Fish and chips on Brits’ 2020 bucket list

Eating fish and chips at Land’s End in Cornwall has ranked among the top 50 most popular activities to make Britons 2020 bucket list.

According to research conducted by hotel chain Travelodge, 53% of British adults made a New Year’s resolution to start a UK bucket list in 2020. The average Briton’s UK bucket list consists of 22 experiences and will take around nine years to accomplish.

Seeing the Northern Lights, taking a trip on the Jacobite and enjoying afternoon tea at The Ritz all topped the list, followed by experiencing the summer solstice at Stonehenge and exploring the Scottish Highlands.

Indulging in world famous foodie treats are also on a majority of people’s bucket lists it seems with Britons wanting to dine at Gordon Ramsey’s Michelin star restaurant, indulge in traditional cream tea in Devon and eat pasties in Cornwall. Trying haggis in Scotland, eating Scouse in Liverpool, going for a curry on the Curry Mile in Manchester, eating fish and chips at Land’s End and drinking scrumpy in Somerset all made the list too.

The top 50 most popular activities to make Britons 2020 bucket list

Rank

Experience

1. See the Northern Lights

2. Take a trip on the Jacobite (Fort William to Mallaig)

3. Have afternoon tea at the Ritz

4. Experience the summer solstice at Stonehenge

5. Explore the Scottish Highlands

6. Visit the Code Breakers in Bletchley Park

7. Explore the Peak District

8. Take a trip on the Ravenglass & Eskdale train to explore the Lake District

9. Explore the Yorkshire Dales

10. Whale watching in the Isle of Mull

11. Eat dinner at Gordon Ramsey’s Michelin star restaurant

12. Explore the Shetland Islands

13. Walk Hadrian’s Wall

14. Attend the Edinburgh Tattoo

15. Take a trip on the Flying Scotsman

16. Have a cream tea in Devon

17. Explore the Emerald Isle – Ireland

18. See the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall

19. Take a trip on the Snowdon Mountain train

20. Eat pasties in Cornwall

21. See London on the London Eye

22. Explore the enchanted forest in Scotland

23. Climb Ben Nevis

24. Visit the Giants at Giants Causeway

25. Dolphin watching in Dorset

26. Eat a curry on the curry mile in Manchester

27. Visit Edinburgh Castle

28. Take the sleeper train from London to Edinburgh

29. Visit Canterbury Cathedral

30. Take a tour of the Houses of Parliament

31. See Nessie at Loch Ness

32. Eat Scouse in Liverpool

33. Take a tour of an English vineyard

34. Explore Westminster Abbey

35. Attend the Wimbledon finals

36. Take a boat trip on Lake Windermere

37. Explore the Jurassic coast

38. See the Grand National in Aintree

39. Visit the Isle of White

40. Explore Cotswold villages

41. Visit the Cheddar Gorge

42. Explore Shetland Forest

43. Drink real scrumpy in Somerset

44. Take a ferry ride over the River Mersey

45. Go to Glastonbury

46. Eat Haggis in Scotland

47. Experience Velocity 2, Zipworld Penrhyn Quarry – world’s fastest zip ride

48. Have Sunday lunch in a traditional British countryside pub

49. Explore Buckingham Palace

50. Eat fish and chips at Land’s End