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Music fans taking a holiday in Britain can now spend their time visiting the country's rock heritage sites, thanks to a new map.

Venues such as The Good Mixer in Camden and Knebworth House, where Queen played their last concert, are all featured in the map which was produced by VisitBritain.

Salford Lads Club is another top attraction as it where The Smiths posed for the inside cover of the album The Queen is Dead.

A number of sites have caused a little controversy, namely those which mark the spots where particular stars have been killed.

Barnes in south-west London is on the map, detailing the place where T-Rex front man Marc Bolan was killed in a car crash, while the spot where Eddie Cochran died in Wiltshire is also included.

'There was some humming and hawing over that, but I think it would be churlish not to recognise that there are people making pilgrimages to these sites,' Laurence Bresh from VisitBritain told the Guardian.

Tourism officials in the country are hopeful that the map, coupled with the return of Glastonbury festival, will boost visitor numbers in the year ahead.

'Everybody knows about tourists going to Liverpool to visit the Beatles locations, but it's much wider than that,' continued Mr Bresh.

'People like to see the places that inspired musicians - Oasis is the obvious one, Berwick Street, where they shot the cover for (What's the Story) Morning Glory.'

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