The world's smallest cinema: Screen 22
Nottingham's Screen 22 is claimed to be the smallest digital recognised single screen cinema in the world. With only 22 seats, you can experience the comfort of your living room alongside the big screen. Screen 22 also has the rare facility of being able to screen films in their original letterbox format, via anamorphic projection.

The world's longest pleasure pier: Southend Pier
Attracting city-birds looking for a quick get-away, Southend was hailed the holiday destination to visit in the nineteenth century. Competing with the fashionable Margate of the time, Sir William Heygate took up the campaign of creating the Essex landmark to try to blow the competition out of the water. Originally made of wood, in 1887 the pier was replaced for an iron counterpart. It currently extends 1.34 miles (2.16 km) into the Thames Estuary making it the longest pleasure pier in the world. It even has its own tram system.

The world's first chocolate bar: Bristol
Though his chocolatiering days date back to 1756, it wasn't until 1847 that the Fry's chocolate factory located in Union Street, Bristol, moulded the first chocolate bar suitable for widespread consumption, thus bringing to the world, the first ever chocolate bar. The firm starting producing the Fry's Chocolate Cream bar in 1866 and also brought to the UK, the first chocolate Easter Egg, henceforth making chocoholics of us all.

The world's first public museum: The British Museum
Founded in 1753 and open to the public in 1759, London's British Museum enjoys the prestige of being the world's first ever national public museum. Today, the popular London attraction houses a staggering eight million artefacts from across the globe and spans across two million years of human history. Highlights include the ancient Egyptian Rosetta Stone, the Benin Bronzes and classical Greek sculptures the Elgin Marbles.

The world's oldest public library: Chetham Library
Chetham's Library was founded in 1653 and is claimed to be the oldest surviving public library across the English-speaking world. The library holds over 100,000 volumes of printed books, of which 60,000 were published before 1851. Housed in a medieval sandstone building in Manchester city centre, the library was the meeting place of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels when Marx visited Manchester. The economics books Marx was reading at the time can be seen on a shelf in the library, as can the window seat where Marx and Engels would meet.

The world's largest royal home: Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle is said to be both the world's largest and oldest occupied castle. It is an impressive architectural medley spanning centuries, with stone-clad battlements and luxurious furnishings making it an arresting sight both inside and out. Known as the Queens official residence, it's been the family home of English kings and queens for almost 1,000 years. Much of the castle is open to the public, such as the State Apartments, and St George's Chapel - the resting place for The Queen Mother and King George VI.

The world's most infamous serial killer: Jack the Ripper
Jack the Ripper is claimed to be the most infamous serial killer in the world. The killer who stalked the Whitechapel area of London back in 1888 was dubbed 'Jack the Ripper', but who exactly was he? Was he the grandson of Queen Victoria, the Queen's physician, a cabbie or a butcher? This 'who dunnit' conundrum remains a constant source of dark fascination.

The world's oldest football club: Sheffield FC 
Though it's thought similar games were played in ancient China, Greece and Rome, football - as we know it - is claimed to have been created in Sheffield back in 1857. According to Sheffield FC, the rules of the game were first drawn up by pioneers Nathaniel Creswick and William Prest, who also founded the world's first football club in 1857. According to the organisation, the longest derby on the planet was also played in Sheffield back in 1860, between rival teams Sheffield FC and Hallam FC. The match was also played out on the oldest football ground in the world, the Hallam Pitch at Sandygate Lane, Sheffield.

The largest gathering of Daleks: The National Space Centre
On 29th November 2008 over 90 Daleks gathered at the National Space Centre as part of the Science of the Timelords event.  The record of 97 Daleks was verified by Guinness and the National Space Centre was awarded a certificate in recognition.

VisitEngland's Hall of Fame closes on 23rd March 2014. A shortlist will then be open to public vote to establish England's ultimate Hall of Fame, which will be announced on 23rd April, St George's Day. Anyone that nominates or later votes for a claim will be automatically entered into a prize draw to win a weekend break away. The app is available at Englandshalloffame.com, and on VisitEngland's Facebook page.

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Notes to Editors:
About England
• Historic yet contemporary, traditional yet cutting-edge, metropolitan yet wild: England is truly a unique destination and a real powerhouse in global tourism.
• With ancient Hadrian's Wall straddling the wild north and the world's biggest indoor tropical rainforest nestled in the far south, England really is the ultimate mix of old and new as well as being home to some of the most iconic sites in the world, including Stonehenge, the honey-hued Georgian terraces of Bath and the towering peaks and glistening meres of the Lake District.
• Did you know that in 2010 there were 96.4 million domestic overnight trips in England, 25.5 million inbound visits and 872 million tourism day trips?

More information can be found on www.visitengland.com