News - Google Street View awards York's Shambles as UK's most picturesque street

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The results of inaugural Google Street View Awards are in. Find out which of Britain's streets are deemed the best.

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[matty-hodgson]

After living in York for about 2 years of my life I'm left wondering how they managed to get a car down there. If I remember correctly, there's things to stop cars at either end, and it probably isn't wide enough either.

[Parm]

After living in York for about 2 years of my life I'm left wondering how they managed to get a car down there. If I remember correctly, there's things to stop cars at either end, and it probably isn't wide enough either.

Ta-da!

[scaryjim]

I assume that's how they managed to do Stonehenge, too...

[matty-hodgson]

Ta-da!

I stand corrected

[TAKTAK]

I didn't realise that they had mapped interest spots

Where else interesting have they done?


Also @scaryjim,

4* from 4.89 average? Rounding fail!

sig fail

It's not a rounding error, it's truncation

i.e. trunc 4.9 = trunc 4.1 etc (dependant on the level of truncation obv)

[rox0r]

Looking at the street view they must've shot that at some ludicrously early hour of the day because most of us York residents avoid the Shambles due to it being completely mobbed end to end by tourists.

[shaffaaf27]

you know, i have been here 2 years, and never gone ot shambles. might try it tomrow

[kalniel]

Looking at the street view they must've shot that at some ludicrously early hour of the day because most of us York residents avoid the Shambles due to it being completely mobbed end to end by tourists.

Yep. I've got a great picture of it early sunday morning though