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Visits made in 2018 to visitor attractions in membership with ALVA
Rank | Site | Total visits | Charge /free | % +/- | Group | Note |
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1 | Tate Modern | 5,868,562 | F/C | 3.7% | TATE | |
2 | British Museum | 5,828,552 | F | -1.3% | ||
3 | National Gallery | 5,735,831 | F/C | 9.7% | ||
4 | NHM (South Kensington) | 5,226,320 | F | 18% | NHM | |
5 | Southbank Centre | 4,451,934 | F/C | 31.73% | a | |
6 | V&A South Kensington | 3,967,566 | F/C | 5% | V&A | |
7 | Science Museum | 3,174,963 | F | -2.4% | SMG | |
8 | Somerset House | 3,143,626 | F/C | -2.47% | ||
9 | Tower of London | 2,858,336 | C | 0.5% | HRP | |
10 | Royal Museums Greenwich | 2,549,833 | F/C | -2% | ||
11 | National Museum of Scotland | 2,227,773 | F | 3% | NMS | |
12 | Edinburgh Castle | 2,111,578 | C | 2% | HES | |
13 | Chester Zoo | 1,969,768 | C | 5.5% | ||
14 | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | 1,858,513 | C | 3.4% | RBGK | |
15 | Royal Albert Hall | 1,751,317 | C | 1% | ||
16 | Scottish National Gallery | 1,739,128 | F/C | 9% | NGS | |
17 | St Paul's Cathedral | 1,657,446 | F/C | 5.5% | ||
18 | Royal Academy | 1,594,140 | F/C | 52% | ||
19 | National Portrait Gallery | 1,586,451 | F/C | -6.6% | ||
20 | Stonehenge | 1,555,868 | C | -1.7% | EH | |
21 | Westminster Abbey | 1,546,017 | F/C | -0.06% | ||
22 | British Library | 1,437,839 | F/C | 3.9% | ||
23 | World Museum | 1,416,632 | F | 111% | NML | b |
24 | Roman Baths and Pump Room | 1,302,381 | C | -1.26% | ||
25 | Tate Britain | 1,272,523 | F/C | -26.9% | TATE | |
26 | Riverside Museum | 1,254,498 | F | -7.44% | GM | |
27 | National Museum Royal Navy | 1,231,140 | F/C | 14% | ||
28 | ZSL London Zoo | 1,133,952 | C | 2% | ZSL | |
29 | Old Royal Naval College | 1,101,426 | F/C | -9.8% | c | |
30 | Houses of Parliament | 1,075,550 | F/C | 7% | ||
31 | RHS Garden Wisley | 1,071,088 | F/C | -6.3% | RHS | |
32 | IWM London | 1,061,798 | F | 7% | IWM | |
33 | Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum | 1,054,562 | F | -19.13% | GM | d |
34 | The Royal Shakespeare Theatre and Swan Theatre | 1,045,494 | F/C | 4.6% | ||
35 | Giants Causeway | 1,011,473 | F/C | 2.7% | NT | |
36 | Eden Project | 1,006,928 | C | -1.68% | ||
37 | Museum of Liverpool | 962,009 | F | 31% | NML | e |
38 | Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh | 929,140 | F/C | 2.5% | RBGE | |
39 | Horniman Museums and Gardens | 926,849 | F/C | -1.7% | ||
40 | Hampton Court Palace | 914,992 | C | -8.4% | HRP | |
41 | Bodleian Library | 910,806 | F | 18% | OUM | |
42 | Blenheim Palace | 906,885 | F/C | -0.46% | THE | |
43 | Longleat | 904,714 | C | -3% | ||
44 | Merseyside Maritime Museum | 897,415 | F | -3% | NML | |
45 | Canterbury Cathedral | 893,469 | F/C | 2% | ||
46 | Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology | 882,494 | F | -7% | OUM | |
47 | Titanic Belfast | 836,997 | F/C | 8% | ||
48 | Tower Bridge Exhibition | 836,654 | C | 5% | CLC | |
49 | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | 831,548 | F | 38% | BMT | f |
50 | National Railway Museum | 824,790 | F | 14.9% | SMG | |
51 | Shakespeare's Globe | 819,000 | C | -12% | ||
52 | National War Museum, Edinburgh | 798,165 | C | 4% | NMS | |
53 | Oxford University Museum of Natural History | 785,915 | F | 2% | OUM | |
54 | Tate Liverpool | 707,207 | F/C | 12.6% | TATE | |
55 | Museum of Science and Industry | 704,732 | F | 6.1% | SMG | |
56 | Museum of London | 694,596 | F/C | 2.39% | MOL | |
57 | York Minster | 694,429 | F/C | 0.04% | ||
58 | Durham Cathedral | 663,928 | F | -8% | ||
59 | Clumber Park | 657,443 | F/C | 4% | NT | |
60 | Gallery of Modern Art | 633,548 | F | -5.51% | GM | |
61 | ZSL Whipsnade Zoo | 608,416 | C | -7.6% | ZSL | |
62 | Chatsworth | 605,653 | C | -5.1% | THE | |
63 | Stirling Castle | 605,241 | C | 7% | HES | |
64 | Edinburgh Zoo | 597,326 | C | 8.5% | ||
65 | Ulster Museum | 584,723 | F | 10% | NMNI | g |
66 | Churchill War Rooms | 579,612 | C | 7% | IWM | |
67 | Westonbirt, The National Arboretum | 552,662 | F/C | 2% | FC | |
68 | Kensington Palace | 550,162 | C | -14.8% | HRP | |
69 | Urquhart Castle | 518,195 | C | 6% | HES | |
70 | Pitt Rivers Museum | 502,000 | F | 4% | OUM | |
71 | RAF Museum London | 501,331 | F | 45.2% | RAF | h |
72 | Carrick-a-Rede | 491,947 | F/C | 13% | NT | |
73 | Attingham Park | 484,581 | F/C | 4% | NT | |
74 | Cliveden | 483,754 | F/C | -1% | NT | |
75 | Glasgow Cathedral | 482,783 | F | 24% | HES | |
76 | Bristol Zoo Gardens | 478,126 | F/C | -8.6% | BZS | |
77 | Waddesdon Manor | 466,158 | F/C | -0.86% | NT | |
78 | Leeds Castle | 465,706 | C | -18% | THE | |
79 | National Science and Media Museum | 459,808 | F | -6.8% | SMG | |
80 | RHS Garden Harlow Carr | 441,652 | F/C | -2.7% | RHS | |
81 | Shakespeare's Birthplace | 423,900 | C | 1% | SBT | |
82 | RAF Museum Cosford | 423,331 | F | 19% | RAF | |
83 | Belton House | 422,682 | F/C | -5% | NT | |
84 | V&A Museum of Childhood | 418,271 | F | 3% | V&A | |
85 | Duxford | 394,053 | C | 1% | IWM | |
86 | Stourhead | 393,779 | F/C | 3% | NT | |
87 | International Slavery Museum | 393,380 | F | -1% | NML | |
88 | Fountains Abbey Estate | 388,500 | F/C | -8% | NT | |
89 | Glenfinnan | 385,352 | F/C | -2.8% | NTS | |
90 | Calke Abbey | 384,561 | F/C | -1% | NT | |
91 | Culzean Castle & Country Park | 382,608 | F/C | 56.2% | NTS | i |
92 | Mottisfont | 376,043 | F/C | 3% | NT | |
93 | Anglesey Abbey | 370,506 | F/C | -5% | NT | |
94 | Walker Art Gallery | 369,363 | F | 25% | NML | j |
95 | Dover Castle | 365,462 | C | -3.8% | EH | |
96 | Scottish National Portrait Gallery | 358,312 | F | 0% | NGS | |
97 | Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Modern One) | 356,895 | F | 11% | NGS | |
98 | Wakehurst | 354,957 | F/C | 3% | RBGK | |
99 | Nymans Garden | 354,502 | F/C | 4% | NT | |
100 | London Transport Museum | 353,921 | F/C | 4% | ||
101 | Kingston Lacy | 353,653 | F/C | 9% | NT | |
102 | The Fitzwilliam Museum | 352,416 | F | -11% | UoCM | |
103 | St Michael's Mount | 347,773 | F/C | -1% | NT | |
104 | Polesden Lacey | 347,149 | F/C | -2% | NT | |
105 | People's Palace Museum | 342,577 | F | -3.79% | GM | |
106 | V&A Dundee | 341,265 | F/C | % | V&A | k |
107 | RHS Garden Hyde Hall | 334,520 | F/C | 6.6% | RHS | |
108 | IWM North | 334,500 | F | 36% | IWM | |
109 | Beaulieu | 320,594 | C | -3.1% | THE | |
110 | Dunham Massey | 310,093 | F/C | 7% | NT | |
111 | Sheffield Park | 306,692 | F/C | 8% | NT | |
112 | Osborne | 304,927 | C | -1.3% | EH | |
113 | Wimpole Estate | 304,191 | F/C | -12% | NT | |
114 | Cambridge University Botanic Garden | 304,000 | C | 3% | UoCM | |
115 | Tate St Ives | 302,864 | F | 33.8% | TATE | |
116 | Tyntesfield | 301,765 | F/C | -3% | NT | |
117 | HMS Belfast | 297,941 | C | 7% | IWM | |
118 | Museum of London (Docklands) | 290,488 | F | -13.14% | MOL | l |
119 | Hardwick Hall | 285,379 | F/C | 2% | NT | |
120 | Lanhydrock | 273,149 | F/C | 4% | NT | |
121 | Killerton | 267,383 | F/C | 7% | NT | |
122 | Burns Birthplace Museum | 266,369 | F/C | 62.1% | NTS | m |
123 | WWT Slimbridge | 266,201 | C | 4% | WWT | |
124 | Brodie Castle | 256,666 | F/C | 21.8% | NTS | |
125 | Bodnant Garden | 254,227 | F/C | 1% | NT | |
126 | Ickworth | 254,073 | F/C | -7% | NT | |
127 | Dyrham Park | 251,631 | F/C | 0% | NT | |
128 | Chartwell | 246,336 | F/C | 3% | NT | |
129 | Kettle's Yard | 245,199 | F | % | UoCM | n |
130 | Quarry Bank | 240,277 | F/C | -5% | NT | |
131 | Corfe Castle | 237,992 | F/C | -4% | NT | |
132 | Wallington | 236,825 | F/C | 1% | NT | |
133 | Cragside Estate | 236,672 | F/C | 3% | NT | |
134 | RHS Garden Rosemoor | 234,102 | F/C | 1.3% | RHS | |
135 | Tintagel Castle | 230,584 | C | -6.3% | EH | |
136 | Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum | 229,888 | C | 0% | BMT | |
137 | Mount Stewart | 226,577 | F/C | 4% | NT | |
138 | Piermaster's House | 226,190 | F | 25% | NML | |
139 | Castle Howard | 225,769 | C | -9% | THE | |
140 | Baddesley Clinton | 221,703 | F/C | 1% | NT | |
141 | Trelissick | 214,034 | F/C | 7% | NT | |
142 | Glencoe Visitor Centre | 213,343 | F/C | 29.1% | NTS | |
143 | Culloden | 213,343 | P | 10.9% | NTS | |
144 | Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Modern Two) | 213,042 | F/C | -25% | NGS | |
145 | WWT Martin Mere | 210,744 | C | 7% | WWT | |
146 | Saltram | 209,755 | F/C | 7% | NT | |
147 | Stowe | 208,644 | F/C | -1% | NT | |
148 | Charlecote Park | 208,289 | F/C | -5% | NT | |
149 | Highland Safari Park | 205,930 | C | 51.5% | o | |
150 | Dunster Castle | 204,625 | F/C | -2% | NT | |
151 | Speke Hall | 204,134 | F/C | 6% | NT | |
152 | Shugborough Estate | 203,652 | F/C | 27% | NT | |
153 | Packwood House | 202,114 | F/C | -8% | NT | |
154 | Lady Lever Art Gallery | 201,970 | F | 4% | NML | |
155 | WildPlace Project | 192,306 | F/C | 0.9% | BZS | |
156 | Locomotion | 185,107 | F | -5.6% | SMG | |
157 | WWT London | 178,276 | C | -7% | WWT | |
158 | Carlisle Castle | 177,247 | F/C | 285.4% | EH | p |
159 | History of Science Museum | 176,757 | F | -8% | OUM | |
160 | Audley End House and Gardens | 170,042 | C | -5.1% | EH | |
161 | The Monument to the Great Fire of London | 169,566 | C | -12% | CLC | |
162 | Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences | 157,690 | F | 3% | UoCM | |
163 | Clifford's Tower, York | 154,701 | C | 0.4% | EH | |
164 | NHM (Tring) | 150,580 | F | 5% | NHM | |
165 | Whitby Abbey | 147,566 | C | -11.3% | EH | |
166 | Ulster Folk & Transport Museum | 146,425 | C | -13% | NMNI | |
167 | Anne Hathaway's Cottage | 144,516 | C | 4% | SBT | |
168 | The St Mungo Museum of Religious Life And Art | 144,361 | F | -7.76% | GM | |
169 | University of Oxford Botanic garden | 142,440 | F/C | -1% | OUM | |
170 | Doune Castle | 142,091 | C | 14% | HES | |
171 | Kenwood | 131,126 | F | -8.6% | EH | |
172 | Wrest Park | 128,980 | C | -5.9% | EH | |
173 | Crathes Castle | 127,695 | F/C | 4.8% | NTS | |
174 | Carisbrooke Castle | 125,664 | C | -0.7% | EH | |
175 | University Museum of Zoology | 124,649 | F | % | UoCM | q |
176 | 1066 Battle of Hastings, Abbey and Battlefield | 123,870 | C | 0.5% | EH | |
177 | Ulster American Folk Park | 117,076 | C | -8% | NMNI | |
178 | Guildhall Art Gallery | 116,616 | F/C | 24% | CLC | |
179 | Skara Brae | 111,921 | C | 2% | HES | |
180 | Eltham Palace and Gardens | 110,034 | C | 0.5% | EH | |
181 | Kenilworth Castle | 110,012 | C | -6.8% | EH | |
182 | Housesteads Roman Fort | 109,675 | C | 0.9% | EH | |
183 | Shakespeare's New Place | 109,452 | C | -22% | SBT | |
184 | Walmer Castle and Gardens | 103,905 | C | -4.7% | EH | |
185 | National Museum of Rural Life | 100,241 | C | -4% | NMS | |
186 | Threave Garden | 96,357 | F/C | 1.5% | NTS | |
187 | Linlithgow Palace | 94,718 | C | 9% | HES | |
188 | St Andrews Castle | 91,302 | C | 1% | HES | |
189 | WWT Arundel | 90,947 | C | -9% | WWT | |
190 | Provand's Lordship | 89,416 | F | -3.27% | GM | |
191 | Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology | 81,854 | F | 26% | UoCM | |
192 | Inverewe Gardens | 80,913 | F/C | -57.8% | NTS | |
193 | National Museum of Flight | 79,573 | C | 0% | NMS | |
194 | Mary Arden's Farm | 79,349 | C | 4% | SBT | |
195 | Hall's Croft | 77,750 | C | -18% | SBT | |
196 | WWT Washington | 73,556 | C | -10% | WWT | |
197 | WWT Llanelli | 72,155 | C | 3% | WWT | |
198 | Fort George | 71,906 | C | -5% | HES | |
199 | Newhailes | 68,360 | F/C | 1168.7% | NTS | r |
200 | Iona Abbey | 64,183 | C | -3% | HES | |
201 | Scotland Street School Museum | 62,096 | F | 21.6% | GM | s |
202 | WWT Castle Espie | 59,348 | C | -18% | WWT | |
203 | Blackness Castle | 58,388 | C | 36% | HES | |
204 | Melrose Abbey | 58,286 | C | -1% | HES | |
205 | Pollok House | 57,172 | F/C | 5.1% | NTS | |
206 | St Andrews Cathedral | 56,249 | C | -4% | HES | |
207 | Fyvie Castle | 56,158 | F/C | -0.2% | NTS | |
208 | Drum Castle | 50,421 | F/C | 8.3% | NTS | |
209 | Benmore Botanic Garden | 48,859 | C | -3% | RBGE | |
210 | The Polar Museum | 48,144 | F | -8% | UoCM | |
211 | Falkland Palace | 46,475 | P | -8.4% | NTS | |
212 | Bannockburn | 45,208 | P | -18.3% | NTS | |
213 | Tantallon Castle | 43,170 | C | -14% | HES | |
214 | Pitmedden Garden | 41,694 | F/C | -3.1% | NTS | |
215 | Pitmedden Garden & Museum | 41,694 | F/C | -3.1% | NTS | |
216 | Brodick Castle & Country Park | 39,708 | F/C | -10.4% | NTS | |
217 | Elgin Cathedral | 39,398 | C | 3% | HES | |
218 | Sudley House | 36,315 | F | -19% | NML | |
219 | Dawyck Botanic Garden | 35,622 | C | -1% | RBGE | |
220 | Craigmillar Castle | 35,442 | C | 13% | HES | |
221 | Caerlaverock Castle | 35,305 | C | -8% | HES | |
222 | Georgian House | 33,450 | C | -11.3% | NTS | |
223 | Aston Hall | 32,432 | C | 27% | BMT | t |
224 | Dirleton Castle | 29,764 | C | -2% | HES | |
225 | WWT Welney | 29,372 | C | -21% | WWT | |
226 | Dumbarton Castle | 28,546 | C | 6% | HES | |
227 | Maeshowe | 28,414 | C | 11% | HES | |
228 | Logan Botanic Garden | 25,186 | C | 2% | RBGE | |
229 | Ben Lawers Visitor Centre | 24,728 | F | -12.3% | NTS | |
230 | Culross Palace | 24,445 | C | 52.6% | NTS | |
231 | Museum of the Jewellery Quarter | 21,646 | C | -20% | BMT | u |
232 | Craigievar Castle | 19,702 | F/C | 15.6% | NTS | |
233 | Leith Hall | 19,332 | F/C | -1.8% | NTS | |
234 | Blakesley Hall | 18,451 | C | -8% | BMT | |
235 | Sarehole Mill | 17,909 | C | -23% | BMT | v |
236 | Glasgow Museum Resource Centre | 17,441 | F | 12.99% | GM | w |
237 | Tenement House | 17,053 | C | -5.3% | NTS | |
238 | Kellie Castle | 17,003 | C | 5.8% | NTS | |
239 | Broughton House & Garden | 16,843 | C | 8.2% | NTS | |
240 | Greenbank Garden | 16,327 | C | 2.4% | NTS | |
241 | Museum of Classical Archaeology | 14,773 | F | 1% | UoCM | |
242 | WWT Caerlaverock | 13,913 | C | -26% | WWT | |
243 | Hill House | 12,150 | C | -57.4% | NTS | |
244 | Geilston Garden | 12,110 | C | 17% | NTS | |
245 | Gladstones Land | 11,670 | C | -3.2% | NTS | |
246 | Whipple Museum of the History of Science | 11,018 | F | % | UoCM | |
247 | Soho House | 8,553 | C | -10% | BMT | |
248 | Weoley Castle | 8,282 | F | 3% | BMT | |
249 | Museum Collection Centre | 1,742 | F/C | 110% | BMT |
Rank | Site | Total visits |
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1 | Tate Modern | 5,868,562 |
2 | British Museum | 5,828,552 |
3 | National Gallery | 5,735,831 |
4 | NHM (South Kensington) | 5,226,320 |
5 | Southbank Centre | 4,451,934 |
6 | V&A South Kensington | 3,967,566 |
7 | Science Museum | 3,174,963 |
8 | Somerset House | 3,143,626 |
9 | Tower of London | 2,858,336 |
10 | Royal Museums Greenwich | 2,549,833 |
11 | National Museum of Scotland | 2,227,773 |
12 | Edinburgh Castle | 2,111,578 |
13 | Chester Zoo | 1,969,768 |
14 | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | 1,858,513 |
15 | Royal Albert Hall | 1,751,317 |
16 | Scottish National Gallery | 1,739,128 |
17 | St Paul's Cathedral | 1,657,446 |
18 | Royal Academy | 1,594,140 |
19 | National Portrait Gallery | 1,586,451 |
20 | Stonehenge | 1,555,868 |
21 | Westminster Abbey | 1,546,017 |
22 | British Library | 1,437,839 |
23 | World Museum | 1,416,632 |
24 | Roman Baths and Pump Room | 1,302,381 |
25 | Tate Britain | 1,272,523 |
26 | Riverside Museum | 1,254,498 |
27 | National Museum Royal Navy | 1,231,140 |
28 | ZSL London Zoo | 1,133,952 |
29 | Old Royal Naval College | 1,101,426 |
30 | Houses of Parliament | 1,075,550 |
31 | RHS Garden Wisley | 1,071,088 |
32 | IWM London | 1,061,798 |
33 | Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum | 1,054,562 |
34 | The Royal Shakespeare Theatre and Swan Theatre | 1,045,494 |
35 | Giants Causeway | 1,011,473 |
36 | Eden Project | 1,006,928 |
37 | Museum of Liverpool | 962,009 |
38 | Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh | 929,140 |
39 | Horniman Museums and Gardens | 926,849 |
40 | Hampton Court Palace | 914,992 |
41 | Bodleian Library | 910,806 |
42 | Blenheim Palace | 906,885 |
43 | Longleat | 904,714 |
44 | Merseyside Maritime Museum | 897,415 |
45 | Canterbury Cathedral | 893,469 |
46 | Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology | 882,494 |
47 | Titanic Belfast | 836,997 |
48 | Tower Bridge Exhibition | 836,654 |
49 | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | 831,548 |
50 | National Railway Museum | 824,790 |
51 | Shakespeare's Globe | 819,000 |
52 | National War Museum, Edinburgh | 798,165 |
53 | Oxford University Museum of Natural History | 785,915 |
54 | Tate Liverpool | 707,207 |
55 | Museum of Science and Industry | 704,732 |
56 | Museum of London | 694,596 |
57 | York Minster | 694,429 |
58 | Durham Cathedral | 663,928 |
59 | Clumber Park | 657,443 |
60 | Gallery of Modern Art | 633,548 |
61 | ZSL Whipsnade Zoo | 608,416 |
62 | Chatsworth | 605,653 |
63 | Stirling Castle | 605,241 |
64 | Edinburgh Zoo | 597,326 |
65 | Ulster Museum | 584,723 |
66 | Churchill War Rooms | 579,612 |
67 | Westonbirt, The National Arboretum | 552,662 |
68 | Kensington Palace | 550,162 |
69 | Urquhart Castle | 518,195 |
70 | Pitt Rivers Museum | 502,000 |
71 | RAF Museum London | 501,331 |
72 | Carrick-a-Rede | 491,947 |
73 | Attingham Park | 484,581 |
74 | Cliveden | 483,754 |
75 | Glasgow Cathedral | 482,783 |
76 | Bristol Zoo Gardens | 478,126 |
77 | Waddesdon Manor | 466,158 |
78 | Leeds Castle | 465,706 |
79 | National Science and Media Museum | 459,808 |
80 | RHS Garden Harlow Carr | 441,652 |
81 | Shakespeare's Birthplace | 423,900 |
82 | RAF Museum Cosford | 423,331 |
83 | Belton House | 422,682 |
84 | V&A Museum of Childhood | 418,271 |
85 | Duxford | 394,053 |
86 | Stourhead | 393,779 |
87 | International Slavery Museum | 393,380 |
88 | Fountains Abbey Estate | 388,500 |
89 | Glenfinnan | 385,352 |
90 | Calke Abbey | 384,561 |
91 | Culzean Castle & Country Park | 382,608 |
92 | Mottisfont | 376,043 |
93 | Anglesey Abbey | 370,506 |
94 | Walker Art Gallery | 369,363 |
95 | Dover Castle | 365,462 |
96 | Scottish National Portrait Gallery | 358,312 |
97 | Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Modern One) | 356,895 |
98 | Wakehurst | 354,957 |
99 | Nymans Garden | 354,502 |
100 | London Transport Museum | 353,921 |
101 | Kingston Lacy | 353,653 |
102 | The Fitzwilliam Museum | 352,416 |
103 | St Michael's Mount | 347,773 |
104 | Polesden Lacey | 347,149 |
105 | People's Palace Museum | 342,577 |
106 | V&A Dundee | 341,265 |
107 | RHS Garden Hyde Hall | 334,520 |
108 | IWM North | 334,500 |
109 | Beaulieu | 320,594 |
110 | Dunham Massey | 310,093 |
111 | Sheffield Park | 306,692 |
112 | Osborne | 304,927 |
113 | Wimpole Estate | 304,191 |
114 | Cambridge University Botanic Garden | 304,000 |
115 | Tate St Ives | 302,864 |
116 | Tyntesfield | 301,765 |
117 | HMS Belfast | 297,941 |
118 | Museum of London (Docklands) | 290,488 |
119 | Hardwick Hall | 285,379 |
120 | Lanhydrock | 273,149 |
121 | Killerton | 267,383 |
122 | Burns Birthplace Museum | 266,369 |
123 | WWT Slimbridge | 266,201 |
124 | Brodie Castle | 256,666 |
125 | Bodnant Garden | 254,227 |
126 | Ickworth | 254,073 |
127 | Dyrham Park | 251,631 |
128 | Chartwell | 246,336 |
129 | Kettle's Yard | 245,199 |
130 | Quarry Bank | 240,277 |
131 | Corfe Castle | 237,992 |
132 | Wallington | 236,825 |
133 | Cragside Estate | 236,672 |
134 | RHS Garden Rosemoor | 234,102 |
135 | Tintagel Castle | 230,584 |
136 | Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum | 229,888 |
137 | Mount Stewart | 226,577 |
138 | Piermaster's House | 226,190 |
139 | Castle Howard | 225,769 |
140 | Baddesley Clinton | 221,703 |
141 | Trelissick | 214,034 |
142 | Glencoe Visitor Centre | 213,343 |
143 | Culloden | 213,343 |
144 | Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Modern Two) | 213,042 |
145 | WWT Martin Mere | 210,744 |
146 | Saltram | 209,755 |
147 | Stowe | 208,644 |
148 | Charlecote Park | 208,289 |
149 | Highland Safari Park | 205,930 |
150 | Dunster Castle | 204,625 |
151 | Speke Hall | 204,134 |
152 | Shugborough Estate | 203,652 |
153 | Packwood House | 202,114 |
154 | Lady Lever Art Gallery | 201,970 |
155 | WildPlace Project | 192,306 |
156 | Locomotion | 185,107 |
157 | WWT London | 178,276 |
158 | Carlisle Castle | 177,247 |
159 | History of Science Museum | 176,757 |
160 | Audley End House and Gardens | 170,042 |
161 | The Monument to the Great Fire of London | 169,566 |
162 | Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences | 157,690 |
163 | Clifford's Tower, York | 154,701 |
164 | NHM (Tring) | 150,580 |
165 | Whitby Abbey | 147,566 |
166 | Ulster Folk & Transport Museum | 146,425 |
167 | Anne Hathaway's Cottage | 144,516 |
168 | The St Mungo Museum of Religious Life And Art | 144,361 |
169 | University of Oxford Botanic garden | 142,440 |
170 | Doune Castle | 142,091 |
171 | Kenwood | 131,126 |
172 | Wrest Park | 128,980 |
173 | Crathes Castle | 127,695 |
174 | Carisbrooke Castle | 125,664 |
175 | University Museum of Zoology | 124,649 |
176 | 1066 Battle of Hastings, Abbey and Battlefield | 123,870 |
177 | Ulster American Folk Park | 117,076 |
178 | Guildhall Art Gallery | 116,616 |
179 | Skara Brae | 111,921 |
180 | Eltham Palace and Gardens | 110,034 |
181 | Kenilworth Castle | 110,012 |
182 | Housesteads Roman Fort | 109,675 |
183 | Shakespeare's New Place | 109,452 |
184 | Walmer Castle and Gardens | 103,905 |
185 | National Museum of Rural Life | 100,241 |
186 | Threave Garden | 96,357 |
187 | Linlithgow Palace | 94,718 |
188 | St Andrews Castle | 91,302 |
189 | WWT Arundel | 90,947 |
190 | Provand's Lordship | 89,416 |
191 | Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology | 81,854 |
192 | Inverewe Gardens | 80,913 |
193 | National Museum of Flight | 79,573 |
194 | Mary Arden's Farm | 79,349 |
195 | Hall's Croft | 77,750 |
196 | WWT Washington | 73,556 |
197 | WWT Llanelli | 72,155 |
198 | Fort George | 71,906 |
199 | Newhailes | 68,360 |
200 | Iona Abbey | 64,183 |
201 | Scotland Street School Museum | 62,096 |
202 | WWT Castle Espie | 59,348 |
203 | Blackness Castle | 58,388 |
204 | Melrose Abbey | 58,286 |
205 | Pollok House | 57,172 |
206 | St Andrews Cathedral | 56,249 |
207 | Fyvie Castle | 56,158 |
208 | Drum Castle | 50,421 |
209 | Benmore Botanic Garden | 48,859 |
210 | The Polar Museum | 48,144 |
211 | Falkland Palace | 46,475 |
212 | Bannockburn | 45,208 |
213 | Tantallon Castle | 43,170 |
214 | Pitmedden Garden | 41,694 |
215 | Pitmedden Garden & Museum | 41,694 |
216 | Brodick Castle & Country Park | 39,708 |
217 | Elgin Cathedral | 39,398 |
218 | Sudley House | 36,315 |
219 | Dawyck Botanic Garden | 35,622 |
220 | Craigmillar Castle | 35,442 |
221 | Caerlaverock Castle | 35,305 |
222 | Georgian House | 33,450 |
223 | Aston Hall | 32,432 |
224 | Dirleton Castle | 29,764 |
225 | WWT Welney | 29,372 |
226 | Dumbarton Castle | 28,546 |
227 | Maeshowe | 28,414 |
228 | Logan Botanic Garden | 25,186 |
229 | Ben Lawers Visitor Centre | 24,728 |
230 | Culross Palace | 24,445 |
231 | Museum of the Jewellery Quarter | 21,646 |
232 | Craigievar Castle | 19,702 |
233 | Leith Hall | 19,332 |
234 | Blakesley Hall | 18,451 |
235 | Sarehole Mill | 17,909 |
236 | Glasgow Museum Resource Centre | 17,441 |
237 | Tenement House | 17,053 |
238 | Kellie Castle | 17,003 |
239 | Broughton House & Garden | 16,843 |
240 | Greenbank Garden | 16,327 |
241 | Museum of Classical Archaeology | 14,773 |
242 | WWT Caerlaverock | 13,913 |
243 | Hill House | 12,150 |
244 | Geilston Garden | 12,110 |
245 | Gladstones Land | 11,670 |
246 | Whipple Museum of the History of Science | 11,018 |
247 | Soho House | 8,553 |
248 | Weoley Castle | 8,282 |
249 | Museum Collection Centre | 1,742 |
Notes | |
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a | Hayward Gallery, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room. |
b | Terracotta Warriors |
c | Closed part of the year. |
d | Record year in 2017. |
e | Double Fantasy exhibition. |
f | Dippy, programming. |
g | Troubles & Beyond Gallery Opening; Dippy. |
h | New Building and Exhibition; Anniversary. |
i | Now counting free visitors; good weather. |
j | New exhibitions. |
k | Opened 15 September. |
l | Decrease after very strong 2017. |
m | New playpark; updated counting methodology. |
n | Closed part of the year. |
o | Hamish the Polar Bear. |
p | Poppies. |
q | Closed part of the year. |
r | Opening of Weehailes Children's Park. |
s | Mackintosh 150. |
t | Large scale events. |
u | Weather; road closures. |
v | Site closure due to flooding. |
w | Increased accessibility and marketing. |
Acronym | Group |
---|---|
BMT | Birmingham Museums Trust |
BZS | Bristol Zoological Society |
CLC | City of London Attractions |
EH | English Heritage |
FC | Forestry Commission |
GM | Glasgow Museum |
HES | Historic Environment Scotland |
HRP | Historic Royal Palaces |
IWM | Imperial War Museum |
MOL | Museum of London |
NGS | National Galleries of Scotland |
NHM | Natural History Museum |
NML | National Museums Liverpool |
NMNI | National Museums of Northern Ireland |
NMS | National Museums Scotland |
NT | National Trust |
NTS | National Trust for Scotland |
OUM | Oxford University Museum |
RAF | RAF Museum |
RBGE | Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh |
RBGK | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
RHS | Royal Horticultural Society |
SBT | The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust |
SMG | Science Museum Group |
TATE | Tate Gallery |
THE | Treasure Houses of England |
UoCM | University of Cambridge Museums |
V&A | Victoria and Albert Museum |
WWT | Wildfowl and Wetland Trust |
ZSL | Zoological Society of London |
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