Most visited free attractions in the West Midlands 2022

The Midlands Arts Center (MAC) was the most visited free attraction in the English region of the West Midlands in 2022, welcoming around 804 thousand visitors. While this figure more than tripled compared to the first year of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, it remained below pre-pandemic levels.

Most visited free attractions in the West Midlands from 2019 to 2022 (in 1,000 visitors)

Characteristic	2019	2020	2021	2022
Midlands Arts Centre (MAC)	993.1	142.4	306.3	804.2
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery²	-	-	0	409.7
Royal Air Force (RAF) Museum Cosford	401.5	144.8	190.5	382.8
National Memorial Arboretum	311	148.1	272	299.3
Ikon Gallery	175	73.5	97.4	236
Birmingham Cathedral³	-	12.7	-	160.2
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery	164.7	41.2	44.5	134.2
Coventry Cathedral - St Michael's¹	46.4	19	77.1	98.7
Hereford Cathedral¹	110	47.8	76.8	98
St Mary the Virgin Shrewsbury	75.3	-	72.4	74.9

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Release date

2023

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

2019 to 2022

Special properties

excluding country parks

Supplementary notes

¹Estimates.

²Data for 2019 and 2020 was not available.

³Data for 2019 and 2021 was not available.

Figures have been rounded. Fee attractions have been ranked according to the highest number of visits in 2022.

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