York, Birkenhead Park and an iron age settlement in Shetland are among the sites being put forward.
By Emma HarrisonSeven sites in the UK and its overseas territories are in the running to win Unesco World Heritage status.
The globally-recognised designation is given to places of cultural, historical or scientific significance.Globally, the sites on the list overseen by the agency of the United Nations, include Australia's Great Barrier Reef and historic areas of Cairo. Birkenhead Park in Merseyside, which opened in 1847 and was a pioneering project to bring greenery to urban environments - it inspired the development and creation of parks across the world including New York's Central Park
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
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