Blackpool and disused RAF base bid for World Heritage status
Its most historic attractions may well be the jokes in the end-of-the-pier show, and children rather than archaeologists dig in its sands for lost treasures. But Blackpool could soon boast the same exalted status as the Pyramids of Giza and the Great Wall of China.
The Lancashire bucket and spade resort, famed for its tower, the illuminations and its amusement park, is on a typically eccentric list of British locations that could be put forward as new World Heritage sites.
Also vying to be included on the Government’s shortlist for UNESCO are a disused RAF base, a large telescope, a bridge famous for its never-ending paint jobs, and the remote island where Napoleon was exiled....
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The Lancashire bucket and spade resort, famed for its tower, the illuminations and its amusement park, is on a typically eccentric list of British locations that could be put forward as new World Heritage sites.
Also vying to be included on the Government’s shortlist for UNESCO are a disused RAF base, a large telescope, a bridge famous for its never-ending paint jobs, and the remote island where Napoleon was exiled....