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VISITS MADE IN 2008 TO VISITOR ATTRACTIONS IN MEMBERSHIP WITH ALVA
| SITE |
TOTAL VISITS |
CHARGE/FREE |
% +/- |
| British Museum |
5,932,897 |
F |
+9.5% |
| Tate Modern |
4,862,581 |
F |
-6% |
| The National Gallery |
4,382,614 |
F |
+6% |
| Natural History Museum |
3,698,500 |
F |
+2.7% |
| Science Museum (South Kensington) |
2,705,677 |
F |
-0.3% |
| Tower of London (HRP) |
2,161,095 |
C |
+9.6% |
| Victoria and Albert Museum (South Kensington) |
2,065,300 |
F |
-15% |
| National Maritime Museum |
2,051,270 |
F |
+21% |
| National Portrait Gallery |
1,843,266 |
F |
+15% |
| St Paul’s Cathedral |
1,687,861 |
F/C |
+4% |
| Tate Britain |
1,618,309 |
F |
+1% |
| Westminster Abbey |
1,481,150 |
F/C |
+39.9% |
| Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum (Glasgow) |
1,445,098 |
F/C |
-35.3% |
| Chester Zoo |
1,373,459 |
C |
+2.1% |
| Kew Gardens |
1,306,401 |
F/C |
-8.5% |
| British Library |
1,255,832 |
F |
-7% |
| Edinburgh Castle (Historic Scotland) |
1,128,394 |
C |
-8% |
| Eden Project |
1,093,510 |
C |
-3.1% |
| Tate Liverpool |
1,080,327 |
F |
+67% |
| ZSL London Zoo |
1,039,030 |
C |
-8.2% |
| Merseyside Maritime Museum |
1,020,712 |
F |
+69% |
| Roman Baths & Pump Room, Bath |
992,507 |
C |
+1% |
| Canterbury Cathedral |
981,360 |
F/C |
-6% |
| Houses of Parliament |
918,289 |
F/C |
-8.3% |
| Stonehenge (EH) |
883,603 |
C |
+2% |
| National Gallery Complex (Edinburgh) |
842,958 |
F/C |
-10.3% |
| Imperial War Museum (London) |
833,893 |
F/C |
+11% |
| Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley |
814,220 |
F/C |
+2% |
| National Railway Museum |
810,381 |
F |
-0.3% |
| World Museum Liverpool |
787,767 |
F |
+9% |
| York Minster |
759,662 |
F/C |
-7.3% |
| National Media Museum |
745,857 |
F |
+4% |
| St Fagans National History Museum (Wales) |
621,913 |
F |
-3.3% |
| National Museum of Scotland |
614,894 |
F |
-27% |
| Leeds Castle (TH) |
578,072 |
C |
+8% |
| Gallery of Modern Art (Glasgow Museums) |
562,595 |
F |
-18.8% |
| Portsmouth Historic Dockyard |
559,228 |
F/C |
+10.2% |
| Chatsworth (TH) |
553,000 |
C |
-8.8% |
| The Falkirk Wheel (British Waterways) |
500,829 |
F/C |
-2.5% |
| Hampton Court Palace (HRP) |
492,891 |
C |
+1.0% |
| National War Museum (Scotland) |
474,133 |
F |
+1% |
| ZSL Whipsnade Zoo |
468,669 |
C |
-6% |
| Blackpool Tower & Circus |
464,426 |
F/C |
-0.4% |
| Discovery Museum (Tyne & Wear) |
462,868 |
F |
+5% |
| Museum of Transport (Glasgow Museums) |
456,324 |
F |
-14.8% |
| Wakehurst Place (RBG/NT) |
442,130 |
F/C |
-5.9% |
| Stirling Castle (Historic Scotland) |
403,778 |
C |
-8% |
| Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool) |
396,356 |
F |
+55% |
| Imperial War Museum Duxford |
382,581 |
C |
-14% |
| Blenheim Palace (TH) |
374,021 |
C |
-1.9% |
| Royal Armouries (Leeds) |
370,395 |
F |
+3.9% |
| Stourhead (NT) |
339,023 |
F/C |
-9% |
| National Museum Cardiff |
335,998 |
F |
-5.3% |
| Waddesdon Manor (NT) |
334,498 |
F/C |
-11% |
| Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal (NT) |
328,551 |
F/C |
-3% |
| Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens |
313,138 |
F |
-5% |
| Beaulieu (TH) |
312,279 |
C |
+0.5% |
| Dover Castle (EH) |
293,676 |
C |
-2% |
| Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms |
288,592 |
C |
-5% |
| Urquhart Castle (Historic Scotland) |
270,097 |
C |
-3% |
| Laing Art Gallery (Tyne & Wear Museums) |
268,977 |
F |
+5% |
| V&A Museum of Childhood |
252,900 |
F |
-29% |
| People’s Palace (Glasgow Museums) |
252,205 |
F |
-2.5% |
| HMS Belfast |
244,288 |
C |
-5% |
| Larrybane (NT) |
240,267 |
F/C |
+8% |
| Imperial War Museum (North) |
239,853 |
F |
+9% |
| Scottish National Portrait Gallery |
236,500 |
F/C |
+19% |
| National Waterfront Museum (Wales) |
228,779 |
F |
-8% |
| Harewood House (TH) |
226,067 |
C |
-7.2% |
| Polesden Lacey (NT) |
220,680 |
F/C |
-14% |
| Osborne House (EH) |
217,989 |
C |
+1% |
| Royal Horticultural Society, Harlow Carr |
217,050 |
F/C |
-1% |
| Attingham Park (NT) |
216,483 |
F/C |
+21% |
| Tate St Ives |
210,816 |
C |
-14% |
| Castle Howard (TH) |
207, 201 |
C |
-3.9% |
| Burrell Collection (Glasgow Museums) |
202,750 |
F |
-5.3% |
| Belton House (NT) |
199,548 |
F/C |
-5% |
| St Michael’s Mount (NT) |
194,692 |
F/C |
-4% |
| Sheffield Park (NT) |
192,312 |
F/C |
-2% |
| Anglesey Abbey (NT) |
191,549 |
F/C |
+9% |
| Penrhyn Castle (NT) |
187,271 |
F/C |
-12% |
| Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art |
184,954 |
F/C |
+7.1% |
| Nymans Garden (NT) |
182,279 |
F/C |
+1% |
| Pier Master’s House (National Museums Liverpool) |
181,829 |
F |
+38% |
| Wallington Park (NT) |
180,301 |
F/C |
-5% |
| Cliveden (NT) |
179,528 |
F/C |
-7% |
| Sudbury Hall (NT) |
177,556 |
F/C |
+290% |
| Chartwell (NT) |
173,764 |
F/C |
+4% |
| Cragside Estate (NT) |
173,757 |
F/C |
-14% |
| Tintagel Castle (EH) |
167,597 |
C |
-6% |
| Big Pit (Wales) |
165,121 |
F |
+5.7% |
| Sissinghurst (NT) |
164,120 |
F/C |
+4% |
| Bodiam Castle (NT) |
162,470 |
F/C |
-4% |
| Kingston Lacy (NT) |
161,654 |
F/C |
-4% |
| Corfe Castle (NT) |
161,446 |
F/C |
+15% |
| South Shields Museum & Art Gallery(Tyne & Wear) |
160,331 |
F |
-9% |
| Ickworth (NT) |
158,332 |
F/C |
+4% |
| Lady Lever Art Gallery (NM Liverpool) |
157,460 |
F |
-16% |
| Culzean Castle & Country Park (National Trust for Scotland) |
156,108 |
F/C |
-13% |
| St Mungo Museum of Religious Art (Glasgow Museums) |
152,352 |
F |
-9.1% |
| Bodnant Garden (NT) |
148,099 |
F/C |
-6% |
| Claremont Landscape Garden (NT) |
146,407 |
F/C |
+11% |
| Locomotion (NM of Science & Industry) |
142,544 |
F |
n/a |
| Hardwick Hall (NT) |
139,360 |
F/C |
+2% |
| Mount Stewart (NT) |
134,838 |
F/C |
+8% |
| Mottisfont (NT) |
134,740 |
F/C |
+5% |
| Royal Horticultural Society, Rosemoor |
133,140 |
F/C |
0% |
| Killerton (NT) |
131,881 |
F/C |
-2% |
| National Conservation Centre (NM Liverpool) |
128,170 |
F |
+68% |
| Hidcote Manor Garden (NT) |
125,269 |
F/C |
-17% |
| Calke Abbey (NT) |
124,319 |
F/C |
+9% |
| Dyrham Park (NT) |
124,024 |
F/C |
+4% |
| National Slate Museum (Wales) |
122,936 |
F |
+7.2% |
| 1066 Battle of Hastings:Abbey & Battlefield (EH) |
121,752 |
C |
+7.0% |
| Natural History Museum at Tring |
119,907 |
F |
-0.5% |
| Royal Horticultural Society, Hyde Hall |
118,975 |
F/C |
+4% |
| Whitby Abbey, North Yorkshire (EH) |
118,217 |
C |
-6% |
| Baddesley Clinton (NT) |
118,116 |
F/C |
+8% |
| Cotehele (NT) |
118,057 |
F/C |
+1% |
| Home Farm Wimpole (NT) |
117,977 |
F/C |
-9% |
| Dunham Massey (NT) |
116,694 |
F/C |
0% |
| Clifford’s Tower, York (EH) |
114,243 |
C |
-2% |
| Provands Lordship (Glasgow Museums) |
113,183 |
F |
-8.5% |
| Castle Drogo Estate (NT) |
113,175 |
F/C |
+2% |
| Trelissick (NT) |
112,964 |
F/C |
-3% |
| Brownsea Island (NT) |
111,447 |
F/C |
-12% |
| Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight (EH) |
111,220 |
C |
0% |
| Dunster (NT) |
110,439 |
F/C |
+5% |
| Dean Gallery (National Galleries of Scotland) |
109,509 |
F/C |
-17.7% |
| Anderton Boat Lift (British Waterways) |
108,995 |
C |
-5.14% |
| Erddig (NT) |
108,234 |
F/C |
-5% |
| Montacute House (NT) |
107,269 |
F/C |
-3% |
| Kenwood House, London |
105,690 |
F |
-14% |
| Tyntesfield (NT) |
100,991 |
F/C |
-11% |
| Lanhydrock (NT) |
97,055 |
F/C |
-48% |
| Housesteads Roman Fort, Hadrian’s Wall (EH) |
96,925 |
C |
-3% |
| Burghley House (TH) |
86,247 |
C |
-3.9% |
| Woburn Abbey (TH) |
77,771 |
C |
+8% |
| Royal Armouries (Fort Nelson, Portsmouth) |
75,493 |
F |
-4.3% |
| Arbeia Roman Fort (Tyne & Wear Museums) |
69,023 |
F |
-11% |
| Sudley House (National Museums Liverpool) |
64,407 |
F |
+76% |
| National Roman Legion Museum (Wales) |
64,192 |
F |
-1.4% |
| Scotland Street School Museum (Glasgow Museums) |
61,419 |
F |
+10.4% |
| Segedunum Roman Fort (Tyne & Wear Museums) |
44,938 |
C |
+6% |
| All Saints, Kedleston, Northants (CCT) |
39,817 |
F |
-13.08% |
| St Peter, Sudbury, Suffolk (CCT) |
39,331 |
F |
+20.57% |
| Holy Trinity, Goodramgate (CCT) |
38,535 |
F |
+10.07% |
| Shipley Art Gallery (Tyne & Wear Museums) |
34,201 |
F |
+5% |
| Stephenson Railway Museum (Tyne & Wear) |
32,231 |
F |
-24% |
| Monkwearmouth Station Museum (Tyne & Wear) |
28,547 |
F |
N/A |
| National Wool Museum (Wales) |
24,344 |
F |
+11% |
| St Leonard’s, Bridgnorth, Shropshire (CCT) |
23,558 |
F |
+25.10% |
| St Mary, Shrewsbury (CCT) |
18,392 |
F |
+34.69% |
| St John, Stamford, Lincs (CCT) |
17,973 |
F |
+14.76% |
| Glasgow Museums Resource Centre |
4,903 |
F |
-42.7% |
| Martyr’s School (Glasgow Museums) |
2,484 |
F |
+50.4% |
EH = English Heritage
HRP = Historic Royal Palaces
NT= National Trust
RBG = Royal Botanical Gardens
CCT= The Churches Conservation Trust
TH = Treasure Houses for England
VISITS MADE IN 2007 TO VISITOR ATTRACTIONS IN MEMBERSHIP WITH ALVA
| SITE |
TOTAL VISITS |
CHARGE/FREE |
% +/- |
| Blackpool Pleasure Beach |
5,500,000 |
F |
-3.0% |
| British Museum |
5,418,265 |
F/C |
+12% |
| Tate Modern |
5,191,840 |
F |
+6% |
| The National Gallery |
4,159,485 |
F |
-8% |
| Natural History Museum |
3,600,119 |
F |
-4.1% |
| Science Museum |
2,714,021 |
F |
+11% |
| Victoria and Albert Museum (South Kensington) |
2,435,300 |
F |
+3% |
| Tower of London |
2,064,126 |
C |
-1% |
| National Maritime Museum |
1,695,739 |
F |
+10% |
| St Paul’s Cathedral |
1,623,881 |
F/C |
0% |
| National Portrait Gallery |
1,607,767 |
F |
+0.5% |
| Tate Britain |
1,593,277 |
F |
0% |
| Kew Gardens (RBG) |
1,427,096 |
F/C |
+5.1% |
| British Library |
1,355,425 |
F |
+15% |
| Chester Zoo |
1,335,773 |
C |
+6.7% |
| Edinburgh Castle (Historic Scotland) |
1,229,703 |
C |
+2% |
| ZSL London Zoo |
1,132,366 |
C |
+25.1% |
| Eden Project |
1,128,107 |
C |
-2.3% |
| Canterbury Cathedral |
1,068,244 |
F/C |
+2% |
| Westminster Abbey |
1,058,362 |
F/C |
+2.9% |
| Houses of Parliament |
994,926 |
F/C |
+11% |
| Roman Baths & Pump Room, Bath |
985,096 |
C |
0% |
| National Gallery Complex, Edinburgh |
937,770 |
F/C |
N/A |
| Stonehenge (EH) |
869,432 |
C |
-1% |
| National Museum of Scotland |
841,849 |
F |
+1% |
| York Minster |
815,000 |
F/C |
-9% |
| National Railway Museum |
812,891 |
F |
+8% |
| Imperial War Museum (London) |
754,467 |
F |
+6% |
| World Museum Liverpool |
720,303 |
F |
+37% |
| National Media Museum |
715,746 |
F |
+9% |
| Tate Liverpool |
649,029 |
F |
+17% |
| St Fagans National History Museum (Wales) |
642,289 |
F |
+9% |
| Chatsworth House (TH) |
606,500 |
C |
+0.4% |
| Merseyside Maritime Museum |
595,328 |
F |
+36% |
| Leeds Castle (TH) |
548,654 |
C |
+33% |
| The Falkirk Wheel (British Waterways) |
513,907 |
F |
+18% |
| Portsmouth Historic Dockyard |
507,459 |
F/C |
-6% |
| ZSL Whipsnade Zoo |
498,456 |
C |
+6.6% |
| Hampton Court Palace |
488,197 |
C |
+3% |
| Wakehurst Place (RBG/NT) |
469,683 |
F/C |
+8.1% |
| National War Museum Scotland |
468,125 |
F |
+11% |
| Blackpool Tower & Circus |
466,545 |
C |
-12% |
| Imperial War Museum Duxford |
441,334 |
C |
+7% |
| Stirling Castle (Historic Scotland) |
439,584 |
C |
0% |
| Discovery Museum (Tyne & Wear) |
429,706 |
F |
+1% |
| Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth |
415,511 |
F/C |
N/A |
| Blenheim Palace (TH) |
381,311 |
C |
+1.7% |
| Waddesdon Manor (NT) |
374,362 |
F/C |
+27% |
| Stourhead (NT) |
371,382 |
F/C |
+21% |
| V&A Museum of Childhood Refurbished between Nov 05 & Dec 06 |
357,500 |
F |
N/A |
| Royal Armouries (Leeds) |
356,440 |
F |
+22.9% |
| National Museum Cardiff |
355,026 |
F |
+22% |
| Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal (NT) |
339,382 |
F/C |
+26% |
| Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens |
331,296 |
F |
-0.9% |
| Beaulieu (TH) |
308,401 |
C |
-2% |
| Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms |
303,428 |
C |
+2% |
| Dover Castle (EH) |
299,175 |
C |
0% |
| Urquhart Castle (Historic Scotland) |
277,394 |
C |
+12% |
| Kensington Palace |
267,526 |
C |
+4% |
| Laing Art Gallery (Tyne &Wear) |
257,231 |
F |
N/A |
| HMS Belfast |
256,556 |
C |
-5% |
| Polesden Lacey (NT) |
255,210 |
F/C |
+6% |
| Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool) |
253,987 |
F |
+2% |
| National Waterfront Museum (Wales) |
249,162 |
F |
+0.4% |
| Tate St Ives |
245,345 |
F/C |
+1% |
| Harewood House (TH) |
242,864 |
C |
+9.8% |
| Imperial War Museum (North) |
223,000 |
F |
-6% |
| Larrybane (NT) |
222,613 |
F/C |
+20% |
| Castle Howard (TH) |
216,045 |
C |
+6% |
| Osborne House (EH) |
215,596 |
C |
-6% |
| Penrhyn Castle (NT) |
212,718 |
F/C |
+17% |
| Belton House (NT) |
209,117 |
F/C |
+18% |
| St Michael’s Mount (NT) |
203,235 |
F/C |
+4% |
| Cragside Estate (NT) |
201,873 |
F/C |
+79% |
| Scottish National Portrait Gallery |
198,726 |
F/C |
N/A |
| Culzean Castle & Country Park (NTS) |
195,991 |
F/C |
+4% |
| Sheffield Park (NT) |
195,744 |
F/C |
+15% |
| Cliveden (NT) |
193,038 |
F/C |
+15% |
| Wallington (NT) |
189,851 |
F/C |
+16% |
| Lanhydrock (NT) |
187,261 |
F/C |
+6% |
| Lady Lever Art Gallery (Liverpool) |
187,255 |
F |
-7% |
| Nymans Garden (NT) |
180,214 |
F/C |
+17% |
| Attingham Park (NT) |
179,343 |
F/C |
+36% |
| Tintagel Castle (EH) |
177,498 |
C |
-3% |
| South Shields Museum & Art Gallery |
176,847 |
F |
+1% |
| Anglesey Abbey (NT) |
175,469 |
F/C |
+40% |
| Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art |
172,765 |
F/C |
N/A |
| Real Mary King’s Close, Edinburgh |
170,401 |
F/C |
N/A |
| Bodiam Castle (NT) |
169,370 |
F/C |
+8% |
| Kingston Lacy (NT) |
168,447 |
F/C |
+11% |
| Chartwell (NT) |
167,708 |
F/C |
+7% |
| Bodnant Garden (NT) |
157,609 |
F/C |
+4% |
| Sissinghurst (NT) |
157,118 |
F/C |
+5% |
| Big Pit : National Coal Museum |
155,269 |
F |
+1.8% |
| Ickworth (NT) |
151,568 |
F/C |
+29% |
| Hidcote Manor Garden (NT) |
151,222 |
F/C |
+35% |
| Corfe Castle (NT) |
140,317 |
F/C |
-9% |
| Hardwick Hall (NT) |
136,864 |
F/C |
+9% |
| Killerton (NT) |
134,799 |
F/C |
+1% |
| Dean Gallery (Scotland) |
133,043 |
F/C |
N/A |
| Claremont Landscape Garden (NT) |
131,747 |
F/C |
+29% |
| Home Farm Wimpole (NT) |
130,225 |
F/C |
+11% |
| Mottisfont (NT) |
128,103 |
F/C |
+2% |
| Brownsea Island (NT) |
126,393 |
F/C |
+10% |
| Whitby Abbey, North Yorkshire (EH) |
125,217 |
C |
+9% |
| Mount Stewart (NT) |
124,684 |
F/C |
+10% |
| Kenwood House (EH) |
123,312 |
F |
-7% |
| Walter Rothschild Museum, Tring |
120,416 |
F |
+0.5% |
| Dyrham Park (NT) |
119,091 |
F/C |
+14% |
| Cotehele (NT) |
116,910 |
F/C |
-1% |
| Dunham Massey (NT) |
116,656 |
F/C |
+4% |
| Clifford’s Tower, York (EH) |
116,215 |
C |
-5% |
| Trelissick (NT) |
115,997 |
F/C |
+3% |
| Anderton Boat Lift (British Waterways) |
114,853 |
F |
-2% |
| 1066 Battle of Hastings:Abbey & Battlefield (EH) |
113,733 |
C |
0% |
| Calke Abbey (NT) |
113,583 |
F/C |
+7% |
| Erddig (NT) |
113,509 |
F/C |
+10% |
| Tyntesfield (NT) |
113,461 |
F/C |
+10% |
| Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight (EH) |
111,391 |
C |
-5% |
| Montacute House (NT) |
111,070 |
F/C |
+5% |
| Castle Drogo Estate (NT) |
110,811 |
F/C |
+1% |
| Baddesley Clinton (NT) |
109,206 |
F/C |
+4% |
| Dunster (NT) |
104,974 |
F/C |
-4% |
| Housesteads Roman Fort, Hadrian’s Wall (EH) |
99,726 |
C |
-2% |
| Burghley House (TH) |
89,781 |
C |
+48.4% |
| Canterbury Tales |
85,869 |
F/C |
N/A |
| Fort Nelson, Portsmouth (Royal Armouries) |
78,866 |
F |
+7.7% |
| National Conservation Centre (Liverpool) |
78,644 |
F |
+54% |
| Arbeia Roman Fort (Tyne & Wear) |
77,655 |
F |
N/A |
| Oxford Story |
68,040 |
F/C |
N/A |
| Oxford Castle |
47,230 |
F/C |
N/A |
| Sudbury Hall (NT) |
45,582 |
F/C |
-60% |
| Segedunum Roman Fort (Tyne & Wear) |
42,478 |
F/C |
N/A |
| Sudley House (Liverpool) reopened May 07 |
36,253 |
F |
N/A |
| Shipley Art Gallery (Tyne & Wear) |
33,814 |
F |
N/A |
EH= English Heritage
NT= National Trust
NTS= National Trust For Scotland
RBG=Royal Botanic Gardens
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