Google Street View treasure hunt!

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scrxisi wrote:Here you go.

http://goo.gl/maps/vhV3s

Next: eight or more Union Jack/Flags (whatever) in the same shot please
Can only find five :(
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How does 13 grab you? - http://goo.gl/maps/qFCeZ - Oxford Street, just West of Oxford Circus, around the time of the Olympics.

Find me a railway level crossing...with old school wooden gates. By which I mean a "proper" crossing worked by a crossing keeper (or gate box or other signaller), not a "User Worked Crossing".
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barrykas wrote: Find me a railway level crossing...with old school wooden gates. By which I mean a "proper" crossing worked by a crossing keeper (or gate box or other signaller), not a "User Worked Crossing".
http://goo.gl/AJQNl

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Well, that's a few hours of my life I won't get back. In the end found one within 3 miles of my house! Unbelievable.

http://goo.gl/maps/p31VE

Let's get this one going again by lowering the tone a little:

A shop, whose name could be considered a double entendre.
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I don't usually play this game, but will this do:

http://goo.gl/maps/AnqPS
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I immediately thought of THIS one, in Chelsea:

http://goo.gl/maps/0Oyw8
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Assuming the answers are valid, who sets the next criteria? Open floor, I say.
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If its open floor, please find me a Street View image with the below sign in sight. Only location stipulation is it must be situated within the United Kingdom.

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http://goo.gl/maps/6DTgX Done :D

As I can't think of anything to ask you guys to look for, then i'll throw it open again!

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Sam wrote:http://goo.gl/maps/6DTgX Done :D
Wow great work Sam, didn't think anyone would get this one.

Apparently this road sign is one of the rarest in Britain and the only one I could find was on this random wall in Lincoln (http://goo.gl/jj8fD).
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Everyone knows there's a car with its roof on fire in Woolwich. Tut. :roll:
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Can I suggest one?

Find me a UK railway level crossing with no lights or barriers.

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http://goo.gl/maps/wdWzH

A metallic sculpture other than the Angel of the North
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Well, I couldn't do better than go for the Angel of the South! http://goo.gl/maps/L6kSH. I overlook this from my house.

Just a minute whilst I think of the next challenge...

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Got to be kidding me, just as I spend an hour searching and feel all triumphant when I get one at Strawberry Hill (http://goo.gl/maps/uNcFK), I find Iain's beaten me too it...
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