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Counties across the United Kingdom have varied and unique attractions on offer that attract millions of tourists from all over the world. We examined the top-rated attractions for every county across the UK at the beginning of 2018 and found some surprising results.
England Bedfordshire – Edible Ornamentals Berkshire – Windsor Castle Bristol – Brunel’s SS Great Britain Buckinghamshire – Bletchley Park Cambridgeshire – IWM Duxford Cheshire – Chester Zoo City of London – British Museum Cornwall – Minack Theatre Cumbria – Derwentwater Derbyshire – Hardwick Hall and Gardens Devon – Woolacombe Beach Dorset – The Tank Museum Durham – Durham Cathedral East Riding of Yorkshire – Streetlife Museum of Transport East Sussex – Beachy Head Essex – Colchester Zoo Gloucestershire – The International Centre for Birds of Prey Greater London – Richmond Park Greater Manchester – The John Rylands Library Hampshire – Hawk Conservancy Trust Herefordshire – Small Breeds Farm Park and Owl Centre Hertfordshire – St Albans Cathedral Isle of Wight – Monkey Haven Kent – Dover Castle Lancashire – Blackpool Tramway Leicestershire – Bradgate Park Lincolnshire – Lincoln Cathedral Merseyside – Liverpool Cathedral Norfolk – Norwich Cathedral North Yorkshire – National Railway Museum Northamptonshire – Catanger Llamas Northumberland – Cragside House and Gardens Nottinghamshire – Hawks Of Steele Oxfordshire – Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology Rutland – Rutland Water Shropshire – Royal Air Force Museum Somerset – The Roman Baths South Yorkshire – Yorkshire Wildlife Park Staffordshire – National Memorial Arboretum Suffolk – UK Parachuting Surrey – Hampton Court Palace Tyne and Wear – Victoria Tunnel Warwickshire – The Royal Shakespeare Theatre West Midlands – Birmingham Back to Backs West Sussex – Arundel Castle and Gardens West Yorkshire – National Coal Mining Museum for England Wiltshire – Salisbury Cathedral and Magna Carta Worcestershire – Worcester Cathedral
Scotland Aberdeen City – Aberdeen Maritime Museum Aberdeenshire – Dunnottar Castle Angus – Glamis Castle Argyll and Bute – Mount Stuart Clackmannanshire – Castle Campbell Dumfries and Galloway – The Devil’s Porridge Museum Dundee City – Discovery Point East Ayrshire – Blackstone Clydesdales & Dig-a-Day Experience East Dunbartonshire – Mugdock Country Park East Lothian – Tantallon Castle East Renfrewshire – Whitelee Wind Farm Visitor Centre City of Edinburgh – Arthur’s Seat Falkirk – The Kelpies Fife – Eden Mill Glasgow City – Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Highland – Glen Coe Inverclyde – Lyle Hill Midlothian – Rosslyn Chapel Moray – Glenfiddich Distillery North Ayrshire – Scottish Maritime Museum North Lanarkshire – World of Wings Birds of Prey Centre Perth and Kinross – Cairn O’Mohr Fruit Wines Renfrewshire – Paisley Abbey Scottish Borders – Melrose Abbey South Ayrshire – Culzean Castle and Country Park South Lanarkshire – Falls of Clyde Stirling – Stirling Castle West Dunbartonshire – Balloch Castle Country Park West Lothian – Five Sisters Zoo Na h-Eileanan Siar – Luskentyre Orkney Islands – Skara Brae Shetland Islands – Shetland Museum and Archives
Wales Blaenau Gwent – Festival Park Owl Sanctuary Bridgend – Merthyr Mawr Sand Dunes Caerphilly – Caerphilly Castle Cardiff – St Fagans National Museum of History Carmarthenshire – Four Waterfalls Walk Ceredigion – Mwnt Beach Conwy – Plas Mawr Denbighshire – Castell Dinas Bran Flintshire – Moel Famau Gwynedd – Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways Isle of Anglesey – Newborough Beach Merthyr Tydfil – Bike Park Wales Monmouthshire – Dewstow Gardens & Hidden Grottoes Neath Port Talbot – Aberavon Beach Newport – Newport Transporter Bridge Pembrokeshire – Folly Farm Powys – Elan Valley Rhondda Cynon Taff – The Royal Mint Experience Swansea – Gower Peninsula Torfaen – Big Pit: National Coal Museum Vale of Glamorgan – Porthkerry Country Park Wrexham – Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Northern Ireland – Antrim – Causeway Coastal Route Armagh – St. Patrick’s Cathedral Down – Tollymore Forest Park Fermanagh – Marble Arch Caves Global Geopark Derry – City Walls Tyrone – Ulster American Folk Park
Shropshire’s top attraction the Cosford RAF Museum? Nonsense! People come from all over the world to the World Heritage Site Ironbridge George Museum. Similarly, in the West Midlands you omit the Black Country Museum, a major attraction compared to the back-to-backs which can accommodate only a few at a time.
Shropshire’s top attraction the Cosford RAF Museum? Nonsense! People come from all over the world to the World Heritage Site Ironbridge George Museum. Similarly, in the West Midlands you omit the Black Country Museum, a major attraction compared to the back-to-backs which can accommodate only a few at a time.