BRITAIN'S MOST UNUSUAL POLLING STATIONS WHERE VOTERS CAN VOTE
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As voters across the UK look to cast their ballots today, there is one key question on everyone's minds - where can I go to vote?
For many the answer will simply be at the nearest village hall, church or even nursery.
But for others, their local set up might be slightly different as they find themselves queuing up in some rather unusual locations.
From a caravan in Cambridgeshire, to a shipping container in Battersea and even a Hindu temple in Wimbledon, there are a number of surprising places that have been made into makeshift polling stations this week.
The Ace Launderette in Oxford has doubled up as a polling station, and one woman even transformed her home for people to vote in Winwick, Northamptonshire.
Here MailOnline shows you a glimpse of some of the most unusual, and who knows, maybe yours is on the list!
The Castor and Ailsworth Tennis Club, near Peterborough, is also being utilised for voting today, with pickleball sessions due to take place for those who want to participate after crossing the box.
One couple, Jackie and Alan Ward set up their caravan as a polling station, which even features an expandable tent section, in Whitehall Gardens, Westminster, London.
In Loughborough, a polling station sign was spotted on a mobile unit at a Lidl supermarket car park.
Similarly, one was set up in a mobile library - in a Tesco car park in Cambridge.
The Long Shop Museum in Leiston, Suffolk, which preserves the areas industrial heritage - has also been transformed for the occasion.
Members of the public can also vote in the unusual choice of Whitley Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, in North East England.
Other establishments being used include The Forum Theatre in Northallerton and The Reubens hotel in Leeming Bar, North Yorkshire.
June Thomas, 80, regularly turns her house in Winwick, Northamptonshire, into a polling station - but she voted by post instead.
For some Gloucestershire residents, marking an X will see them travel to more wacky locations such as a sports bar or a country estate.
A karate club's Montpellier Hall in the county is also being used, meaning some classes had to be cancelled for the occasion.
The Lion's Den's bar at Gloucester Rugby's Kingsholm Stadium is another unorthodox location, along with the Colesbourne Estate, famed for its 350 varieties of stunning snowdrops.
In Andover, Hampshire, another makeshift polling station was set up in a portakabin.
Is YOUR polling station unusual? Email: [email protected]
Is YOUR polling station unusual? Email: [email protected]
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