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Best of British

Best of British

'Fish and Chips' topped a recent poll conducted by Holiday Inn. 7,000 people were asked what the 50 things we love most about Britain are.
Best of British

Best of British - Your say

What do you love most about Britain?
Should Ant and Dec really be in the top 25 and why is there no mention of 'Big Brother', 'Morecambe and Wise', 'Jellied eels' or 'Winston Churchill'?

Add your favourites and discuss the top 50 shown below.

Don't forget to test yourself with our British quiz

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Top 50

1.Fish and Chips
2.The Queen
3.Old fashioned pubs
4.Sunday roast
5.Red phone boxes
6.Big Ben
7.Cream teas
8.The Beatles
9.The Pound
10.The Royal family
11.Buckingham Palace
12.Shakespeare
13.Black cabs
14.NHS
15.James Bond
16.Red Routemaster buses
17.Cheddar Cheese
18.The Houses of Parliament
19.Manchester United
20.Ant and Dec
21.Stephen Fry
22.Cornish Pasties
23.Monty Python
24.The Tower of London
25.Aston Martin

Top 50

26.BBC
27.Stonehenge
28.Cricket
29.Wimbledon
30.Glastonbury
31.Camden Market
32.Blackpool
33.Mini Coopers
34.J K Rowling
35.Edinburgh Festival
36.Scrumpy Cider
37.Concorde
38.Yorkshire Puddings
39.The Queen's English
40.Real ale
41.Pimms
42.Jaguar E-type
43.David Bowie
44.Prince Harry
45.Harrods
46.Ice cream vans
47.The Red Arrows
48.Margaret Thatcher
49.Covent Garden
50.Morris Dancers

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