In this table there are 6 historic sites. This shows that the people from different countries and the UK are travelling more and taking time out to see the history of Britain develop. For example the Tower of London has around 60% of foreign visitors a year. In 2000 it had 2,303,167.
Then again in 2001 it went up the table in second place with the most paid admission attractions 2,019,210. As we can see the numbers are going down but it still is going up the table this because the other attractions are not attracting enough visitors to go a head of the Tower of London.
Major paid admission attractions 2001
In 2000 there were three theme parks and in this table for the most paid visitor attractions in 2001 there is only one theme park, which is Flamingo Land Theme Park & Zoo. This shows that theme parks are not popular any more as they hit there peak in the late 90’s.
There are now three major museums, which are Natural History Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum, Science Museum. These three attractions have gone up in the table in 2001, which has made them number 3, 5 and 6.
Major Free Admission Attractions
People travelling to free attractions around the UK have a variety of choice of type of attraction. In the table above most of the places are galleries and museums. There are 6 galleries, which include National Gallery, British Museum, and National Portrait Gallery, which have all had a rise in the number of visitors. As these galleries are located in London, they are popular because foreign visitors will often spend time in London and there are a great number of other attractions, which encourage domestic visitors.
In the table above there are various seaside resorts, which include Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Clacton Pier and Pleasure Beach. They are all located on the coast, which makes easier for visitors to access by car.
Natural attractions
Natural attractions in the UK are very commonly used by local people and people from abroad. Many local people in the UK also use it for local walks or visit the local countryside, for example Northumbrian Hill. The natural attractions in the UK are more commonly known as Mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, beaches, parks, cliffs, woods/forests, and wildlife areas e.g. marshes for birds.
Mountains are commonly found in Wales and Scotland. The Berwyn Mountains is located in the south of Wales and Ben Nevis is located Scotland.
Lakes in the UK can be found located all over the UK. Bassenthwaite the most northern of the Lake District also the lake Thirlmere, which provides water for Greater Manchester. ().
Waterfalls, the Thornton force waterfall is in Yorkshire Dales, England. Thornton Force is the most famous of the waterfalls on the walk. The river falls 14 metres over limestone rocks in a moving flow of water. There is a viewing area which is also a suitable picnic spot. ().
Beaches, Surf-Wax is devoted to, , , , , , , waves, , the beach, sand dunes, in fact, everything and anything that can and does happen on both the north and south coasts of Devon and Cornwall. ().
Cliffs, The White Cliffs of Dover are internationally famous. The ‘Gateway to the White Cliffs’ visitor centre has spectacular views and introduces the visitor to five miles of coast and countryside through imaginative displays and interpretation. Much of the chalk down land along the cliff tops is an SSSI, AONB and Heritage Coast with interesting flora and fauna, and the visitor centre is an excellent place to watch the world’s busiest shipping lanes. ().
A national park, Northumberland National Park is a remote National Park. The park is an historic landscape of unrivalled quality. Hadrian's Wall and its associated features form a World Heritage Site. In the Cheviot foothills and the Breamish Valley in particular, settlements and field systems from prehistoric through to medieval to modern times are superimposed, one upon another. ().
Rivers, The River Eden rises at the northern edge of North Yorkshire and flows north across east Cumbria to Carlisle and the Solway Firth, bordered by the Lake District fells to the west and the North Pennines to the east. It is a large and diverse river system, defined by the changes in geology from limestone and grit stone to sandstone. The catchments is predominantly agricultural with upland sheep farming giving way to beef and dairy on the fertile lower Eden valley. ()
