WINDERMERE could be twinned with the home town of a fictional TV character in a new campaign.
There have been more than 1,000 entries in a Facebook and Twitter competition to become twin town of Meerkovo – the Russian meerkat village home to comparethemarket.com mascot Aleksandr Orlov.
Five towns are vying for the title with the winner receiving £5,000 and Meerkovo twin town status for a day.
Windermere (Winder-meer) is going head-to-head with Market Drayton (Meerkat Drayton), Downham Market (Downham Meerkat), Western Super Mare (Western Super Meer) and Market Harborough (Meerkat Harborough).
Voting closes tomorrow (Friday) with the winner named online next week.
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