Five streets within Yorkshire & The Humber have been shortlisted by Google’s panel of experts which includes VisitBritain, Lonely Planet, TV presenter Julia Bradbury, Fashion Designer Jeff Banks and Editor of Glamour, Jo Elvin  

• The Shambles in York nominated for Britain’s Most Picturesque Street
• Fossgate in York and Call Lane in Leeds nominated for Britain’s Best Foodie Street
• Stonegate in York and Briggate in Leeds nominated for Britain’s Best Fashion Street

The awards, for Britain’s Most Picturesque Street, Best Foodie Street and Best Fashion Street, have been created in anticipation of further imagery being added to Google’s revolutionary Street View tool, which currently allows users to view and navigate 360 degree street-level imagery in 25 British towns, including many of those nominated for the Street View Awards. Later this year, Street View will be rolled out to cover additional streets from around the UK.   

Yorkshire & The Humber proved popular with Google’s panel of experts who nominated a total of five streets across the three categories. These included The Shambles which was nominated by both The Mail on Sunday’s Travel Editor, Frank Barrett and the Lonely Planet’s David Else for the Most Picturesque Street for its perfectly preserved 15th Century buildings whose timber frames overhang the pretty cobbled paving stones and quaint boutiques. Other streets which attracted praise within Yorkshire & The Humber include Briggate in Leeds and Stonegate in York for the Best Fashion Street and Call Lane in Leeds and Fossgate in York in the Best Foodie Street category.   

Shortlisted nominations for each of the award categories have been compiled by a panel of experts from the worlds of food, fashion and travel including VisitBritain, TV personalities Julia Bradbury (Countryfile), Jeff Banks (The Clothes Show) and Brix Smith Start (Gok’s Fashion Fix), leading journalists Jo Elvin (Editor, Glamour) and Nicholas Lander (Restaurant Correspondent, Financial Times) and authors David Else (Editor of The Lonely Planet Guide to Great Britain) and Richard Harden (Co-Editor, Harden’s Restaurant Guide). The experts were asked to nominate streets that fulfilled a pre-set criteria for each category. Their nominated streets highlight a series of British treasures ranging from famous tourist attractions such as London’s King's Road, Royal Crescent in Bath and The Shambles in York to hidden avenues and courtyards such as Gold Hill in Shaftesbury and Pen Cei in Aberaeron, Wales. 

The five streets within Yorkshire & The Humber will now battle it out against 45 other streets in a nationwide public vote. Voting opens from today, and closes on Sunday 28th February. The winners will be announced in March. To vote, go to www.maps.google.co.uk/beststreets

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