Top 10 North West Attractions – Paid County in which Local Authority District in % Adult Child attraction which attraction is Visitor Visitor Estimate/ Change Admission Admission Name of Attraction located located Category 2006 2007 Exact 07-06 Charge Charge 1 Windermere Lake Cruises Cumbria South Lakeland other 1267066 1274976 na 1 na na safari 2 Chester Zoo Cheshire Chester park/zoo/acquarium/aviary 1161922 1233044 na 6 14.95 10.95 GREATER 3 The Lowry MANCHESTER Salford museum/gallery 850000 850000 exact 0 na na 4 Tatton Park (NT) CHESHIRE Macclesfield historic house 770000 780000 1 na na 5 Blackpool Zoo & Dinosaur Safari LANCASHIRE Blackpool nature reserve 320000 335000 estimate 5 12.95 8.95 6 Ullswater Steamers CUMBRIA Eden other 309365 303008 estimate -2 5.20 2.60 7 Camelot Theme Park LANCASHIRE Chorley leisure/theme park 280000 270000 exact -4 18.00 18.00 8 Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery Museum CUMBRIA Carlisle museum/gallery 202716 214841 exact 6 5.20 na 9 Croxteth Hall and Country Park MERSEYSIDE Liverpool country park NA 180000 estimate NA 4.50 2.40 10 The Beatles Story Ltd MERSEYSIDE Liverpool museum/gallery 144114 155412 estimate 8 9.99 4.99 11 Liverpool Football Club MERSEYSIDE Liverpool museum/gallery 131896 143122 estimate 9 9.00 6.00 12 Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway North West Copeland steam/heritage railway 116000 122000 estimate 5 9.60 4.80 GREATER 13 Dunham Massey Hall MANCHESTER Trafford museum/gallery 111380 116656 na 5 7.70 3.85 GREATER other historic/scenic 14 East Lancashire Railway MANCHESTER Bury transport operator 108178 109143 estimate 1 11.00 7.40 15 Quarry Bank Mill (NT) CHESHIRE Macclesfield museum/gallery 102117 97559 na -4 na na 16 Ness Botanic Gardens CHESHIRE Ellesmere Port and Neston garden 80227 88917 exact 11 5.50 2.50 Muncaster Castle, Gardens, Owl Centre and Meadow Vole 17 Maze North West Copeland castle/fort 82639 87616 estimate 6 10.00 7.00 18 Lyme Park (NT) CHESHIRE Macclesfield historic house 83407 85109 na 2 7.60 3.80 19 Speke Hall, Gardens & Estate MERSEYSIDE Liverpool historic house 79196 84587 na 7 7.50 3.80 farm/rare breeds/farm 20 Stockley Farm CHESHIRE Macclesfield animals 55000 80000 estimate 45 5.00 4.00 Top 10 North West Attractions – Free County in which Local Authority District in Visitor Visitor Estimate/ % Change Charge for Name of Attraction attraction located which attraction is located Category 2006 2007 Exact 07-06 Admission 1 Blackpool Pleasure Beach North West Blackpool Leisure/theme park 5730000 5500000 na -4 Free 2 Tate Liverpool MERSEYSIDE Liverpool museum/gallery 557002 648029 na 16 Free industrial/craft 3 Oswaldtwistle Mills LANCASHIRE Hyndburn workplace 1182316 569104 na -52 Free Etherow Country Park and Local GREATER 4 Nature Reserve MANCHESTER Stockport country park 300000 300000 na 0 Free Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral of 5 Christ the King MERSEYSIDE Liverpool place of workshop 262946 269984 estimate 3 Free 6 Cuerden Valley Park Trust LANCASHIRE Chorley country park 250000 260000 estimate 4 Free GREATER 7 Urbis MANCHESTER Manchester museum/gallery 256240 251540 estimate -2 Free Cheshire Ice Cream Farm and Tea farm/rare breeds/farm 8 Rooms CHESHIRE Chester animals 250000 220000 na -12 Free 9 Roman Amphitheatre - Chester CHESHIRE Chester other historic property NA 180000 exact NA Free GREATER 10 Manchester Museum MANCHESTER Manchester museum/gallery 173872 172336 estimate -1 Free 11 Congleton Park Cheshire Congleton other 130000 164250 exact 26 Free 12 The Dock Museum Museum CUMBRIA Barrow-in-Furness museum/gallery NA 116684 estimate NA Free 13 Beacon Country Park LANCASHIRE West Lancashire country park 100000 105000 estimate 5 Free 14 Sefton Park Palm House MERSEYSIDE Liverpool other historic property 94000 98000 na 4 Free 15 St.Georges Hall MERSEYSIDE Liverpool historic house NA 95450 estimate NA Free GREATER 16 Salford Museum and Art Gallery MANCHESTER Salford museum/gallery 97983 95336 exact -3 Free GREATER 17 Gallery Oldham MANCHESTER Oldham museum/gallery 90192 94436 exact 5 Free GREATER 18 Portland Basin Museum MANCHESTER Tameside museum/gallery 90971 87306 estimate -4 Free GREATER 19 Touchstones Rochdale MANCHESTER Rochdale museum/gallery 88747 80484 estimate -9 Free Great Budworth Real Dairy Ice 20 Cream CHESHIRE Vale Royal other 75000 70000 estimate -7 Free .