Visitor Attractions Data

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

Looking back ten years, 45 attractions provided data in both 2000 and 2010. These attractions showed an increase in visitor numbers over this period of time of +19.7%.

61 attractions provided figures in both 2009 and 2010.Over this period of time they showed an increase of +1.6%.

Cumbria - Top 20 Visitor Attractions 2010 (by visitor numbers)

1. Windermere Lake Cruises in South Lakeland with 1,312,423 visitors

2. Rheged in Eden with 406,995 visitors

3. Ullswater Steamers in Eden with 330,962 visitors

4. Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery in Carlisle with 274,711 visitors

5. Whinlatter Forest Park & Visitor Centre in Allerdale with 250,000 visitors

6. Grizedale Forest Park and Visitor Centre in South Lakeland with 250,000

7. Low Sizergh Barn Farm Shop in South Lakeland with 185,578 visitors

8. Carlisle Cathedral in Carlisle with 169,890 visitors

9. Lake District Visitor Centre Brockhole in South Lakeland with 153,565

10. World of Beatrix Potter in South Lakeland with 153,198 visitors

11. Theatre By The Lake in Allerdale with 134,600 visitors

12. Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway in Copeland with 126,000 visitors

13. Honister Slate Mine in Allerdale with 120,000 visitors

14. Hill Top (the home of Beatrix Potter) in South Lakeland with 108,938 visitors

15. Heaton Cooper Studio in South Lakeland with 90,374 visitors

16. Muncaster in Copeland with 85,206 visitors

17. Cumberland Pencil Museum in Allerdale with 82,500 visitors

18. Sizergh Castle in South Lakeland with 82,371 visitors

19. Cartmel Racecourse in South Lakeland with 71,155 visitors

20. The Dock Museum in Barrow with 71,124 visitors

Source: Cumbria Tourism - Visitor Attractions Monitor
(Please note this only includes visitor attractions who have provided data for 2010, and also gave permission for their figures to be published. Please note also that some visitor numbers may be estimated).