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Ruki Sayid

Stonehenge tops bucket list of places in the UK you need to see before you die

It’s been around for 5,000 years but Stonehenge proves old is best when it comes to Britain’s finest sights.

The spectacular, prehistoric stone circle on Salisbury Plain is the oldest man-made landmark on a list of places all Brits should see before they die.

It took the top spot, beating the view from Newcastle’s Tyne Bridge and Brighton’s Royal Pavilion, in a bucket list survey. Second in the top 30 were the White Cliffs of Dover followed by Snowdonia, Ben Nevis and Lake Windermere.

Picture-postcard pretty St Ives harbour, The Giant’s Causeway and Hadrian’s Wall, all made the top 10.

Our other favourite sights include Cheddar Gorge, the London Eye, Arthur’s Seat and The Needles.

The Tyne Bridge in Newcastle (Craig Connor/ChronicleLive)

In the Vision Express survey of 1,500 adults, four in 10 said it was easy to forget how beautiful Britain is. Its optical services director Dan McGhee said: “Our research shows that there are some amazing places right here in the UK to enjoy with your loved ones.”

Top 30 sights

1. Stonehenge, Wiltshire

2. The White Cliffs of Dover, Kent

3. Snowdonia, North Wales

4. Ben Nevis, Scottish Highlands

5. Windermere, Cumbria

6. St Ives Harbour, Cornwall

Windermere Lake in Cumbria (Getty Images)

7. Cheddar Gorge, Somerset

8. The top of the London Eye

9. Hadrian’s Wall, Northumberland

10. The Giant’s Causeway, County Intrim, Northern Ireland

11. Arthur’s Seat, Edinburgh

12. St Michael’s Mount, Cornwall

13. The Needles, the Isle of Wight

14. Canterbury Cathedral, Kent

The White Cliffs of Dover (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

15. Durdle Door, Dorset

16. The Royal Pavilion, Brighton

17. Portmeirion, Gwynedd, North Wales

18. Top of the Brecon Beacons, Wales

19. Whitby Abbey Ruins, North Yorkshire

20. Seven Sisters White Cliffs, East Sussex

21. Chatsworth House, Bakewell, Derbyshire

An ice rink at the Royal Pavillion in Brighton (DAILY EXPRESS)

22. View of the Tyne Bridge, Newcastle

23. Fingal’s Cave, Staffa, Inner Hebrides

24. The view from the Greenwich Observatory, South East London

25. Castle Coombe, Cotswolds, Wiltshire

26. Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland

People enjoying the warm weather on the beach at Durdle Door in Dorset last summer (PA)

27. Ribblehead Viaduct, North Yorkshire

28. Old Man of Storr, Isle of Skye, Scotland

29. The view from Richmond Hill, South West London

30. Hope Cove, Devon

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