Top 30 family attractions in the UK

British Museum tops list of most-visited tourist destinations for the ninth year in a row

Sculptures which form part of the Elgin Marbles based in the British Museum
(Image credit: Graham Barclay, BWP Media/Getty)

The British Museum is the UK's most popular tourist spot for the ninth year running, leading a top ten made up of London attractions.

The museum had 6,820,686 visitors in 2015 according to the latest rankings from the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (Alva). It is followed by the National Gallery and the Natural History Museum along with London stalwarts such as the Science Museum, the Tower of London and the Victoria and Albert Museum.

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