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Just reaching the summit on foot is a welcome enough sight for most.

But the views from Snowdon’s peak have also been crowned the best in the UK - beating the most popular vistas in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

A shortlist of 15 sights handpicked by a panel of leading travel experts from publications including Rough Guides, Mr and Mrs Smith, Wanderlust and Good Housekeeping, was then voted on by more than 2,500 people.

The view of Llyn Llydaw from the mountain’s summit saw off tough competition including Stonehenge, Cheddar Gorge and Giant’s Causeway.

It was carried out to mark the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S8 smartphone.

(Image: Matthew Cattell/Samsung/PA Wire)

The most important factor for a quintessentially British view was found to be rolling countryside, with 42 per cent of people agreeing with that statement.

The view from the summit of the Brecon Beacons was the only other Welsh sight to make the list.

The study also found the average British adult takes more than 1,000 pictures each year, predominantly on smartphones, the majority of which focus on landscapes and city views.

Samsung has celebrated the greatest British views by commissioning a new photography project from Matthew Cattell - Britain’s reigning landscape photographer of the year - which will be shot on a Galaxy S8.

Mr Cattell is travelling the length of the UK in March and April to capture a series of shots at the 15 locations.

He said: “I hope people enjoy the results and are encouraged to get out and shoot the amazing views closest to them.”

(Image: Dave Thompson/PA)

These were found to be the top 10 greatest views in the UK:

1. Snowdonia - view of Llyn Llydaw from the summit of Snowdon, Wales

2. Three Sisters mountains, Glencoe Valley, Scotland

3. Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England

4. St Ives Bay, Cornwall, England

5. Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, England

6. Loch Ness - view from Dores, Scottish Highlands, Scotland

7. Buttermere, Lake District, England

8. Westminster Bridge - view of the Palace of Westminster, London, England

9. Giant’s Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

10. Loch Lomond - view from Conic Hill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland

11. Ben Nevis, Lochaber, Scotland

12. Edinburgh from Arthur’s Seat, Scotland

13. Peak District – view from Stanage Edge, Derbyshire, England

14. Brecon Beacons – view from the summit, Wales

15. Durdle Door, Dorset, England