The top 10 scenic views in the UK revealed

16:31 25 August 2010

A nationwide poll to find the best scenic views in Britain has crowned Lake Buttermere the UK's most beautiful view.

One in five (18%) Brits believe the small lake in Cumbria is our nationÂ’s top view, closely followed by neighbouring Lake Derwentwater.

Chevrolet, the veteran car maker, conducted research during a period when British ‘staycations’ booming.

To celebrate Britain’s top views the car company has created a four metre wide gilt frame which turns the natural environment into “scenic art” and enables families to enjoy the best of British views from the comfort of the car.

Families can now drive into parking spaces located in front of the top views in the UK and see the most beautiful views that the British Isles has to offer through the frame which captures the choice cut of the landscape.

Les Turton from Chevrolet, comments: “We don’t need to fork out on flights to find scenic locations. It is really great that more and more people are appreciating and acknowledging everything that our own country has to offer us. There is a wealth of beauty on offer to everyone within the UK and we only need to hit the road to find it.”

The nationÂ’s top ten views are:

1. Lake Buttermere, Cumbria (18%) - A picture perfect lake surrounded by rolling mountains and fertile dairy pastures
2. Derwentwater, Cumbria (11%) - CumbriaÂ’s third largest lake which is also home to four islands
3. Seven Sisters, Sussex (9%) - A series of white cliffs in East Sussex facing out into the English Channel
4. St Ives, Cornwall (7%) - Formerly a busy fishing port in the Middle Ages, now a busy Cornish town
5. Stonehenge, Wiltshire (6%) - A world heritage site whose large monolithic stones are instantly recognisable
6. Holkham Beach, Norfolk (6%) - Located within a nature reserve
7. Swaledale, Yorkshire (6%) - One of the most remote dales which hosts sparkling streams and lush meadows
8. Wastwater, Cumbria (5%) - EnglandÂ’s deepest lake, surrounded by EnglandÂ’s highest mountains
9. Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland (5%) - The castle stands 180 foot above the North Sea and unspoilt beaches
10. Loch Coruisk, Isle of Skye, Scotland (4%) - The LochÂ’s dramatic landscape can only be reached by boat or a long hike