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Visits made in 2008 to visitor attractions in membership with ALVA
| Rank | Site | Total visits | Charge /free | % +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | British Museum | 5,932,897 | F | 9.50% |
| 2 | Tate Modern | 4,862,581 | F | -6% |
| 3 | The National Gallery | 4,382,614 | F | 6% |
| 4 | Natural History Museum | 3,698,500 | F | 2.70% |
| 5 | Science Museum (South Kensington) | 2,705,677 | F | -0.30% |
| 6 | Tower of London (HRP) | 2,161,095 | C | 9.60% |
| 7 | Victoria and Albert Museum (South Kensington) | 2,065,300 | F | -15% |
| 8 | National Maritime Museum | 2,051,270 | F | 21% |
| 9 | National Portrait Gallery | 1,843,266 | F | 15% |
| 10 | St Paul's Cathedral | 1,687,861 | F/C | 4% |
| 11 | Tate Britain | 1,618,309 | F | 1% |
| 12 | Westminster Abbey | 1,481,150 | F/C | 39.90% |
| 13 | Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum (Glasgow) | 1,445,098 | F/C | -35.30% |
| 14 | Chester Zoo | 1,373,459 | C | 2.10% |
| 15 | Kew Gardens | 1,306,401 | F/C | -8.50% |
| 16 | British Library | 1,255,832 | F | -7% |
| 17 | Edinburgh Castle (Historic Scotland) | 1,128,394 | C | -8% |
| 18 | Eden Project | 1,093,510 | C | -3.10% |
| 19 | Tate Liverpool | 1,080,327 | F | 67% |
| 20 | ZSL London Zoo | 1,039,030 | C | -8.20% |
| 21 | Merseyside Maritime Museum | 1,020,712 | F | 69% |
| 22 | Roman Baths & Pump Room, Bath | 992,507 | C | 1% |
| 23 | Canterbury Cathedral | 981,360 | F/C | -6% |
| 24 | Houses of Parliament | 918,289 | F/C | -8.30% |
| 25 | Stonehenge (EH) | 883,603 | C | 2% |
| 26 | National Gallery Complex (Edinburgh) | 842,958 | F/C | -10.30% |
| 27 | Imperial War Museum (London) | 833,893 | F/C | 11% |
| 28 | Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley | 814,220 | F/C | 2% |
| 29 | National Railway Museum | 810,381 | F | -0.30% |
| 30 | World Museum Liverpool | 787,767 | F | 9% |
| 31 | York Minster | 759,662 | F/C | -7.30% |
| 32 | National Media Museum | 745,857 | F | 4% |
| 33 | St Fagans National History Museum (Wales) | 621,913 | F | -3.30% |
| 34 | National Museum of Scotland | 614,894 | F | -27% |
| 35 | Leeds Castle (TH) | 578,072 | C | 8% |
| 36 | Gallery of Modern Art (Glasgow Museums) | 562,595 | F | -18.80% |
| 37 | Portsmouth Historic Dockyard | 559,228 | F/C | 10.20% |
| 38 | Chatsworth (TH) | 553,000 | C | -8.80% |
| 39 | The Falkirk Wheel (British Waterways) | 500,829 | F/C | -2.50% |
| 40 | Hampton Court Palace (HRP) | 492,891 | C | 1.00% |
| 41 | National War Museum (Scotland) | 474,133 | F | 1% |
| 42 | ZSL Whipsnade Zoo | 468,669 | C | -6% |
| 43 | Blackpool Tower & Circus | 464,426 | F/C | -0.40% |
| 44 | Discovery Museum (Tyne & Wear) | 462,868 | F | 5% |
| 45 | Museum of Transport (Glasgow Museums) | 456,324 | F | -14.80% |
| 46 | Wakehurst Place (RBG/NT) | 442,130 | F/C | -5.90% |
| 47 | Stirling Castle (Historic Scotland) | 403,778 | C | -8% |
| 48 | Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool) | 396,356 | F | 55% |
| 49 | Imperial War Museum Duxford | 382,581 | C | -14% |
| 50 | Blenheim Palace (TH) | 374,021 | C | -1.90% |
| 51 | Royal Armouries (Leeds) | 370,395 | F | 3.90% |
| 52 | Stourhead (NT) | 339,023 | F/C | -9% |
| 53 | National Museum Cardiff | 335,998 | F | -5.30% |
| 54 | Waddesdon Manor (NT) | 334,498 | F/C | -11% |
| 55 | Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal (NT) | 328,551 | F/C | -3% |
| 56 | Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens | 313,138 | F | -5% |
| 57 | Beaulieu (TH) | 312,279 | C | 0.50% |
| 58 | Dover Castle (EH) | 293,676 | C | -2% |
| 59 | Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms | 288,592 | C | -5% |
| 60 | Urquhart Castle (Historic Scotland) | 270,097 | C | -3% |
| 61 | Laing Art Gallery (Tyne & Wear Museums) | 268,977 | F | 5% |
| 62 | V&A Museum of Childhood | 252,900 | F | -29% |
| 63 | People's Palace (Glasgow Museums) | 252,205 | F | -2.50% |
| 64 | HMS Belfast | 244,288 | C | -5% |
| 65 | Larrybane (NT) | 240,267 | F/C | 8% |
| 66 | Imperial War Museum (North) | 239,853 | F | 9% |
| 67 | Scottish National Portrait Gallery | 236,500 | F/C | 19% |
| 68 | National Waterfront Museum (Wales) | 228,779 | F | -8% |
| 69 | Harewood House (TH) | 226,067 | C | -7.20% |
| 70 | Polesden Lacey (NT) | 220,680 | F/C | -14% |
| 71 | Osborne House (EH) | 217,989 | C | 1% |
| 72 | Royal Horticultural Society, Harlow Carr | 217,050 | F/C | -1% |
| 73 | Attingham Park (NT) | 216,483 | F/C | 21% |
| 74 | Tate St Ives | 210,816 | C | -14% |
| 75 | Burrell Collection (Glasgow Museums) | 202,750 | F | -5.30% |
| 76 | Belton House (NT) | 199,548 | F/C | -5% |
| 77 | St Michael's Mount (NT) | 194,692 | F/C | -4% |
| 78 | Sheffield Park (NT) | 192,312 | F/C | -2% |
| 79 | Anglesey Abbey (NT) | 191,549 | F/C | 9% |
| 80 | Penrhyn Castle (NT) | 187,271 | F/C | -12% |
| 81 | Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art | 184,954 | F/C | 7.10% |
| 82 | Nymans Garden (NT) | 182,279 | F/C | 1% |
| 83 | Pier Master's House (National Museums Liverpool) | 181,829 | F | 38% |
| 84 | Wallington Park (NT) | 180,301 | F/C | -5% |
| 85 | Cliveden (NT) | 179,528 | F/C | -7% |
| 86 | Sudbury Hall (NT) | 177,556 | F/C | 290% |
| 87 | Chartwell (NT) | 173,764 | F/C | 4% |
| 88 | Cragside Estate (NT) | 173,757 | F/C | -14% |
| 89 | Tintagel Castle (EH) | 167,597 | C | -6% |
| 90 | Big Pit (Wales) | 165,121 | F | 5.70% |
| 91 | Sissinghurst (NT) | 164,120 | F/C | 4% |
| 92 | Bodiam Castle (NT) | 162,470 | F/C | -4% |
| 93 | Kingston Lacy (NT) | 161,654 | F/C | -4% |
| 94 | Corfe Castle (NT) | 161,446 | F/C | 15% |
| 95 | South Shields Museum & Art Gallery(Tyne & Wear) | 160,331 | F | -9% |
| 96 | Ickworth (NT) | 158,332 | F/C | 4% |
| 97 | Lady Lever Art Gallery (NM Liverpool) | 157,460 | F | -16% |
| 98 | Culzean Castle & Country Park (National Trust for Scotland) | 156,108 | F/C | -13% |
| 99 | St Mungo Museum of Religious Art (Glasgow Museums) | 152,352 | F | -9.10% |
| 100 | Bodnant Garden (NT) | 148,099 | F/C | -6% |
| 101 | Claremont Landscape Garden (NT) | 146,407 | F/C | 11% |
| 102 | Locomotion (NM of Science & Industry) | 142,544 | F | n/a% |
| 103 | Hardwick Hall (NT) | 139,360 | F/C | 2% |
| 104 | Mount Stewart (NT) | 134,838 | F/C | 8% |
| 105 | Mottisfont (NT) | 134,740 | F/C | 5% |
| 106 | Royal Horticultural Society, Rosemoor | 133,140 | F/C | 0% |
| 107 | Killerton (NT) | 131,881 | F/C | -2% |
| 108 | National Conservation Centre (NM Liverpool) | 128,170 | F | 68% |
| 109 | Hidcote Manor Garden (NT) | 125,269 | F/C | -17% |
| 110 | Calke Abbey (NT) | 124,319 | F/C | 9% |
| 111 | Dyrham Park (NT) | 124,024 | F/C | 4% |
| 112 | National Slate Museum (Wales) | 122,936 | F | 7.20% |
| 113 | 1066 Battle of Hastings:Abbey & Battlefield (EH) | 121,752 | C | 7.00% |
| 114 | Natural History Museum at Tring | 119,907 | F | -0.50% |
| 115 | Royal Horticultural Society, Hyde Hall | 118,975 | F/C | 4% |
| 116 | Whitby Abbey, North Yorkshire (EH) | 118,217 | C | -6% |
| 117 | Baddesley Clinton (NT) | 118,116 | F/C | 8% |
| 118 | Cotehele (NT) | 118,057 | F/C | 1% |
| 119 | Home Farm Wimpole (NT) | 117,977 | F/C | -9% |
| 120 | Dunham Massey (NT) | 116,694 | F/C | 0% |
| 121 | Clifford's Tower, York (EH) | 114,243 | C | -2% |
| 122 | Provands Lordship (Glasgow Museums) | 113,183 | F | -8.50% |
| 123 | Castle Drogo Estate (NT) | 113,175 | F/C | 2% |
| 124 | Trelissick (NT) | 112,964 | F/C | -3% |
| 125 | Brownsea Island (NT) | 111,447 | F/C | -12% |
| 126 | Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight (EH) | 111,220 | C | 0% |
| 127 | Dunster (NT) | 110,439 | F/C | 5% |
| 128 | Dean Gallery (National Galleries of Scotland) | 109,509 | F/C | -17.70% |
| 129 | Anderton Boat Lift (British Waterways) | 108,995 | C | -5.14% |
| 130 | Erddig (NT) | 108,234 | F/C | -5% |
| 131 | Montacute House (NT) | 107,269 | F/C | -3% |
| 132 | Kenwood House, London | 105,690 | F | -14% |
| 133 | Tyntesfield (NT) | 100,991 | F/C | -11% |
| 134 | Lanhydrock (NT) | 97,055 | F/C | -48% |
| 135 | Housesteads Roman Fort, Hadrian's Wall (EH) | 96,925 | C | -3% |
| 136 | Burghley House (TH) | 86,247 | C | -3.90% |
| 137 | Woburn Abbey (TH) | 77,771 | C | 8% |
| 138 | Royal Armouries (Fort Nelson, Portsmouth) | 75,493 | F | -4.30% |
| 139 | Arbeia Roman Fort (Tyne & Wear Museums) | 69,023 | F | -11% |
| 140 | Sudley House (National Museums Liverpool) | 64,407 | F | 76% |
| 141 | National Roman Legion Museum (Wales) | 64,192 | F | -1.40% |
| 142 | Scotland Street School Museum (Glasgow Museums) | 61,419 | F | 10.40% |
| 143 | Segedunum Roman Fort (Tyne & Wear Museums) | 44,938 | C | 6% |
| 144 | All Saints, Kedleston, Northants (CCT) | 39,817 | F | -13.08% |
| 145 | St Peter, Sudbury, Suffolk (CCT) | 39,331 | F | 20.57% |
| 146 | Holy Trinity, Goodramgate (CCT) | 38,535 | F | 10.07% |
| 147 | Shipley Art Gallery (Tyne & Wear Museums) | 34,201 | F | 5% |
| 148 | Stephenson Railway Museum (Tyne & Wear) | 32,231 | F | -24% |
| 149 | Monkwearmouth Station Museum (Tyne & Wear) | 28,547 | F | N/A% |
| 150 | National Wool Museum (Wales) | 24,344 | F | 11% |
| 151 | St Leonard's, Bridgnorth Shropshire (CCT) | 23,558 | F | 25.10% |
| 152 | St Mary, Shrewsbury (CCT) | 18,392 | F | 34.69% |
| 153 | St John, Stamford Lincs (CCT) | 17,973 | F | 14.76% |
| 154 | Glasgow Museums Resource Centre | 4,903 | F | -42.70% |
| 155 | Martyr's School (Glasgow Museums) | 2,484 | F | 50.40% |
| 156 | Castle Howard (TH) | 207 | C | -3.90% |
| Rank | Site | Total visits |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | British Museum | 5,932,897 |
| 2 | Tate Modern | 4,862,581 |
| 3 | The National Gallery | 4,382,614 |
| 4 | Natural History Museum | 3,698,500 |
| 5 | Science Museum (South Kensington) | 2,705,677 |
| 6 | Tower of London (HRP) | 2,161,095 |
| 7 | Victoria and Albert Museum (South Kensington) | 2,065,300 |
| 8 | National Maritime Museum | 2,051,270 |
| 9 | National Portrait Gallery | 1,843,266 |
| 10 | St Paul's Cathedral | 1,687,861 |
| 11 | Tate Britain | 1,618,309 |
| 12 | Westminster Abbey | 1,481,150 |
| 13 | Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum (Glasgow) | 1,445,098 |
| 14 | Chester Zoo | 1,373,459 |
| 15 | Kew Gardens | 1,306,401 |
| 16 | British Library | 1,255,832 |
| 17 | Edinburgh Castle (Historic Scotland) | 1,128,394 |
| 18 | Eden Project | 1,093,510 |
| 19 | Tate Liverpool | 1,080,327 |
| 20 | ZSL London Zoo | 1,039,030 |
| 21 | Merseyside Maritime Museum | 1,020,712 |
| 22 | Roman Baths & Pump Room, Bath | 992,507 |
| 23 | Canterbury Cathedral | 981,360 |
| 24 | Houses of Parliament | 918,289 |
| 25 | Stonehenge (EH) | 883,603 |
| 26 | National Gallery Complex (Edinburgh) | 842,958 |
| 27 | Imperial War Museum (London) | 833,893 |
| 28 | Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley | 814,220 |
| 29 | National Railway Museum | 810,381 |
| 30 | World Museum Liverpool | 787,767 |
| 31 | York Minster | 759,662 |
| 32 | National Media Museum | 745,857 |
| 33 | St Fagans National History Museum (Wales) | 621,913 |
| 34 | National Museum of Scotland | 614,894 |
| 35 | Leeds Castle (TH) | 578,072 |
| 36 | Gallery of Modern Art (Glasgow Museums) | 562,595 |
| 37 | Portsmouth Historic Dockyard | 559,228 |
| 38 | Chatsworth (TH) | 553,000 |
| 39 | The Falkirk Wheel (British Waterways) | 500,829 |
| 40 | Hampton Court Palace (HRP) | 492,891 |
| 41 | National War Museum (Scotland) | 474,133 |
| 42 | ZSL Whipsnade Zoo | 468,669 |
| 43 | Blackpool Tower & Circus | 464,426 |
| 44 | Discovery Museum (Tyne & Wear) | 462,868 |
| 45 | Museum of Transport (Glasgow Museums) | 456,324 |
| 46 | Wakehurst Place (RBG/NT) | 442,130 |
| 47 | Stirling Castle (Historic Scotland) | 403,778 |
| 48 | Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool) | 396,356 |
| 49 | Imperial War Museum Duxford | 382,581 |
| 50 | Blenheim Palace (TH) | 374,021 |
| 51 | Royal Armouries (Leeds) | 370,395 |
| 52 | Stourhead (NT) | 339,023 |
| 53 | National Museum Cardiff | 335,998 |
| 54 | Waddesdon Manor (NT) | 334,498 |
| 55 | Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal (NT) | 328,551 |
| 56 | Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens | 313,138 |
| 57 | Beaulieu (TH) | 312,279 |
| 58 | Dover Castle (EH) | 293,676 |
| 59 | Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms | 288,592 |
| 60 | Urquhart Castle (Historic Scotland) | 270,097 |
| 61 | Laing Art Gallery (Tyne & Wear Museums) | 268,977 |
| 62 | V&A Museum of Childhood | 252,900 |
| 63 | People's Palace (Glasgow Museums) | 252,205 |
| 64 | HMS Belfast | 244,288 |
| 65 | Larrybane (NT) | 240,267 |
| 66 | Imperial War Museum (North) | 239,853 |
| 67 | Scottish National Portrait Gallery | 236,500 |
| 68 | National Waterfront Museum (Wales) | 228,779 |
| 69 | Harewood House (TH) | 226,067 |
| 70 | Polesden Lacey (NT) | 220,680 |
| 71 | Osborne House (EH) | 217,989 |
| 72 | Royal Horticultural Society, Harlow Carr | 217,050 |
| 73 | Attingham Park (NT) | 216,483 |
| 74 | Tate St Ives | 210,816 |
| 75 | Burrell Collection (Glasgow Museums) | 202,750 |
| 76 | Belton House (NT) | 199,548 |
| 77 | St Michael's Mount (NT) | 194,692 |
| 78 | Sheffield Park (NT) | 192,312 |
| 79 | Anglesey Abbey (NT) | 191,549 |
| 80 | Penrhyn Castle (NT) | 187,271 |
| 81 | Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art | 184,954 |
| 82 | Nymans Garden (NT) | 182,279 |
| 83 | Pier Master's House (National Museums Liverpool) | 181,829 |
| 84 | Wallington Park (NT) | 180,301 |
| 85 | Cliveden (NT) | 179,528 |
| 86 | Sudbury Hall (NT) | 177,556 |
| 87 | Chartwell (NT) | 173,764 |
| 88 | Cragside Estate (NT) | 173,757 |
| 89 | Tintagel Castle (EH) | 167,597 |
| 90 | Big Pit (Wales) | 165,121 |
| 91 | Sissinghurst (NT) | 164,120 |
| 92 | Bodiam Castle (NT) | 162,470 |
| 93 | Kingston Lacy (NT) | 161,654 |
| 94 | Corfe Castle (NT) | 161,446 |
| 95 | South Shields Museum & Art Gallery(Tyne & Wear) | 160,331 |
| 96 | Ickworth (NT) | 158,332 |
| 97 | Lady Lever Art Gallery (NM Liverpool) | 157,460 |
| 98 | Culzean Castle & Country Park (National Trust for Scotland) | 156,108 |
| 99 | St Mungo Museum of Religious Art (Glasgow Museums) | 152,352 |
| 100 | Bodnant Garden (NT) | 148,099 |
| 101 | Claremont Landscape Garden (NT) | 146,407 |
| 102 | Locomotion (NM of Science & Industry) | 142,544 |
| 103 | Hardwick Hall (NT) | 139,360 |
| 104 | Mount Stewart (NT) | 134,838 |
| 105 | Mottisfont (NT) | 134,740 |
| 106 | Royal Horticultural Society, Rosemoor | 133,140 |
| 107 | Killerton (NT) | 131,881 |
| 108 | National Conservation Centre (NM Liverpool) | 128,170 |
| 109 | Hidcote Manor Garden (NT) | 125,269 |
| 110 | Calke Abbey (NT) | 124,319 |
| 111 | Dyrham Park (NT) | 124,024 |
| 112 | National Slate Museum (Wales) | 122,936 |
| 113 | 1066 Battle of Hastings:Abbey & Battlefield (EH) | 121,752 |
| 114 | Natural History Museum at Tring | 119,907 |
| 115 | Royal Horticultural Society, Hyde Hall | 118,975 |
| 116 | Whitby Abbey, North Yorkshire (EH) | 118,217 |
| 117 | Baddesley Clinton (NT) | 118,116 |
| 118 | Cotehele (NT) | 118,057 |
| 119 | Home Farm Wimpole (NT) | 117,977 |
| 120 | Dunham Massey (NT) | 116,694 |
| 121 | Clifford's Tower, York (EH) | 114,243 |
| 122 | Provands Lordship (Glasgow Museums) | 113,183 |
| 123 | Castle Drogo Estate (NT) | 113,175 |
| 124 | Trelissick (NT) | 112,964 |
| 125 | Brownsea Island (NT) | 111,447 |
| 126 | Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight (EH) | 111,220 |
| 127 | Dunster (NT) | 110,439 |
| 128 | Dean Gallery (National Galleries of Scotland) | 109,509 |
| 129 | Anderton Boat Lift (British Waterways) | 108,995 |
| 130 | Erddig (NT) | 108,234 |
| 131 | Montacute House (NT) | 107,269 |
| 132 | Kenwood House, London | 105,690 |
| 133 | Tyntesfield (NT) | 100,991 |
| 134 | Lanhydrock (NT) | 97,055 |
| 135 | Housesteads Roman Fort, Hadrian's Wall (EH) | 96,925 |
| 136 | Burghley House (TH) | 86,247 |
| 137 | Woburn Abbey (TH) | 77,771 |
| 138 | Royal Armouries (Fort Nelson, Portsmouth) | 75,493 |
| 139 | Arbeia Roman Fort (Tyne & Wear Museums) | 69,023 |
| 140 | Sudley House (National Museums Liverpool) | 64,407 |
| 141 | National Roman Legion Museum (Wales) | 64,192 |
| 142 | Scotland Street School Museum (Glasgow Museums) | 61,419 |
| 143 | Segedunum Roman Fort (Tyne & Wear Museums) | 44,938 |
| 144 | All Saints, Kedleston, Northants (CCT) | 39,817 |
| 145 | St Peter, Sudbury, Suffolk (CCT) | 39,331 |
| 146 | Holy Trinity, Goodramgate (CCT) | 38,535 |
| 147 | Shipley Art Gallery (Tyne & Wear Museums) | 34,201 |
| 148 | Stephenson Railway Museum (Tyne & Wear) | 32,231 |
| 149 | Monkwearmouth Station Museum (Tyne & Wear) | 28,547 |
| 150 | National Wool Museum (Wales) | 24,344 |
| 151 | St Leonard's, Bridgnorth Shropshire (CCT) | 23,558 |
| 152 | St Mary, Shrewsbury (CCT) | 18,392 |
| 153 | St John, Stamford Lincs (CCT) | 17,973 |
| 154 | Glasgow Museums Resource Centre | 4,903 |
| 155 | Martyr's School (Glasgow Museums) | 2,484 |
| 156 | Castle Howard (TH) | 207 |
EH = English Heritage
RBG = Royal Botanic Gardens
TH = Treasure Houses for England
CCT = The Churches Conservation Trust
HRP = Historic Royal Palaces
NT = National Trust
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