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| Jodrell Bank bids for Unesco World Heritage status | Jodrell Bank bids for Unesco World Heritage status |
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| Jodrell Bank Observatory has been selected as the latest UK candidate for World Heritage status. | Jodrell Bank Observatory has been selected as the latest UK candidate for World Heritage status. |
| The site, in Cheshire, is home to the famous Lovell Telescope, which was complete in 1957. | The site, in Cheshire, is home to the famous Lovell Telescope, which was complete in 1957. |
| If the bid is successful, it would join the likes of Stonehenge and the Taj Mahal on the Unesco list of "globally important" landmarks. | If the bid is successful, it would join the likes of Stonehenge and the Taj Mahal on the Unesco list of "globally important" landmarks. |
| Prof Teresa Anderson, director of the observatory's Discovery Centre, said it has a "rich scientific heritage". | Prof Teresa Anderson, director of the observatory's Discovery Centre, said it has a "rich scientific heritage". |
| In pictures: Where are the UK's world heritage sites? | In pictures: Where are the UK's world heritage sites? |
| She described the telescope, which was the largest of its kind when it was built, as "an icon for science". | She described the telescope, which was the largest of its kind when it was built, as "an icon for science". |
| More than 1,000 places around the world have been granted Unesco World Heritage status. | More than 1,000 places around the world have been granted Unesco World Heritage status. |
| Currently, 31 sites in the UK and its overseas territories have been awarded the accolade. | Currently, 31 sites in the UK and its overseas territories have been awarded the accolade. |
| The site was first used for radio astronomy in 1945 by Sir Bernard Lovell and his team and since then, its astronomers have tracked Sputnik and discovered quasars. | |
| Prof Anderson said her team have been preparing the case for years, "so it's absolutely fantastic to reach this milestone". | |
| Director of the Centre for Astrophysics, Prof Michael Garrett, said: "Jodrell Bank has played a leading role in radio astronomy for over seventy years, work which is reflected in the landscape of the site." | Director of the Centre for Astrophysics, Prof Michael Garrett, said: "Jodrell Bank has played a leading role in radio astronomy for over seventy years, work which is reflected in the landscape of the site." |
| What is radio astronomy? | What is radio astronomy? |
| Source: BBC Science | Source: BBC Science |