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From laundromats to pubs: Britain’s weirdest polling stations
Every election day, thousands of schools, churches and village halls across the United Kingdom are turned into polling stations. There are around 40,000 of these voting places in all, according to the Electoral Commission, but some are more unusual than others.
Voters in the historic city of Oxford are casting their ballots at the local laundromat, where parties will hope their spin has been effective.
In Salford, in the north of England, polling booths have been set up at Ordsall Hall, a mansion dating to the 13th century.
In Besthorpe, Norfolk, a farm has been commandeered for democratic purposes. As has a historic granary windmill in Thelnetham, Suffolk. And in Formby, near Liverpool, voters can reward their civic participation with a pint.
Perhaps the strangest of all, however, is the home of June Thomas, who regularly turns her small house into a polling station for the residents of Daventry, in Northamptonshire. She doesn’t take full advantage by casting her ballot there, however, instead voting by post.
“I don’t think I’ve ever voted in my house — even though it’s the polling station,” she told the BBC. “I can see why people might laugh.”
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