British Museum tops UK’s attraction list

The British Museum has been crowned as the U.K.’s top visitor attraction, as listed by the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions, for the 10th year in a row. It had 6,420,395 people pass through its doors last year.

The list excludes attractions that are not ALVA members, which takes Legoland, Madame Tussaud’s and some others out  of  the  running.

Here’s this year’s list of the top 20; all of the top 10 this year were in London.

1. British Museum – 6.42m
2. National Gallery – 6.26m
3. Tate Modern – 5.84m
4. Natural History Museum – 4.62m
5. Southbank Centre – 3.9m
6. Somerset House – 3.44m
7. Science Museum – 3.24m
8. V&A Museum – 3.02m
9. Tower of London – 2.74m
10. Royal Museums Greenwich – 2.45m
11. National Portrait Gallery – 1.95m
12. Chester Zoo – 1.9m
13. Kew Gardens – 1.83m
14. Westminster Abbey – 1.82m
15. National Museum of Scotland – 1.81m
16. Edinburgh Castle – 1.78m
17. Royal Albert Hall – 1.66m
18. Scottish National Gallery – 1.54m
19. St Paul’s Cathedral – 1.52m
20. British Library – 1.5m

And here are the 10 non-London attractions:

1. Chester Zoo – 1.9m
2. National Museum of Scotland – 1.81m
3. Edinburgh Castle – 1.78m
4. Stonehenge – 1.38m
5. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow – 1.26m
6. Riverside Museum, Glasgow – 1.26m
7. Roman Baths and Pump Room – 1.22m
8. RHS: Garden Wisley, Surrey – 1.11m
9. Royal Shakespeare and Swan Theatres, Stratford-upon-Avon – 1.07m
10. Eden Project, Cornwall – 1m

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