A weekend break in Slough to soak up the location of Ricky Gervais's The Office, or a day trip to Guildford to spot landmarks from Four Weddings and a Funeral are among the suggestions from tourism chiefs as “have a laugh” holiday destinations around Britain.

Binley Woods, Coventry - home of Hyacinth Bucket of Keeping up Appearances - and Billericay, the Essex stamping ground of Gavin from Gavin and Stacey fame, are also among the attractions listed by VisitBritain as part of ComedyEngland.

The tourism body, which had success last year with its campaign to encourage “set-jetting” to locations of blockbuster films such as The Da Vinci Code, says that 40 per cent of all visits around Britain are inspired by scenes shown on TV and in films.

The most visited places for comic nostalgia are expected to be Torquay, location for Fawlty Towers, Holmfirth in West Yorkshire, setting for Last of the Summer Wine, Turville in the Chilterns, the parish made famous by The Vicar of Dibley, Norwich, home to Steve Coogan's I'm Alan Partridge, and Cricket St Thomas, Somerset, the village where Peter Bowles and Penelope Keith filmed To the Manor Born.

Other locations on the comedy trail are Kettlewell, North Yorkshire, where the 2003 film Calendar Girls was based, Scarborough, where Jane Horrocks shot Little Voice, and the Dad's Army marching ground of Thetford, Norfolk.

Laurence Bresh, marketing manager at VisitBritain, said: “England is renowned for producing some of the best comedy in the world and our sense of humour is a trait that the English are famous for.”

Journeys to Liverpool, to see the Knotty Ash home of Ken Dodd, and to Moses Street, where Arthur Askey was born, are highlighted. Another suggested trip is to Morecambe to see Eric Morecambe's statue.