The best views from the best benches are often panoramas.
 |
| St Martins im Kofel, Italy |
Or pretty little scenes in beautiful towns.
 |
| Assos, Kefalonia, Greece |
From a modest bench in a place like Bell Island ...
 |
| Marc Kielley, The Bench Appreciation Collective, Facebook |
... you can get a glorious view of Conception Bay
 |
| Marc Kielley, The Bench Appreciation Collective, Facebook |
Benches are useful for viewing events, like the Round The Island sailing race on the Isle of Wight. Get there early to get the best bench!
 |
| Round-the-Island Race, Yarmouth Isle of Wight |
Sometimes close-up views are nice too. Here you can sit on the history bench and get a view of the past.
 |
| Sitting on History bench, Cass Sculpture Park, West Sussex |
A micro-view can be nice too.
 |
Dartmouth, Devon
|
 |
| John Day Fossil Beds, Mitchell, Oregon |
 |
| Nice view of the bar, Marsbach, Austria |
 |
| Bus stop bench with a view, Minehead, Somerset |
 |
| Wank Mountain bench, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany |
 |
| Lake Revina, Italy |
 |
| Appingedam, Groningen, Netherlands |
The views are still pretty good aren't they?
 |
| The Needles, Isle of Wight |
OK, this might be one of the exceptions
 |
| Mexican restaurant, Lesce, Slovenia |
 |
| Cass Sculpture Park, West Sussex |
 |
| Citadelle, Besancon, France |
 |
| Grainau, Bavaria |
Yes, I know, this bench has no view whatsoever. It's indoors.
 |
| Contemporary art museum, Dunkirk |
 |
| American WW1 cemetery, Thiancourt-Regnieville, France |
 |
| Blayes, France |
 |
| poetry bench, Arboretum, Moscow, Idaho |
Sorry, this bench shouldn't be here. The view is hideous.
 |
| football fans, Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Back on track now. The view of the Rococo ceiling is terrific!
 |
| Dies Wies church, Bavaria |
The Long Bench in Littlehampton in West Sussex is a great bench and it has terrific sea views.
 |
| The Long Bench, Littlehampton, West Sussex |
Lake views are also stunning.
 |
| Varenna, Lake Como, Italy |
 |
| Lynmouth, Somerset |
 |
| Casa Perfecta garden in 2007 |
This bench has a good view of the fireworks
This one has a good view of The Solent
 |
| Southsea beach shelter, Hampshire |
And this one has a charming seat beside the river Inn.
 |
En Sur, Scoul, Switzerland
|
Nice view of the onion domes in Moscow. The bench seems to be missing though.
 |
| St Basil's Cathedral, Moscow |
There's a bench here but no view
 |
| curved bench with no view, Isle of Wight |
At last, a bench and a view!
 |
| Fiskardo, Kefalonia, Greece |
Is that enough benches now?
 |
| Nauders, Austria |
OK, maybe just a few more
 |
| memorial bench, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight |
Is this art or what?
 |
| Mexican still life con banco |
Art museum benches have a very good view of, um, art
 |
| Cenotaph bench, Littlehampton, West Sussex |
 |
| Lake Como, Italy |
This is getting desperate
 |
| Pisa, Italy, Leaning Tower of |
 |
Bench to get wet on, Cowes, Isle of Wight
|
Lovely, but that's enough benches now
 |
| Sussex Open Garden bench, West Sussex |
Seriously, this is the last bench. It has a view of my garden.
 |
| my garden bench 2018 |
Having said these are the best benches, there are lots of much better benches on Benchsite.
There are in fact thousands of benches on Benchsite. Just choose your colour, animal, season, food, interest, holiday or favourite places - there will be a bench for it.
Here are links to some of the most popular posts
