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Visits made in 2009 to visitor attractions in membership with ALVA
| Rank | Site | Total visits | Charge /free | % +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | British Museum | 5,569,981 | F | -6.1% |
| 2 | The National Gallery | 4,780,030 | F | +9% |
| 3 | Tate Modern | 4,747,537 | F | -2% |
| 4 | Natural History Museum | 4,105,106 | F | +9.8% |
| 5 | Science Museum (South Kensington) | 2,793,930 | F | +3% |
| 6 | Tower of London (HRP) | 2,389,548 | C | +11% |
| 7 | National Maritime Museum | 2,367,904 | F | +15% |
| 8 | Victoria and Albert Museum (South Kensington) | 2,269,880 | F | +10% |
| 9 | National Portrait Gallery | 1,961,843 | F | +6.4% |
| 10 | St Paul's Cathedral | 1,821,321 | F/C | +8% |
| 11 | Tate Britain | 1,501,837 | F | -7% |
| 12 | Westminster Abbey | 1,449,593 | F/C | -2.1% |
| 13 | British Library | 1,379,475 | F | +9% |
| 14 | Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum (Glasgow) | 1,368,096 | F | -5.33% |
| 15 | Kew Gardens | 1,300,557 | F/C | -0.4% |
| 16 | Chester Zoo | 1,239,044 | C | -1.6% |
| 17 | Edinburgh Castle (Historic Scotland) | 1,196,481 | C | +6% |
| 18 | ZSL London Zoo | 1,059,170 | C | +1.9% |
| 19 | Roman Baths & Pump Room, Bath | 1,037,518 | C | +5% |
| 20 | Eden Project | 1,028,264 | C | -6% |
| 21 | Canterbury Cathedral | 1,013,118 | F/C | +3.3% |
| 22 | Stonehenge (EH) | 990,705 | C | +12% |
| 23 | Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley | 964,212 | F/C | +18% |
| 24 | Houses of Parliament | 963,362 | F/C | +5% |
| 25 | Merseyside Maritime Museum | 945,254 | F | -7% |
| 26 | National Gallery Complex (Edinburgh) | 894,161 | F | +9% |
| 27 | Imperial War Museum London (IWM) | 887,246 | F | +6.4% |
| 28 | National Railway Museum | 807,591 | F | -1% |
| 29 | York Minster | 797,100 | F/C | +4.9% |
| 30 | Chatsworth House Trust (TH) | 652,969 | C | +18.4% |
| 31 | Leeds Castle (TH) | 646,801 | C | +12% |
| 32 | Great North Museum (Tyne & Wear Museums) | 638,454 | F | See note 1% |
| 33 | National Media Museum | 613,923 | F | -18% |
| 34 | World Museum Liverpool (National Museums Liverpool | 605,601 | F | -23% |
| 35 | National Museum of Scotland (National Museums Scot | 589,621 | F | -4.1% |
| 36 | Hampton Court Palace (HRP) | 541,646 | C | +10% |
| 37 | Tate Liverpool | 539,577 | F | -50% |
| 38 | Blenheim Palace (TH) | 537,120 | C | +43.6% |
| 39 | Gallery of Modern Art (Glasgow Museums) | 536,916 | F | -4.56% |
| 40 | Portsmouth Historic Dockyard | 532,158 | F/C | -4.9% |
| 41 | National War Museum (National Museums Scotland) | 494,213 | F | +4.2% |
| 42 | Blackpool Tower & Circus | 483,822 | C | +2.3% |
| 43 | The Falkirk Wheel (British Waterways) | 476,778 | F/C | -4.8% |
| 44 | ZSL Whipsnade Zoo | 475,036 | C | +1.4% |
| 45 | Museum of Transport (Glasgow Museums) | 468,963 | F | +2.77% |
| 46 | Wakehurst Place (RBG/NT) | 456,285 | F/C | +3.2% |
| 47 | Woburn Safari Park (TH) | 447,745 | C | +1% |
| 48 | V&A Museum of Childhood | 387,823 | F | +10% |
| 49 | Imperial War Museum Duxford (IWM) | 387,122 | C | +1.2% |
| 50 | Stirling Castle (Historic Scotland) | 383,293 | C | +2% |
| 51 | National Museum Cardiff (Wales) | 373,191 | F | +11% |
| 52 | Stourhead (NT) | 356,816 | F/C | +5.2% |
| 53 | Beaulieu (TH) | 351,975 | C | +12.7% |
| 54 | Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal (NT) | 348,749 | F/C | +6.1% |
| 55 | Waddesdon Manor (NT) | 347,139 | F/C | +3.8% |
| 56 | Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms (IWM) | 314,162 | C | +8.9% |
| 57 | Dover Castle (EH) | 304,513 | C | +4% |
| 58 | Urquhart Castle (Historic Scotland) | 282,203 | F/C | +4% |
| 59 | Galleries of Modern Art (National Galleries of Sco | 274,161 | F | -2.8% |
| 60 | Kensington Palace (HRP) | 272,606 | C | +10.6% |
| 61 | Royal Armouries (Leeds) | 271,513 | F | +3.45% |
| 62 | People's Palace (Glasgow Museums) | 268,591 | F | +6.50% |
| 63 | Polesden Lacey (NT) | 262,176 | F/C | +18.8% |
| 64 | Royal Horticultural Society, Harlow Carr | 261,581 | F/C | +21% |
| 65 | HMS Belfast (IWM) | 260,423 | C | +6.6% |
| 66 | Attingham Park (NT) | 260,035 | F/C | +20.1% |
| 67 | National Waterfront Museum (Wales) | 257,888 | F | +12.8% |
| 68 | Belton House (NT) | 249,323 | F/C | +24.8% |
| 69 | Larrybane (NT) | 241,636 | F/C | +0.6% |
| 70 | Harewood House (TH) | 241,052 | C | +6.63% |
| 71 | St Michael's Mount (NT) | 240,927 | F/C | +23.7% |
| 72 | Calke Abbey (NT) | 239,748 | F/C | +92.8% |
| 73 | Osborne House (EH) | 238,931 | C | +10% |
| 74 | Imperial War Museum North (IWM) | 236,529 | F | -1.4% |
| 75 | Castle Howard (TH) | 232,871 | C | +14.9% |
| 76 | Penrhyn Castle (NT) | 228,820 | F/C | +22.2% |
| 77 | Cragside Estate (NT) | 225,823 | F/C | +30.0% |
| 78 | Nymans Garden (NT) | 221,974 | F/C | +21.8% |
| 79 | Anglesey Abbey (NT) | 219,934 | F/C | +14.8% |
| 80 | Lanhydrock (NT) | 214,274 | F/C | +12.9% |
| 81 | Tate St Ives | 214,189 | C | +2% |
| 82 | Walker Art Gallery (National Museums Liverpool) | 213,893 | F | -46% |
| 83 | Sheffield Park (NT) | 209,604 | F/C | +9.0% |
| 84 | Cliveden (NT) | 206,799 | F/C | +14.7% |
| 85 | Burrell Collection (Glasgow Museums) | 203,153 | F | +0.20% |
| 86 | Corfe Castle (NT) | 198,874 | F/C | +23.2% |
| 87 | Bodnant Garden (NT) | 197,631 | F/C | +33.4% |
| 88 | Wallington Park (NT) | 197,535 | F/C | +9.6% |
| 89 | Tintagel Castle, Cornwall | 197,283 | C | +18% |
| 90 | Sissinghurst (NT) | 194,743 | F/C | +18.7% |
| 91 | Chartwell (NT) | 194,323 | F/C | +11.8% |
| 92 | Lady Lever Art Gallery (NM Liverpool) | 193,034 | F | +23% |
| 93 | Kingston Lacy (NT) | 190,288 | F/C | +17.7% |
| 94 | Bodiam Castle (NT) | 187,843 | F/C | +15.6% |
| 95 | Ickworth (NT) | 179,035 | F/C | +13.1% |
| 96 | Culzean Castle & Country Park (National Trust for | 175,210 | F/C | +5% |
| 97 | Sudbury Hall (NT) | 165,851 | F/C | -6.6% |
| 98 | Big Pit: National Coal Museum (Wales) | 163,882 | F | -0.75% |
| 99 | Mottisfont (NT) | 162,165 | F/C | +20.4% |
| 100 | Claremont Landscape Garden (NT) | 159,848 | F/C | +9.2% |
| 101 | Hidcote Manor Garden (NT) | 159,381 | F/C | +27.2% |
| 102 | Dunham Massey (NT) | 155,085 | F/C | +32.9% |
| 103 | Hardwick Hall (NT) | 153,010 | F/C | +9.8% |
| 104 | Killerton (NT) | 145,662 | F/C | +10.4% |
| 105 | St Mungo Museum of Religious Art (Glasgow Museums) | 144,366 | F | -5.24% |
| 106 | Royal Horticultural Society, Rosemoor | 143,003 | F/C | +7% |
| 107 | Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire (EH) | 142,723 | C | +58% |
| 108 | Home Farm Wimpole (NT) | 138,769 | F/C | +9.6% |
| 109 | Dyrham Park (NT) | 137,553 | F/C | +10.9% |
| 110 | Pier Master's House (National Museums Liverpool) | 135,260 | F | -26% |
| 111 | 1066 Battle of Hastings:Abbey & Battlefield (EH) | 135,045 | C | +11% |
| 112 | Dunster (NT) | 134,502 | F/C | +21.7% |
| 113 | Royal Horticultural Society, Hyde Hall | 134,167 | F/C | +13% |
| 114 | Mount Stewart (NT) | 133,343 | F/C | -1.1% |
| 115 | Cotehele (NT) | 132,467 | F/C | +11.9% |
| 116 | Whitby Abbey, North Yorkshire (EH) | 131,886 | C | +12% |
| 117 | Erddig (NT) | 131,861 | F/C | +21.8% |
| 118 | Baddesley Clinton (NT) | 131,165 | F/C | +11.0% |
| 119 | Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight (EH) | 128,388 | C | +15% |
| 120 | Brownsea Island (NT) | 127,333 | F/C | +14.3% |
| 121 | Castle Drago Estate (NT) | 126,195 | F/C | +11.5% |
| 122 | National Conservation Centre (NM Liverpool) | 124,656 | F | -3% |
| 123 | Trelissick (NT) | 121,804 | F/C | +7.8% |
| 124 | Clifford's Tower, York (EH) | 118,055 | C | +3% |
| 125 | Natural History Museum at Tring | 118,034 | F | -1.6% |
| 126 | Anderton Boat Lift (British Waterways) | 117,129 | C | +7.5% |
| 127 | Provand's Lordship (Glasgow Museums) | 116,533 | F | +2.96% |
| 128 | Kenwood House, London (EH) | 116,454 | F | +10% |
| 129 | Montacute House (NT) | 110,529 | F/C | +3.0% |
| 130 | Housesteads Roman Fort, Hadrian's Wall (EH) | 105,136 | C | +8% |
| 131 | Tyntesfield (NT) | 104,451 | F/C | +3.4% |
| 132 | Audley End House & Gardens, Essex (EH) | 99,552 | C | +12% |
| 133 | Burghley House (TH) | 98,411 | C | +14% |
| 134 | Brodsworth Hall, South Yorkshire (EH) | 86,683 | C | +19% |
| 135 | The Home of Charles Darwin, Kent (EH) | 81,623 | C | +198% |
| 136 | Royal Armouries (Fort Nelson, Portsmouth) | 76,715 | F | +1.62% |
| 137 | Belsay Hall Castle & Gardens, Northumberland (EH) | 76,648 | C | +29% |
| 138 | Woburn Abbey & Gardens (TH) | 65,937 | C | 0% |
| 139 | Scotland Street School Museum (Glasgow Museums) | 64,866 | F | +5.61% |
| 140 | Sudley House (National Museums Liverpool) | 64,864 | F | +1% |
| 141 | Glasgow Museums Resource Centre | 6,497 | F | +32.51% |
| Rank | Site | Total visits |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | British Museum | 5,569,981 |
| 2 | The National Gallery | 4,780,030 |
| 3 | Tate Modern | 4,747,537 |
| 4 | Natural History Museum | 4,105,106 |
| 5 | Science Museum (South Kensington) | 2,793,930 |
| 6 | Tower of London (HRP) | 2,389,548 |
| 7 | National Maritime Museum | 2,367,904 |
| 8 | Victoria and Albert Museum (South Kensington) | 2,269,880 |
| 9 | National Portrait Gallery | 1,961,843 |
| 10 | St Paul's Cathedral | 1,821,321 |
| 11 | Tate Britain | 1,501,837 |
| 12 | Westminster Abbey | 1,449,593 |
| 13 | British Library | 1,379,475 |
| 14 | Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum (Glasgow) | 1,368,096 |
| 15 | Kew Gardens | 1,300,557 |
| 16 | Chester Zoo | 1,239,044 |
| 17 | Edinburgh Castle (Historic Scotland) | 1,196,481 |
| 18 | ZSL London Zoo | 1,059,170 |
| 19 | Roman Baths & Pump Room, Bath | 1,037,518 |
| 20 | Eden Project | 1,028,264 |
| 21 | Canterbury Cathedral | 1,013,118 |
| 22 | Stonehenge (EH) | 990,705 |
| 23 | Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley | 964,212 |
| 24 | Houses of Parliament | 963,362 |
| 25 | Merseyside Maritime Museum | 945,254 |
| 26 | National Gallery Complex (Edinburgh) | 894,161 |
| 27 | Imperial War Museum London (IWM) | 887,246 |
| 28 | National Railway Museum | 807,591 |
| 29 | York Minster | 797,100 |
| 30 | Chatsworth House Trust (TH) | 652,969 |
| 31 | Leeds Castle (TH) | 646,801 |
| 32 | Great North Museum (Tyne & Wear Museums) | 638,454 |
| 33 | National Media Museum | 613,923 |
| 34 | World Museum Liverpool (National Museums Liverpool | 605,601 |
| 35 | National Museum of Scotland (National Museums Scot | 589,621 |
| 36 | Hampton Court Palace (HRP) | 541,646 |
| 37 | Tate Liverpool | 539,577 |
| 38 | Blenheim Palace (TH) | 537,120 |
| 39 | Gallery of Modern Art (Glasgow Museums) | 536,916 |
| 40 | Portsmouth Historic Dockyard | 532,158 |
| 41 | National War Museum (National Museums Scotland) | 494,213 |
| 42 | Blackpool Tower & Circus | 483,822 |
| 43 | The Falkirk Wheel (British Waterways) | 476,778 |
| 44 | ZSL Whipsnade Zoo | 475,036 |
| 45 | Museum of Transport (Glasgow Museums) | 468,963 |
| 46 | Wakehurst Place (RBG/NT) | 456,285 |
| 47 | Woburn Safari Park (TH) | 447,745 |
| 48 | V&A Museum of Childhood | 387,823 |
| 49 | Imperial War Museum Duxford (IWM) | 387,122 |
| 50 | Stirling Castle (Historic Scotland) | 383,293 |
| 51 | National Museum Cardiff (Wales) | 373,191 |
| 52 | Stourhead (NT) | 356,816 |
| 53 | Beaulieu (TH) | 351,975 |
| 54 | Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal (NT) | 348,749 |
| 55 | Waddesdon Manor (NT) | 347,139 |
| 56 | Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms (IWM) | 314,162 |
| 57 | Dover Castle (EH) | 304,513 |
| 58 | Urquhart Castle (Historic Scotland) | 282,203 |
| 59 | Galleries of Modern Art (National Galleries of Sco | 274,161 |
| 60 | Kensington Palace (HRP) | 272,606 |
| 61 | Royal Armouries (Leeds) | 271,513 |
| 62 | People's Palace (Glasgow Museums) | 268,591 |
| 63 | Polesden Lacey (NT) | 262,176 |
| 64 | Royal Horticultural Society, Harlow Carr | 261,581 |
| 65 | HMS Belfast (IWM) | 260,423 |
| 66 | Attingham Park (NT) | 260,035 |
| 67 | National Waterfront Museum (Wales) | 257,888 |
| 68 | Belton House (NT) | 249,323 |
| 69 | Larrybane (NT) | 241,636 |
| 70 | Harewood House (TH) | 241,052 |
| 71 | St Michael's Mount (NT) | 240,927 |
| 72 | Calke Abbey (NT) | 239,748 |
| 73 | Osborne House (EH) | 238,931 |
| 74 | Imperial War Museum North (IWM) | 236,529 |
| 75 | Castle Howard (TH) | 232,871 |
| 76 | Penrhyn Castle (NT) | 228,820 |
| 77 | Cragside Estate (NT) | 225,823 |
| 78 | Nymans Garden (NT) | 221,974 |
| 79 | Anglesey Abbey (NT) | 219,934 |
| 80 | Lanhydrock (NT) | 214,274 |
| 81 | Tate St Ives | 214,189 |
| 82 | Walker Art Gallery (National Museums Liverpool) | 213,893 |
| 83 | Sheffield Park (NT) | 209,604 |
| 84 | Cliveden (NT) | 206,799 |
| 85 | Burrell Collection (Glasgow Museums) | 203,153 |
| 86 | Corfe Castle (NT) | 198,874 |
| 87 | Bodnant Garden (NT) | 197,631 |
| 88 | Wallington Park (NT) | 197,535 |
| 89 | Tintagel Castle, Cornwall | 197,283 |
| 90 | Sissinghurst (NT) | 194,743 |
| 91 | Chartwell (NT) | 194,323 |
| 92 | Lady Lever Art Gallery (NM Liverpool) | 193,034 |
| 93 | Kingston Lacy (NT) | 190,288 |
| 94 | Bodiam Castle (NT) | 187,843 |
| 95 | Ickworth (NT) | 179,035 |
| 96 | Culzean Castle & Country Park (National Trust for | 175,210 |
| 97 | Sudbury Hall (NT) | 165,851 |
| 98 | Big Pit: National Coal Museum (Wales) | 163,882 |
| 99 | Mottisfont (NT) | 162,165 |
| 100 | Claremont Landscape Garden (NT) | 159,848 |
| 101 | Hidcote Manor Garden (NT) | 159,381 |
| 102 | Dunham Massey (NT) | 155,085 |
| 103 | Hardwick Hall (NT) | 153,010 |
| 104 | Killerton (NT) | 145,662 |
| 105 | St Mungo Museum of Religious Art (Glasgow Museums) | 144,366 |
| 106 | Royal Horticultural Society, Rosemoor | 143,003 |
| 107 | Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire (EH) | 142,723 |
| 108 | Home Farm Wimpole (NT) | 138,769 |
| 109 | Dyrham Park (NT) | 137,553 |
| 110 | Pier Master's House (National Museums Liverpool) | 135,260 |
| 111 | 1066 Battle of Hastings:Abbey & Battlefield (EH) | 135,045 |
| 112 | Dunster (NT) | 134,502 |
| 113 | Royal Horticultural Society, Hyde Hall | 134,167 |
| 114 | Mount Stewart (NT) | 133,343 |
| 115 | Cotehele (NT) | 132,467 |
| 116 | Whitby Abbey, North Yorkshire (EH) | 131,886 |
| 117 | Erddig (NT) | 131,861 |
| 118 | Baddesley Clinton (NT) | 131,165 |
| 119 | Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight (EH) | 128,388 |
| 120 | Brownsea Island (NT) | 127,333 |
| 121 | Castle Drago Estate (NT) | 126,195 |
| 122 | National Conservation Centre (NM Liverpool) | 124,656 |
| 123 | Trelissick (NT) | 121,804 |
| 124 | Clifford's Tower, York (EH) | 118,055 |
| 125 | Natural History Museum at Tring | 118,034 |
| 126 | Anderton Boat Lift (British Waterways) | 117,129 |
| 127 | Provand's Lordship (Glasgow Museums) | 116,533 |
| 128 | Kenwood House, London (EH) | 116,454 |
| 129 | Montacute House (NT) | 110,529 |
| 130 | Housesteads Roman Fort, Hadrian's Wall (EH) | 105,136 |
| 131 | Tyntesfield (NT) | 104,451 |
| 132 | Audley End House & Gardens, Essex (EH) | 99,552 |
| 133 | Burghley House (TH) | 98,411 |
| 134 | Brodsworth Hall, South Yorkshire (EH) | 86,683 |
| 135 | The Home of Charles Darwin, Kent (EH) | 81,623 |
| 136 | Royal Armouries (Fort Nelson, Portsmouth) | 76,715 |
| 137 | Belsay Hall Castle & Gardens, Northumberland (EH) | 76,648 |
| 138 | Woburn Abbey & Gardens (TH) | 65,937 |
| 139 | Scotland Street School Museum (Glasgow Museums) | 64,866 |
| 140 | Sudley House (National Museums Liverpool) | 64,864 |
| 141 | Glasgow Museums Resource Centre | 6,497 |
EH = English Heritage
HRP = Historic Royal Palaces
IWM = Imperial War Museum
RBG = Royal Botanical Gardens
TH = Treasure Houses for England
NT= National Trust
Note 1. The Great North Museum launched in May 2009 so there is no comparative figure.
Note 2. The % change for the 8 sites operated by the National Museums Liverpool clearly demonstrates the Influence of having been the European Capital of Culture in 2008.
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