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Visits made in 2011 to visitor attractions in membership with ALVA
| Rank | Site | Total visits | Charge /free | % +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | British Museum | 5,848,534 | F/C | +0.1% |
| 2 | National Gallery | 5,253,216 | F/C | +6% |
| 3 | Tate Modern | 4,886,769 | F/C | -3% |
| 4 | Natural History Museum | 4,873,275 | F/C | +4.9% |
| 5 | Science Museum (South Kensington) | 2,917,500 | F/C | +6.0% |
| 6 | V&A (South Kensington) | 2,789,400 | F/C | +6% |
| 7 | Tower of London (HRP) | 2,554,746 | C | +5.9% |
| 8 | Westminster Abbey | 1,899,956 | F/C | +36% |
| 9 | National Portrait Gallery | 1,880,104 | F/C | +3% |
| 10 | St Paul's Cathedral | 1,819,925 | F/C | -4% |
| 11 | Old Royal Naval College Greenwich | 1,671,000 | F | +31% |
| 12 | National Museum of Scotland (National Museums Scotland) | 1,494,728 | F | +141% *** |
| 13 | Tate Britain | 1,488,358 | F/C | -11% |
| 14 | British Library | 1,484,900 | F/C | +2% |
| 15 | Chester Zoo | 1,425,319 | C | +11% |
| 16 | Edinburgh Castle (Historic Scotland) | 1,302,826 | C | +8% |
| 17 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew | 1,188,933 | C | +4.2% |
| 18 | Roman Baths & Pump Room Bath | 1,130,857 | C | +7% |
| 19 | Stonehenge (EH) | 1,099,656 | C | +9% |
| 20 | ZSL London Zoo | 1,090,741 | C | +7.85% |
| 21 | Riverside Museum (Glasgow Museums) | 1,068,986 | F | Opened 2011% |
| 22 | Houses of Parliament | 1,054,151 | F/C | +9% |
| 23 | Canterbury Cathedral | 1,039,922 | F/C | +0.6% |
| 24 | Royal Horticultural Society Wisley | 1,032,872 | F/C | +14% |
| 25 | Eden Project | 1,001,774 | C | +0.1% |
| 26 | Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum (Glasgow Museums) | 981,061 | F | -8.4% |
| 27 | Imperial War Museum (London) | 973,445 | F/C | -9% |
| 28 | Scottish National Gallery (NGS) | 925,574 | F/C | -4.5% |
| 29 | Merseyside Maritime Museum (National Museums Liverpool) | 883,295 | F/C | -14% |
| 30 | Royal Observatory Greenwich (RMG) | 879,550 | C | -44.21% |
| 31 | National Maritime Museum (RMG) | 848,080 | F/C | +22.42% |
| 32 | Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh | 790,545 | F | +11.8% |
| 33 | World Museum Liverpool (National Museums Liverpool) | 771,380 | F/C | +3% |
| 34 | Ashmolean Museum (OUM) | 738,339 | F/C | -32% * |
| 35 | National Railway Museum | 732,256 | F/C | +17.3% |
| 36 | Chatsworth House Trust (THE) | 722,906 | C | +0.9% |
| 37 | Museum of Liverpool (National Museums Liverpool) | 667,526 | F/C | N/A% |
| 38 | Gallery of Modern Art (Glasgow Museums) | 608,680 | F | +24% |
| 39 | Leeds Castle (THE) | 597,010 | C | +7% |
| 40 | Hampton Court Palace (HRP) | 586,548 | C | +6.7% |
| 41 | Tate Liverpool | 585,019 | F/C | -5% |
| 42 | Blenheim Palace (THE) | 571,567 | C | +9% |
| 43 | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUM) | 553,918 | F | +6% |
| 44 | National War Museum (National Museums Scotland) | 504,086 | F | -6% |
| 45 | ZSL Whipsnade Zoo | 502,785 | C | +17% |
| 46 | York Minster | 493,904 | F/C | +0.46% |
| 47 | National Media Museum | 486,668 | F/C | -7.6% |
| 48 | V&A Museum of Childhood | 446,700 | F | +11% |
| 49 | Stirling Castle (Historic Scotland) | 433,394 | C | +15% |
| 50 | Wakehurst Place (NT) | 417,605 | C | +3.84% |
| 51 | The Falkirk Wheel (British Waterways) | 413,004 | F/C | -6% |
| 52 | National Museum Cardiff | 411,730 | F | +14.85% |
| 53 | International Slavery Museum (National Museums Liverpool) | 401,629 | F | -12% |
| 54 | Stourhead (NT) | 397,035 | F/C | +9.76% |
| 55 | Imperial War Museum Duxford | 387,508 | C | -3% |
| 56 | Pitt Rivers Museum (OUM) not open all of 2010 | 368,856 | F | +42% |
| 57 | Churchill War Rooms | 364,583 | C | +11% |
| 58 | Dover Castle (EH) | 355,499 | C | +2% |
| 59 | Beaulieu (THE) | 350,498 | C | -1.0% |
| 60 | Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal (NT) | 348,297 | F/C | +1.69% |
| 61 | Waddesdon Manor (NT) | 331,480 | F/C | +2.48% |
| 62 | Cliveden (NT) | 329,326 | F/C | +40.79% |
| 63 | Urquhart Castle (Historic Scotland) | 315,911 | C | +10% |
| 64 | Attingham Park (NT) | 315,535 | F/C | +13.74% |
| 65 | Sudbury Hall (NT) | 314,250 | F/C | +97.42% |
| 66 | Imperial War Museum (North) | 302,298 | F/C | +22% |
| 67 | Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (NGS) | 301,344 | F/C | -3.4% |
| 68 | Royal Horticultural Society Harlow Carr | 296,670 | F/C | +8.1% |
| 69 | Nymans Garden (NT) | 294,294 | F/C | +39.45% |
| 70 | Polesden Lacey (NT) | 289,934 | F/C | +17.60% |
| 71 | Belton House (NT) | 278,658 | F/C | +5.46% |
| 72 | Calke Abbey (NT) | 278,111 | F/C | +12.50% |
| 73 | St Michael's Mount (NT) | 276,639 | F/C | +4.76% |
| 74 | Anglesey Abbey (NT) | 272,461 | F/C | +17.80% |
| 75 | Harewood House (THE) | 251,349 | F/C | +1.45% |
| 76 | Castle Howard (THE) | 245,209 | C | +13.2% |
| 77 | HMS Belfast | 243,179 | C | +1% |
| 78 | Larrybane (NT) | 240,397 | F/C | +1.25% |
| 79 | Walker Art Gallery (National Museums Liverpool) | 240,376 | F | -4% |
| 80 | Kingston Lacy (NT) | 234,124 | F/C | +15.06% |
| 81 | People's Palace (Glasgow Museums) | 232,657 | F | -5.3% |
| 82 | Osborne House (EH) | 231,197 | C | 0% |
| 83 | Sheffield Park (NT) | 228,025 | F/C | +15.63% |
| 84 | Lanhydrock (NT) | 221,372 | F/C | +5.23% |
| 85 | Dunham Massey (NT) | 219,720 | F/C | +11.98% |
| 86 | Wallington Park (NT) | 219,159 | F/C | +10.12% |
| 87 | Locomotion - The National Railway Museum in Shildon | 217,682 | F/C | +12.1% |
| 88 | Corfe Castle (NT) | 216,652 | F/C | +14.24% |
| 89 | Mottisfont (NT) | 209,689 | F/C | +10.90% |
| 90 | Kensington Palace (HRP) | 209,485 | C | -10% ** |
| 91 | Tate St Ives | 209,265 | C | +1% |
| 92 | Cragside Estate (NT) | 207,191 | F/C | +9.46% |
| 93 | Tyntesfield (NT) | 206,889 | F/C | +67.60% |
| 94 | Chartwell (NT) | 199,971 | F/C | +5.97% |
| 95 | Tintagel Castle Cornwall (EH) | 198,218 | C | +4% |
| 96 | Burrell Collection (Glasgow Museums) | 198,211 | F | +5.6% |
| 97 | Pier Master House (National Museums Liverpool) | 196,444 | F | +25% |
| 98 | Lady Lever Art Gallery (National Museums Liverpool) | 189,135 | F | -6% |
| 99 | Sissinghurst (NT) | 188,225 | F/C | +21.80% |
| 100 | Bodiam Castle (NT) | 188,049 | F/C | +6.73% |
| 101 | Museum of the History of Science (OUM) | 183,738 | F | +3% |
| 102 | Claremont Landscape Garden (NT) | 182,843 | F/C | +16.26% |
| 103 | Hidcote Manor Garden (NT) | 177,403 | F/C | +19.32% |
| 104 | Ickworth (NT) | 177,001 | F/C | +10.78% |
| 105 | Hardwick Hall (NT) | 176,992 | F/C | +7.17% |
| 106 | Bodnant Garden (NT) | 170,929 | F/C | -10.54% |
| 107 | Erddig (NT) | 168,281 | F/C | +19.72% |
| 108 | Dyrham Park (NT) | 167,909 | F/C | +23.54% |
| 109 | Killerton (NT) | 166,239 | F/C | +3.13% |
| 110 | Baddesley Clinton (NT) | 164,318 | F/C | +25.73% |
| 111 | Royal Horticultural Society Hyde Hall | 157,361 | F/C | +13.4% |
| 112 | Mount Stewart (NT) | 150,314 | F/C | -2.11% |
| 113 | Penrhyn Castle (NT) | 149,118 | F/C | -35.29% |
| 114 | Royal Horticultural Society Rosemoor | 145,322 | F/C | +0.5% |
| 115 | Cotehele (NT) | 144,555 | F/C | +11.64% |
| 116 | Home Farm Wimpole (NT) | 143,973 | F/C | +8.68% |
| 117 | Dunster (NT) | 143,312 | F/C | +11.75% |
| 118 | The Queen's House (RMG) | 140,916 | F | -5.68% |
| 119 | Audley End House & Gardens (EH) | 136,077 | C | +13% |
| 120 | Natural History Museum at Tring | 128,974 | F | +13.9% |
| 121 | Trelissick (NT) | 125,377 | F/C | -1.05% |
| 122 | Castle Drago Estate (NT) | 124,728 | F/C | -1.88% |
| 123 | Brownsea Island (NT) | 122,049 | F/C | -6.02% |
| 124 | Hatfield House (THE) | 120,004 | C | +47% |
| 125 | Kenilworth Castle (EH) | 119,648 | C | +8% |
| 126 | Montacute House (NT) | 119,590 | F/C | -4.33% |
| 127 | Whitby Abbey North Yorkshire (EH) | 118,946 | C | +1% |
| 128 | St Mungo Museum of Religious Art (Glasgow Museums) | 112,941 | F | -21.0% |
| 129 | Burghley House (THE) | 107,816 | C | +11.3% |
| 130 | Wrest Park (EH) | 89,648 | C | +121% |
| 131 | Provand's Lordship (Glasgow Museums) | 77,732 | F | -27.4% |
| 132 | Pendennis Castle (EH) | 76,657 | C | +7% |
| 133 | Woburn Abbey & Gardens (THE) | 73,629 | C | +6.8% |
| 134 | Walmer Castle (EH) | 69,723 | C | +7% |
| 135 | Bolsover Castle (EH) | 69,248 | C | +15% |
| 136 | Old Sarum Castle (EH) | 68,902 | C | +14% |
| 137 | Sudley House (National Museums Liverpool) | 66,851 | F | -2% |
| 138 | Scotland Street School Museum (Glasgow Museums) | 62,397 | F | +26.1% |
| 139 | Eltham Palace (EH) | 59,275 | C | +10% |
| 140 | Wroxeter Roman City (EH) | 57,278 | C | +177% |
| 141 | Scottish National Portrait Gallery (NGS) | 52,869 | F/C | ****% |
| 142 | Benmore Botanic Garden (Argyll) (RBGE) | 45,455 | C | -7.5% |
| 143 | Holkham Hall (THE) | 38,221 | F/C | +29.74% |
| 144 | Dawyck Botanic Garden (Borders) (RBGE) | 28,697 | C | -4.8% |
| 145 | Logan Botanic Garden (Galloway) (RBGE) | 20,677 | C | -6.6% |
| 146 | Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (Glasgow Museums) | 11,447 | F | +26.2% |
| 147 | Museum of Transport (Glasgow Museums) | 0 | F | Closed 2011% |
| Rank | Site | Total visits |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | British Museum | 5,848,534 |
| 2 | National Gallery | 5,253,216 |
| 3 | Tate Modern | 4,886,769 |
| 4 | Natural History Museum | 4,873,275 |
| 5 | Science Museum (South Kensington) | 2,917,500 |
| 6 | V&A (South Kensington) | 2,789,400 |
| 7 | Tower of London (HRP) | 2,554,746 |
| 8 | Westminster Abbey | 1,899,956 |
| 9 | National Portrait Gallery | 1,880,104 |
| 10 | St Paul's Cathedral | 1,819,925 |
| 11 | Old Royal Naval College Greenwich | 1,671,000 |
| 12 | National Museum of Scotland (National Museums Scotland) | 1,494,728 |
| 13 | Tate Britain | 1,488,358 |
| 14 | British Library | 1,484,900 |
| 15 | Chester Zoo | 1,425,319 |
| 16 | Edinburgh Castle (Historic Scotland) | 1,302,826 |
| 17 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew | 1,188,933 |
| 18 | Roman Baths & Pump Room Bath | 1,130,857 |
| 19 | Stonehenge (EH) | 1,099,656 |
| 20 | ZSL London Zoo | 1,090,741 |
| 21 | Riverside Museum (Glasgow Museums) | 1,068,986 |
| 22 | Houses of Parliament | 1,054,151 |
| 23 | Canterbury Cathedral | 1,039,922 |
| 24 | Royal Horticultural Society Wisley | 1,032,872 |
| 25 | Eden Project | 1,001,774 |
| 26 | Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum (Glasgow Museums) | 981,061 |
| 27 | Imperial War Museum (London) | 973,445 |
| 28 | Scottish National Gallery (NGS) | 925,574 |
| 29 | Merseyside Maritime Museum (National Museums Liverpool) | 883,295 |
| 30 | Royal Observatory Greenwich (RMG) | 879,550 |
| 31 | National Maritime Museum (RMG) | 848,080 |
| 32 | Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh | 790,545 |
| 33 | World Museum Liverpool (National Museums Liverpool) | 771,380 |
| 34 | Ashmolean Museum (OUM) | 738,339 |
| 35 | National Railway Museum | 732,256 |
| 36 | Chatsworth House Trust (THE) | 722,906 |
| 37 | Museum of Liverpool (National Museums Liverpool) | 667,526 |
| 38 | Gallery of Modern Art (Glasgow Museums) | 608,680 |
| 39 | Leeds Castle (THE) | 597,010 |
| 40 | Hampton Court Palace (HRP) | 586,548 |
| 41 | Tate Liverpool | 585,019 |
| 42 | Blenheim Palace (THE) | 571,567 |
| 43 | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUM) | 553,918 |
| 44 | National War Museum (National Museums Scotland) | 504,086 |
| 45 | ZSL Whipsnade Zoo | 502,785 |
| 46 | York Minster | 493,904 |
| 47 | National Media Museum | 486,668 |
| 48 | V&A Museum of Childhood | 446,700 |
| 49 | Stirling Castle (Historic Scotland) | 433,394 |
| 50 | Wakehurst Place (NT) | 417,605 |
| 51 | The Falkirk Wheel (British Waterways) | 413,004 |
| 52 | National Museum Cardiff | 411,730 |
| 53 | International Slavery Museum (National Museums Liverpool) | 401,629 |
| 54 | Stourhead (NT) | 397,035 |
| 55 | Imperial War Museum Duxford | 387,508 |
| 56 | Pitt Rivers Museum (OUM) not open all of 2010 | 368,856 |
| 57 | Churchill War Rooms | 364,583 |
| 58 | Dover Castle (EH) | 355,499 |
| 59 | Beaulieu (THE) | 350,498 |
| 60 | Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal (NT) | 348,297 |
| 61 | Waddesdon Manor (NT) | 331,480 |
| 62 | Cliveden (NT) | 329,326 |
| 63 | Urquhart Castle (Historic Scotland) | 315,911 |
| 64 | Attingham Park (NT) | 315,535 |
| 65 | Sudbury Hall (NT) | 314,250 |
| 66 | Imperial War Museum (North) | 302,298 |
| 67 | Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (NGS) | 301,344 |
| 68 | Royal Horticultural Society Harlow Carr | 296,670 |
| 69 | Nymans Garden (NT) | 294,294 |
| 70 | Polesden Lacey (NT) | 289,934 |
| 71 | Belton House (NT) | 278,658 |
| 72 | Calke Abbey (NT) | 278,111 |
| 73 | St Michael's Mount (NT) | 276,639 |
| 74 | Anglesey Abbey (NT) | 272,461 |
| 75 | Harewood House (THE) | 251,349 |
| 76 | Castle Howard (THE) | 245,209 |
| 77 | HMS Belfast | 243,179 |
| 78 | Larrybane (NT) | 240,397 |
| 79 | Walker Art Gallery (National Museums Liverpool) | 240,376 |
| 80 | Kingston Lacy (NT) | 234,124 |
| 81 | People's Palace (Glasgow Museums) | 232,657 |
| 82 | Osborne House (EH) | 231,197 |
| 83 | Sheffield Park (NT) | 228,025 |
| 84 | Lanhydrock (NT) | 221,372 |
| 85 | Dunham Massey (NT) | 219,720 |
| 86 | Wallington Park (NT) | 219,159 |
| 87 | Locomotion - The National Railway Museum in Shildon | 217,682 |
| 88 | Corfe Castle (NT) | 216,652 |
| 89 | Mottisfont (NT) | 209,689 |
| 90 | Kensington Palace (HRP) | 209,485 |
| 91 | Tate St Ives | 209,265 |
| 92 | Cragside Estate (NT) | 207,191 |
| 93 | Tyntesfield (NT) | 206,889 |
| 94 | Chartwell (NT) | 199,971 |
| 95 | Tintagel Castle Cornwall (EH) | 198,218 |
| 96 | Burrell Collection (Glasgow Museums) | 198,211 |
| 97 | Pier Master House (National Museums Liverpool) | 196,444 |
| 98 | Lady Lever Art Gallery (National Museums Liverpool) | 189,135 |
| 99 | Sissinghurst (NT) | 188,225 |
| 100 | Bodiam Castle (NT) | 188,049 |
| 101 | Museum of the History of Science (OUM) | 183,738 |
| 102 | Claremont Landscape Garden (NT) | 182,843 |
| 103 | Hidcote Manor Garden (NT) | 177,403 |
| 104 | Ickworth (NT) | 177,001 |
| 105 | Hardwick Hall (NT) | 176,992 |
| 106 | Bodnant Garden (NT) | 170,929 |
| 107 | Erddig (NT) | 168,281 |
| 108 | Dyrham Park (NT) | 167,909 |
| 109 | Killerton (NT) | 166,239 |
| 110 | Baddesley Clinton (NT) | 164,318 |
| 111 | Royal Horticultural Society Hyde Hall | 157,361 |
| 112 | Mount Stewart (NT) | 150,314 |
| 113 | Penrhyn Castle (NT) | 149,118 |
| 114 | Royal Horticultural Society Rosemoor | 145,322 |
| 115 | Cotehele (NT) | 144,555 |
| 116 | Home Farm Wimpole (NT) | 143,973 |
| 117 | Dunster (NT) | 143,312 |
| 118 | The Queen's House (RMG) | 140,916 |
| 119 | Audley End House & Gardens (EH) | 136,077 |
| 120 | Natural History Museum at Tring | 128,974 |
| 121 | Trelissick (NT) | 125,377 |
| 122 | Castle Drago Estate (NT) | 124,728 |
| 123 | Brownsea Island (NT) | 122,049 |
| 124 | Hatfield House (THE) | 120,004 |
| 125 | Kenilworth Castle (EH) | 119,648 |
| 126 | Montacute House (NT) | 119,590 |
| 127 | Whitby Abbey North Yorkshire (EH) | 118,946 |
| 128 | St Mungo Museum of Religious Art (Glasgow Museums) | 112,941 |
| 129 | Burghley House (THE) | 107,816 |
| 130 | Wrest Park (EH) | 89,648 |
| 131 | Provand's Lordship (Glasgow Museums) | 77,732 |
| 132 | Pendennis Castle (EH) | 76,657 |
| 133 | Woburn Abbey & Gardens (THE) | 73,629 |
| 134 | Walmer Castle (EH) | 69,723 |
| 135 | Bolsover Castle (EH) | 69,248 |
| 136 | Old Sarum Castle (EH) | 68,902 |
| 137 | Sudley House (National Museums Liverpool) | 66,851 |
| 138 | Scotland Street School Museum (Glasgow Museums) | 62,397 |
| 139 | Eltham Palace (EH) | 59,275 |
| 140 | Wroxeter Roman City (EH) | 57,278 |
| 141 | Scottish National Portrait Gallery (NGS) | 52,869 |
| 142 | Benmore Botanic Garden (Argyll) (RBGE) | 45,455 |
| 143 | Holkham Hall (THE) | 38,221 |
| 144 | Dawyck Botanic Garden (Borders) (RBGE) | 28,697 |
| 145 | Logan Botanic Garden (Galloway) (RBGE) | 20,677 |
| 146 | Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (Glasgow Museums) | 11,447 |
| 147 | Museum of Transport (Glasgow Museums) | 0 |
EH = English Heritage
THE = Treasure Houses of England
RBGE = Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
OUM = Oxford University Museums
RMG = Royal Museums Greenwich
NGS = National Galleries Scotland
HRP = Historic Royal Palaces
* First year after re-opening
** A major £12 million refurbishment of Kensington Palace took place during this period, to open new gardens and exciting new visitor routes. The palace will re-open on 26 March 2012.
*** The National Museum of Scotland was partially closed until end July 2011 when it was re-launched.
**** The Scottish National Portrait Gallery closed for refurbishment throughout 2010
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