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Visits made in 2023 to visitor attractions in membership with ALVA
Rank | Site | Total visits | Charge /free | In/ outdoor | % +/- | Area | Group | Note |
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1 | The British Museum | 5,820,860 | 2 | I | 42% | London | ||
2 | Natural History Museum (South Kensington) | 5,688,786 | 2 | I | 22% | London | NHM | |
3 | The Crown Estate, Windsor Great Park | 5,487,856 | 1 (Note t) | O | -3% | South East | t | |
4 | Tate Modern | 4,742,038 | 2 | I | 22% | London | TATE | |
5 | Southbank Centre | 3,193,966 | 2 | Mix | 8% | London | ||
6 | V&A South Kensington | 3,110,000 | 2 | I | 28% | London | V&A | |
7 | The National Gallery | 3,096,508 | 2 | I | 14% | London | ||
8 | Science Museum | 2,956,886 | 2 | I | 27% | London | SMG | |
9 | Tower of London | 2,790,280 | 3 | Mix | 28% | London | HRP | |
10 | Somerset House | 2,727,677 | 2 | Mix | 16% | London | ||
11 | Royal Museums Greenwich | 2,547,821 | Other | I | 56% | London | ||
12 | National Museum of Scotland | 2,186,841 | 2 | I | 11% | Scotland | NMS | |
13 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew | 1,974,295 | 4 | Mix | 1% | London | RBGK | |
14 | Edinburgh Castle | 1,904,723 | 3 | Mix | 41% | Scotland | HES | |
15 | National Galleries Scotland: National | 1,836,057 | 2 | I | 44% | Scotland | NGS | |
16 | Royal Albert Hall | 1,605,924 | 6 | I | 15% | London | ||
17 | Westminster Abbey | 1,587,866 | 5 | I | 49% | London | ab | |
18 | St Paul's Cathedral | 1,499,575 | 5 | I | 26% | London | ||
19 | British Library | 1,390,378 | 2 | I | 21% | London | aa | |
20 | Windsor Castle | 1,374,607 | 6 | Mix | 66% | South East | RCT | |
21 | RHS Garden Wisley | 1,361,785 | 3 | O | -9% | South East | RHS | |
22 | ZSL London Zoo | 1,327,902 | 3 | O | 27% | London | ZSL | l |
23 | Stonehenge | 1,327,423 | 3 | O | 36% | South West | EH | |
24 | The Barbican Centre | 1,313,528 | 6 | I | 16% | London | CLC | as |
25 | Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum | 1,283,882 | 2 | I | 32% | Scotland | GM | |
26 | Riverside Museum | 1,265,011 | 2 | I | 8% | Scotland | GM | |
27 | National Portrait Gallery, London | 1,164,018 | 2 | I | % | London | az | |
28 | Tate Britain | 1,091,218 | 2 | I | 19% | London | TATE | at |
29 | Roman Baths and Pump Room | 1,061,240 | 6 | I | 25% | South West | ||
30 | Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh | 1,041,391 | 2 | O | 4% | Scotland | RBGE | |
31 | Tower Bridge | 960,670 | 6 | I | 48% | London | CLC | |
32 | Blenheim Palace | 945,412 | 3 | Mix | 15% | South East | THE | |
33 | Horniman Museum and Gardens | 924,480 | 2 | Mix | 17% | London | ||
34 | Ashmolean Museum | 900,277 | 2 | I | 24% | South East | OUM | |
35 | ZSL Whipsnade Zoo | 893,450 | 3 | O | 18% | East of England | ZSL | l |
36 | Royal Shakespeare Theatre and Swan Theatre | 883,627 | 2 | I | 31% | West Midlands | ||
37 | Portsmouth Historic Dockyard | 873,491 | 6 | I | 21% | South East | NMRN | |
38 | Old Royal Naval College | 843,175 | 2 | Mix | 15% | London | ||
39 | Bodleian Libraries | 842,221 | 1 | I | 18% | South East | OUM | |
40 | IWM London | 841,575 | 1 | I | 23% | London | IWM | |
41 | Moors Valley Country Park and Forest | 820,958 | 1 | O | 1% | South West | FE | ah |
42 | Beamish Museum | 801,756 | 6 | Mix | 4% | North East | ||
43 | Titanic Belfast | 800,949 | 6 | I | 28% | Northern Ireland | ad | |
44 | Longleat | 800,056 | 6 | -2% | South West | |||
45 | Shakespeare's Globe | 799,942 | 6 | Mix | 25% | London | ||
46 | National War Museum, Edinburgh | 773,213 | 1 | I | 11% | Scotland | NMS | |
47 | Oxford University Museum of Natural History | 768,986 | 1 | I | 14% | South East | OUM | |
48 | The Royal Opera House Covent Garden | 750,851 | 6 | I | 8% | London | ||
49 | Eden Project | 713,255 | 3 | Mix | 8% | South West | ||
50 | Royal Academy of Arts | 709,961 | 3 | I | 2% | London | ||
51 | World Museum Liverpool | 697,115 | 2 | I | 4% | North West | NML | |
52 | Maritime Museum, Liverpool | 697,073 | 2 | I | 34% | North West | NML | |
53 | Museum of Liverpool | 694,953 | 2 | I | 15% | North West | NML | |
54 | Giants Causeway | 662,806 | 3 | Mix | 57% | Northern Ireland | NT | |
55 | Clumber Park | 644,088 | 3 | O | 19% | East Midlands | NT | |
56 | the Design Museum | 633,312 | 2 | I | 24% | London | ||
57 | National Railway Museum | 630,306 | 2 | I | 10% | Y&H | SMG | aw |
58 | Hampton Court Palace | 628,528 | 3 | Mix | 19% | London | HRP | |
59 | Edinburgh Zoo | 618,719 | 3 | O | 3% | Scotland | RZSS | |
60 | Chatsworth | 604,624 | 3 | Mix | 1% | East Midlands | THE | |
61 | St. Fagans National Museum of History | 594,990 | 2 | Mix | 23% | Wales | NMW | |
62 | Attingham Park | 591,794 | 3 | Mix | 10% | West Midlands | NT | |
63 | Forestry England Sherwood Pines | 586,832 | 1 | O | -4% | East Midlands | FE | ah |
64 | York Minster | 571,099 | Note ac | I | -8% | Y&H | ac | |
65 | Canterbury Cathedral | 565,213 | 5 | I | 2% | South East | ||
66 | Churchill War Rooms | 559,740 | 6 | I | 28% | London | IWM | |
67 | Knowsley Safari and Knowsley Hall | 546,345 | 3 | O | -1% | North West | ||
68 | Glenfinnan Monument | 540,853 | 3 | Mix | 36% | Scotland | NTS | |
69 | Forestry England Delamere | 526,436 | 1 | O | 11% | North West | FE | ah |
70 | Dunham Massey | 517,543 | 3 | Mix | -2% | North West | NT | p |
71 | Stirling Castle | 517,299 | 3 | Mix | 24% | Scotland | HES | |
72 | Gallery of Modern Art | 510,936 | 2 | I | 60% | Scotland | GM | z |
73 | Cliveden | 502,909 | 3 | Mix | -6% | South East | NT | |
74 | RHS Garden Bridgewater | 501,746 | 3 | O | -4% | North West | RHS | |
75 | Calke Abbey | 501,687 | 3 | Mix | 3% | East Midlands | NT | |
76 | Buckingham Palace | 501,499 | 6 | I | 75% | London | RCT | m |
77 | The Burrell Collection | 498,159 | 2 | I | 3% | Scotland | GM | |
78 | Forestry England High Lodge | 492,493 | 1 | O | -6% | East of England | FE | ah |
79 | Ulster Museum | 489,817 | 1 | I | 27% | Northern Ireland | NMNI | |
80 | The Royal Air Force Museum London | 487,721 | 2 | I | 22% | London | RAF | |
81 | Leeds Castle | 481,280 | 6 | Mix | 8% | South East | THE | |
82 | Forestry England Westonbirt, The National Arboretum | 473,551 | 3 | O | -1% | South West | FE | |
83 | Forestry England Haldon Forest Park | 469,843 | 1 | O | 6% | South West | FE | ah |
84 | Glasgow Cathedral | 457,541 | 1 | Mix | 79% | Scotland | HES | |
85 | RHS Garden Harlow Carr | 455,256 | 3 | O | -2% | Y&H | RHS | |
86 | Urquhart Castle | 442,761 | 3 | Mix | 24% | Scotland | HES | |
87 | Forestry England Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest | 437,814 | 1 | O | 7% | South East | FE | ah |
88 | London Transport Museum | 435,628 | 6 | I | 29% | London | ||
89 | Palace of Holyroodhouse | 431,045 | 6 | I | 43% | Scotland | RCT | |
90 | Foutains Abbey Estate | 427,347 | 3 | O | 2% | Y&H | NT | |
91 | Kensington Palace | 421,697 | 3 | I | 44% | London | HRP | |
92 | RHS Garden Hyde Hall | 421,203 | 3 | O | -3% | East of England | RHS | |
93 | St Michael's Mount | 418,364 | 3 | Mix | 11% | South West | NT | |
94 | Science and Industry Museum | 415,838 | 2 | I | 18% | North West | SMG | ay |
95 | The Royal Air Force Museum Midlands | 415,398 | 2 | I | 9% | West Midlands | RAF | |
96 | Wellcome Collection | 414,957 | 1 | I | 39% | London | k | |
97 | Forestry England Wendover Woods | 407,407 | 1 | O | 0% | South East | FE | ah |
98 | Young V&A | 405,000 | 2 | I | % | London | V&A | ai |
99 | The Fitzwilliam Museum | 402,620 | 1 | I | 9% | East of England | UoCM | |
100 | Tyntesfield | 401,636 | 3 | Mix | 10% | South West | NT | |
101 | Nymans | 401,046 | 3 | Mix | 15% | South East | NT | |
102 | Pitt Rivers Museum | 400,495 | 1 | I | 27% | South East | OUM | |
103 | Wakehurst | 400,123 | 3 | O | 4% | South East | RBGK | |
104 | Tate Liverpool | 398,904 | 2 | I | -2% | North West | TATE | au |
105 | Kingston Lacy | 391,969 | 3 | Mix | 9% | South West | NT | |
106 | Polesden | 384,700 | 3 | Mix | 15% | South East | NT | |
107 | IWM Duxford | 380,645 | 6 | Mix | 10% | East of England | IWM | |
108 | National Museum Cardiff | 378,349 | 2 | I | 41% | Wales | NMW | |
109 | Stourhead | 376,253 | 3 | Mix | 0% | South West | NT | |
110 | Anglesey Abbey | 376,069 | 3 | Mix | 9% | East of England | NT | |
111 | Beechenhurst | 375,514 | 1 | O | -8% | South West | FE | ah |
112 | Durham Cathedral | 373,165 | 1 | I | 26% | North East | ||
113 | Cambridge University Botanic Garden | 371,255 | 3 | O | 8% | East of England | UoCM | w |
114 | Mottisfont | 366,046 | 3 | Mix | 14% | South East | NT | |
115 | Johnnie Walker Princes Street | 359,212 | Note v | I | 20% | Scotland | DIA | v |
116 | Belton House | 358,078 | 3 | Mix | -1% | East Midlands | NT | n |
117 | Wimpole | 356,557 | 3 | Mix | 4% | East of England | NT | |
118 | Dalby Forest | 354,725 | 1 | O | 2% | Y&H | FE | ah |
119 | V&A Dundee | 345,398 | 2 | I | 25% | Scotland | V&A | |
120 | Tintagel Castle | 334,195 | 3 | O | 20% | South West | EH | |
121 | Ickworth | 328,248 | 3 | Mix | 12% | East of England | NT | |
122 | Beaulieu | 321,034 | 6 | Mix | -2% | South East | THE | |
123 | Museum of London (Docklands) | 321,024 | 2 | I | 56% | London | MOL | |
124 | Glencoe Visitor Centre | 319,500 | 1 | Mix | 31% | Scotland | NTS | |
125 | National Galleries Scotland: Modern | 308,386 | 2 | I | 2% | Scotland | NGS | i |
126 | Culzean Castle & Country Park | 291,674 | 3 | Mix | 30% | Scotland | NTS | ar |
127 | Sheffield Park | 284,358 | 3 | O | -3% | South East | NT | |
128 | National Memorial Arboretum | 280,407 | 2 | O | -6% | West Midlands | aj | |
129 | Newhailes | 278,624 | 3 | Mix | 2% | Scotland | NTS | |
130 | Bodnant Garden | 277,121 | 3 | O | 3% | Wales | NT | |
131 | Osborne | 274,747 | 3 | Mix | 3% | South East | EH | |
132 | Shugborough | 270,610 | 3 | Mix | 6% | West Midlands | NT | |
133 | Dover Castle | 270,290 | 3 | Mix | 20% | South East | EH | |
134 | Leeds Art Gallery | 269,137 | 1 | I | 2% | Y&H | LMG | |
135 | National Galleries Scotland: Portrait | 264,866 | 2 | I | 19% | Scotland | NGS | |
136 | Culloden Visitor Centre | 262,199 | 3 | Mix | 76% | Scotland | NTS | |
137 | International Slavery Museum | 261,993 | 2 | I | -12% | North West | NML | |
138 | IWM North | 261,449 | 1 | I | 21% | North West | IWM | |
139 | Hardwick | 259,590 | 3 | Mix | 8% | North East | NT | |
140 | Castle Howard | 259,401 | 3 | Mix | -3% | Y&H | THE | |
141 | Salisbury Cathedral | 257,342 | 5 | I | 32% | South West | x | |
142 | Croome | 252,156 | 3 | Mix | 4% | West Midlands | NT | |
143 | Quarry Bank Mill | 252,147 | 3 | Mix | 2% | North West | NT | |
144 | Wallington | 250,807 | 3 | Mix | 9% | North East | NT | |
145 | Knole | 247,079 | 3 | Mix | 31% | South East | NT | r |
146 | Dyrham | 246,139 | 3 | Mix | 22% | South West | NT | q |
147 | WWT Slimbridge | 245,249 | 3 | O | 10% | South West | WWT | |
148 | Cragside Estate | 244,988 | 3 | Mix | 6% | North East | NT | |
149 | Great North Museum: Hancock | 244,879 | 1 | I | 20% | North East | TWAM | |
150 | Hermitage | 244,434 | 1 | O | % | Scotland | NTS | |
151 | Charlecote | 238,869 | 3 | Mix | 16% | West Midlands | NT | |
152 | RHS Garden Rosemoor | 237,660 | 3 | O | 4% | South West | RHS | |
153 | Harewood House Trust | 236,713 | 3 | Mix | -19% | Y&H | THE | am |
154 | The Courtauld Gallery | 235,436 | 6 | I | -21% | London | ||
155 | Chartwell | 233,967 | 3 | Mix | 5% | South East | NT | |
156 | Corfe Castle | 233,135 | 3 | O | -1% | South West | NT | |
157 | National Waterfront Museum | 228,271 | 2 | I | 46% | Wales | NMW | |
158 | Leeds City Museum | 224,731 | 1 | I | 7% | Y&H | LMG | |
159 | Mount Stewart | 221,547 | 3 | Mix | 3% | Northern Ireland | NT | |
160 | Walker Art Gallery | 218,865 | 2 | I | 10% | North West | NML | |
161 | Hanbury Hall and Gardens | 218,243 | 3 | Mix | 10% | West Midlands | NT | |
162 | Stowe Gardens & Park | 216,542 | 3 | O | 2% | South East | NT | |
163 | Blickling | 214,698 | 3 | Mix | 12% | East of England | NT | |
164 | Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum | 214,406 | 4 | O | 4% | South East | OUM | |
165 | Kedleston | 211,314 | 3 | Mix | -7% | East Midlands | NT | |
166 | Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum | 211,012 | 3 | Mix | 5% | West Midlands | BMT | |
167 | Gibside | 210,454 | 3 | O | -15% | North East | NT | |
168 | Speke Hall Liverpool | 209,618 | 3 | Mix | 2% | North West | NT | |
169 | Killerton | 209,383 | 3 | Mix | 6% | South West | NT | |
170 | HMS Belfast | 208,498 | 6 | I | 24% | London | IWM | |
171 | Robert Burns Birthplace Museum | 206,754 | 3 | I | 13% | Scotland | NTS | |
172 | Baddesley | 204,873 | 3 | Mix | 0% | West Midlands | NT | |
173 | Crathes Castle | 202,396 | 3 | Mix | 37% | Scotland | NTS | |
174 | Lacock | 199,344 | 3 | Mix | 7% | South West | NT | |
175 | Bletchley Park Trust | 198,749 | 4 | Mix | 6% | South East | ak | |
176 | History of Science Museum | 195,643 | 1 | I | 53% | South East | OUM | |
177 | Wrest Park | 194,693 | 3 | O | 23% | East of England | EH | |
178 | UK Parliament | 189,481 | 6 | I | 35% | London | av | |
179 | Packwood | 188,787 | 3 | Mix | -3% | West Midlands | NT | |
180 | Discovery Museum | 188,660 | 1 | I | 25% | North East | TWAM | |
181 | Trelissick | 186,216 | 3 | Mix | 5% | South West | NT | |
182 | Talisker Distillery | 184,466 | Note v | I | 254% | Scotland | DIA | v |
183 | Lady Lever Art Gallery | 183,135 | 2 | I | 7% | North West | NML | |
184 | Tate St Ives | 179,179 | 6 | I | -5% | South West | TATE | |
185 | Lanhydrock | 179,056 | 3 | Mix | 10% | South West | NT | |
186 | Peoples' Palace | 178,190 | 2 | I | 22% | Scotland | GM | |
187 | Dunster | 176,443 | 3 | Mix | 5% | South West | NT | |
188 | Clifford's Tower York | 171,986 | 3 | Mix | 1% | Y&H | EH | |
189 | Whitby Abbey | 171,921 | 3 | O | -5% | North East | EH | |
190 | Carrick-a-Rede | 171,031 | 3 | O | 83% | Northern Ireland | NT | o |
191 | Lotherton | 166,163 | 6 | Mix | -20% | Y&H | LMG | |
192 | Blists Hill Victorian Town | 165,604 | 6 | O | 25% | West Midlands | IGT | |
193 | Saltram | 162,508 | 3 | Mix | 9% | South West | NT | |
194 | Hyde Park Boating | 161,606 | 6 | O | % | London | RP | |
195 | Natural History Museum (Tring) | 157,894 | 1 | I | 18% | East of England | NHM | |
196 | Oban Distillery | 157,386 | Note v | I | 22% | Scotland | DIA | v |
197 | Kew Palace | 156,584 | 3 | Mix | 6% | London | HRP | |
198 | Burghley | 154,827 | 6 | Mix | 86% | East of England | THE | a |
199 | The Vyne | 153,699 | 3 | Mix | 0% | South East | NT | |
200 | Shakespeare's Birthplace | 151,557 | 6 | I | 64% | West Midlands | SBT | al |
201 | Brunel's SS Great Britain | 150,482 | 6 | I | 9% | South West | ||
202 | Kirkstall Abbey | 148,815 | Note an | O | 12% | Y&H | LMG | an |
203 | Audley End House and Gardens | 148,742 | 3 | Mix | -10% | East of England | EH | |
204 | The St Mungo Museum of Religious Life And Art | 148,412 | 2 | I | 446% | Scotland | GM | |
205 | Eltham Palace and Gardens | 140,903 | 3 | Mix | 9% | London | EH | |
206 | University Museum of Zoology | 138,886 | 1 | I | 34% | East of England | UoCM | |
207 | Walmer Castle and Gardens | 137,571 | 3 | Mix | 5% | South East | EH | |
208 | National Slate Museum | 135,809 | 2 | Mix | 10% | Wales | NMW | |
209 | WWT London | 133,775 | 3 | O | 4% | London | WWT | |
210 | WWT Martin Mere | 132,646 | 3 | O | 4% | North West | WWT | |
211 | Kenwood | 126,953 | 1 | I | 77% | London | EH | |
212 | Locomotion | 125,121 | 2 | I | 60% | North East | SMG | ax |
213 | Highland Wildlife Park | 124,308 | 3 | O | -18% | Scotland | RZSS | |
214 | 1066 Battle of Hastings Abbey and Battlefield | 123,733 | 3 | O | 14% | South East | EH | |
215 | Kettle's Yard | 121,975 | Note y | I | 17% | East of England | UoCM | y |
216 | Killiecrankie Visitor Centre | 121,198 | 1 | O | % | Scotland | NTS | |
217 | Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Garden | 118,264 | 3 | O | -1% | West Midlands | EH | |
218 | Big Pit National Coal Museum | 116,906 | 2 | Mix | 29% | Wales | NMW | |
219 | Sudbury Hall | 116,810 | 3 | Mix | 75% | East Midlands | NT | s |
220 | Holkham Hall | 112,785 | 5 | Mix | -3% | East of England | THE | |
221 | Carisbrooke Castle | 110,727 | 3 | O | 6% | South East | EH | |
222 | Guildhall Art Gallery | 110,211 | 2 | I | 137% | London | CLC | |
223 | Doune Castle | 109,511 | 3 | Mix | 97% | Scotland | HES | |
224 | National Museum of Rural Life | 109,210 | 3 | Mix | 9% | Scotland | NMS | |
225 | Skara Brae | 106,839 | 3 | Mix | 18% | Scotland | HES | |
226 | The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology | 101,241 | 1 | I | 35% | East of England | UoCM | |
227 | The Monument | 100,897 | 6 | I | 24% | London | CLC | |
228 | Brodsworth Hall and Gardens | 100,862 | 3 | Mix | 0% | Y&H | EH | |
229 | Inverewe Gardens | 96,690 | 3 | O | 81% | Scotland | NTS | |
230 | Laing Art Gallery | 95,630 | 2 | I | -14% | North East | TWAM | |
231 | National Science and Media Museum | 93,545 | 2 | I | -47% | Y&H | SMG | j |
232 | Hillsborough Castle | 91,977 | 3 | Mix | 15% | Northern Ireland | HRP | |
233 | Corrieshalloch Gorge | 91,907 | 1 | O | 41% | Scotland | NTS | af |
234 | South Shields Museum & Art Gallery | 89,385 | 1 | I | 12% | North East | TWAM | |
235 | Ulster Folk Museum | 89,012 | 3 | O | 7% | Northern Ireland | NMNI | |
236 | Bannockburn Heritage Centre | 88,425 | 3 | I | 221% | Scotland | NTS | ae |
237 | Bolsover Castle | 87,910 | 3 | Mix | -2% | East Midlands | EH | |
238 | St Abb's Head | 86,492 | 1 | O | -7% | Scotland | NTS | |
239 | Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences | 85,760 | 1 | I | 28% | East of England | UoCM | |
240 | Fleet Air Arm Museum | 85,636 | 6 | I | 33% | South West | NMRN | |
241 | Ulster American Folk Park | 84,268 | 3 | O | 12% | Northern Ireland | NMNI | |
242 | Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens | 82,862 | 3 | Mix | 26% | North East | EH | |
243 | Blair Athol Dstillery | 82,241 | Note v | I | 21% | Scotland | DIA | v |
244 | Housesteads Roman Fort - Hadrian's Wall | 81,331 | 3 | O | -7% | North East | EH | |
245 | Framlingham Castle | 80,331 | 3 | Mix | -5% | East of England | EH | |
246 | Pendennis Castle | 79,865 | 3 | Mix | 7% | South West | EH | |
247 | Threave Garden and Nature Reserve | 78,624 | 3 | O | 55% | Scotland | NTS | |
248 | Pollok House | 78,453 | 3 | I | 165% | Scotland | NTS | |
249 | WWT Arundel | 75,499 | 3 | O | -3% | South East | WWT | |
250 | Mar Lodge Estate | 73,057 | 1 | O | 42% | Scotland | NTS | |
251 | National Museum of Flight | 73,032 | 3 | Mix | 18% | Scotland | NMS | |
252 | Scarborough Castle | 72,765 | 3 | O | -1% | Y&H | EH | |
253 | Castle Fraser | 72,639 | 3 | Mix | 72% | Scotland | NTS | |
254 | Blackness Castle | 72,299 | 3 | Mix | 24% | Scotland | HES | |
255 | Regents Park Boating | 71,947 | 6 | O | % | London | RP | |
256 | Lindisfarne Priory | 67,748 | 3 | O | 17% | North East | EH | |
257 | Ulster Transport Museum | 66,228 | 3 | I | 33% | Northern Ireland | NMNI | |
258 | Haddo House | 65,207 | 3 | Mix | 345% | Scotland | NTS | |
259 | Fort George | 64,551 | 3 | Mix | 12% | Scotland | HES | |
260 | Singleton of Glen Ord Distillery | 64,241 | Note v | I | 23% | Scotland | DIA | v |
261 | St Andrews Castle | 63,836 | 3 | Mix | 371% | Scotland | HES | f |
262 | Pitmedden Garden & Museum of Farm Life | 63,732 | 3 | O | 24% | Scotland | NTS | |
263 | Fyvie Castle | 63,247 | 3 | Mix | -9% | Scotland | NTS | |
264 | Anne Hathaway's Cottage | 62,656 | 6 | Mix | 48% | West Midlands | SBT | al |
265 | Witley Court and Gardens | 61,625 | 3 | O | -6% | West Midlands | EH | |
266 | Priorwood Garden | 61,476 | 1 | O | % | Scotland | NTS | |
267 | WWT Washington | 61,164 | 3 | O | -6% | North East | WWT | |
268 | Iona Abbey | 57,686 | 3 | Mix | 4% | Scotland | HES | |
269 | Brodick Castle & Country Park | 57,234 | 3 | Mix | -10% | Scotland | NTS | |
270 | WWT Llanelli | 57,179 | 3 | O | -10% | Wales | WWT | |
271 | Lagavulin Distillery | 57,086 | Note v | I | 137% | Scotland | DIA | v |
272 | Balmacara Estate & Lochalsh Woodland Garden | 57,076 | 1 | O | -2% | Scotland | NTS | |
273 | National Roman Legion Museum | 57,030 | 2 | I | 25% | Wales | NMW | |
274 | Dalwhinnie Distillery | 54,888 | Note v | I | 11% | Scotland | DIA | v |
275 | Brodie Castle | 53,562 | 3 | Mix | -4% | Scotland | NTS | |
276 | Linlithgow Palace | 53,463 | 3 | Mix | 605% | Scotland | HES | e |
277 | National Museum Royal Navy Hartlepool | 52,915 | 6 | I | 15% | North East | ||
278 | Shakespeare's New Place | 52,792 | 6 | Mix | 57% | West Midlands | SBT | al |
279 | Warkworth Castle and Hermitage | 52,027 | 3 | O | -5% | North East | EH | |
280 | Ben Lomond | 51,486 | 1 | O | -6% | Scotland | NTS | |
281 | Tantallon Castle | 51,482 | 3 | Mix | 28% | Scotland | HES | h |
282 | Royal Lochnagar Distillery | 49,549 | Note v | I | 33% | Scotland | DIA | v |
283 | Grey Mare's Tail | 48,602 | 1 | O | -11% | Scotland | NTS | |
284 | Melrose Abbey | 46,577 | 3 | Mix | 23% | Scotland | HES | |
285 | Falkland Palace | 44,885 | 3 | Mix | 1% | Scotland | NTS | |
286 | Dunfermline Palace | 44,365 | 1 | Mix | 51% | Scotland | HES | d |
287 | House of Dun | 44,178 | 3 | Mix | 40% | Scotland | NTS | |
288 | Enginuity | 43,932 | 6 | I | 20% | West Midlands | IGT | |
289 | Iron Bridge Toll House | 43,366 | 1 | I | 22% | West Midlands | IGT | |
290 | The Polar Museum | 41,629 | 1 | I | 76% | East of England | UoCM | |
291 | Goatfell | 41,447 | 1 | O | 74% | Scotland | NTS | |
292 | Dawyck Botanic Garden | 40,860 | 3 | O | 3% | Scotland | RBGE | |
293 | Abbey House Museum | 40,027 | 6 | I | -16% | Y&H | LMG | |
294 | Drum Castle | 39,754 | 3 | Mix | -6% | Scotland | NTS | |
295 | Ben Lawers Visitor Centre | 38,761 | 1 | O | 85% | Scotland | NTS | |
296 | Glenkinchie Distillery | 37,241 | Note v | I | 16% | Scotland | DIA | v |
297 | Benmore Botanic Garden | 36,118 | 3 | O | 8% | Scotland | RBGE | |
298 | WWT Castle Espie | 35,105 | 3 | O | -2% | Northern Ireland | WWT | |
299 | Craigmillar Castle | 34,882 | 3 | Mix | 20% | Scotland | HES | |
300 | Hill House | 31,985 | 3 | I | -5% | Scotland | NTS | |
301 | Sudley House | 31,747 | 2 | I | 17% | North West | NML | |
302 | Cardhu Distillery | 31,627 | Note v | I | -12% | Scotland | DIA | v |
303 | Elgin Cathedral | 28,615 | 3 | Mix | 26% | Scotland | HES | |
304 | Logan Botanic Garden | 27,940 | 3 | O | 1% | Scotland | RBGE | |
305 | Leith Hall | 27,726 | 3 | Mix | 5% | Scotland | NTS | |
306 | Temple Newsam | 27,534 | 6 | I | -4% | Y&H | LMG | |
307 | Caol Ila Distillery | 27,489 | Note v | I | 93% | Scotland | DIA | v |
308 | Torridon Countryside Centre | 27,400 | 1 | O | % | Scotland | NTS | |
309 | Jarlshof | 27,176 | 3 | Mix | 47% | Scotland | HES | |
310 | Greenwich Boating | 26,830 | 6 | O | % | London | RP | |
311 | Georgian House | 25,832 | 3 | I | 40% | Scotland | NTS | |
312 | Tenement House | 25,726 | 3 | I | 42% | Scotland | NTS | |
313 | Culross Palace | 24,329 | 3 | I | 11% | Scotland | NTS | |
314 | Dumbarton Castle | 24,242 | 3 | Mix | 3551% | Scotland | HES | c |
315 | WWT Welney | 23,571 | 3 | O | -10% | East of England | WWT | |
316 | Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron | 23,320 | 6 | I | 26% | West Midlands | IGT | |
317 | Greenbank Garden | 22,727 | 3 | O | 4% | Scotland | NTS | |
318 | Sarehole Mill | 22,543 | 3 | Mix | 10% | West Midlands | BMT | |
319 | Aston Hall | 22,491 | 3 | Mix | -40% | West Midlands | BMT | |
320 | St Andrews Cathedral | 21,259 | 3 | Mix | 205% | Scotland | HES | g |
321 | Iona | 20,451 | 1 | O | -24% | Scotland | NTS | |
322 | National Wool Museum | 19,605 | 2 | I | 38% | Wales | NMW | |
323 | Leeds Industrial Museum | 18,862 | 6 | Mix | 10% | Y&H | LMG | |
324 | Barry Mill | 18,748 | 3 | I | -8% | Scotland | NTS | |
325 | Clynelish Distillery | 18,677 | Note v | I | 12% | Scotland | DIA | v |
326 | Caerlaverock Castle | 18,509 | 3 | Mix | 687% | Scotland | HES | b |
327 | Coalport China Museum | 18,243 | 6 | I | 37% | West Midlands | IGT | |
328 | Branklyn Garden | 17,904 | 3 | O | 3% | Scotland | NTS | |
329 | HMS Caroline | 17,009 | 6 | I | % | Northern Ireland | NMRN | ap |
330 | Whipple Museum of the History of Science | 16,210 | 1 | I | 64% | East of England | UoCM | |
331 | Jackfield Tile Museum | 15,834 | 6 | I | 34% | West Midlands | IGT | |
332 | Geilston Garden | 14,010 | 3 | O | 8% | Scotland | NTS | |
333 | Kellie Castle | 13,894 | 3 | Mix | 19% | Scotland | NTS | |
334 | Canna | 13,623 | 1 | O | 120% | Scotland | NTS | |
335 | Thwaite Watermill | 13,164 | 6 | Mix | 38% | Y&H | LMG | |
336 | Arduaine Garden | 12,911 | 3 | O | % | Scotland | NTS | |
337 | Broughton House & Garden | 11,957 | 3 | Mix | 7% | Scotland | NTS | |
338 | Crarae Garden | 11,626 | 3 | Mix | -3% | Scotland | NTS | |
339 | Blakesley Hall | 10,536 | 3 | Mix | -8% | West Midlands | BMT | |
340 | Cragganmore Distillery | 9,579 | Note v | I | 38% | Scotland | DIA | v |
341 | Abertarff House | 9,057 | 1 | I | 24% | Scotland | NTS | |
342 | Craigievar Castle | 8,535 | 3 | Mix | -71% | Scotland | NTS | ag |
343 | WWT Caerlaverock | 8,295 | 3 | O | -8% | Scotland | WWT | |
344 | Glasgow Museums Resource Centre | 8,220 | 2 | I | 113% | Scotland | GM | |
345 | Hill of Tarvit | 8,101 | 3 | I | 44% | Scotland | NTS | |
346 | Museum of Classical Archaeology | 7,455 | 1 | I | -8% | East of England | UoCM | |
347 | House of the Binns | 7,184 | 3 | Mix | % | Scotland | NTS | |
348 | Holmwood House | 6,486 | 3 | I | 41% | Scotland | NTS | |
349 | The Serpentine Lido | 5,924 | 6 | O | % | London | RP | u |
350 | Soho House | 5,765 | 3 | Mix | -32% | West Midlands | BMT | |
351 | Weoley Castle | 4,972 | 1 | O | 58% | West Midlands | BMT | |
352 | Leeds Discovery Centre | 4,902 | 1 | I | 2% | Y&H | LMG | ao |
353 | Darby Houses | 4,000 | 6 | I | 57% | West Midlands | IGT | |
354 | Alloa Tower | 3,887 | 3 | I | -35% | Scotland | NTS | |
355 | Hugh Miller's Cottage | 3,779 | 3 | I | -2% | Scotland | NTS | |
356 | Weaver's Cottage | 3,583 | 3 | I | 418% | Scotland | NTS | |
357 | Preston Mill & Phantassie Doocot | 3,173 | 3 | O | 14% | Scotland | NTS | |
358 | St Kilda | 2,985 | 1 | O | -47% | Scotland | NTS | |
359 | Museum Collection Centre | 2,309 | 3 | I | 44% | West Midlands | BMT | |
360 | Kintail Estate | 2,296 | 1 | O | -77% | Scotland | NTS | |
361 | Inveresk Lodge Garden | 2,208 | 3 | O | -4% | Scotland | NTS | |
362 | Barrie's Birthplace | 2,144 | 3 | I | 23% | Scotland | NTS | |
363 | Malleny Garden | 2,126 | 3 | O | -33% | Scotland | NTS | |
364 | Thomas Carlyle's Birthplace | 1,458 | 3 | I | 258% | Scotland | NTS | |
365 | Robert Smail's Printing Works | 1,453 | 3 | I | 9% | Scotland | NTS | |
366 | Tar Tunnel | 1,186 | 6 | I | 191% | West Midlands | IGT | |
367 | Souter Johnnies Cottage | 1,061 | 1 | I | % | Scotland | NTS | |
368 | Moirlanich Longhouse | 1,052 | 3 | I | 6% | Scotland | NTS |
Rank | Site | Total visits |
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1 | The British Museum | 5,820,860 |
2 | Natural History Museum (South Kensington) | 5,688,786 |
3 | The Crown Estate, Windsor Great Park | 5,487,856 |
4 | Tate Modern | 4,742,038 |
5 | Southbank Centre | 3,193,966 |
6 | V&A South Kensington | 3,110,000 |
7 | The National Gallery | 3,096,508 |
8 | Science Museum | 2,956,886 |
9 | Tower of London | 2,790,280 |
10 | Somerset House | 2,727,677 |
11 | Royal Museums Greenwich | 2,547,821 |
12 | National Museum of Scotland | 2,186,841 |
13 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew | 1,974,295 |
14 | Edinburgh Castle | 1,904,723 |
15 | National Galleries Scotland: National | 1,836,057 |
16 | Royal Albert Hall | 1,605,924 |
17 | Westminster Abbey | 1,587,866 |
18 | St Paul's Cathedral | 1,499,575 |
19 | British Library | 1,390,378 |
20 | Windsor Castle | 1,374,607 |
21 | RHS Garden Wisley | 1,361,785 |
22 | ZSL London Zoo | 1,327,902 |
23 | Stonehenge | 1,327,423 |
24 | The Barbican Centre | 1,313,528 |
25 | Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum | 1,283,882 |
26 | Riverside Museum | 1,265,011 |
27 | National Portrait Gallery, London | 1,164,018 |
28 | Tate Britain | 1,091,218 |
29 | Roman Baths and Pump Room | 1,061,240 |
30 | Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh | 1,041,391 |
31 | Tower Bridge | 960,670 |
32 | Blenheim Palace | 945,412 |
33 | Horniman Museum and Gardens | 924,480 |
34 | Ashmolean Museum | 900,277 |
35 | ZSL Whipsnade Zoo | 893,450 |
36 | Royal Shakespeare Theatre and Swan Theatre | 883,627 |
37 | Portsmouth Historic Dockyard | 873,491 |
38 | Old Royal Naval College | 843,175 |
39 | Bodleian Libraries | 842,221 |
40 | IWM London | 841,575 |
41 | Moors Valley Country Park and Forest | 820,958 |
42 | Beamish Museum | 801,756 |
43 | Titanic Belfast | 800,949 |
44 | Longleat | 800,056 |
45 | Shakespeare's Globe | 799,942 |
46 | National War Museum, Edinburgh | 773,213 |
47 | Oxford University Museum of Natural History | 768,986 |
48 | The Royal Opera House Covent Garden | 750,851 |
49 | Eden Project | 713,255 |
50 | Royal Academy of Arts | 709,961 |
51 | World Museum Liverpool | 697,115 |
52 | Maritime Museum, Liverpool | 697,073 |
53 | Museum of Liverpool | 694,953 |
54 | Giants Causeway | 662,806 |
55 | Clumber Park | 644,088 |
56 | the Design Museum | 633,312 |
57 | National Railway Museum | 630,306 |
58 | Hampton Court Palace | 628,528 |
59 | Edinburgh Zoo | 618,719 |
60 | Chatsworth | 604,624 |
61 | St. Fagans National Museum of History | 594,990 |
62 | Attingham Park | 591,794 |
63 | Forestry England Sherwood Pines | 586,832 |
64 | York Minster | 571,099 |
65 | Canterbury Cathedral | 565,213 |
66 | Churchill War Rooms | 559,740 |
67 | Knowsley Safari and Knowsley Hall | 546,345 |
68 | Glenfinnan Monument | 540,853 |
69 | Forestry England Delamere | 526,436 |
70 | Dunham Massey | 517,543 |
71 | Stirling Castle | 517,299 |
72 | Gallery of Modern Art | 510,936 |
73 | Cliveden | 502,909 |
74 | RHS Garden Bridgewater | 501,746 |
75 | Calke Abbey | 501,687 |
76 | Buckingham Palace | 501,499 |
77 | The Burrell Collection | 498,159 |
78 | Forestry England High Lodge | 492,493 |
79 | Ulster Museum | 489,817 |
80 | The Royal Air Force Museum London | 487,721 |
81 | Leeds Castle | 481,280 |
82 | Forestry England Westonbirt, The National Arboretum | 473,551 |
83 | Forestry England Haldon Forest Park | 469,843 |
84 | Glasgow Cathedral | 457,541 |
85 | RHS Garden Harlow Carr | 455,256 |
86 | Urquhart Castle | 442,761 |
87 | Forestry England Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest | 437,814 |
88 | London Transport Museum | 435,628 |
89 | Palace of Holyroodhouse | 431,045 |
90 | Foutains Abbey Estate | 427,347 |
91 | Kensington Palace | 421,697 |
92 | RHS Garden Hyde Hall | 421,203 |
93 | St Michael's Mount | 418,364 |
94 | Science and Industry Museum | 415,838 |
95 | The Royal Air Force Museum Midlands | 415,398 |
96 | Wellcome Collection | 414,957 |
97 | Forestry England Wendover Woods | 407,407 |
98 | Young V&A | 405,000 |
99 | The Fitzwilliam Museum | 402,620 |
100 | Tyntesfield | 401,636 |
101 | Nymans | 401,046 |
102 | Pitt Rivers Museum | 400,495 |
103 | Wakehurst | 400,123 |
104 | Tate Liverpool | 398,904 |
105 | Kingston Lacy | 391,969 |
106 | Polesden | 384,700 |
107 | IWM Duxford | 380,645 |
108 | National Museum Cardiff | 378,349 |
109 | Stourhead | 376,253 |
110 | Anglesey Abbey | 376,069 |
111 | Beechenhurst | 375,514 |
112 | Durham Cathedral | 373,165 |
113 | Cambridge University Botanic Garden | 371,255 |
114 | Mottisfont | 366,046 |
115 | Johnnie Walker Princes Street | 359,212 |
116 | Belton House | 358,078 |
117 | Wimpole | 356,557 |
118 | Dalby Forest | 354,725 |
119 | V&A Dundee | 345,398 |
120 | Tintagel Castle | 334,195 |
121 | Ickworth | 328,248 |
122 | Beaulieu | 321,034 |
123 | Museum of London (Docklands) | 321,024 |
124 | Glencoe Visitor Centre | 319,500 |
125 | National Galleries Scotland: Modern | 308,386 |
126 | Culzean Castle & Country Park | 291,674 |
127 | Sheffield Park | 284,358 |
128 | National Memorial Arboretum | 280,407 |
129 | Newhailes | 278,624 |
130 | Bodnant Garden | 277,121 |
131 | Osborne | 274,747 |
132 | Shugborough | 270,610 |
133 | Dover Castle | 270,290 |
134 | Leeds Art Gallery | 269,137 |
135 | National Galleries Scotland: Portrait | 264,866 |
136 | Culloden Visitor Centre | 262,199 |
137 | International Slavery Museum | 261,993 |
138 | IWM North | 261,449 |
139 | Hardwick | 259,590 |
140 | Castle Howard | 259,401 |
141 | Salisbury Cathedral | 257,342 |
142 | Croome | 252,156 |
143 | Quarry Bank Mill | 252,147 |
144 | Wallington | 250,807 |
145 | Knole | 247,079 |
146 | Dyrham | 246,139 |
147 | WWT Slimbridge | 245,249 |
148 | Cragside Estate | 244,988 |
149 | Great North Museum: Hancock | 244,879 |
150 | Hermitage | 244,434 |
151 | Charlecote | 238,869 |
152 | RHS Garden Rosemoor | 237,660 |
153 | Harewood House Trust | 236,713 |
154 | The Courtauld Gallery | 235,436 |
155 | Chartwell | 233,967 |
156 | Corfe Castle | 233,135 |
157 | National Waterfront Museum | 228,271 |
158 | Leeds City Museum | 224,731 |
159 | Mount Stewart | 221,547 |
160 | Walker Art Gallery | 218,865 |
161 | Hanbury Hall and Gardens | 218,243 |
162 | Stowe Gardens & Park | 216,542 |
163 | Blickling | 214,698 |
164 | Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum | 214,406 |
165 | Kedleston | 211,314 |
166 | Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum | 211,012 |
167 | Gibside | 210,454 |
168 | Speke Hall Liverpool | 209,618 |
169 | Killerton | 209,383 |
170 | HMS Belfast | 208,498 |
171 | Robert Burns Birthplace Museum | 206,754 |
172 | Baddesley | 204,873 |
173 | Crathes Castle | 202,396 |
174 | Lacock | 199,344 |
175 | Bletchley Park Trust | 198,749 |
176 | History of Science Museum | 195,643 |
177 | Wrest Park | 194,693 |
178 | UK Parliament | 189,481 |
179 | Packwood | 188,787 |
180 | Discovery Museum | 188,660 |
181 | Trelissick | 186,216 |
182 | Talisker Distillery | 184,466 |
183 | Lady Lever Art Gallery | 183,135 |
184 | Tate St Ives | 179,179 |
185 | Lanhydrock | 179,056 |
186 | Peoples' Palace | 178,190 |
187 | Dunster | 176,443 |
188 | Clifford's Tower York | 171,986 |
189 | Whitby Abbey | 171,921 |
190 | Carrick-a-Rede | 171,031 |
191 | Lotherton | 166,163 |
192 | Blists Hill Victorian Town | 165,604 |
193 | Saltram | 162,508 |
194 | Hyde Park Boating | 161,606 |
195 | Natural History Museum (Tring) | 157,894 |
196 | Oban Distillery | 157,386 |
197 | Kew Palace | 156,584 |
198 | Burghley | 154,827 |
199 | The Vyne | 153,699 |
200 | Shakespeare's Birthplace | 151,557 |
201 | Brunel's SS Great Britain | 150,482 |
202 | Kirkstall Abbey | 148,815 |
203 | Audley End House and Gardens | 148,742 |
204 | The St Mungo Museum of Religious Life And Art | 148,412 |
205 | Eltham Palace and Gardens | 140,903 |
206 | University Museum of Zoology | 138,886 |
207 | Walmer Castle and Gardens | 137,571 |
208 | National Slate Museum | 135,809 |
209 | WWT London | 133,775 |
210 | WWT Martin Mere | 132,646 |
211 | Kenwood | 126,953 |
212 | Locomotion | 125,121 |
213 | Highland Wildlife Park | 124,308 |
214 | 1066 Battle of Hastings Abbey and Battlefield | 123,733 |
215 | Kettle's Yard | 121,975 |
216 | Killiecrankie Visitor Centre | 121,198 |
217 | Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Garden | 118,264 |
218 | Big Pit National Coal Museum | 116,906 |
219 | Sudbury Hall | 116,810 |
220 | Holkham Hall | 112,785 |
221 | Carisbrooke Castle | 110,727 |
222 | Guildhall Art Gallery | 110,211 |
223 | Doune Castle | 109,511 |
224 | National Museum of Rural Life | 109,210 |
225 | Skara Brae | 106,839 |
226 | The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology | 101,241 |
227 | The Monument | 100,897 |
228 | Brodsworth Hall and Gardens | 100,862 |
229 | Inverewe Gardens | 96,690 |
230 | Laing Art Gallery | 95,630 |
231 | National Science and Media Museum | 93,545 |
232 | Hillsborough Castle | 91,977 |
233 | Corrieshalloch Gorge | 91,907 |
234 | South Shields Museum & Art Gallery | 89,385 |
235 | Ulster Folk Museum | 89,012 |
236 | Bannockburn Heritage Centre | 88,425 |
237 | Bolsover Castle | 87,910 |
238 | St Abb's Head | 86,492 |
239 | Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences | 85,760 |
240 | Fleet Air Arm Museum | 85,636 |
241 | Ulster American Folk Park | 84,268 |
242 | Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens | 82,862 |
243 | Blair Athol Dstillery | 82,241 |
244 | Housesteads Roman Fort - Hadrian's Wall | 81,331 |
245 | Framlingham Castle | 80,331 |
246 | Pendennis Castle | 79,865 |
247 | Threave Garden and Nature Reserve | 78,624 |
248 | Pollok House | 78,453 |
249 | WWT Arundel | 75,499 |
250 | Mar Lodge Estate | 73,057 |
251 | National Museum of Flight | 73,032 |
252 | Scarborough Castle | 72,765 |
253 | Castle Fraser | 72,639 |
254 | Blackness Castle | 72,299 |
255 | Regents Park Boating | 71,947 |
256 | Lindisfarne Priory | 67,748 |
257 | Ulster Transport Museum | 66,228 |
258 | Haddo House | 65,207 |
259 | Fort George | 64,551 |
260 | Singleton of Glen Ord Distillery | 64,241 |
261 | St Andrews Castle | 63,836 |
262 | Pitmedden Garden & Museum of Farm Life | 63,732 |
263 | Fyvie Castle | 63,247 |
264 | Anne Hathaway's Cottage | 62,656 |
265 | Witley Court and Gardens | 61,625 |
266 | Priorwood Garden | 61,476 |
267 | WWT Washington | 61,164 |
268 | Iona Abbey | 57,686 |
269 | Brodick Castle & Country Park | 57,234 |
270 | WWT Llanelli | 57,179 |
271 | Lagavulin Distillery | 57,086 |
272 | Balmacara Estate & Lochalsh Woodland Garden | 57,076 |
273 | National Roman Legion Museum | 57,030 |
274 | Dalwhinnie Distillery | 54,888 |
275 | Brodie Castle | 53,562 |
276 | Linlithgow Palace | 53,463 |
277 | National Museum Royal Navy Hartlepool | 52,915 |
278 | Shakespeare's New Place | 52,792 |
279 | Warkworth Castle and Hermitage | 52,027 |
280 | Ben Lomond | 51,486 |
281 | Tantallon Castle | 51,482 |
282 | Royal Lochnagar Distillery | 49,549 |
283 | Grey Mare's Tail | 48,602 |
284 | Melrose Abbey | 46,577 |
285 | Falkland Palace | 44,885 |
286 | Dunfermline Palace | 44,365 |
287 | House of Dun | 44,178 |
288 | Enginuity | 43,932 |
289 | Iron Bridge Toll House | 43,366 |
290 | The Polar Museum | 41,629 |
291 | Goatfell | 41,447 |
292 | Dawyck Botanic Garden | 40,860 |
293 | Abbey House Museum | 40,027 |
294 | Drum Castle | 39,754 |
295 | Ben Lawers Visitor Centre | 38,761 |
296 | Glenkinchie Distillery | 37,241 |
297 | Benmore Botanic Garden | 36,118 |
298 | WWT Castle Espie | 35,105 |
299 | Craigmillar Castle | 34,882 |
300 | Hill House | 31,985 |
301 | Sudley House | 31,747 |
302 | Cardhu Distillery | 31,627 |
303 | Elgin Cathedral | 28,615 |
304 | Logan Botanic Garden | 27,940 |
305 | Leith Hall | 27,726 |
306 | Temple Newsam | 27,534 |
307 | Caol Ila Distillery | 27,489 |
308 | Torridon Countryside Centre | 27,400 |
309 | Jarlshof | 27,176 |
310 | Greenwich Boating | 26,830 |
311 | Georgian House | 25,832 |
312 | Tenement House | 25,726 |
313 | Culross Palace | 24,329 |
314 | Dumbarton Castle | 24,242 |
315 | WWT Welney | 23,571 |
316 | Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron | 23,320 |
317 | Greenbank Garden | 22,727 |
318 | Sarehole Mill | 22,543 |
319 | Aston Hall | 22,491 |
320 | St Andrews Cathedral | 21,259 |
321 | Iona | 20,451 |
322 | National Wool Museum | 19,605 |
323 | Leeds Industrial Museum | 18,862 |
324 | Barry Mill | 18,748 |
325 | Clynelish Distillery | 18,677 |
326 | Caerlaverock Castle | 18,509 |
327 | Coalport China Museum | 18,243 |
328 | Branklyn Garden | 17,904 |
329 | HMS Caroline | 17,009 |
330 | Whipple Museum of the History of Science | 16,210 |
331 | Jackfield Tile Museum | 15,834 |
332 | Geilston Garden | 14,010 |
333 | Kellie Castle | 13,894 |
334 | Canna | 13,623 |
335 | Thwaite Watermill | 13,164 |
336 | Arduaine Garden | 12,911 |
337 | Broughton House & Garden | 11,957 |
338 | Crarae Garden | 11,626 |
339 | Blakesley Hall | 10,536 |
340 | Cragganmore Distillery | 9,579 |
341 | Abertarff House | 9,057 |
342 | Craigievar Castle | 8,535 |
343 | WWT Caerlaverock | 8,295 |
344 | Glasgow Museums Resource Centre | 8,220 |
345 | Hill of Tarvit | 8,101 |
346 | Museum of Classical Archaeology | 7,455 |
347 | House of the Binns | 7,184 |
348 | Holmwood House | 6,486 |
349 | The Serpentine Lido | 5,924 |
350 | Soho House | 5,765 |
351 | Weoley Castle | 4,972 |
352 | Leeds Discovery Centre | 4,902 |
353 | Darby Houses | 4,000 |
354 | Alloa Tower | 3,887 |
355 | Hugh Miller's Cottage | 3,779 |
356 | Weaver's Cottage | 3,583 |
357 | Preston Mill & Phantassie Doocot | 3,173 |
358 | St Kilda | 2,985 |
359 | Museum Collection Centre | 2,309 |
360 | Kintail Estate | 2,296 |
361 | Inveresk Lodge Garden | 2,208 |
362 | Barrie's Birthplace | 2,144 |
363 | Malleny Garden | 2,126 |
364 | Thomas Carlyle's Birthplace | 1,458 |
365 | Robert Smail's Printing Works | 1,453 |
366 | Tar Tunnel | 1,186 |
367 | Souter Johnnies Cottage | 1,061 |
368 | Moirlanich Longhouse | 1,052 |
Charge / Free | |
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1 | General admission is free to all |
2 | General admission is free to all – special exhibitions / events charged |
3 | General admission is free to members, but charged for non-members |
4 | General admission is free to members, but all are charged for special exhibitions / events |
5 | General admission is charged except for attending religious services |
6 | General admission is charged |
Notes | |
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a | New Adventure playground in 2023 |
b | Site mostly closed until August 2023 due to works, 2022 figure event only |
c | Site mostly closed until Feb 2023 due to works, 2022 figure event only |
d | FOC post-COVID, charged in 2019 |
e | Site mostly closed until June 2023 due to works, 2022 figure event only |
f | Site closed due to works in 2022 until August |
g | Site closed due to works in 2022 until July |
h | Charged pre-Covid, FOC post-Covid until June 2023 |
i | Modern Two closed to the public between 1 January and 28 April 2023 |
j | Museum temporarily closed from June 2023 for redevelopment |
k | First full year of trading since Wellcome Collection's shop opened in December 2022 |
l | Heavily discounted tickets for recipients of Universal Credit introduced February 2023 |
m | Summer opening (14 July to 24 September) |
n | Car park redevelopment project July-Nov 2023, had a pre-booking system in place for busier periods |
o | Rope bridge closed in 2021 and until mid May 2022 |
p | Moved more outdoor space into paybarrier in 2020 |
q | Ongoing project work through 2022 with house fully reopen from Jan 2023 |
r | Introduced a pre-booking system for admissions starting 2022 |
s | Closed for redevelopment in 2021 and beginning of 2022, followed by partial opening until late October |
t | Rural Estate with two charged visitor attractions. Members use car park for free. Non Members pay to use car park |
u | The Lido was closed for significant periods in 2023 due to water quality issues |
v | Guests charged for tour / experiences. Admission to retail is free |
w | 2023 was the first year in which a 'Winter Lights' event took place |
x | In 2019 entry was via a voluntary donation. We started charging an entry fee in September 2020. The recording of data will have been slighlty different in 2019 to now |
y | From April 2023, the house entry was charged. Exhibitions remain free |
z | Banksy's Cut and Run exhibition ran in GoMA for 10 weeks, closing on 28 August. |
aa | The British Library suffered a cyber attack in October 2023 |
ab | Includes all types of visitor and worshippers |
ac | General admission is charged except for York City residents, under 18s in family groups and religious services |
ad | Titanic Belfast main gallery experience was closed for Gallery Refreshment in January and February 2023 |
ae | Started counting visitors to the outdoor rotunda in 2023 (counting started July so likely increase in 2024) |
af | New visitor hub opened Feb 23 |
ag | Closed to paying visitors for re-harling of property |
ah | Car parking charges apply |
ai | Site reopened on 1st July 2023 having been closed throughout 2022 Visitor numbers impacted by major local roadworks & closures for 4 months. Localised flooding resulted in 1 full site closure and cancellation of events. |
aj | |
ak | Bletchley Park hosted the AI Safety Summit in early November, which necessitated the closure of the site across 9 days. |
al | Excludes groups |
am | Closure of Bird Garden early 2023 to make way for new site masterplan |
an | Free to Leeds residents |
ao | Visits by appointment only |
ap | Site reopened in early 2023 |
aq | NPG reopened on 22 June 2023 having been closed since March 2020 |
ar | A recording issue means that figures prior to 2023 will not be fully comparable |
as | Data for 2019 missing one month. Estimates are a non-unique count of entrances only at main points of entry |
at | Large parts of the gallery were closed between January and May 2023 for a rehang |
au | Gallery closed from October 2023 onwards for refurbishment |
av | Figures for 2022 and 2023 are based on tour performance rather than total visits to the estate |
aw | Around 50% of the National Railway Museum is currently closed for capital works |
ax | While the New Hall is under construction Locomotion is only open five days per week |
ay | More than 50% of the Science and Industry Museum is currently closed due to capital works |
az | Site reopened on 22 June following a three year closure (from March 2020) for a major development project. Visits in 2023 are 31% up compared with 22 June-31 December 2019 |
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