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Britain's famous landmarks are easily identifiable - or are they?

You're probably pretty confident that you could identify Britain's best-loved landmarks with no trouble at all. You might be shocked and horrified to discover that, in a recent survey for Travelodge, 58% of Britons couldn't identify some of our most iconic structures. However, before you dismiss the 3,000 Britons who took up the identification challenge, you might like to compare your own performance.

So, here are the 10 landmarks that were most often misidentified in the survey. Identify each one then check your answer by rolling over the box that says ‘The answer is...' - and the answer will be revealed. But don't forget that you've got an advantage over those surveyed - you know they're all in Britain!

Name that landmark! 

At no.10: Classical...maybe a former colonial seat of power? - 47% of those surveyed didn't know what this building was

At no.9: That summit looks mighty high - can it really be in the UK?...reminiscent of Mount Fuji, maybe? 52% couldn't identify this mountain 

 

At no.8: With its jetting fountains and background of orderly columns, this square was unrecognisable to 51% of those surveyed, whose suggestions included a Spanish or Portuguese piazza

 
At no.7: Hmm, atmospheric shot, looks like something from a US gangster film. It's a bridge, but 54% couldn't say which one

At no.6: To be fair, this shot taken from above is not how we normally see this place of worship. Suggestions for this cathedral included the domes of St Peter's in Rome

 
At no.5: Dark and vaguely sinister castle dominating the rugged landscape - somewhere in Transylvania? Well, it is a castle but 62% of those surveyed couldn't say where this stronghold is

At no.4: It wouldn't look out of place in a cutting-edge development in Dubai, and 64% of those surveyed failed to place this recently constructed tower in the near south, not the Far East

 
At no.3: The domes and intricately detailed towers of this view misled a third of those surveyed into thinking this vista was of the minarets of Istanbul

At no.2: Seventy-six per cent of UK residents were unable to identify this imposing high-rise skyline, with half mistaking it for Manhattan's prominent skyline

At no.1: the title of most misidentified building goes to this Regency masterpiece. Over three-quarters drew a blank, and two-thirds mistook the iconic building for a palace in India's Rajasthan

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All photos: Visit Britain 

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