The places you can and can't use selfie sticks in the UK

The places you can and can't use selfie sticks in the UK

The places you can and can't use selfie sticks in the UK

Much like the fans who take photographs on iPads at Premier League grounds, people who use selfie sticks are the worst. There, we said it.

But we’re not alone: it seems this device is the latest “best thing to hate” – and as more and more people use these nifty narcissist extenders, there seems to be less and less places that they can actually use them.

So, in case you’re one of the heathens using the infamous selfie stick, or else want to know which tourist spots will be plagued by them, you may want to visit Canibringmyselfiestick.com, telling you which attractions ban them and which attractions permit them.

Here we’ve picked some of the best for a quick UK guide…

Madame Tussauds

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Allowed

It was made for selfies.


Wimbledon

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Banned

Stick to the strawberries.


London Zoo

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Allowed

You can selfie, just don’t get too close to the cages.

Allowed


Football stadia

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Banned

You’ll be more hated than the opposing team, and a whole lot closer.


The London Eye

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Allowed

They see eye to eye with selfie stick snappers.


Alton Towers

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Banned

Generally the aren’t too bothered unless it’s on the actual rides, in which case they become really bothered, very very quickly.


The Shard

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Allowed

Look at that view! Wait, it’s behind you.


St Paul's Cathedral

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Banned

No blessing to use a selfie stick here. 


Cuckoo Land, Cheshire

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Allowed

Yes, a museum for Cuckoo Clocks, probably not worth a selfie if we’re honest.


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Banned

Sorry, 007, although don't worry, the nearby National Portrait Gallery allows a selfie.


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Allowed

But then it's being capitalising on those for centuries.


Live music venues

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Banned

You’ll have to make do with your arms. We know, that’s so last year.


National Railway Museum

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Allowed

You can choo-choo choose whether you want to extend your selfie or not.

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Marc Chacksfield
Content Director

As Content Director of Shortlist, Marc likes nothing more than to compile endless lists of an evening by candlelight. He started out life as a movie writer for numerous (now defunct) magazines and soon found himself online - editing a gaggle of gadget sites, including TechRadar, Digital Camera World and Tom's Guide UK. At Shortlist you'll find him mostly writing about movies and tech, so no change there then.