ALVA | Association of Leading Visitor Attractions

Warner Bros. Studio Tour London: The Making of Harry Potter
Historic Scotland: Edinburgh Castle
English Heritage: Stonehenge, Wiltshire
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust: Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Victoria and Albert Museum: 'Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up'
Forestry Commission: The Forestry Commission: 'The Gruffalo' trail
National Trust: Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland
Treasure Houses of England: Leeds Castle, Kent
Continuum Group Ltd: Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth
Eden Project: Cornwall
Zoological Society of London: Whipsnade Zoo, Bedfordshire
National Football Museum: Manchester
Titanic Belfast: Queen's Island, Belfast.
Royal Albert Hall:
Royal Collection Trust: Windsor Castle

ALVA's members are the UK's most popular, iconic and important museums, galleries, palaces, castles, cathedrals, zoos, historic houses, heritage sites, gardens and leisure attractions.

They comprise over 2200 tourist sites, hosting over 119 million domestic and overseas visitors each year - around 28% of the visits made annually in the UK.

We represent our members to Government, media and business and lobby for support for the sector. We provide training, benchmarking and advocacy initiatives to assist our members continually improve the visitor experience.

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Upcoming events

09 May 2019

ALVA Education Managers' Forum

Titanic Belfast, Belfast

16 May 2019

ALVA HR Directors' Forum

Farrer & Co, London

23-24 May 2019

ALVA Council Meeting

V&A Dundee

23 July 2019

ALVA Board meeting and Summer Lunch

Farrer & Co, London

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Latest News

ALVA NEWS

27 March 2019

UK SITES INCREASE VISITOR NUMBERS BY 8.68%

Prior to English Tourism Week, the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) announced its members' visitor figures for 2018 today (Wednesday, March 27, 2019), which saw an average increase of 8.68% on 2017 visits to UK attractions, while attractions in Scotland saw the biggest increase of 19.07%. Overall 138, 823, 297 visits were made to the top 249 ALVA sites in the UK. [more...]

INDUSTRY NEWS

18 Apr 2019

£15m waterpark opens in Wales ahead of Easter weekend

A new £15m (US$19.5m, €17.3m) waterpark has opened its doors to the public in Rhyl, Wales, with three flumes for thrillseekers to enjoy. [more...]

INDUSTRY NEWS

18 Apr 2019

Elton John makes significant V&A donation for photography collaboration

London’s V&A Museum has announced a partnership with Elton John and his husband, David Furnish, that will see its Gallery 101 in the newly opened V&A Photography Centre renamed 'The Sir Elton John and David Furnish Gallery'. [more...]