HC Deb 18 December 1997 vol 303 cc247-8W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list the top 20 tourist attractions in the United Kingdom. [20910]

Mr. Tom Clarke

The information requested is as follows:

Top 20 tourist attractions in the UK
Attractions Number
1. Blackpool Pleasure Beach 7,500,000
2. British Museum, London 6,228,275
3. National Gallery, London 5,000,000
4. Palace Pier, Brighton 4,250,000
5. Alton Towers, Staffordshire 2,749,000
6. Madame Tussaud's, London 2,715,000
7. Tower of London 2,539,272
8. Westminster Abbey 2,500,000
9. Eastbourne Pier 2,300,000
10. York Minster 2,200,000
11. Tate Gallery, London 2,002,000
12. St. Paul's Cathedral 2,000,000
12. Pleasureland, Southport 2,000,000
14. Chessington World of Adventures 1,700,000
14. Canterbury Cathedral 1,700,000
16. Natural History Museum, London 1,607,255
17. Science Museum, London 1,548,286
18. Legoland, Windsor 1,420,511
Top 20 tourist attractions in the UK
Attractions Number
19. Pleasure Beach, Great Yarmouth 1,400,000
20. Frontierland, Morecambe 1,300,000
20. Victoria and Albert Museum, London 1,300,000

Note:

Inevitably some of the above figures are estimates.

The above table does not include sporting, artistic and exhibition venues.

Source:

Sightseeing in the UK 1996 published by the English Tourist Board, Northern Ireland Tourist Board, Scottish Tourist Board and Wales Tourist Board.