HC Deb 13 June 1989 vol 154 cc383-4W
Mr. Fearn

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the top 20 tourist attractions in numbers of tourists attending or visiting in England and Wales.

Mr. Nicholls

The following table gives the information:

Top twenty tourist attractions in England and Wales in 1988
Attraction Number of visits (millions)
1 Blackpool Pleasure Beach 16.50
2 British Museum, London 13.84
3 Albert Dock, Liverpool 13.50
4 Westminster Abbey, London 13.25
5 National Gallery, London 1323
6 Madame Tussaud's, London 2.70
7 Alton Towers, Staffs. 2.51
8 St. Pauls Cathedral, London 12.50
9 Science Museum, London 12.44
10 Pleasure Beach, Great Yarmouth 12.25
11 Tower of London 2.18

Attraction Number of visits (millions)
12 Canterbury Cathedral 12.13
13 York Minster 12.10
14 Tate Gallery, London 11.58
15 Pleasureland, Southport 11.50
16 Blackpool Tower 1.48
17 Natural History Museum, London 1.37
18 London Zoo 1.33
19 Bradgate Park, Leicestershire 11.20
20 Kew Gardens 1.18
1 Free admission (visitor numbers estimated).

Sources:

Visits to Tourist Attractions in 1988 (British Tourist Authority). English Heritage Monitor (English Tourist Board).

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