The new list of 21 – chosen from thousands of people’s nominations from England and around the globe – marks another step in the creation of an online collection that aims to provide a snapshot of the life of the nation in the 21st Century.

The 21 new icons are:

• St George’s Flag           
  
• The Domesday Book
  
• Blackpool Tower
  
• Hadrian’s Wall           
  
• HMS Victory
  
• The Globe
  
• The Notting Hill Carnival
  
• The mini-skirt           
  
• Cricket
  
• Brick Lane           
  
• The Hay Wain           
  
• The Sutton Hoo helmet
  
• The Lindisfarne Gospels           
  
• Pride and Prejudice           
  
• York Minster
  
• The Origin of Species           
  
• The Eden Project           
  
• Big Ben
  
• Morris Dancing           
  
• The Pub           
  
• The Machin (Queen’s head) stamp

The project, which launched in January, appears to have captured the public imagination. Funded by Culture Online, part of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, ICONS has attracted hundreds of thousands of votes for the nation’s favourite icons. Jerry Doyle, Managing Director of ICONS, said: “We are delighted with the response from the public. It has been overwhelming, with around a quarter of a million visits to the site, more than 5000 suggested nominations and around 300,000 votes. Nominations have ranged from popular national treasures like Wallace and Grommit and Dr Who to controversial suggestions like fox hunting, where the debate rages on.”

For more information visit www.icons.org.uk