Welsh valley is Britain's best view

A beauty spot well known to hikers making their way to the highest peak in Wales has been acclaimed as the finest view in Britain – not by the ramblers but by television viewers casting a gaze from their living rooms.

Using the National Trust website, the public voted on which of 10 famous beauty spots they liked best. The winner was Aberglaslyn Pass, a narrow gorge that the Glaslyn river has carved through Mount Snowdon.

Commuters passing through Paddington station in London yesterday also enjoyed the scenery, via a high-definition TV set up for the purpose.

Borrowdale in Cumbria was voted second best, followed by St Michael's Mount, Cornwall; Holywell Bay, Cornwall; the white cliffs of Dover; Corfe Castle, Dorset; Kintail & Morvich, Ross-shire; Brimham Rocks, North Yorkshire; Hardcastle Crags, West Yorkshire, and Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk.

You do not need to don your walking boots to reach the Aberglaslyn Pass. The lazy can also reach the spot via the Welsh Highland Railway. The original railway was closed 70 years ago and its tunnels were a favourite route for hikers, who strongly objected when the line was reconstructed in the 1990s.

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