buildings in the Basingstoke selection (No. 6 on our list) was, according to my local sources who do not wish to be named out of embarassment, the multi-storey car-park. However, it appears that the local council have got the hint since the Hampshire local government website has an update which says: "The appearance of the town has undergone drastic alteration, with major demolition operations sweeping away old-fashioned buildings and an entirely new town centre being built with pedestrian precincts and multi-storey car parks." So visit Basingstoke now for a whole new multi-storey car park experience!
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Blot on the Landscape
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1.
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Windfarms
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2.
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New Street Station, Birmingham
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3.
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Didcot Power station in Oxfordshire
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4.
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Battersea Power Station, South London
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5.
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Electricity pylons
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6.
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1960s architecture in Basingstoke
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7.
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Motorways
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8.
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Knightsbridge Barracks, London
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9.
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St. James shopping centre, Edinburgh
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10.
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M1 service stations
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