Leading landmarks are dwarfed by Big Ben's popularity

Big Ben has been crowned Britain's greatest landmark.

The famous bell and its clock tower at the Palace of Westminster came first in a survey of more than 2,000 people marking today as the birthday of Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

Members of the public polled for the YouGov survey, commissioned by project consultancy Faithful+Gould, were asked to name their favourite man-made or natural landmark.

London sites dominated the top 10, with the London Eye coming third and the Houses of Parliament at No4. The Tower of London took eighth place, Buckingham Palace was voted 9th and Tower Bridge was No10.

Elsewhere, Stonehenge was the second most popular landmark, while other favourites included Blackpool Tower and Edinburgh Castle.

In spite of the Brunel anniversary, none of his famous landmarks made it into the national top 10, although the Clifton suspension bridge was the favourite of people surveyed in the West of England.

London also took the lead in a separate survey, again conducted by Faithful+Gould, of clients inside the industry and their favourite landmarks. Man-made landmarks dominated the list, with the London Eye coming first, followed by Antony Gormley's Angel Of The North in Gateshead.