This is the location lined up to be Old Kent Road in the Doncaster version of Monopoly
and live on Freeview channel 276
The public were invited last week to vote for Doncaster locations to feature in the town’s version of the game, after the makers confired a local edition will be created.
Mansion House, Conisbrough Castle, the Keepmoat Stadium, the Dome, the airport and the racecourse were singled out as likely spaces, but today it is revealed the current favourite to be Old Kent Road space is none of these.
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Hide AdIt is St Peter’s Church, Conisbrough, reputed to be the oldest building in South Yorkshire.
Old Kent Road is the cheapest place on the Monopoly board and Winning Moves UK, who are due to make the Doncaster version under licence from Hasbro, have put up four reasons for claiming the eighth century church and Old Kent Road could be “the perfect fit”:
They said:
# The church is very old – like Old Kent Road.
# It is high-profile and talked about.
# It is much visited. In Monopoly Old Kent Road is much visited, as there is a ‘Go back to Old Kent Road’ card.
# Heritage lovers would consider it ‘sacrilege’ for any development near the site so it’s not attractive to investors.
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Hide Ad“St. Peter’s Church could be the perfect fit for Old Kent Road,” said Afolabi Omotola, custom games executive at Winning Moves UK. “But voting is still live so we shall wait and see till after polls have closed.”
Voting is open and closes at 23.59pm on Wednesday, March 18.
The Chance and Community Chest cards are being largely Doncaster themed too. One may reward players for picking the winner of the St Leger.
Mr Omotola said: “We are delighted with all the great suggestions that have poured in so far.”
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Hide AdThe edition will be available at all major retailers, as well as very widely online including Amazon.
You can vote for landmarks and cards to feature in the game by:
# Emailing [email protected]
# Logging onto Doncaster Monopoly Facebook page.
# Write to Doncaster Monopoly, Winning Moves UK, 7 Praed Street, London W2 1NJ.