List of the most-visited attractions in the United Kingdom explained

This article lists the most-visited attractions in the United Kingdom, including art galleries, gardens, zoos theatres, libraries and museums.

Attraction Ranking

Rank ! Museum	Location	Country	Visitors (2022)^[1]
1	Windsor Great Park	Berkshire	England	5,636,844
2	Natural History Museum	London	England	4,654,608
3	British Museum	London	England	4,097,253
4	Tate Modern	London	England	3,883,160
5	Southbank Centre	London	England	2,947,155
6	National Gallery	London	England	2,727,119
7	Victoria and Albert Museum	London	England	2,370,261
8	Somerset House	London	England	2,346,580
9	London Science Museum	London	England	2,334,930
10	Tower of London	London	England	2,020,121
11	National Museum of Scotland	Edinburgh	Scotland	1,973,751
12	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew	London	England	1,963,885
13	Royal Museums Greenwich	London	England	1,628,580
14	Wisley Garden	Surrey	England	1,494,709
15	Royal Albert Hall	London	England	1,449,486
16	Edinburgh Castle	Edinburgh	Scotland	1,346,168
17	Scottish National Gallery	Edinburgh	Scotland	1,277,230
18	St Paul's Cathedral	London	England	1,193,888
19	Riverside Museum	Glasgow	Scotland	1,173,242
20	British Library	London	England	1,149,070
21	Westminster Abbey	London	England	1,063,063
22	London Zoo	London	England	1,045,289
23	Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh	Edinburgh	Scotland	996,597
24	Stonehenge	Wiltshire	England	977,316
25	Windsor Castle	Berkshire	England	927,331
26	Tate Britain	London	England	913,395
27	Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum	Glasgow	Scotland	891,114
28	Bath's Roman Baths and Grand Pump Room	Somerset	England	851,854
29	Longleat	Wiltshire	England	814,263
30	Moors Valley Country Park	Dorset	England	810,707
31	Blenheim Palace	Oxfordshire	England	806,806
32	Horniman Museum and Gardens	London	England	790,067
33	Beamish Museum	County Durham	England	773,814
34	Whipsnade Zoo	Bedfordshire	England	760,087
35	Ashmolean Museum	Oxfordshire	England	728,006
36	Portsmouth Historic Dockyard	Hampshire	England	718,990
37	Bodleian Libraries	Oxfordshire	England	711,478
38	National War Museum	Edinburgh	Scotland	699,178
39	Royal Opera House Covent Garden	London	England	697,001
40	Royal Academy of Arts	London	England	695,968
41	Imperial War Museum London	London	England	684,909
42	Oxford University Museum of Natural History	Oxfordshire	England	675,557
43	Royal Shakespeare Company	Warwickshire	England	672,487
44	World Museum	Merseyside	England	669,684
45	Eden Project	Cornwall	England	658,084
46	Tower Bridge	London	England	648,001
47	Shakespeare's Globe	London	England	629,330
48	Titanic Belfast	Belfast	Northern Ireland	624,294
49	York Minster	North Yorkshire	England	620,591
50	Old Royal Naval College	London	England	617,843

Attractions by nation or English county

Rank	Nation or English county	Amount each
1	Greater London	24
2	Scotland	7
3	Oxfordshire	4
4=		2
6=		1

See also

• List of most visited art museums
• List of most-visited museums

Notes and References

1. Web site: Visits made in 2022 to Visitor Attractions in Membership with ALVA . Association of Leading Visitor Attractions . 23 October 2023.