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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rebecca Speare-Cole

The most inventive polling stations across Britain including a windmill, a fossil museum and even a train carriage

An old train carriage in Yorkshire and a fossil museum in Dorset are just two of the weird and wonderful polling stations set up for today's general election.

Voters across the UK have been queueing up at buildings of all shapes and sizes to have their say on who should enter the door of 10 Downing Street.

When the first winter election in decades was announced, fears rippled up and down the UK that children would have their Nativity plays cancelled as schools, churches and town halls would likely be recruited as polling stations.

But people are travelling to locations such as a a windmill in Suffolk, a laundrette in Oxford and a fish and chip shop in Pembrokeshire, to vote for their preferred candidate.

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Voters are also heading to a converted shipping container in Dudley, a pink polka dot cafe in Stocksbridge and the art museum in Hove.

As long as they comply with Electoral Commission guidelines - which include ensuring disabled access and a functioning toilet - any structure can be used as a polling station.

Dogs, horses and cats have all been spotted at these voting hubs, prompting the now-famous trending hashtags on social media such as #dogsatpollingstations.

Meanwhile, a wild variety of voters were spotted out and about casting their votes, including Santas, nuns and politicians.

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