Visitor Attractions Data

Each year Cumbria Tourism runs a visitor volume survey amongst visitor attractions across the county.

In 2012, 75 attractions provided us with information about their 5.4m visitors. 57 attractions provided figures for both 2011 and 2012, revealing a decrease on average of -9.4% of visitors in 2012.

Cumbria - Top 20 Visitor Attractions 2012 (by visitor numbers)

1. Windermere Lake Cruises in South Lakeland with 1,247,689 visitors

2. Rheged in Eden with 378,776 visitors

3. South Lakes Wild Animal Park in Dalton-in-Furness with 311,432 visitors

4. Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery in Carlisle with 228,880 visitors

5. Lake District Visitor Centre Brockhole in South Lakeland with 228,048 visitors

6. Whinlatter Forest Park & Visitor Centre in Allerdale with 226,156 visitors

7. Ullswater Steamers in Eden with 215,000 visitors
 
8. Grizedale Forest Park and Visitor Centre in South Lakeland with 185,180 visitors

9. Carlisle Cathedral with 158,889 visitors

10. The World of Beatrix Potter in Windermere with 132,818 visitors

11. Honister Slate Mine in Allerdale with 129,476 visitors

12. Theatre By The Lake in Keswick with 125,500 visitors

13. Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway in Copeland with 105,000 visitors

14. Hill Top (the home of Beatrix Potter) in South Lakeland with 99,489 visitors

15. Sizergh Castle near Kendal with 98,213 visitors

16. Lakeland Motor Museum near Ulverston with 67,582 visitors

17. Muncaster Castle in Copeland with 65,109 visitors

18. The Beacon in Whitehaven with 56,456 visitors

19. The Dock Museum in Barrow with 52,056 visitors

20. Cartmel Priory in South Lakeland with 52,000

Source: Cumbria Tourism - Visitor Attractions Monitor
(Please note this only includes visitor attractions who have provided data for 2012, and also gave permission for their figures to be published. Please note also that some visitor numbers may be estimated).