The only indoor attraction in the top five was the London Natural History Museum at No. 4. Figures from the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions show 67.8 million people visited its sites last year
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Last year, four of Britain’s top five tourist attractions were outdoor venues.
Windsor Great Park, No. 1 with 5.4 million visitors, had never even made the top 10 before.
The only indoor attraction in the top five was the London Natural History Museum at No. 4. Figures from the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions show that 67.8 million people visited its sites last year.
That’s up 25% year-on-year, but down 57% from pre-Covid 2019.
And ALVA warned that a drop in overall numbers was leaving landmarks such as Westminster Abbey, Stonehenge and St Paul’s Cathedral struggling.
Director Bernard Donoghue said: “In a normal year they are largely dependent on foreign visitors, who don’t come.
“These organizations… won’t repair their balance sheets for two or three years.”
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Top 20 British Attractions
1 Windsor Great Park, Berkshire
2 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, South West London
3 Chester Zoo
4 Natural History Museum, London
5 RHS Garden, Wisley, Surrey
6 British Museum, London
7 Tate Modern, London
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8 Somerset House, London
9 Science Museum, London
ten Jeskyns Community Forest, Cobham, Kent
11 Victoria and Albert Museum, London
12 Moors Valley Country Park, Ringwood, Dorset
13 Southbank Centre, London
14 Longleat, Warminster, Wiltshire
15 National Gallery, London
16 Sherwood Pines, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
17 ZSL London Zoo
18 Royal Museums of Greenwich, London
19 ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, Dunstable, Bedfordshire
20 National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
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