Landmark London pin badge winners

Londoners had from Monday 14 September until midnight on Sunday 18 October 2009 to cast their vote from a list of nominations. Winning landmarks range from visitor attractions, theatres and museums to windmills, clock towers and bridges.

Sebastian Coe, Chair of the London 2012 Organising Committee, said: “As we approach the 1,000 days to go milestone, here is one way over seven thousand Londoners are already involved in the 2012 Games. The landmarks chosen by the public for the pin set showcase what Londoners want the world to remember about their borough.”

Merrick Cockell, Chairman of London Councils said: ”The huge variety of landmarks Londoners have chosen to represent their local area highlights the fantastic diversity we enjoy in the capital. From iconic stations to film studios or historic parkland – London has it all, and we can’t wait to showcase it to the world in 2012.”

Each landmark lends itself well to being re-created into a metal pin form alongside the London 2012 logo. Designs will be unveiled early next year by London 2012 and London Councils.

The winning landmarks by borough are:

London Borough of Barking and Dagenham: The Catch. A gateway public artwork for Barking Town Centre reflecting the area’s Saxon heritage and involvement in the fishing industry. Designed by artist Loraine Leeson of cSPACE, in collaboration with Anne Thorne Architects Partnership and built by Alloy Fabweld Limited.

London Borough of Barnet: The Archer Statue. Sculpted by Eric Aumonier and located outside East Finchley tube station, the archer points his arrow to the opening of a 17.3 mile tunnel running all the way to Morden.

London Borough of Bexley: Hall Place. A Grade I listed house built for the Lord Mayor of London during the reign of King Henry VIII, now houses the Bexley Museum Collection, a tourist information centre and riverside tearooms.

London Borough of Brent: Neasden Mandir Temple. Popularly known as ‘Neasden Temple’, The Mandir is a masterpiece of Indian craftsmanship and continues to attract over half a million visitors annually.

London Borough of Bromley: Crystal Palace Transmitting Station and Park. Crystal Palace Park hosted the great exhibition of 1851, showcasing the glasshouse with over a million feet of glass. It is the site of the BBC’s main broadcast tower in London, built in the 1950s. The Athletics Stadium within the grounds hosts international track and field competition.

London Borough of Camden: St Pancras Station. When it opened in 1868, St Pancras’s ironwork train shed was the largest enclosed space in the world. The Grade I listed building has recently been refurbished and is the jewel of the crown of the High Speed 1 railway.

City of London: Tower Bridge. Designed by Sir Horace Jones and Sir John Wolfe-Barry, the Bridge was built over the Thames in 1894. It is one of the most recognisable landmarks in the world.

City of Westminster: Westminster Abbey. Steeped in more than 1000 years of history, it has been the coronation church since 1066.

London Borough of Croydon: Croydon Clock Tower. Built in 1895 as the borough’s Town Hall, it now also houses the Croydon Museum and art galleries, a cinema and library.

London Borough of Ealing: Ealing Studios. One of the great names in British entertainment, Ealing Studios is famous around the world as the home to the great Ealing comedies of the 1940's and 1950's. It s the oldest film studio in the world still in production.

London Borough of Enfield: Forty Hall. Forty Hall was built in 1629. This Grade I listed building it provides a link with Enfield's past while providing the borough with an outstanding venue for many arts and cultural events.

London Borough of Greenwich: Old Royal Observatory. A monument to navigational research, this is the home of Greenwich Mean Time and is famous as the source of the Prime Meridian line, dividing East from West (longitude 0° 0' 0''). The Observatory galleries unravel time, space and astronomy; the Planetarium lets visitors explore the heavens.

London Borough of Hackney: Hackney Empire. Each Christmas a cosmopolitan, diverse audience visits for sensational shows. International opera companies, famous orchestras, leading touring productions, top comedians and musicians have all appeared.

London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham: Hammersmith Bridge. Hammersmith Bridge was built in 1887 as a replacement for the original suspension bridge dating from 1827. The present bridge was designed by Sir Joseph Bazalgette.

London Borough of Haringey: Alexandra Palace. ‘Ally Pally’ finally opened in 1875, two years after it was destroyed by fire. Damaged again by fire in 1980, it now has event halls, a public ice rink and parklands.

London Borough of Harrow: St Mary's on the Hill. This beautiful church is visible for miles around; it has a history going back 900 years.

London Borough of Havering: Upminster Windmill. This Grade II listed building was built by local farmer James Noakes in 1803. The windmill continued to grind wheat and produce flour until 1934.

London Borough of Hillingdon: Hillingdon Sports and Leisure Centre. Hillingdon Sports and Leisure Centre will have the first new 50m indoor pool in London for 40 years.

London Borough of Hounslow: Chiswick House
Built in the mid-1700's by the Earl of Burlington, the house is considered to be the finest surviving example of Palladian architecture in Britain.

London Borough of Islington: St John's Gate, Clerkenwell. The In the original Tudor Gate House to the Priory's English headquarters, visitors can see the Priory church and 12th century crypt.

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: Natural History Museum. The building was designed in 1865 by Alfred Waterhouse to house Sir Hans Sloane's extensive collection of natural curiosities.

Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames: Telephone Boxes sculpture (London Road). A sculpture by David Mach, commissioned in 1988 for the new relief road, these disused red telephone boxes have been tipped up to lean against one another in an arrangement resembling dominoes.

London Borough of Lambeth: London Eye. At 135 metres, The London Eye is the world's largest cantilevered observation wheel, with 40 kilometre panoramic views on a clear day. It has now welcomed over 30 million visitors to date.

London Borough of Lewisham: Horniman Museum. Victorian tea trader Frederick John Horniman began collecting specimens, musical instruments and artefacts from around the world in the 1860s, and the growing collection was moved to a bespoke museum in 1901.

London Borough of Merton: Wimbledon Centre Court (AELTC).
Centre Court has seen a number of changes since its first match in 1877. It is recognisable the world over and recent additions include a fully retractable roof.

London Borough of Newham: Three Mills. Three Mills and its surrounding waterways is a beautiful conservation area for industrial heritage and astonishingly abundant wildlife.

London Borough of Redbridge: Churchill Statue. On Woodford Green stands a statue of Sir Winston Churchill, Britain's wartime leader who was MP for Wanstead and Woodford for 40 years.

London Borough of Richmond upon Thames: Richmond Park. London’s largest park with 2,500 acres of hills, woodlands, gardens and grassland with stunning views as far as St Paul’s Cathedral.

London Borough of Southwark: Globe Theatre. Performances and an education programme combine to create an international resource dedicated to the exploration of Shakespeare's work and the playhouse for which he wrote.

London Borough of Sutton: Honeywood Museum. Located by Carshalton Ponds, Honeywood dates from the 17th century.

London Borough of Tower Hamlets: Tower of London. Founded by William the Conqueror in 1066-7, this is one of the world's most famous fortresses, and one of Britain's most visited historic sites.

London Borough of Waltham Forest: Waltham Forest Town Hall. The centrepiece of the impressive 1930s Civic Centre complex by P.D. Hepworth, completed during the early years of World War II.

London Borough of Wandsworth: Battersea Power Station. A Grade II listed building built in 1939. It was the first in a series of generators set up as part of the National Grid power distribution system, standardising the supply of electricity in England.

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1. Downloadable images of the winning landmarks are available through Getty. http://mm.gettyimages.com/mm/nicePath/locog?nav=pr129812824

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