The Great British Bucket List: fish and chips and a picnic

Sky diving, bungee jumping and swimming with dolphins are some of the experiences often included on people's Bucket Lists – things to achieve before they die.

But it would appear that Britons are far less adventurous and have much simpler – and less expensive – ambitions.

A new "Great British Bucket List" of 50 includes feats as mundane as watching a box set of Only Fools and Horses and seeing a traditional Christmas pantomime.

Top of the list is eating fish and chips on a seaside pier followed by whale watching in Wales.

Having a pint in the Rovers Return, the fictional pub in ITV's Coronation Street, is one thing Britons apparently must do before they die, as is seeing Morris dancers at a country pub.

Others said people must take a ferry across the Mersey and see the Christmas lights in Oxford Street in London before they die.

The Bucket List has been compiled by Ask Jeeves, the search engine, which asked 1,000 people what they would like to do before they die.

The phrase "Bucket List" comes from the idiom "kick the bucket" - meaning to die.

The phrase became increasingly popular after the 2007 film The Bucket List, staring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman as two terminally ill men who escape from a cancer ward to go on a road trip with a wish list of things to do before they die.

Their adventures include skydiving, visiting the Taj Mahal, riding motorcycles on the Great Wall of China and going on a lion safari in Africa.

In contrast, Ask Jeeves found that Britons would be content with having a picnic, seeing inside the Houses of Parliament and going to a test match.

A spokesman for Ask Jeeves said: "It may take some time to do all 50 but at least you will not have to pay thousands to travel the world to do so.

"Most of these bucket lists include the kind of ambitions that look wonderful on paper but are out of reach for millions of us.

"Instead, we thought it would be good to look closer to home to find the kind of experiences Brits think everyone should try at least once."

The Great British Bucket List in full

1. Eat fish and chips on a seaside pier

2. See whales off Wales

3. Go to a night at the Proms at the Albert Hall

4. Visit Giant's Causeway

5. Have a picnic at an open air concert

6. Go up in the London Eye

7. Travel Scotland's West Coast by rail

8. Watch a Shakespeare play in Stratford-upon-Avon

9. Dine in a Gordon Ramsay restaurant

10. Go to a British Grand Prix

11. See inside the Houses of Parliament

12. Get the Ffestiniog railway in Snowdonia

13. Go to Glastonbury festival

14. Hold the FA Cup trophy in your hands

15. Take in the view from the top of the Shard

16. Be at Stonehenge on longest day of the year

17. See the Trooping the Colour

18. Go to a cricket test match

19. Visit 'The Prisoner' village in Portmeirion, Wales

20. Have tea at Betty's tearooms, Harrogate

21. See a traditional Christmas pantomime

22. Watch a British player at Wimbledon

23. Do a 'Wainwright' walk in the Lake District

24. Drive round Brands Hatch motor racing circuit in Kent

25. Visit a whisky distillery

26. Go to a Six Nations rugby match

27. Go on a Jack the Ripper guided walk in London's East End

28. Have a pint in the Rovers Return, the fictional pub in ITV's Coronation Street

29. See Lake Windermere by boat

30. Go on a historic London pub tour

31. Experience the Notting Hill Carnival

32. Try a deep fried Mars Bar

33. See the fireball ceremony at Stonehaven, Scotland, on New Year's Eve

34. Sail round the Isle of Wight

35. Attend the Grand National, Guineas and Gold Cup horse races

36. Go to a World Darts Final

37. Take a selfie at both John O'Groats and Land's End

38. Take a ferry across the Mersey

39. Climb Ben Nevis

40. See Tower Bridge raised

41. Visit Borough food market, London

42. Eat Haggis on Burns Night, in Scotland

43. See Morris Dancers at a country pub

44. See the Christmas Lights on Oxford Street

45. Be at a recording of X-Factor or Britain's Got Talent

46. See Blackpool Illuminations

47. Watch a boxset of Only Fools and Horses

48. Watch the Boat Race

49. Attend first day of Harrods sale

50. Watch the London Marathon live