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Visits made in 2006 to visitor attractions in membership with ALVA
| Rank | Site | Total visits | Charge /free | % +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackpool Pleasure Beach | 5,730,000 | F | -4% |
| 2 | Tate Modern | 4,915,000 | F | 21% |
| 3 | British Museum | 4,837,878 | F | 7% |
| 4 | The National Gallery | 4,562,471 | F | 9% |
| 5 | Natural History Museum | 3,754,496 | F | 22% |
| 6 | Science Museum | 2,421,440 | F | 19.80% |
| 7 | Victoria and Albert Museum (South Kensington) | 2,372,919 | F | 24% |
| 8 | Tower of London | 2,084,468 | C | 7.90% |
| 9 | St Paul's Cathedral | 1,626,034 | F/C | 17% |
| 10 | National Portrait Gallery | 1,601,448 | F | 4% |
| 11 | Tate Britain | 1,597,000 | F | -8% |
| 12 | National Maritime Museum | 1,572,310 | F | 3.70% |
| 13 | Kew Gardens | 1,357,522 | C | -10.40% |
| 14 | Edinburgh Castle | 1,213,907 | C | 2% |
| 15 | British Library | 1,182,393 | F | 6% |
| 16 | Chester Zoo | 1,161,922 | C | 6.70% |
| 17 | Eden Project | 1,152,332 | C | -2% |
| 18 | Canterbury Cathedral | 1,047,380 | F/C | -0.70% |
| 19 | Westminster Abbey | 1,028,991 | C | 0.10% |
| 20 | Roman Baths & Pump Room, Bath | 986,720 | C | 3% |
| 21 | National Gallery of Scotland Complex | 942,788 | F/C | 26.20% |
| 22 | ZSL London Zoo | 905,303 | C | 7.60% |
| 23 | National Rail Museum | 902,149 | F | 17% |
| 24 | York Minster | 895,000 | F/C | 11% |
| 25 | Houses of Parliament | 890,455 | F | 18% |
| 26 | Stonehenge (EH) | 879,393 | C | 4% |
| 27 | National Museum of Scotland | 830,670 | F | 0.30% |
| 28 | Imperial War Museum (London) | 712,321 | F | -2% |
| 29 | National Media Museum | 663,444 | F | 8.30% |
| 30 | Chatsworth | 604,400 | C | -0.70% |
| 31 | St Fagans | 588,560 | F | -2.10% |
| 32 | Tate Liverpool | 557,000 | F | -10% |
| 33 | Portsmouth Historic Dockyard | 540,094 | C | 5.10% |
| 34 | Blackpool Tower | 526,456 | C | -1.40% |
| 35 | World Museum Liverpool | 524,465 | F | 2% |
| 36 | Hampton Court Palace | 473,013 | C | 5.10% |
| 37 | ZSL Whipsnade Zoo | 467,550 | C | -5.60% |
| 38 | Stirling Castle | 439,709 | C | 0% |
| 39 | Merseyside Maritime Museum | 439,318 | F | 24% |
| 40 | The Falkirk Wheel (British Waterways) | 437,388 | F | 48% |
| 41 | Wakehurst Place (RBG/NT) | 433,187 | C | -1.88% |
| 42 | National War Museum (Scotland) | 421,568 | C | -26% |
| 43 | Discovery Museum (Tyne & Wear) | 421,232 | F | -0.60% |
| 44 | Imperial War Museum Duxford | 414,295 | C | -11% |
| 45 | Leeds Castle | 413,655 | C | 1.50% |
| 46 | Blenheim Palace | 374,821 | C | -7% |
| 47 | Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens | 334,912 | F | 6.90% |
| 48 | Beaulieu | 314,712 | C | 0.10% |
| 49 | Stourhead (NT) | 307,265 | F/C | -4.10% |
| 50 | Dover Castle (EH) | 301,450 | C | 4% |
| 51 | Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms | 296,656 | C | -10% |
| 52 | Waddesdon Manor (NT) | 295,212 | F/C | -3.20% |
| 53 | National Museum Cardiff | 291,050 | F | 1.10% |
| 54 | Royal Armouries (Leeds) | 290,098 | F | -14% |
| 55 | Kensington Palace | 273,566 | C | 38.90% |
| 56 | Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal (NT) | 269,591 | F/C | -0.90% |
| 57 | HMS Belfast | 268,774 | C | 12% |
| 58 | Harewood House | 251,697 | C | -26% |
| 59 | National Waterfront Museum (Wales) | 248,180 | F | -% |
| 60 | Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool) | 248,107 | F | 45% |
| 61 | Tate St Ives | 243,000 | C | 12% |
| 62 | Polesden Lacey (NT) | 241,134 | F/C | 8.40% |
| 63 | Imperial War Museum (North) | 235,991 | F | 3% |
| 64 | Osborne House (EH) | 230,940 | C | -2% |
| 65 | Scottish National Portrait Gallery | 210,025 | F/C | 29% |
| 66 | Lady Lever Art Gallery (Liverpool) | 201,576 | F | 71% |
| 67 | Castle Howard | 201,473 | C | 7.70% |
| 68 | St Michael's Mount (NT) | 194,811 | F/C | -1.80% |
| 69 | Kenwood House, London (EH) | 194,408 | F | 8% |
| 70 | Culzean Castle & Country Park (NTS) | 188,026 | F/C | -7.50% |
| 71 | Larrybane (NT) | 184,904 | F/C | 20.70% |
| 72 | Tintagel Castle (EH) | 183,456 | C | -1% |
| 73 | Penrhyn Castle (NT) | 181,500 | F/C | 18.60% |
| 74 | Dean Gallery (Scotland) | 179,182 | F/C | 12.40% |
| 75 | Theatre Museum (V&A) | 178,013 | F | -2% |
| 76 | Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art | 177,618 | F/C | -11.70% |
| 77 | Lanhydrock (NT) | 177,486 | F/C | -6.20% |
| 78 | Belton House (NT) | 177,022 | F/C | 6.30% |
| 79 | Sheffield Park (NT) | 169,493 | F/C | 6.60% |
| 80 | Cliveden (NT) | 168,286 | F/C | 4.60% |
| 81 | Wallington (NT) | 163,382 | F/C | 15.50% |
| 82 | South Shields Museum & Art Gallery | 162,059 | F | 3.80% |
| 83 | Big Pit (Wales) | 158,115 | F | 3.10% |
| 84 | Chartwell (NT) | 156,560 | F/C | -13% |
| 85 | Bodiam Castle (NT) | 156,368 | F/C | -2.60% |
| 86 | Corfe Castle (NT) | 153,753 | F/C | -11.70% |
| 87 | Nymans Garden (NT) | 153,615 | F/C | -0.90% |
| 88 | Kingston Lacy (NT) | 151,802 | F/C | 5.70% |
| 89 | Bodnant Garden (NT) | 151,134 | F/C | 0.00% |
| 90 | Sissinghurst (NT) | 148,961 | F/C | -8.60% |
| 91 | Killerton (NT) | 134,033 | F/C | 0.60% |
| 92 | National Slate Museum (Wales) | 133,153 | F | 11% |
| 93 | Attingham Park (NT) | 131,998 | F/C | -0.50% |
| 94 | Anderton Boat Lift (British Waterways) | 127,747 | F | -19% |
| 95 | Mottisfont (NT) | 125,574 | F/C | 1.30% |
| 96 | Anglesey Abbey (NT) | 125,126 | F/C | -2.80% |
| 97 | Hardwick Hall (NT) | 125,093 | F/C | 2.10% |
| 98 | Clifford's Tower, York (EH) | 122,493 | C | -4% |
| 99 | Walter Rothschild Museum, Tring | 119,782 | F | 10% |
| 100 | Ickworth (NT) | 117,708 | F/C | -8.50% |
| 101 | Cotehele (NT) | 117,629 | F/C | 8.90% |
| 102 | Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight (EH) | 117,507 | C | 7% |
| 103 | Home Farm Wimpole (NT) | 117,088 | F/C | -6.60% |
| 104 | Brownsea Island (NT) | 115,237 | F/C | 8.40% |
| 105 | Whitby Abbey, North Yorkshire (EH) | 114,814 | C | -4% |
| 106 | 1066 Battle of Hastings:Abbey & Battlefield (EH) | 114,465 | C | 4% |
| 107 | Sudbury Hall (NT) | 113,274 | F/C | -0.90% |
| 108 | Mount Stewart (NT) | 113,252 | F/C | 4.90% |
| 109 | Trelissick (NT) | 113,011 | F/C | -2.30% |
| 110 | Cragside Estate (NT) | 112,720 | F/C | -21.90% |
| 111 | Dunham Massey (NT) | 112,087 | F/C | -0.40% |
| 112 | Hidcote Manor Garden (NT) | 111,779 | F/C | -14.00% |
| 113 | Castle Drogo Estate (NT) | 110,061 | F/C | -9.00% |
| 114 | Dunster (NT) | 109,878 | F/C | -9.00% |
| 115 | Calke Abbey (NT) | 106,229 | F/C | 7.30% |
| 116 | Montacute House (NT) | 106,059 | F/C | 2.60% |
| 117 | Baddesley Clinton (NT) | 104,555 | F/C | -4.30% |
| 118 | National Museum of Flight (Scotland) | 104,240 | C | -31% |
| 119 | Dyrham Park (NT) | 104,084 | F/C | -6.80% |
| 120 | Tyntesfield (NT) | 103,088 | F/C | 10.30% |
| 121 | Erddig (NT) | 103,087 | F/C | -1.30% |
| 122 | Housesteads Roman Fort, Hadrian's Wall (EH) | 102,179 | C | -3% |
| 123 | Claremont Landscape Garden (NT) | 101,944 | F/C | -2.10% |
| 124 | Pier Master's House (Liverpool) | 101,681 | F | -2% |
| 125 | Pollok House (NTS) | 90,062 | F/C | -4.60% |
| 126 | Culloden (NTS) | 89,495 | F/C | 3% |
| 127 | Inverewe Garden (NTS) | 81,242 | F/C | -5.60% |
| 128 | Royal Armouries (Fort Nelson, Portsmouth) | 76,031 | F | -14% |
| 129 | Crathes Castle (NTS) | 74,129 | F/C | -26% |
| 130 | National Roman Legion Museum(Wales) | 71,182 | F | 4.10% |
| 131 | National Museum of Rural Life (Scotland) | 60,988 | C | -6% |
| 132 | National Conservation Centre (Liverpool) | 50,992 | F | 31% |
| 133 | Glencoe (NTS) | 46,277 | F/C | -6.70% |
| 134 | National Wool Museum (Wales) | 17,535 | F | 8.10% |
| 135 | National Museum of Costume (Scotland) | 10,717 | C | -18% |
| Rank | Site | Total visits |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackpool Pleasure Beach | 5,730,000 |
| 2 | Tate Modern | 4,915,000 |
| 3 | British Museum | 4,837,878 |
| 4 | The National Gallery | 4,562,471 |
| 5 | Natural History Museum | 3,754,496 |
| 6 | Science Museum | 2,421,440 |
| 7 | Victoria and Albert Museum (South Kensington) | 2,372,919 |
| 8 | Tower of London | 2,084,468 |
| 9 | St Paul's Cathedral | 1,626,034 |
| 10 | National Portrait Gallery | 1,601,448 |
| 11 | Tate Britain | 1,597,000 |
| 12 | National Maritime Museum | 1,572,310 |
| 13 | Kew Gardens | 1,357,522 |
| 14 | Edinburgh Castle | 1,213,907 |
| 15 | British Library | 1,182,393 |
| 16 | Chester Zoo | 1,161,922 |
| 17 | Eden Project | 1,152,332 |
| 18 | Canterbury Cathedral | 1,047,380 |
| 19 | Westminster Abbey | 1,028,991 |
| 20 | Roman Baths & Pump Room, Bath | 986,720 |
| 21 | National Gallery of Scotland Complex | 942,788 |
| 22 | ZSL London Zoo | 905,303 |
| 23 | National Rail Museum | 902,149 |
| 24 | York Minster | 895,000 |
| 25 | Houses of Parliament | 890,455 |
| 26 | Stonehenge (EH) | 879,393 |
| 27 | National Museum of Scotland | 830,670 |
| 28 | Imperial War Museum (London) | 712,321 |
| 29 | National Media Museum | 663,444 |
| 30 | Chatsworth | 604,400 |
| 31 | St Fagans | 588,560 |
| 32 | Tate Liverpool | 557,000 |
| 33 | Portsmouth Historic Dockyard | 540,094 |
| 34 | Blackpool Tower | 526,456 |
| 35 | World Museum Liverpool | 524,465 |
| 36 | Hampton Court Palace | 473,013 |
| 37 | ZSL Whipsnade Zoo | 467,550 |
| 38 | Stirling Castle | 439,709 |
| 39 | Merseyside Maritime Museum | 439,318 |
| 40 | The Falkirk Wheel (British Waterways) | 437,388 |
| 41 | Wakehurst Place (RBG/NT) | 433,187 |
| 42 | National War Museum (Scotland) | 421,568 |
| 43 | Discovery Museum (Tyne & Wear) | 421,232 |
| 44 | Imperial War Museum Duxford | 414,295 |
| 45 | Leeds Castle | 413,655 |
| 46 | Blenheim Palace | 374,821 |
| 47 | Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens | 334,912 |
| 48 | Beaulieu | 314,712 |
| 49 | Stourhead (NT) | 307,265 |
| 50 | Dover Castle (EH) | 301,450 |
| 51 | Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms | 296,656 |
| 52 | Waddesdon Manor (NT) | 295,212 |
| 53 | National Museum Cardiff | 291,050 |
| 54 | Royal Armouries (Leeds) | 290,098 |
| 55 | Kensington Palace | 273,566 |
| 56 | Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal (NT) | 269,591 |
| 57 | HMS Belfast | 268,774 |
| 58 | Harewood House | 251,697 |
| 59 | National Waterfront Museum (Wales) | 248,180 |
| 60 | Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool) | 248,107 |
| 61 | Tate St Ives | 243,000 |
| 62 | Polesden Lacey (NT) | 241,134 |
| 63 | Imperial War Museum (North) | 235,991 |
| 64 | Osborne House (EH) | 230,940 |
| 65 | Scottish National Portrait Gallery | 210,025 |
| 66 | Lady Lever Art Gallery (Liverpool) | 201,576 |
| 67 | Castle Howard | 201,473 |
| 68 | St Michael's Mount (NT) | 194,811 |
| 69 | Kenwood House, London (EH) | 194,408 |
| 70 | Culzean Castle & Country Park (NTS) | 188,026 |
| 71 | Larrybane (NT) | 184,904 |
| 72 | Tintagel Castle (EH) | 183,456 |
| 73 | Penrhyn Castle (NT) | 181,500 |
| 74 | Dean Gallery (Scotland) | 179,182 |
| 75 | Theatre Museum (V&A) | 178,013 |
| 76 | Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art | 177,618 |
| 77 | Lanhydrock (NT) | 177,486 |
| 78 | Belton House (NT) | 177,022 |
| 79 | Sheffield Park (NT) | 169,493 |
| 80 | Cliveden (NT) | 168,286 |
| 81 | Wallington (NT) | 163,382 |
| 82 | South Shields Museum & Art Gallery | 162,059 |
| 83 | Big Pit (Wales) | 158,115 |
| 84 | Chartwell (NT) | 156,560 |
| 85 | Bodiam Castle (NT) | 156,368 |
| 86 | Corfe Castle (NT) | 153,753 |
| 87 | Nymans Garden (NT) | 153,615 |
| 88 | Kingston Lacy (NT) | 151,802 |
| 89 | Bodnant Garden (NT) | 151,134 |
| 90 | Sissinghurst (NT) | 148,961 |
| 91 | Killerton (NT) | 134,033 |
| 92 | National Slate Museum (Wales) | 133,153 |
| 93 | Attingham Park (NT) | 131,998 |
| 94 | Anderton Boat Lift (British Waterways) | 127,747 |
| 95 | Mottisfont (NT) | 125,574 |
| 96 | Anglesey Abbey (NT) | 125,126 |
| 97 | Hardwick Hall (NT) | 125,093 |
| 98 | Clifford's Tower, York (EH) | 122,493 |
| 99 | Walter Rothschild Museum, Tring | 119,782 |
| 100 | Ickworth (NT) | 117,708 |
| 101 | Cotehele (NT) | 117,629 |
| 102 | Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight (EH) | 117,507 |
| 103 | Home Farm Wimpole (NT) | 117,088 |
| 104 | Brownsea Island (NT) | 115,237 |
| 105 | Whitby Abbey, North Yorkshire (EH) | 114,814 |
| 106 | 1066 Battle of Hastings:Abbey & Battlefield (EH) | 114,465 |
| 107 | Sudbury Hall (NT) | 113,274 |
| 108 | Mount Stewart (NT) | 113,252 |
| 109 | Trelissick (NT) | 113,011 |
| 110 | Cragside Estate (NT) | 112,720 |
| 111 | Dunham Massey (NT) | 112,087 |
| 112 | Hidcote Manor Garden (NT) | 111,779 |
| 113 | Castle Drogo Estate (NT) | 110,061 |
| 114 | Dunster (NT) | 109,878 |
| 115 | Calke Abbey (NT) | 106,229 |
| 116 | Montacute House (NT) | 106,059 |
| 117 | Baddesley Clinton (NT) | 104,555 |
| 118 | National Museum of Flight (Scotland) | 104,240 |
| 119 | Dyrham Park (NT) | 104,084 |
| 120 | Tyntesfield (NT) | 103,088 |
| 121 | Erddig (NT) | 103,087 |
| 122 | Housesteads Roman Fort, Hadrian's Wall (EH) | 102,179 |
| 123 | Claremont Landscape Garden (NT) | 101,944 |
| 124 | Pier Master's House (Liverpool) | 101,681 |
| 125 | Pollok House (NTS) | 90,062 |
| 126 | Culloden (NTS) | 89,495 |
| 127 | Inverewe Garden (NTS) | 81,242 |
| 128 | Royal Armouries (Fort Nelson, Portsmouth) | 76,031 |
| 129 | Crathes Castle (NTS) | 74,129 |
| 130 | National Roman Legion Museum(Wales) | 71,182 |
| 131 | National Museum of Rural Life (Scotland) | 60,988 |
| 132 | National Conservation Centre (Liverpool) | 50,992 |
| 133 | Glencoe (NTS) | 46,277 |
| 134 | National Wool Museum (Wales) | 17,535 |
| 135 | National Museum of Costume (Scotland) | 10,717 |
EH = English Heritage
NT = National Trust
NTS = National Trust for Scotland
RBG = Royal Botanic Gardens
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