2022 Visitor Figures

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Visits made in 2022 to visitor attractions in membership with ALVA

Rank Site Total visits Charge /free In/ outdoor % +/- Area Group Note
1 The Crown Estate, Windsor Great Park 5,636,844 1 O 4% South East ae
2 Natural History Museum (South Kensington) 4,654,608 2 I 196% London NHM
3 The British Museum 4,097,253 2 I 209% London
4 Tate Modern 3,883,160 2 I 202% London TATE
5 Southbank Centre 2,947,155 2 I 275% London
6 The National Gallery 2,727,119 2 I 274% London
7 V&A South Kensington 2,370,261 2 I 176% London V&A v
8 Somerset House 2,346,580 2 Mix 138% London
9 Science Museum 2,334,930 2 I 144% London SMG
10 Tower of London 2,020,121 3 Mix 284% London HRP
11 National Museum of Scotland 1,973,751 2 I 199% Scotland NMS
12 Royal Botanic Gardens Kew 1,963,885 3 Mix 0% London RBGK
13 Royal Museums Greenwich 1,628,580 1234 I 137% London
14 RHS Garden Wisley 1,494,709 3 O 6% South East RHS
15 Royal Albert Hall 1,449,486 5 I 177% London
16 Edinburgh Castle 1,346,168 3 Mix 218% Scotland HES c
17 Scottish National Gallery 1,277,230 2 I 322% Scotland NGS
18 St Paul's Cathedral 1,193,888 2 I 329% London ad
19 Riverside Museum 1,173,242 2 I 276% Scotland GM
20 British Library 1,149,070 2 I 179% London
21 Westminster Abbey 1,063,063 5 I 551% London
22 ZSL London Zoo 1,045,289 3 Mix 51% London ZSL
23 Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 996,597 2 O 54% Scotland RBGE
24 Stonehenge 977,316 3 O 193% South West EH
25 Windsor Castle 927,331 5 Mix 193% South East RCT
26 Tate Britain 913,395 2 I 74% London TATE
27 Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum 891,114 2 I 209% Scotland GM
28 Roman Baths and Pump Room 851,854 5 I 142% South West
29 Longleat 814,263 5 O 16% South West
30 Moors Valley Country Park 810,707 1 O 1% South West FE y
31 Blenheim Palace 806,806 3 Mix 35% South East THE
32 Horniman Museum and Gardens 790,067 2 Mix 21% London o
33 Beamish Museum 773,814 3 Mix 30% North East
34 ZSL Whipsnade Zoo 760,087 3 O 14% East of England ZSL
35 Ashmolean Museum Oxford 728,006 2 I 243% South East OUM
36 Portsmouth Historic Dockyard 718,990 5 Mix 65% South East NMRN
37 Bodleian Libraries 711,478 2 I 190% South East OUM
38 National War Museum Edinburgh 699,178 1 I 152% Scotland NMS
39 The Royal Opera House Covent Garden 697,001 5 I 151% London
40 Royal Academy of Arts 695,968 3 I 48% London
41 IWM London 684,909 1 I 114% London IWM x
42 Oxford University Museum of Natural History 675,557 1 I 152% South East OUM
43 The Royal Shakespeare Company 672,487 2 Mix 557% West Midlands z
44 Liverpool World Museum 669,684 2 I 103% North West NML
45 Eden Project 658,084 5 Mix 14% South West
46 Tower Bridge 648,001 5 I 255% London CLC
47 Shakespeare's Globe 629,330 4 Mix 148% London
48 Titanic Belfast 624,294 5 I 177% Northern Ireland
49 York Minster 620,591 5 I 133% Y&H
50 Old Royal Naval College 617,843 2 Mix 130% London
51 Sherwood Pines 612,804 1 O -13% East Midlands FE y
52 Museum of Liverpool 605,926 2 I 141% North West NML
53 Edinburgh Zoo 601,285 4 Mix -5% Scotland RZSS w
54 Chatsworth 578,745 4 Mix 7% East Midlands THE
55 National Railway Museum 572,607 1 I 65% Y&H SMG
56 Knowsley Safari and Knowsley Hall 565,772 4 Mix -5% North West
57 Canterbury Cathedral 551,767 3 I 64% South East ad
58 Clumber Park 541,351 3 O 21% East Midlands NT
59 Attingham Park 538,394 3 Mix -10% West Midlands NT
60 Cliveden 536,672 3 Mix -3% South East NT
61 Hampton Court Palace 527,899 3 Mix 40% London HRP m
62 Dunham Massey 525,819 3 Mix 1% North West NT p
63 High Lodge Thetford Forest 525,685 1 O -2% East of England FE y
64 Merseyside Maritime Museum 520,328 2 I 149% North West NML
65 RHS Garden Bridgewater 520,159 3 O 123% North West RHS
66 the Design Museum 511,863 2 I 515% London
67 Calke Abbey 486,375 3 Mix 19% East Midlands NT
68 The Burrell Collection 482,984 2 I % Scotland GM b
69 Westonbirt, The National Arboretum 477,495 3 O -21% South West FE
70 Delamere Forest 472,986 1 O -3% North West FE y
71 RHS Garden Harlow Carr 461,904 3 O 15% Y&H RHS
72 Jeskyns Community Woodland 447,116 1 O -49% South East FE y
73 Leeds Castle 445,604 5 Mix 14% South East THE
74 Haldon Forest Park 443,553 1 O -14% South West FE y
75 Churchill War Rooms 438,092 3 I 360% London IWM x
76 RHS Garden Hyde Hall 434,347 3 O 6% East of England RHS
77 Giants Causeway 421,713 3 Mix 178% Northern Ireland NT
78 Foutains Abbey Estate 420,403 3 O 15% Y&H NT
79 Stirling Castle 418,180 3 Mix 181% Scotland HES c
80 Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery 409,784 2 I % West Midlands BMT
81 Bedgebury National Pinetum 409,771 1 O -22% South East FE y
82 Beechenhurst 409,219 1 O -38% South West FE y
83 Wendover Woods 406,302 1 O -20% South East FE y
84 Tate Liverpool 405,218 2 I 92% North West TATE
85 The Royal Air Force Museum London 400,643 1 I 84% London RAF
86 Glenfinnan Monument 398,130 3 Mix 36% Scotland NTS
87 Ulster Museum 386,539 1 I 203% Northern Ireland NMNI
88 Wakehurst 384,415 3 O -7% South East RBGK
89 The Royal Air Force Museum Midlands 382,831 1 I 101% West Midlands RAF
90 Museum of London 381,211 2 I 161% London MOL u
91 St Michael's Mount 375,885 3 Mix -12% South West NT
92 Stourhead 375,197 3 Mix 17% South West NT
93 Tyntesfield 365,925 3 Mix 20% South West NT
94 Belton House 361,270 3 Mix 6% East Midlands NT
95 Kingston Lacy 360,388 3 Mix 21% South West NT
96 Urquhart Castle 357,154 3 Mix 234% Scotland HES c
97 The Fitzwilliam Museum 356,028 1 I 260% East of England UoCM
98 Science and Industry Museum 352,278 2 I 85% North West SMG e
99 Cannock Chase Forest 352,198 1 O -16% West Midlands FE y
100 Nymans 348,491 3 Mix 18% South East NT
101 Dalby Forest 347,443 1 O -6% Y&H FE y
102 IWM Duxford 346,658 3 Mix 57% East of England IWM x
103 Cambridge University Botanic Garden 345,251 3 O 19% East of England UoCM
104 Anglesey Abbey 345,209 3 Mix 11% East of England NT
105 Glencoe Visitor Centre 344,896 1 Mix 166% Scotland NTS
106 Wimpole 343,767 3 Mix 17% East of England NT
107 Alice Holt Forest 340,973 1 O -16% South East FE y
108 London Transport Museum 338,249 5 I 115% London
109 Polesden 333,200 3 Mix 2% South East NT
110 Beaulieu 327,026 5 Mix 18% South East THE
111 Mottisfont 320,976 3 Mix 34% South East NT
112 Gallery of Modern Art 318,620 2 I 321% Scotland GM
113 Leeds Art Gallery 308,147 1 I 92% Y&H LMG
114 Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art 303,678 1 I 100% Scotland NGS j
115 Palace of Holyroodhouse 301,478 5 I 199% Scotland RCT
116 Wellcome Collection 300,213 1 I 208% London
117 National Memorial Arboretum 299,344 1 O 11% West Midlands
118 Pitt Rivers Museum 299,218 1 I 126% South East OUM
119 Wyre Forest 297,335 1 O -19% West Midlands FE y
120 Durham Cathedral 296,406 2 I 18% North East
121 Ickworth 294,134 3 Mix 12% East of England NT
122 Kensington Palace 294,043 3 I 50% London HRP m
123 Sheffield Park 293,726 3 O -1% South East NT
124 Harewood House Trust 292,566 3 Mix 18% Y&H THE
125 Tintagel Castle 279,608 3 O 5% South West EH
126 V&A Dundee 278,426 2 I 86% Scotland V&A
127 Newhailes 272,737 3 Mix 317% Scotland NTS
128 Salcey Forest 271,079 1 O -1% East of England FE y
129 Bodnant Garden 270,302 3 O 13% Wales NT
130 Castle Howard 266,998 3 Mix 15% Y&H THE
131 Osborne 266,370 4 Mix 20% South East EH
132 International Slavery Museum 265,360 2 I 85% North West NML
133 Shugborough 256,236 3 Mix 9% West Midlands NT
134 Glasgow Cathedral 256,001 1 I 658% Scotland HES c
135 Gibside 248,578 3 O 4% North East NT
136 Quarry Bank Mill 247,716 3 Mix 31% North West NT
137 Leeds City Museum 242,638 1 I 104% Y&H LMG
138 Croome 241,819 3 Mix 8% West Midlands NT
139 Hardwick 240,297 3 Mix 23% North East NT
140 Cardinham Woods 236,682 1 O -13% South West FE y
141 Corfe Castle 235,987 3 O 16% South West NT
142 Cragside Estate 231,188 3 Mix 2% North East NT
143 Wallington 229,995 3 Mix 9% North East NT
144 RHS Garden Rosemoor 228,047 3 O -2% South West RHS
145 Whinlatter Forest 227,355 1 O -14% North West FE y
146 Kedleston 226,225 3 Mix 7% East Midlands NT
147 Forest of Dean Cycle Centre 225,159 1 O % South West FE y
148 Dover Castle 224,782 4 Mix 51% South East EH
149 Chartwell 223,877 3 Mix 14% South East NT
150 WWT Slimbridge 223,631 4 O 22% South West WWT
151 Bletchley Park Trust 223,570 3 I 67% South East
152 Scottish National Portrait Gallery 222,977 1 I 171% Scotland NGS
153 Mount Stewart 215,619 3 Mix 0% Northern Ireland NT
154 IWM North 215,245 1 I 105% North West IWM x
155 Stowe Gardens & Park 211,735 3 O -5% South East NT
156 Culzean Castle & Country Park 209,002 3 Mix -9% Scotland NTS t
157 Lotherton 208,771 5 Mix -12% Y&H LMG
158 Museum of London (Docklands) 206,337 2 I 180% London MOL
159 Oxford Botanic Gardens and Arboretum 206,198 3 O 19% South East OUM
160 Speke Hall Liverpool 205,910 3 Mix 46% North West NT
161 Charlecote 205,668 3 Mix 6% West Midlands NT
162 Great North Museum: Hancock 204,823 1 I 67% North East TWAM
163 Baddesley 204,623 3 Mix 11% West Midlands NT
164 Dyrham 202,266 3 Mix -1% South West NT
165 Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum 201,551 3 Mix 133% West Midlands BMT g
166 Walker Art Gallery 199,171 2 I 147% North West NML
167 Hanbury Hall and Gardens 199,039 3 Mix 14% West Midlands NT
168 Killerton 197,710 3 Mix 23% South West NT
169 Packwood 194,676 3 Mix 19% West Midlands NT
170 Salisbury Cathedral and Magna Carta 194,552 5 I 111% South West ad
171 Blickling 191,341 3 Mix 14% East of England NT
172 Tate St Ives 189,249 2 I 46% South West TATE
173 Knole 189,044 3 Mix 83% South East NT
174 Haughmond Hill 187,629 1 O -13% West Midlands FE y
175 Lacock 187,083 3 Mix 50% South West NT
176 Robert Burns Birthplace Museum 182,196 3 I 28% Scotland NTS
177 Whitby Abbey 180,744 4 Mix 25% North East EH
178 National Science and Media Museum 177,847 1 I 86% Y&H SMG
179 Trelissick 177,779 3 Mix 54% South West NT
180 Lady Lever Art Gallery 171,430 2 I 174% North West NML
181 Clifford's Tower York 171,024 3 Mix % Y&H EH ab
182 HMS Belfast 167,933 3 I 180% London IWM x
183 Dunster 167,723 3 Mix 31% South West NT
184 Audley End House and Gardens 165,875 4 Mix -1% East of England EH
185 Lanhydrock 162,601 3 Mix 31% South West NT
186 Hamsterley Forest 160,929 1 O -19% North East FE y
187 Discovery Museum 160,432 1 I 96% North East TWAM
188 Wrest Park 158,737 4 O 5% East of England EH
189 The Vyne 153,090 3 Mix -10% South East NT
190 Highland Wildlife Park 152,048 4 O 2% Scotland RZSS
191 Culloden Visitor Centre 149,003 3 Mix 158% Scotland NTS
192 Saltram 148,440 3 Mix 40% South West NT
193 Crathes Castle 148,174 3 Mix 7% Scotland NTS
194 Brunel's SS Great Britain 147,742 5 I 67% South West
195 People's Palace 146,389 1 I 4411% Scotland GM
196 Grizedale 139,970 1 O -18% North West FE y
197 Fineshade Wood 136,180 1 O -17% East of England FE y
198 Natural History Museum (Tring) 134,208 1 I 157% East of England NHM
199 Blists Hill Victorian Town 132,249 5 O 27% West Midlands IGT
200 Kirkstall Abbey 132,175 3 O 28% Y&H LMG
201 Walmer Castle and Gardens 130,516 4 Mix 26% South East EH
202 Eltham Palace and Gardens 128,986 4 Mix 39% London EH
203 WWT London 128,739 4 O 9% London WWT
204 WWT Martin Mere 127,708 4 O 9% North West WWT k
205 History of Science Museum 126,517 1 I 294% South East OUM
206 Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Garden 119,082 4 O 15% West Midlands EH
207 Holkham Hall 116,022 5 Mix 37% East of England THE
208 Laing Art Gallery 111,017 2 I 176% North East TWAM
209 1066 Battle of Hastings, Abbey and Battlefield 108,113 4 O 18% South East EH
210 Carisbrooke Castle 104,891 4 O 15% South East EH
211 University Museum of Zoology 103,604 1 I 121% East of England UoCM
212 Brodsworth Hall and Gardens 100,545 4 Mix 7% Y&H EH
213 Kettle's Yard 100,168 5 I 164% East of England UoCM
214 National Museum of Rural Life 99,795 3 Mix 77% Scotland NMS
215 Hicks Lodge 95,769 1 O -9% East Midlands FE y
216 St Abb's Head 92,898 1 O 58% Scotland NTS
217 Carrick-a-Rede 92,504 3 O % Northern Ireland NT q
218 Shakespeare's Birthplace 92,417 5 I 92% West Midlands SBT aa
219 Skara Brae 90,234 3 Mix 137% Scotland HES
220 Bolsover Castle 89,252 4 Mix 20% East Midlands EH
221 Housesteads Roman Fort - Hadrian's Wall 87,854 3 O 39% North East EH
222 Pollok House 86,829 3 I % Scotland NTS
223 Framlingham Castle 84,599 3 Mix 17% East of England EH
224 Burghley 83,603 5 Mix 55% East of England THE
225 Ulster Folk Museum 83,340 3 O 52% Northern Ireland NMNI
226 The Monument to The Great Fire of London 81,291 5 I 729% London CLC s
227 Gisburn Forest and Stocks 80,566 1 O 6% North West FE y
228 South Sheilds Museum & Art Gallery 79,588 1 I 121% North East TWAM
229 Locomotion 78,317 1 I 41% North East SMG
230 WWT Arundel 78,064 4 O 30% South East WWT
231 Ulster American Folk Park 75,493 3 O 21% Northern Ireland NMNI
232 Pendennis Castle 74,850 4 Mix 14% South West EH 0
233 Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 74,752 1 I 311% East of England UoCM
234 Scarborough Castle 73,685 4 O 16% Y&H EH
235 Kenwood 71,877 1 I 234% London EH
236 Fyvie Castle 69,513 3 Mix 13% Scotland NTS
237 Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences 67,177 1 I 206% East of England UoCM
238 Sudbury Hall 66,690 3 Mix % East Midlands NT r
239 Belsay Hall Castle and Gardens 65,611 4 Mix 9% North East EH
240 Witley Court and Gardens 65,527 4 O -2% West Midlands EH
241 WWT Washington 65,395 4 O 40% North East WWT
242 Corrieshalloch Gorge 65,279 1 O -8% Scotland NTS
243 Fleet Air Arm Museum 64,319 5 I 39% South West NMRN
244 WWT Llanelli 63,565 4 O 44% Wales WWT
245 Brodick Castle & Country Park 63,255 3 Mix 33% Scotland NTS
246 National Museum of Flight 61,962 3 Mix 17% Scotland NMS
247 Kielder Water and Forest Park 59,311 1 O -3% North East FE y
248 Balmacara Estate & Lochalsh Woodland Garden 58,227 1 O 14% Scotland NTS
249 Blackness Castle 58,168 3 Mix 359% Scotland HES
250 Lindisfarne Priory 57,981 3 O 21% North East EH
251 Fort George 57,390 3 Mix 62% Scotland HES
252 Brodie Castle 55,690 3 Mix 5% Scotland NTS
253 Doune Castle 55,484 3 Mix 1650% Scotland HES d
254 Iona Abbey 55,256 3 Mix 290% Scotland HES
255 Warkworth Castle 54,776 4 O 17% North East EH
256 Ben Lomond 54,649 1 O 10% Scotland NTS
257 Grey Mare's Tail 54,453 1 O 25% Scotland NTS
258 Inverewe Gardens 53,517 3 O 27% Scotland NTS
259 Beeston Castle and Woodland Park 52,282 4 O 13% North West EH
260 Rievaulx Abbey 51,580 4 O 21% Y&H EH
261 Pitmedden Garden & Museum of Farm Life 51,554 3 O 9% Scotland NTS
262 Mar Lodge Estate 51,293 1 O -20% Scotland NTS
263 Threave Garden 50,706 3 O -38% Scotland NTS
264 Ulster Transport Museum 49,760 3 I 44% Northern Ireland NMNI
265 Guildhall Art Gallery and London's Roman Ampitheatre 46,423 2 I 30% London CLC n
266 National Museum Royal Navy Hartlepool 46,179 5 Mix 58% North East
267 Abbey House Museum 45,118 5 I 35% Y&H LMG
268 Falkland Palace 44,585 3 Mix 107% Scotland NTS
269 Castle Fraser 42,331 3 Mix -12% Scotland NTS
270 Anne Hathaway's Cottage 42,294 5 Mix 82% West Midlands SBT aa
271 Drum Castle 42,179 3 Mix 10% Scotland NTS
272 Gladstone's Land 41,049 3 I 259% Scotland NTS
273 Staffa National Nature Reserve 40,413 1 O 127% Scotland NTS
274 Tantallon Castle 40,202 1 Mix 201% Scotland HES e
275 Dawyck Botanic Garden 39,672 5 O 17% Scotland RBGE
276 Melrose Abbey 38,009 3 Mix 112% Scotland HES
277 Aston Hall 37,490 3 Mix 102% West Midlands BMT
278 Hermitage 36,938 1 O % Scotland NTS
279 Enginuity 36,602 5 I 53% West Midlands IGT
280 WWT Castle Espie 35,734 4 O 10% Northern Ireland WWT l
281 The Iron Bridge and Toll House 35,645 1 I 56% West Midlands IGT
282 Segedunum Roman Fort 34,994 4 Mix 174% North East TWAM
283 Hill House 33,740 3 I 51% Scotland NTS
284 Shakespeare's New Place 33,661 5 Mix 88% West Midlands SBT aa
285 Benmore Botanic Garden 33,483 5 O 10% Scotland RBGE
286 House of Dun 31,611 3 Mix 40% Scotland NTS
287 Dunfermline Abbey 29,408 1 Mix 343% Scotland HES
288 Craigievar Castle 29,222 3 Mix 122% Scotland NTS
289 Craigmillar Castle 28,958 3 Mix 144% Scotland HES
290 Logan Botanic Garden 27,663 5 O -13% Scotland RBGE
291 Museum of the Gorge 27,581 1 I 40% West Midlands IGT
292 Bannockburn Heritage Centre 27,512 3 I 97% Scotland NTS
293 Sudley House 27,157 2 I 261% North West NML
294 The St Mungo Museum of Religious Life And Art 27,095 2 I % Scotland GM a
295 Iona 26,982 1 O 338% Scotland NTS
296 Temple Newsam 26,753 5 Mix 113% Y&H LMG
297 Leith Hall 26,337 3 Mix 46% Scotland NTS
298 WWT Welney 26,324 4 O 82% East of England WWT
299 Stephenson Steam Railway 24,514 4 Mix 53% North East TWAM
300 Goatfell 23,760 1 O -60% Scotland NTS
301 The Polar Museum 23,705 1 I 277% East of England UoCM
302 Elgin Cathedral 22,627 3 Mix 321% Scotland HES
303 Greenbank Garden 21,937 3 O 20% Scotland NTS
304 Culross Palace 21,894 3 I 104% Scotland NTS
305 Ben Lawers Visitor Centre 20,971 1 O -41% Scotland NTS
306 Sarehole Mill 20,462 3 Mix 18% West Midlands BMT
307 Barry Mill 20,462 3 I 171% Scotland NTS
308 Dunstaffnage Castle 20,188 3 Mix 317% Scotland HES
309 Arbeia South Sheilds Roman Fort 19,568 1 Mix 66% North East TWAM
310 Shipley Art Gallery 19,203 1 I 201% North East TWAM
311 Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron 18,508 5 I 59% West Midlands IGT
312 Georgian House 18,483 3 I 142% Scotland NTS
313 Tenement House 18,172 3 I 325% Scotland NTS
314 Hatton Gallery 17,686 1 I 97% North East TWAM
315 Branklyn Garden 17,318 3 O -1% Scotland NTS
316 Killiecrankie Visitor Centre 15,946 1 O % Scotland NTS
317 Leeds Industrial Museum 15,812 5 I 37% Y&H LMG
318 Haddo House 14,650 3 Mix 138% Scotland NTS
319 Coalport China Museum 13,279 5 I 69% West Midlands IGT
320 Geilston Garden 12,970 3 O -3% Scotland NTS
321 Crarae Garden 12,024 3 Mix % Scotland NTS
322 Jackfield Tile Museum 11,820 5 I 50% West Midlands IGT
323 Kellie Castle 11,670 3 Mix 21% Scotland NTS
324 Blakesley Hall 11,407 3 Mix 96% West Midlands BMT
325 Broughton House & Garden 11,140 3 Mix 182% Scotland NTS
326 Thwaite Watermill 11,114 5 Mix 32% Y&H LMG
327 Kintail Estate 10,039 1 O -18% Scotland NTS
328 Whipple Museum of the History of Science 9,882 1 I 337% East of England UoCM
329 WWT Caerlaverock 9,021 4 O 15% Scotland WWT
330 Soho House 8,457 3 Mix 140% West Midlands BMT
331 Museum of Classical Archaeology 8,132 1 I 119% East of England UoCM
332 Abertarff House 7,296 1 I 987% Scotland NTS
333 Canna 6,205 1 O 359% Scotland NTS
334 Alloa Tower 5,965 3 I 30% Scotland NTS
335 Hill of Tarvit 5,642 3 I 106% Scotland NTS
336 St Kilda 5,614 1 O 27% Scotland NTS
337 Holmwood House 4,586 3 I 191% Scotland NTS
338 Leeds Discovery Centre 4,132 1 I 205% Y&H LMG ac
339 Glasgow Museums Resource Centre 3,859 1 I % Scotland GM
340 Hugh Miller's Cottage 3,842 3 I 875% Scotland NTS
341 Malleny Garden 3,187 3 O -37% Scotland NTS
342 Weoley Castle 3,149 1 O % West Midlands BMT f
343 Preston Mill & Phantassie Doocot 2,793 3 O 52% Scotland NTS
344 Darby Houses 2,543 1 I 25% West Midlands IGT
345 Inveresk Lodge Garden 2,291 3 O -62% Scotland NTS
346 Barrie's Birthplace 1,747 3 I 39% Scotland NTS
347 Museum Collection Centre 1,601 1 I 3539% West Midlands BMT i
348 Robert Smail's Printing Works 1,337 3 I 84% Scotland NTS
349 Museum of the Jewellery Quarter 1,130 3 I 47% West Midlands BMT h
Rank Site Total visits
1 The Crown Estate, Windsor Great Park 5,636,844
2 Natural History Museum (South Kensington) 4,654,608
3 The British Museum 4,097,253
4 Tate Modern 3,883,160
5 Southbank Centre 2,947,155
6 The National Gallery 2,727,119
7 V&A South Kensington 2,370,261
8 Somerset House 2,346,580
9 Science Museum 2,334,930
10 Tower of London 2,020,121
11 National Museum of Scotland 1,973,751
12 Royal Botanic Gardens Kew 1,963,885
13 Royal Museums Greenwich 1,628,580
14 RHS Garden Wisley 1,494,709
15 Royal Albert Hall 1,449,486
16 Edinburgh Castle 1,346,168
17 Scottish National Gallery 1,277,230
18 St Paul's Cathedral 1,193,888
19 Riverside Museum 1,173,242
20 British Library 1,149,070
21 Westminster Abbey 1,063,063
22 ZSL London Zoo 1,045,289
23 Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 996,597
24 Stonehenge 977,316
25 Windsor Castle 927,331
26 Tate Britain 913,395
27 Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum 891,114
28 Roman Baths and Pump Room 851,854
29 Longleat 814,263
30 Moors Valley Country Park 810,707
31 Blenheim Palace 806,806
32 Horniman Museum and Gardens 790,067
33 Beamish Museum 773,814
34 ZSL Whipsnade Zoo 760,087
35 Ashmolean Museum Oxford 728,006
36 Portsmouth Historic Dockyard 718,990
37 Bodleian Libraries 711,478
38 National War Museum Edinburgh 699,178
39 The Royal Opera House Covent Garden 697,001
40 Royal Academy of Arts 695,968
41 IWM London 684,909
42 Oxford University Museum of Natural History 675,557
43 The Royal Shakespeare Company 672,487
44 Liverpool World Museum 669,684
45 Eden Project 658,084
46 Tower Bridge 648,001
47 Shakespeare's Globe 629,330
48 Titanic Belfast 624,294
49 York Minster 620,591
50 Old Royal Naval College 617,843
51 Sherwood Pines 612,804
52 Museum of Liverpool 605,926
53 Edinburgh Zoo 601,285
54 Chatsworth 578,745
55 National Railway Museum 572,607
56 Knowsley Safari and Knowsley Hall 565,772
57 Canterbury Cathedral 551,767
58 Clumber Park 541,351
59 Attingham Park 538,394
60 Cliveden 536,672
61 Hampton Court Palace 527,899
62 Dunham Massey 525,819
63 High Lodge Thetford Forest 525,685
64 Merseyside Maritime Museum 520,328
65 RHS Garden Bridgewater 520,159
66 the Design Museum 511,863
67 Calke Abbey 486,375
68 The Burrell Collection 482,984
69 Westonbirt, The National Arboretum 477,495
70 Delamere Forest 472,986
71 RHS Garden Harlow Carr 461,904
72 Jeskyns Community Woodland 447,116
73 Leeds Castle 445,604
74 Haldon Forest Park 443,553
75 Churchill War Rooms 438,092
76 RHS Garden Hyde Hall 434,347
77 Giants Causeway 421,713
78 Foutains Abbey Estate 420,403
79 Stirling Castle 418,180
80 Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery 409,784
81 Bedgebury National Pinetum 409,771
82 Beechenhurst 409,219
83 Wendover Woods 406,302
84 Tate Liverpool 405,218
85 The Royal Air Force Museum London 400,643
86 Glenfinnan Monument 398,130
87 Ulster Museum 386,539
88 Wakehurst 384,415
89 The Royal Air Force Museum Midlands 382,831
90 Museum of London 381,211
91 St Michael's Mount 375,885
92 Stourhead 375,197
93 Tyntesfield 365,925
94 Belton House 361,270
95 Kingston Lacy 360,388
96 Urquhart Castle 357,154
97 The Fitzwilliam Museum 356,028
98 Science and Industry Museum 352,278
99 Cannock Chase Forest 352,198
100 Nymans 348,491
101 Dalby Forest 347,443
102 IWM Duxford 346,658
103 Cambridge University Botanic Garden 345,251
104 Anglesey Abbey 345,209
105 Glencoe Visitor Centre 344,896
106 Wimpole 343,767
107 Alice Holt Forest 340,973
108 London Transport Museum 338,249
109 Polesden 333,200
110 Beaulieu 327,026
111 Mottisfont 320,976
112 Gallery of Modern Art 318,620
113 Leeds Art Gallery 308,147
114 Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art 303,678
115 Palace of Holyroodhouse 301,478
116 Wellcome Collection 300,213
117 National Memorial Arboretum 299,344
118 Pitt Rivers Museum 299,218
119 Wyre Forest 297,335
120 Durham Cathedral 296,406
121 Ickworth 294,134
122 Kensington Palace 294,043
123 Sheffield Park 293,726
124 Harewood House Trust 292,566
125 Tintagel Castle 279,608
126 V&A Dundee 278,426
127 Newhailes 272,737
128 Salcey Forest 271,079
129 Bodnant Garden 270,302
130 Castle Howard 266,998
131 Osborne 266,370
132 International Slavery Museum 265,360
133 Shugborough 256,236
134 Glasgow Cathedral 256,001
135 Gibside 248,578
136 Quarry Bank Mill 247,716
137 Leeds City Museum 242,638
138 Croome 241,819
139 Hardwick 240,297
140 Cardinham Woods 236,682
141 Corfe Castle 235,987
142 Cragside Estate 231,188
143 Wallington 229,995
144 RHS Garden Rosemoor 228,047
145 Whinlatter Forest 227,355
146 Kedleston 226,225
147 Forest of Dean Cycle Centre 225,159
148 Dover Castle 224,782
149 Chartwell 223,877
150 WWT Slimbridge 223,631
151 Bletchley Park Trust 223,570
152 Scottish National Portrait Gallery 222,977
153 Mount Stewart 215,619
154 IWM North 215,245
155 Stowe Gardens & Park 211,735
156 Culzean Castle & Country Park 209,002
157 Lotherton 208,771
158 Museum of London (Docklands) 206,337
159 Oxford Botanic Gardens and Arboretum 206,198
160 Speke Hall Liverpool 205,910
161 Charlecote 205,668
162 Great North Museum: Hancock 204,823
163 Baddesley 204,623
164 Dyrham 202,266
165 Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum 201,551
166 Walker Art Gallery 199,171
167 Hanbury Hall and Gardens 199,039
168 Killerton 197,710
169 Packwood 194,676
170 Salisbury Cathedral and Magna Carta 194,552
171 Blickling 191,341
172 Tate St Ives 189,249
173 Knole 189,044
174 Haughmond Hill 187,629
175 Lacock 187,083
176 Robert Burns Birthplace Museum 182,196
177 Whitby Abbey 180,744
178 National Science and Media Museum 177,847
179 Trelissick 177,779
180 Lady Lever Art Gallery 171,430
181 Clifford's Tower York 171,024
182 HMS Belfast 167,933
183 Dunster 167,723
184 Audley End House and Gardens 165,875
185 Lanhydrock 162,601
186 Hamsterley Forest 160,929
187 Discovery Museum 160,432
188 Wrest Park 158,737
189 The Vyne 153,090
190 Highland Wildlife Park 152,048
191 Culloden Visitor Centre 149,003
192 Saltram 148,440
193 Crathes Castle 148,174
194 Brunel's SS Great Britain 147,742
195 People's Palace 146,389
196 Grizedale 139,970
197 Fineshade Wood 136,180
198 Natural History Museum (Tring) 134,208
199 Blists Hill Victorian Town 132,249
200 Kirkstall Abbey 132,175
201 Walmer Castle and Gardens 130,516
202 Eltham Palace and Gardens 128,986
203 WWT London 128,739
204 WWT Martin Mere 127,708
205 History of Science Museum 126,517
206 Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Garden 119,082
207 Holkham Hall 116,022
208 Laing Art Gallery 111,017
209 1066 Battle of Hastings, Abbey and Battlefield 108,113
210 Carisbrooke Castle 104,891
211 University Museum of Zoology 103,604
212 Brodsworth Hall and Gardens 100,545
213 Kettle's Yard 100,168
214 National Museum of Rural Life 99,795
215 Hicks Lodge 95,769
216 St Abb's Head 92,898
217 Carrick-a-Rede 92,504
218 Shakespeare's Birthplace 92,417
219 Skara Brae 90,234
220 Bolsover Castle 89,252
221 Housesteads Roman Fort - Hadrian's Wall 87,854
222 Pollok House 86,829
223 Framlingham Castle 84,599
224 Burghley 83,603
225 Ulster Folk Museum 83,340
226 The Monument to The Great Fire of London 81,291
227 Gisburn Forest and Stocks 80,566
228 South Sheilds Museum & Art Gallery 79,588
229 Locomotion 78,317
230 WWT Arundel 78,064
231 Ulster American Folk Park 75,493
232 Pendennis Castle 74,850
233 Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 74,752
234 Scarborough Castle 73,685
235 Kenwood 71,877
236 Fyvie Castle 69,513
237 Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences 67,177
238 Sudbury Hall 66,690
239 Belsay Hall Castle and Gardens 65,611
240 Witley Court and Gardens 65,527
241 WWT Washington 65,395
242 Corrieshalloch Gorge 65,279
243 Fleet Air Arm Museum 64,319
244 WWT Llanelli 63,565
245 Brodick Castle & Country Park 63,255
246 National Museum of Flight 61,962
247 Kielder Water and Forest Park 59,311
248 Balmacara Estate & Lochalsh Woodland Garden 58,227
249 Blackness Castle 58,168
250 Lindisfarne Priory 57,981
251 Fort George 57,390
252 Brodie Castle 55,690
253 Doune Castle 55,484
254 Iona Abbey 55,256
255 Warkworth Castle 54,776
256 Ben Lomond 54,649
257 Grey Mare's Tail 54,453
258 Inverewe Gardens 53,517
259 Beeston Castle and Woodland Park 52,282
260 Rievaulx Abbey 51,580
261 Pitmedden Garden & Museum of Farm Life 51,554
262 Mar Lodge Estate 51,293
263 Threave Garden 50,706
264 Ulster Transport Museum 49,760
265 Guildhall Art Gallery and London's Roman Ampitheatre 46,423
266 National Museum Royal Navy Hartlepool 46,179
267 Abbey House Museum 45,118
268 Falkland Palace 44,585
269 Castle Fraser 42,331
270 Anne Hathaway's Cottage 42,294
271 Drum Castle 42,179
272 Gladstone's Land 41,049
273 Staffa National Nature Reserve 40,413
274 Tantallon Castle 40,202
275 Dawyck Botanic Garden 39,672
276 Melrose Abbey 38,009
277 Aston Hall 37,490
278 Hermitage 36,938
279 Enginuity 36,602
280 WWT Castle Espie 35,734
281 The Iron Bridge and Toll House 35,645
282 Segedunum Roman Fort 34,994
283 Hill House 33,740
284 Shakespeare's New Place 33,661
285 Benmore Botanic Garden 33,483
286 House of Dun 31,611
287 Dunfermline Abbey 29,408
288 Craigievar Castle 29,222
289 Craigmillar Castle 28,958
290 Logan Botanic Garden 27,663
291 Museum of the Gorge 27,581
292 Bannockburn Heritage Centre 27,512
293 Sudley House 27,157
294 The St Mungo Museum of Religious Life And Art 27,095
295 Iona 26,982
296 Temple Newsam 26,753
297 Leith Hall 26,337
298 WWT Welney 26,324
299 Stephenson Steam Railway 24,514
300 Goatfell 23,760
301 The Polar Museum 23,705
302 Elgin Cathedral 22,627
303 Greenbank Garden 21,937
304 Culross Palace 21,894
305 Ben Lawers Visitor Centre 20,971
306 Sarehole Mill 20,462
307 Barry Mill 20,462
308 Dunstaffnage Castle 20,188
309 Arbeia South Sheilds Roman Fort 19,568
310 Shipley Art Gallery 19,203
311 Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron 18,508
312 Georgian House 18,483
313 Tenement House 18,172
314 Hatton Gallery 17,686
315 Branklyn Garden 17,318
316 Killiecrankie Visitor Centre 15,946
317 Leeds Industrial Museum 15,812
318 Haddo House 14,650
319 Coalport China Museum 13,279
320 Geilston Garden 12,970
321 Crarae Garden 12,024
322 Jackfield Tile Museum 11,820
323 Kellie Castle 11,670
324 Blakesley Hall 11,407
325 Broughton House & Garden 11,140
326 Thwaite Watermill 11,114
327 Kintail Estate 10,039
328 Whipple Museum of the History of Science 9,882
329 WWT Caerlaverock 9,021
330 Soho House 8,457
331 Museum of Classical Archaeology 8,132
332 Abertarff House 7,296
333 Canna 6,205
334 Alloa Tower 5,965
335 Hill of Tarvit 5,642
336 St Kilda 5,614
337 Holmwood House 4,586
338 Leeds Discovery Centre 4,132
339 Glasgow Museums Resource Centre 3,859
340 Hugh Miller's Cottage 3,842
341 Malleny Garden 3,187
342 Weoley Castle 3,149
343 Preston Mill & Phantassie Doocot 2,793
344 Darby Houses 2,543
345 Inveresk Lodge Garden 2,291
346 Barrie's Birthplace 1,747
347 Museum Collection Centre 1,601
348 Robert Smail's Printing Works 1,337
349 Museum of the Jewellery Quarter 1,130
Charge / Free
1General admission is free to all
2General admission is free to all – special exhibitions / events charged
3General admission is free to members, but charged for non-members
4General admission is free to members, but all are charged for special exhibitions / events
5General admission is charged
Notes
aReopened in September 2022
b Reopened after being closed for refurbishment
c Capacity remains below that of 2019
d Only open from June 2022 due to works while in 2021 site only open for 39 days
e Restricted access for works
f Estimated apart from attendance at pre-booked events
g Days of opening are more limited than in 2019
h Site remains closed to general public admission
i Primarily from an annual open day
j Modern 2 was fully closed to the public for around 5 months in 2022
k Closed for one month from 8 October 2022
l Closed since 8 October 2022
m The Palace was open 7 days per week in 2019 but is now open just 5 days a week outside school holidays
n Gallery closed for maintenance 1st January – April 2022
o The museum was closed on Wednesdays between January and March
p Moved more outdoor space into paybarrier in 2020
q Closed until throughout 2021 and until mid May 2022
r Closed for redevelopment until site opened partially in October 2022
s Only open at weekends and during school holidays until October 2022
t Includes estimate for countryside visitation from footfall counter breakdowns
u Museum of London (London Wall) closed on 4 December and will reopen in 2026
v Restricted opening hours and days until 4th April
w No Christmas events were held in 2022
x Site open Weds-Sun from January until March, 7 days a week from April until December
y Admission is free but there is a charge for parking
z Only one theatre open for most of the year
aa Individual admissions only, excludes group admissions
ab Site closed during 2021 for installation work and only open April-Dec 2022
ac Visits are by appointment only
ad Admission is free to those attending a service
ae Excludes those visiting to pay their respects between 8th September and the funeral of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
af A new counting method was introduced in 2022
AcronymGroup
BMT Birmingham Museums Trust
CLC City of London Corporation
EH English Heritage
FC Forestry Commission
GM Glasgow Museums
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 Gardens, Libraries and Museums
RAF RAF Museum
RBGE Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh
RBGK Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
RHS Royal Horticultural Society
SBT 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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