The late 1980s and early '90s saw a flood of American themed fast-food diners and bars open up across the UK.
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A park an hour from Greater Manchester which inspired New York’s Central Park has received Government backing to win Unesco World Heritage status. Birkenhead Park in Merseyside is among seven sites in the running to join the prestigious list.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport announced on Monday, April 10, the seven places on its “Tentative List”, which is published around every 10 years. It sets out the sites it feels have the best chance of being granted World Heritage Status.
Five new sites from across the UK and overseas territories have been added, meaning the Government is putting forward a seven-site list. Among the cultural sites are York city centre, which harbours a rich history left behind by its Anglo-Saxon, Viking and Norman inhabitants – with civic and religious buildings including its Minster.
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Birkenhead Park, which opened in 1847, features on the list. The park was a pioneering project to bring greenery to urban environments and it’s served as a blueprint for municipal planning which has influenced town and city parks across the world, including New York’s Central Park.
The Zenith of Iron Age Shetland, a collection of three ancient settlements dating back thousands of years, has also been placed on the Tentative List. Places of natural significance recommended for consideration by the DCMS include the East Atlantic Flyway, a migratory bird route over western parts of Europe including Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Kent.
It joins the list in recognition of its vital importance to bird populations and wildlife as an area that sees huge transient bird populations pass through every year. The Little
The late 1980s and early '90s saw a flood of American themed fast-food diners and bars open up across the UK.
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