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Visits made in 2016 to visitor attractions in membership with ALVA
Rank | Site | Total visits | Charge /free | % +/- | Group | Note |
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1 | British Museum | 6,420,395 | F | -5.9% | ||
2 | National Gallery | 6,262,839 | F | 6% | ||
3 | Tate Modern | 5,839,197 | F | 23.91% | TATE | |
4 | Natural History Museum (South Kensington) | 4,624,113 | F/C | -12% | NHM | |
5 | Southbank Centre | 3,909,376 | F/C | -23% | a | |
6 | Somerset House | 3,443,220 | F/C | 6.4% | ||
7 | Science Museum | 3,245,750 | F | -3.2% | SMG | |
8 | Victoria and Albert Museum (South Kensington) | 3,022,086 | F/C | -12% | VAM | |
9 | Tower of London | 2,741,126 | C | -2% | HRP | |
10 | Royal Museums Greenwich | 2,451,023 | F/C | -0.2% | b | |
11 | National Portrait Gallery | 1,949,330 | F/C | -9.0% | ||
12 | Chester Zoo | 1,898,059 | C | 12% | ||
13 | Kew Gardens | 1,828,956 | F/C | 18.6% | RBGK | |
14 | Westminster Abbey | 1,819,945 | F/C | 9.32% | ||
15 | National Museum of Scotland | 1,810,948 | F | 16% | NMS | |
16 | Edinburgh Castle | 1,778,548 | C | 13% | HES | |
17 | Royal Albert Hall | 1,660,123 | C | 2.2% | ||
18 | Scottish National Gallery | 1,544,069 | F/C | 12% | NGS | |
19 | St Paul's Cathedral | 1,519,018 | F/C | -6% | ||
20 | British Library | 1,500,986 | F/C | -5.3% | ||
21 | Old Royal Naval College | 1,477,117 | C | 8.6% | ||
22 | Stonehenge | 1,381,855 | C | 1.1% | EH | |
23 | Royal Academy | 1,285,595 | C | 17% | c | |
24 | Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum | 1,259,318 | F/C | -0.18% | GM | |
25 | Riverside Museum, Glasgow | 1,259,042 | F | 11.23% | GM | |
26 | Roman Baths & Pump Room | 1,216,938 | C | 3.4% | ||
27 | ZSL London Zoo | 1,211,279 | C | -0.3% | ZSL | |
28 | RHS: Garden Wisley | 1,110,050 | C | 2% | RHS | |
29 | Tate Britain | 1,081,542 | F | -15.80% | TATE | |
30 | The Royal Shakespeare Theatre & Swan Theatre | 1,069,129 | F/C | 6.7% | ||
31 | IWM London | 1,011,172 | F/C | -8% | IWM | |
32 | Eden Project | 1,000,363 | C | 4% | ||
33 | Houses of Parliament | 990,014 | F/C | 7% | ||
34 | Shakespeare's Globe | 938,432 | C | % | ||
35 | National Museum of Royal Navy | 925,476 | F/C | -7% | ||
36 | Horniman Museums and Gardens | 917,961 | F/C | 6% | ||
37 | Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology | 910,419 | F | 6% | OUM | |
38 | Canterbury Cathedral | 903,319 | F/C | -5.6% | ||
39 | Hampton Court Palace | 903,270 | C | 34% | HRP | |
40 | Blenheim Palace | 881,447 | C | 14.6% | THE | |
41 | Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh | 857,268 | F | -3% | RBGE | |
42 | Musem of London | 856,559 | F/C | -2% | MOL | |
43 | Merseyside Maritime Museum | 840,675 | F | 27% | NML | |
44 | Tower Bridge Exhibition | 827,816 | C | 5% | CLC | |
45 | Museum of Liverpool | 802,722 | F | 7% | NML | |
46 | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | 780,879 | F | -17% | BMT | |
47 | Moors Valley | 735,651 | F/C | % | FC | |
48 | National Railway Museum | 733,266 | F | 0.2% | SMG | |
49 | Titanic Belfast | 679,690 | F/C | 9.4% | ||
50 | National War Museum, Edinburgh | 678,982 | F | 13% | NMS | |
51 | Sherwood | 672,885 | F/C | % | FC | |
52 | ZSL Whipsnade Zoo | 672,851 | C | 1.4% | ZSL | |
53 | World Museum, Liverpool | 671,171 | F | 2% | NML | |
54 | Oxford University Museum of Natural History | 668,279 | F | 4% | OUM | |
55 | Giants Causeway | 660,674 | F/C | 6% | NT | |
56 | Museum of Science and Industry | 651,473 | F | -6.3% | SMG | |
57 | Gallery of Modern Art | 646,567 | F | 9.23% | GM | |
58 | Chatsworth | 641,944 | C | 3.2% | THE | |
59 | Tate Liverpool | 638,554 | F | 1.94% | TATE | |
60 | Bodleian Library | 614,778 | F | -6% | OUM | |
61 | York Minster | 610,159 | F/C | -1.7% | ||
62 | Edinburgh Zoo | 574,175 | C | -9.3% | ||
63 | National Football Museum | 574,000 | F | -26% | ||
64 | Bristol Zoo Gardens | 562,252 | F/C | 3% | BZS | |
65 | Westonbirt, The National Arboretum | 522,208 | F/C | 15.5% | FC | |
66 | Hamsterley | 493,646 | F/C | % | FC | |
67 | Churchill War Rooms | 488,021 | C | -2% | IWM | |
68 | Stirling Castle | 481,970 | C | 5% | HES | |
69 | Attingham Park | 475,271 | F/C | 21% | NT | |
70 | Alice Holt | 472,755 | F/C | % | FC | |
71 | High Lodge | 469,325 | F/C | % | FC | |
72 | Ulster Museum | 460,028 | F | -1% | NMNI | |
73 | Cliveden | 459,795 | F/C | 17% | NT | |
74 | Belton House | 452,878 | F/C | 19% | NT | |
75 | The Fitzwilliam Museum | 441,514 | F | 5.7% | UoCM | |
76 | V&A Museum of Childhood | 436,911 | F | -2.9% | VAM | |
77 | Pitt Rivers Museum | 433,945 | F | 4% | OUM | |
78 | Waddesdon Manor | 425,636 | F/C | 9.4% | NT | |
79 | Carrick-a-Rede | 423,828 | F/C | 20% | NT | |
80 | National Media Museum | 415,891 | F | -5.5% | SMG | |
81 | Fountains Abbey Estate | 414,721 | F/C | 12% | NT | |
82 | Stourhead | 403,347 | F/C | -4% | NT | |
83 | Kensington Palace | 397,285 | C | 4% | HRP | |
84 | Urquhart Castle | 396,397 | C | 14% | HES | |
85 | Shakespeare's Birthplace | 392,656 | C | 3% | SBT | |
86 | International Slavery Museum | 382,757 | F | -17% | NML | |
87 | Anglesey Abbey (EA) | 374,618 | F/C | 12% | NT | |
88 | RAF Museum Cosford | 373,455 | F | 5.3% | RAF | |
89 | London Transport Museum | 373,212 | C | -4.54% | ||
90 | IWM Duxford | 369,830 | C | -1% | IWM | |
91 | Mottisfont | 369,640 | F/C | 25% | NT | |
92 | Polesden Lacey | 361,423 | F/C | 7% | NT | |
93 | Calke Abbey | 357,761 | F/C | 16% | NT | |
94 | Nymans Garden | 340,566 | F/C | 7% | NT | |
95 | RAF Museum London | 340,197 | F | -4.5% | RAF | |
96 | St. Michael's Mount | 339,880 | F/C | 10% | NT | |
97 | Beaulieu | 336,833 | F/C | 0.5% | THE | |
98 | Dover Castle | 333,289 | C | 0.5% | EH | |
99 | Scottish National Portrait Gallery | 322,219 | F/C | 3% | NGS | |
100 | Kingston Lacy | 316,242 | F/C | 8% | NT | |
101 | Tyntesfield | 315,518 | F/C | 24% | NT | |
102 | Peoples' Palace | 298,352 | F | -17.96% | GM | |
103 | Glasgow Cathedral | 296,062 | F | 62% | HES | |
104 | Wakehurst | 293,840 | F/C | 20.3% | RBGK | |
105 | Sheffield Park | 291,039 | F/C | 19% | NT | |
106 | Walker Art Gallery | 289,515 | F | 20% | NML | |
107 | HMS Belfast | 289,301 | C | -3% | IWM | |
108 | Dunham Massey | 286,596 | F/C | 3% | NT | |
109 | Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Modern One) | 285,688 | F/C | 29.1% | NGS | |
110 | IWM North | 281,919 | F/C | -3% | IWM | |
111 | WWT Slimbridge | 280,514 | C | 10% | WWT | |
112 | Lanhydrock | 280,377 | F/C | 17% | NT | |
113 | Cambridge University Botanic Garden | 279,255 | C | 7.9% | UoCM | |
114 | Museum of London (Docklands) | 276,494 | F/C | 2% | MOL | |
115 | Castle Howard | 270,680 | C | 8.4% | THE | |
116 | Osborne | 265,011 | C | 6.7% | EH | |
117 | Ickworth | 255,859 | F/C | 9% | NT | |
118 | Killerton | 248,722 | F/C | 15% | NT | |
119 | Corfe Castle | 244,113 | F/C | 8% | NT | |
120 | Bodnant Garden | 242,506 | F/C | 8% | NT | |
121 | Locomotion | 236,902 | F | 13.9% | SMG | |
122 | Dyrham | 235,768 | F/C | 10% | NT | |
123 | Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum | 235,009 | C | -10% | BMT | |
124 | Chartwell | 232,105 | F/C | -9% | NT | |
125 | Tintagel Castle | 229,809 | C | 19.0% | EH | d |
126 | Lady Lever Art Gallery | 229,577 | F | 8% | NML | |
127 | Baddesley Clinton | 229,435 | F/C | 17% | NT | |
128 | Cragside Estate | 227,062 | F/C | -4% | NT | |
129 | Wallington | 225,197 | F/C | 5% | NT | |
130 | WWT Martin Mere | 221,123 | C | 10% | WWT | |
131 | Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Modern Two) | 218,075 | F/C | -7.7% | NGS | |
132 | Mary Rose | 211,754 | C | 39% | e | |
133 | Culzean Castle & Country Park | 209,710 | C | -5.6% | NTS | |
134 | Sissinghurst | 198,255 | F/C | 13% | NT | |
135 | Dunster | 195,640 | F/C | 18% | NT | |
136 | Mount Stewart | 194,686 | F/C | 4.67% | NT | |
137 | Piermaster's House | 193,161 | F | -5% | NML | |
138 | Bodiam Castle | 189,099 | F/C | 1% | NT | |
139 | WWT London | 189,016 | C | -4% | WWT | |
140 | The Monument | 182,425 | C | -16% | CLC | f |
141 | Claremont Landscape Garden | 181,819 | F/C | -1% | NT | |
142 | Ulster Folk & Transport Museum | 178,608 | C | 5.6% | NMNI | |
143 | Trelissick | 175,894 | F/C | 5% | NT | |
144 | Sudbury Hall | 173,593 | F/C | 8% | NT | |
145 | Hidcote Manor Garden | 173,577 | F/C | -4% | NT | |
146 | Cotehele | 169,985 | F/C | 8% | NT | |
147 | Museum of the History of Science | 169,780 | F | 11% | OUM | |
148 | Montacute House | 166,530 | F/C | 1% | NT | |
149 | Audley End House and Gardens | 165,799 | C | 10.1% | EH | |
150 | Erddig | 164,990 | F/C | 19% | NT | |
151 | Whitby Abbey | 151,810 | C | 3.8% | EH | |
152 | Wild Place Project | 148,178 | F/C | 42% | BZS | |
153 | Anne Hathaway's Cottage | 147,558 | C | 7% | SBT | |
154 | Clifford's Tower | 146,703 | C | 1.6% | EH | |
155 | Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences | 145,746 | F | 26.4% | UoCM | |
156 | Natural History Museum (Tring) | 142,717 | F | -7% | NHM | |
157 | Burns Birthplace Museum | 140,528 | F/C | 28.6% | NTS | |
158 | St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art | 140,125 | F | -2.67% | GM | |
159 | Culloden | 139,691 | C | 20.5% | NTS | |
160 | Battle Abbey (1066 Battle of Hastings) | 137,771 | C | 29% | EH | g |
161 | Kenwood | 134,416 | F | -15.8% | EH | h |
162 | Ulster American Folk Park | 132,570 | C | 7.8% | NMNI | |
163 | Brownsea Island | 131,408 | F/C | 7% | NT | |
164 | Carisbrooke Castle | 127,012 | C | 13.3% | EH | |
165 | The Burrell Collection | 126,315 | F | -18% | GM | |
166 | Wrest Park | 124,305 | C | 14.3% | EH | |
167 | University of Oxford Botanic Garden | 116,494 | C | 12% | OUM | |
168 | Penrhyn Castle | 115,542 | F/C | 7% | NT | |
169 | Kenilworth Castle | 107,993 | C | 1.3% | EH | |
170 | WWT Arundel | 105,296 | C | 11% | WWT | |
171 | National Museum of Rural Life | 102,708 | C | 10% | NMS | |
172 | Housesteads Roman Fort | 102,004 | C | -5.1% | EH | |
173 | Guildhall Art Gallery | 100,213 | F/C | -11% | CLC | |
174 | Hall's Croft | 98,694 | C | 7% | SBT | |
175 | Crathes Castle | 97,565 | C | 134.5% | NTS | |
176 | Eltham Palace and Gardens | 94,635 | C | -1.3% | EH | |
177 | Skara Brae | 93,375 | C | 9% | HES | |
178 | Castle Drogo | 92,304 | F/C | 8% | NT | |
179 | Bolsover Castle | 91,880 | C | 3.5% | EH | |
180 | Walmer Castle and Gardens | 91,752 | C | 19.4% | EH | i |
181 | Inverewe Gardens | 91,576 | C | 62.2% | NTS | |
182 | Doune Castle | 90,279 | C | 32% | HES | |
183 | National Museum of Flight | 88,274 | C | 15% | NMS | |
184 | Provand's Lordship | 87,409 | F | -4.89% | GM | |
185 | Mary Arden's Farm | 83,193 | C | 8% | SBT | |
186 | WWT Washington | 81,400 | C | 43% | WWT | |
187 | WWT Castle Espie | 80,903 | C | 15% | WWT | |
188 | St Andrews Castle | 77,038 | C | 10% | HES | |
189 | Evesham St Lawrence | 75,195 | F | 39% | CCT | |
190 | Linlithgow Palace | 74,428 | C | 12% | HES | |
191 | Pendennis Castle | 73,907 | C | 1.1% | EH | |
192 | Shrewsbury St Mary's | 72,403 | F | -10% | CCT | |
193 | WWT Llanelli | 67,441 | C | 11% | WWT | |
194 | Iona Abbey | 65,092 | C | 10% | HES | |
195 | Croome D'Abitot St Mary Magdalene | 64,056 | F | 3% | CCT | |
196 | Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology | 62,158 | F | -0.4% | UoCM | |
197 | Harvard House | 61,255 | C | % | SBT | j |
198 | Fort George | 60,924 | C | 7% | HES | |
199 | York Holy Trinity | 54,022 | F | -16% | CCT | |
200 | Melrose Abbey | 52,073 | C | 9% | HES | |
201 | Tate St Ives | 51,403 | C | -60% | TATE | k |
202 | The Polar Museum | 49,325 | F | 19% | UoCM | |
203 | Argyll's Lodgings | 49,197 | F | -2% | HES | l |
204 | Tintagel | 49,166 | F/C | 6% | NT | |
205 | Shakespeare's New Place | 48,896 | C | % | SBT | m |
206 | Sandwich St Peters | 48,594 | F | 8% | CCT | |
207 | Benmore Botanic Garden | 48,077 | C | 0% | RBGE | |
208 | Scotland Street School Museum | 47,975 | F | -22.92% | GM | |
209 | Drum Castle | 47,037 | C | 87.5% | NTS | |
210 | St Andrews Cathedral | 46,488 | C | 25% | HES | |
211 | Bannockburn | 45,757 | C | 5.3% | NTS | |
212 | Tantallon Castle | 42,708 | C | 2% | HES | |
213 | Falkland Palace | 41,390 | C | 2.7% | NTS | |
214 | Sudley House | 39,399 | F | -15% | NML | |
215 | Caerlaverock Castle | 35,633 | C | 7% | HES | |
216 | Dawyck Botanic Garden | 34,319 | C | 1.6% | RBGE | |
217 | Pitmedden Garden | 33,095 | C | 112.5% | NTS | |
218 | Keats House | 32,997 | F/C | 4.6% | CLC | |
219 | Elgin Cathedral | 30,502 | C | 13% | HES | |
220 | Blackness Castle | 30,053 | C | 39% | HES | |
221 | Exeter St Martin | 29,003 | F | -23% | CCT | |
222 | WWT Welney | 28,026 | C | -2% | WWT | |
223 | Brodick Castle & Country Park | 27,896 | C | 12.9% | NTS | |
224 | Hill House | 26,857 | C | 6.0% | NTS | |
225 | Museum of the Jewellery Quarter | 26,067 | C | 3% | BMT | |
226 | Portland | 23,568 | F | 1% | CCT | |
227 | Aston Hall | 23,527 | C | -8% | BMT | |
228 | Logan Botanic Garden | 22,890 | C | 2% | RBGE | |
229 | Hardwick Hall | 22,390 | F/C | -90% | NT | |
230 | Gladstones Land | 21,807 | C | 22.5% | NTS | |
231 | Bristol St John | 21,241 | F | 26% | CCT | |
232 | Sarehole Mill | 18,787 | C | -17% | BMT | |
233 | Blakesley Hall | 17,573 | C | -5% | BMT | |
234 | Kings Lynn St Nicholas' | 17,425 | F | 128% | CCT | |
235 | Cooling St James | 17,207 | F | 7% | CCT | |
236 | Whipple Museum of the History of Science | 16,350 | F | 3.4% | UoCM | |
237 | WWT Caerlaverock | 16,319 | C | -2% | WWT | |
238 | Glasgow Museum Resource Centre | 14,874 | F | 4.06% | GM | |
239 | Museum of Classical Archaeology | 14,658 | F | -11.7% | UoCM | |
240 | Soho House | 11,231 | C | -6% | BMT | |
241 | Weoley Castle | 6,878 | F | 32% | BMT |
Rank | Site | Total visits |
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1 | British Museum | 6,420,395 |
2 | National Gallery | 6,262,839 |
3 | Tate Modern | 5,839,197 |
4 | Natural History Museum (South Kensington) | 4,624,113 |
5 | Southbank Centre | 3,909,376 |
6 | Somerset House | 3,443,220 |
7 | Science Museum | 3,245,750 |
8 | Victoria and Albert Museum (South Kensington) | 3,022,086 |
9 | Tower of London | 2,741,126 |
10 | Royal Museums Greenwich | 2,451,023 |
11 | National Portrait Gallery | 1,949,330 |
12 | Chester Zoo | 1,898,059 |
13 | Kew Gardens | 1,828,956 |
14 | Westminster Abbey | 1,819,945 |
15 | National Museum of Scotland | 1,810,948 |
16 | Edinburgh Castle | 1,778,548 |
17 | Royal Albert Hall | 1,660,123 |
18 | Scottish National Gallery | 1,544,069 |
19 | St Paul's Cathedral | 1,519,018 |
20 | British Library | 1,500,986 |
21 | Old Royal Naval College | 1,477,117 |
22 | Stonehenge | 1,381,855 |
23 | Royal Academy | 1,285,595 |
24 | Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum | 1,259,318 |
25 | Riverside Museum, Glasgow | 1,259,042 |
26 | Roman Baths & Pump Room | 1,216,938 |
27 | ZSL London Zoo | 1,211,279 |
28 | RHS: Garden Wisley | 1,110,050 |
29 | Tate Britain | 1,081,542 |
30 | The Royal Shakespeare Theatre & Swan Theatre | 1,069,129 |
31 | IWM London | 1,011,172 |
32 | Eden Project | 1,000,363 |
33 | Houses of Parliament | 990,014 |
34 | Shakespeare's Globe | 938,432 |
35 | National Museum of Royal Navy | 925,476 |
36 | Horniman Museums and Gardens | 917,961 |
37 | Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology | 910,419 |
38 | Canterbury Cathedral | 903,319 |
39 | Hampton Court Palace | 903,270 |
40 | Blenheim Palace | 881,447 |
41 | Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh | 857,268 |
42 | Musem of London | 856,559 |
43 | Merseyside Maritime Museum | 840,675 |
44 | Tower Bridge Exhibition | 827,816 |
45 | Museum of Liverpool | 802,722 |
46 | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | 780,879 |
47 | Moors Valley | 735,651 |
48 | National Railway Museum | 733,266 |
49 | Titanic Belfast | 679,690 |
50 | National War Museum, Edinburgh | 678,982 |
51 | Sherwood | 672,885 |
52 | ZSL Whipsnade Zoo | 672,851 |
53 | World Museum, Liverpool | 671,171 |
54 | Oxford University Museum of Natural History | 668,279 |
55 | Giants Causeway | 660,674 |
56 | Museum of Science and Industry | 651,473 |
57 | Gallery of Modern Art | 646,567 |
58 | Chatsworth | 641,944 |
59 | Tate Liverpool | 638,554 |
60 | Bodleian Library | 614,778 |
61 | York Minster | 610,159 |
62 | Edinburgh Zoo | 574,175 |
63 | National Football Museum | 574,000 |
64 | Bristol Zoo Gardens | 562,252 |
65 | Westonbirt, The National Arboretum | 522,208 |
66 | Hamsterley | 493,646 |
67 | Churchill War Rooms | 488,021 |
68 | Stirling Castle | 481,970 |
69 | Attingham Park | 475,271 |
70 | Alice Holt | 472,755 |
71 | High Lodge | 469,325 |
72 | Ulster Museum | 460,028 |
73 | Cliveden | 459,795 |
74 | Belton House | 452,878 |
75 | The Fitzwilliam Museum | 441,514 |
76 | V&A Museum of Childhood | 436,911 |
77 | Pitt Rivers Museum | 433,945 |
78 | Waddesdon Manor | 425,636 |
79 | Carrick-a-Rede | 423,828 |
80 | National Media Museum | 415,891 |
81 | Fountains Abbey Estate | 414,721 |
82 | Stourhead | 403,347 |
83 | Kensington Palace | 397,285 |
84 | Urquhart Castle | 396,397 |
85 | Shakespeare's Birthplace | 392,656 |
86 | International Slavery Museum | 382,757 |
87 | Anglesey Abbey (EA) | 374,618 |
88 | RAF Museum Cosford | 373,455 |
89 | London Transport Museum | 373,212 |
90 | IWM Duxford | 369,830 |
91 | Mottisfont | 369,640 |
92 | Polesden Lacey | 361,423 |
93 | Calke Abbey | 357,761 |
94 | Nymans Garden | 340,566 |
95 | RAF Museum London | 340,197 |
96 | St. Michael's Mount | 339,880 |
97 | Beaulieu | 336,833 |
98 | Dover Castle | 333,289 |
99 | Scottish National Portrait Gallery | 322,219 |
100 | Kingston Lacy | 316,242 |
101 | Tyntesfield | 315,518 |
102 | Peoples' Palace | 298,352 |
103 | Glasgow Cathedral | 296,062 |
104 | Wakehurst | 293,840 |
105 | Sheffield Park | 291,039 |
106 | Walker Art Gallery | 289,515 |
107 | HMS Belfast | 289,301 |
108 | Dunham Massey | 286,596 |
109 | Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Modern One) | 285,688 |
110 | IWM North | 281,919 |
111 | WWT Slimbridge | 280,514 |
112 | Lanhydrock | 280,377 |
113 | Cambridge University Botanic Garden | 279,255 |
114 | Museum of London (Docklands) | 276,494 |
115 | Castle Howard | 270,680 |
116 | Osborne | 265,011 |
117 | Ickworth | 255,859 |
118 | Killerton | 248,722 |
119 | Corfe Castle | 244,113 |
120 | Bodnant Garden | 242,506 |
121 | Locomotion | 236,902 |
122 | Dyrham | 235,768 |
123 | Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum | 235,009 |
124 | Chartwell | 232,105 |
125 | Tintagel Castle | 229,809 |
126 | Lady Lever Art Gallery | 229,577 |
127 | Baddesley Clinton | 229,435 |
128 | Cragside Estate | 227,062 |
129 | Wallington | 225,197 |
130 | WWT Martin Mere | 221,123 |
131 | Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Modern Two) | 218,075 |
132 | Mary Rose | 211,754 |
133 | Culzean Castle & Country Park | 209,710 |
134 | Sissinghurst | 198,255 |
135 | Dunster | 195,640 |
136 | Mount Stewart | 194,686 |
137 | Piermaster's House | 193,161 |
138 | Bodiam Castle | 189,099 |
139 | WWT London | 189,016 |
140 | The Monument | 182,425 |
141 | Claremont Landscape Garden | 181,819 |
142 | Ulster Folk & Transport Museum | 178,608 |
143 | Trelissick | 175,894 |
144 | Sudbury Hall | 173,593 |
145 | Hidcote Manor Garden | 173,577 |
146 | Cotehele | 169,985 |
147 | Museum of the History of Science | 169,780 |
148 | Montacute House | 166,530 |
149 | Audley End House and Gardens | 165,799 |
150 | Erddig | 164,990 |
151 | Whitby Abbey | 151,810 |
152 | Wild Place Project | 148,178 |
153 | Anne Hathaway's Cottage | 147,558 |
154 | Clifford's Tower | 146,703 |
155 | Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences | 145,746 |
156 | Natural History Museum (Tring) | 142,717 |
157 | Burns Birthplace Museum | 140,528 |
158 | St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art | 140,125 |
159 | Culloden | 139,691 |
160 | Battle Abbey (1066 Battle of Hastings) | 137,771 |
161 | Kenwood | 134,416 |
162 | Ulster American Folk Park | 132,570 |
163 | Brownsea Island | 131,408 |
164 | Carisbrooke Castle | 127,012 |
165 | The Burrell Collection | 126,315 |
166 | Wrest Park | 124,305 |
167 | University of Oxford Botanic Garden | 116,494 |
168 | Penrhyn Castle | 115,542 |
169 | Kenilworth Castle | 107,993 |
170 | WWT Arundel | 105,296 |
171 | National Museum of Rural Life | 102,708 |
172 | Housesteads Roman Fort | 102,004 |
173 | Guildhall Art Gallery | 100,213 |
174 | Hall's Croft | 98,694 |
175 | Crathes Castle | 97,565 |
176 | Eltham Palace and Gardens | 94,635 |
177 | Skara Brae | 93,375 |
178 | Castle Drogo | 92,304 |
179 | Bolsover Castle | 91,880 |
180 | Walmer Castle and Gardens | 91,752 |
181 | Inverewe Gardens | 91,576 |
182 | Doune Castle | 90,279 |
183 | National Museum of Flight | 88,274 |
184 | Provand's Lordship | 87,409 |
185 | Mary Arden's Farm | 83,193 |
186 | WWT Washington | 81,400 |
187 | WWT Castle Espie | 80,903 |
188 | St Andrews Castle | 77,038 |
189 | Evesham St Lawrence | 75,195 |
190 | Linlithgow Palace | 74,428 |
191 | Pendennis Castle | 73,907 |
192 | Shrewsbury St Mary's | 72,403 |
193 | WWT Llanelli | 67,441 |
194 | Iona Abbey | 65,092 |
195 | Croome D'Abitot St Mary Magdalene | 64,056 |
196 | Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology | 62,158 |
197 | Harvard House | 61,255 |
198 | Fort George | 60,924 |
199 | York Holy Trinity | 54,022 |
200 | Melrose Abbey | 52,073 |
201 | Tate St Ives | 51,403 |
202 | The Polar Museum | 49,325 |
203 | Argyll's Lodgings | 49,197 |
204 | Tintagel | 49,166 |
205 | Shakespeare's New Place | 48,896 |
206 | Sandwich St Peters | 48,594 |
207 | Benmore Botanic Garden | 48,077 |
208 | Scotland Street School Museum | 47,975 |
209 | Drum Castle | 47,037 |
210 | St Andrews Cathedral | 46,488 |
211 | Bannockburn | 45,757 |
212 | Tantallon Castle | 42,708 |
213 | Falkland Palace | 41,390 |
214 | Sudley House | 39,399 |
215 | Caerlaverock Castle | 35,633 |
216 | Dawyck Botanic Garden | 34,319 |
217 | Pitmedden Garden | 33,095 |
218 | Keats House | 32,997 |
219 | Elgin Cathedral | 30,502 |
220 | Blackness Castle | 30,053 |
221 | Exeter St Martin | 29,003 |
222 | WWT Welney | 28,026 |
223 | Brodick Castle & Country Park | 27,896 |
224 | Hill House | 26,857 |
225 | Museum of the Jewellery Quarter | 26,067 |
226 | Portland | 23,568 |
227 | Aston Hall | 23,527 |
228 | Logan Botanic Garden | 22,890 |
229 | Hardwick Hall | 22,390 |
230 | Gladstones Land | 21,807 |
231 | Bristol St John | 21,241 |
232 | Sarehole Mill | 18,787 |
233 | Blakesley Hall | 17,573 |
234 | Kings Lynn St Nicholas' | 17,425 |
235 | Cooling St James | 17,207 |
236 | Whipple Museum of the History of Science | 16,350 |
237 | WWT Caerlaverock | 16,319 |
238 | Glasgow Museum Resource Centre | 14,874 |
239 | Museum of Classical Archaeology | 14,658 |
240 | Soho House | 11,231 |
241 | Weoley Castle | 6,878 |
Notes | |
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a | Please note that the decrease in visitor numbers in 2016 has been caused by the current closure for refurbishment of Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery, which re-open in 2018 |
b | Previously reported separately as National Maritime Museum, Royal Observatory Greenwich, Cutty Sark and Queen's House |
c | Increase in visits in 2016 is down to a very popular exhibition programme. |
d | Significant PR coverage supporting new interpretation project. |
e | Reopened on 20 July 2016 |
f | Closed for repairs for 2.5 months |
g | Significant PR and marketing around the 1066 anniversary supporting new interpretation project and annual Battle of Hastings re-enactment. |
h | Impacted by down-turn in visitors in central London over the summer. |
i | Additional opening times and strong summer event season. |
j | Closed 19 August 2016 |
k | Closed during 2016 |
l | Argyll's Lodgings are included as part of the Stirling Castle ticket but has no admission charge itself |
m | Reopened 20 August 2016 |
Acronym | Group |
---|---|
NHM | Natural History Museum |
TATE | Tate |
V&A | V&A |
SMG | Science Museum Group |
HRP | Historic Royal Palaces |
RMG | Royal Museums Greenwich |
RBGK | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
NMS | National Museums Scotland |
NGS | National Galleries of Scotland |
EH | English Heritage |
GM | Glasgow Museums |
ZSL | Zoological Society of London |
IWM | Imperial War Museums |
RHS | Royal Horticultural Society |
RB | Roman Baths & Pump Room |
NMRN | National Museum of the Royal Navy |
BMT | Birmingham Museums Trust |
RGBE | Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh |
MoL | Museum of London |
OUM | Oxford University Museums Partnership |
CLC | City of London Corporation |
THE | Treasure Houses of England |
NML | National Museums Liverpool |
NT | National Trust |
HS | Historic Scotland |
UoCM | University of Cambridge Museums |
RAF | The Royal Air Force Museums |
WWT | Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust |
NTS | National Trust for Scotland |
TCCT | The Churches Conservation Trust |
HES | Historic Environment Scotland |
RBGE | Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh |
BMGA | Bristol Museums Galleries & Archives |
TSBT | The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust |
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