Sergeant Pepper and the Stiff Upper Lip make it onto the latest ICONS list
November 2006

Children’s favourites Winnie-the-Pooh and Doctor Who share centre stage with Sergeant Pepper, the Stiff Upper Lip and the Peak District, as new Icons of England, voted for by the public and selected by a panel of experts. Their iconic status is confirmed as ICONS – A Portrait of England announces its fourth wave of national icons.

The site, designed and developed by Cogapp, now includes 74 official Icons of England which have been given the star treatment online with themed in-depth features, quizzes, video clips and interviews on the site. Funded initially by Culture Online, part of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, ICONS has attracted more than 700 nominations, with people voting and commenting on their favourite icons. More than 800,000 people have visited the site.

The 21 new icons are:

Cheddar
Doctor Who
English Weather
Guy Fawkes Night
Iron Bridge
Mrs Beeton s Book of Household Management
Narrow-boats on canals
The Peak District
Red telephone box
Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding
The Robin
Rolls-Royce
The Rose
Sergeant Pepper
Stiff upper lip
The Thames
The Tube Map
The V Sign
Westminster Abbey
Wimbledon
Winnie-the-Pooh