Most visited free attractions in the East Midlands 2021

The Wollaton Hall and Park was the most visited free attraction in the English region of the East Midlands in 2021, welcoming roughly 652 thousand visitors. While this figure denoted an increase of nearly 33 percent from the first year of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, attendance remained below pre-pandemic levels.

Most visited free attractions in the East Midlands from 2019 to 2021 (in 1,000 visitors)

Characteristic	2019	2020	2021
Wollaton Hall and Park*	341	491.5	651.6
Leicester Museum & Art Gallery (formerly New Walk Museum)	206.7	63.6	77.9
The Ropewalk*	101.5	33.3	53.8
National Stone Centre*	-	20	45
Bransby Horses*	41.3	21.7	42.5
The Harley Gallery	99.6	47.4	39.9
Chesterfield Visitor Information Centre*	-	30	37.4
Leicester Cathedral	99.8	20.6	34.1
Harborough Museum*	33.9	2.1	25.3
Leicester Guildhall	51.4	10.2	21.9

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Release date

September 2022

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

2019 to 2021

Special properties

excluding country parks

Supplementary notes

*Estimates. 2019 data for the National Stone Centre and the Chesterfield Visitor Information Centre were not available.

Figures have been rounded. Free attractions have been ranked according to the highest number of visits in 2021.

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