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English Icons
English Icons
Do you agree with the Government's team of experts? Check out their list below and then have your say.
(Please note that the Official List only refers to English Icons - they may be planning on doing other lists later - this is why we have omitted and Welsh, Irish or Scottish icons.)
Tiscali User's Top English Icons.
(Please note that the Official List only refers to English Icons - they may be planning on doing other lists later - this is why we have omitted and Welsh, Irish or Scottish icons.)
Tiscali User's Top English Icons.
Cup of tea
What could be better than a 'naaaace cuppa tea'?
FA Cup
The greatest football competition in the world (quite possibly).
SS Empire Windrush
In 1948 the Empire Windrush docked in Essex and changed Britain for good when thousands of Jamaican and Caribbean people disembarked to start new lives.
Jerusalem
'And did those hills...' The Ashes anthem.
Angel of The North
Antony Gormely's amazing Northern sculpture, seen by 90,000 people a day.
Punch and Judy
A seaside favourite - but still relevant today?
Routemaster Bus
Sadly departed from the streets of London this WWII designed bus is undoubtedly a classic.
Henry VIII
Specifically this portrait by Hans Holbein.
Spitfire
The classic icon from World War Two.
Alice in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll's adventures in Wonderland.
King James Bible
Published in 1611, it was read aloud to the illiterate. Contains some of the most beautiful English language ever written.
Stonehenge
The origins of this mysterious stone circle have never been uncovered but for centuries people have been drawn to it's mystic power.
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