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Car park's in top ten; TRAVEL: City's Moor Street facility wins praise.(News)
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Birmingham Mail (England)
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December 21, 2005
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2005 Birmingham Post & Mail Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: By Mail Reporter
A CITY centre car park has been voted one of the ten best in Britain.
Moor Street Car Park, near Bullring, fought off strong opposition from around the country in the first Carparkstars survey which judges contenders on their parking facilities,lighting, price and security.
The overall judge in the competition was 53-year-old Kevin Beresford, from Small Heath. He reckoned the Moor Street car park was extremely functional and easy on the eye.
Kevin, who is famous for his Roundabouts of Britain calendar, said: "Moor Street is one of the better car parks I saw while carrying out the survey. It's very spacious and has good colour ...
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