Manchester's famous Curry Mile has been named as one of Brits' top bucket list experiences in the UK.
The Curry Mile - the nickname for the stretch of Wilmslow Road that runs through Rusholme , is famed for its wealth of quality Indian restaurants.
In fact, it has the largest concentration of Asian restaurants in one place in the whole of the UK. At it's peak, there were more than 50 curry houses on the strip, serving predominantly Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Indian cuisine.
While the number of curry houses has declined in recent years, making room for shisha bars, takeaways and an increasing number of specialist Arabic and Middle Eastern restaurants, it's still considered the best place in the country to get a curry.
So it's hardly surprising it's firmly on the list of things Brit's want to experience before they kick the bucket.
Research by Travelodge found that 53% of British adults made a New Year's resolution to start a UK bucket list in 2020.
The budget hotel firm has now unveiled the experiences that proved most popular with would-be adventurers. And many of the other entries on the list are close proximity of Manchester, too.
With the Peak District on our doorstep (no 7), the Lake District just a short drive away (no 8 and 36) and North Wales being a popular spot with day trippers (no 19 and 47), it will be easy to get a head start on completing the list.
Not forgetting that the Flying Scotsman is due a trip to Greater Manchester later this year (no 15) and the fact we have countless traditional countryside pubs to visit for Sunday lunch (no 48), you really don't need to venture far.
Take a look at the most popular experiences on UK bucket lists:
Top 50 UK bucket list experiences
- See the Northern Lights
- Take a trip on the Jacobite (Fort William to Mallaig)
- Have afternoon tea at the Ritz
- Experience the summer solstice at Stonehenge
- Explore the Scottish Highlands
- Visit the Code Breakers in Bletchley Park
- Explore the Peak District
- Take a trip on the Ravenglass & Eskdale train to explore the Lake District
- Explore the Yorkshire Dales
- Whale watching in the Isle of Mull
- Eat dinner at Gordon Ramsay's Michelin star restaurant
- Explore the Shetland Islands
- Walk Hadrian's Wall
- Attend the Edinburgh Tattoo Festival
- Take a trip on the Flying Scotsman
- Have a cream tea in Devon
- Explore the Emerald Isle
- See the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall
- Take a trip on the Snowdon Mountain train
- Eat pasties in Cornwall
- See London from the London Eye
- Explore the enchanted forest in Scotland
- Climb Ben Nevis
- Visit the Giants at Giant's Causeway
- Dolphin watching in Dorset
- Eat a curry on the curry mile in Manchester
- Visit Edinburgh Castle
- Take a sleeper train from London to Edinburgh
- Visit Canterbury Cathedral
- Take a tour of the Houses of Parliament
- See Nessie at Loch Ness
- Eat Scouse in Liverpool
- Take a tour of an English vineyard
- Explore Westminster Abbey
- Attend the Wimbledon finals
- Take a boat trip on Lake Windermere
- Explore the Jurassic Coast
- See the Grand National in Aintree
- Visit the Isle of Wight
- Explore Cotswold villages
- Visit the Cheddar Gorge
- Explore Shetland Forest
- Drink real scrumpy in Somerset
- Take a ferry ride over the River Mersey
- Go to Glastonbury
- Eat Haggis in Scotland
- Experience Velocity 2, Zipworld Penrhyn Quarry – world’s fastest zip ride
- Have Sunday lunch in a traditional British countryside pub
- Explore Buckingham Palace
- Eat fish and chips at Land's End
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