Top 20 Paid Attractions 2006- East of England County in which Adult Child attraction Local Authority District in which Visitors Visitors % Change 06- Estimate Admission Admission Name of Attraction located attraction is located Category 2005 2006 05 /Exact Charge Charge 1 Pleasure Beach Norfolk GREAT YARMOUTH Leisure/theme park 1400000 1400000 0 Estimate £15.00 £15.00 2 Colchester Zoo Essex COLCHESTER Zoo/safari 508775 473228 -13 Estimate £13.50 £7.50 3 Whipsnade Wild Animal Park Bedfordshire SOUTH BEDFORDSHIRE Zoo/safari 474723 446829 -11 Exact £14.50 £11.00 4 Woburn Safari Park Bedfordshire MID BEDFORDSHIRE Zoo/safari 411797 424137 6 Exact £16.50 £13.00 5 Willows Farm Village St. Albans Hertfordshire 1Country Park 273000 280000 3 Exact £9.50 £8.50 6 Mannings Amusement Park Suffolk SUFFOLK COASTAL Leisure/theme park 250000 250000 0 Estimate £0.00 £3.00 7 Wimpole Home Farm Cambridgeshire SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE Historic Houses 209576 220055 6 Exact £7.50 £4.00 8 Kings College Chapel Cambridgeshire CAMBRIDGE Place of Worship 212614 216434 1 Exact £4.50 £3.00 9 Banham Zoo Norfolk BRECKLAND Zoo/safari 203000 190000 -8 Exact £10.95 £7.95 10 Sheringham Park Norfolk NORTH NORFOLK Country Park 190000 190000 0 Estimate £1.50 £0.00 11 Southend-On-Sea Pier UA Southend on Sea Other 331306 169018 -114 Exact £3.00 £1.50 12 Anglesey Abbey Cambridgeshire EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE Historic Houses 164786 162090 -2 Exact £8.00 £4.00 13 Aldenham Country Park Hertfordshire HERTSMERE Country Park 175000 160000 -13 Estimate £4.00 £0.00 14 Dinosaur Adventure Park Norfolk BROADLAND Leisure/theme park 142000 145000 3 Estimate £7.95 £6.95 15 Suffolk Wildlife Park Suffolk WAVENEY Zoo/safari 136536 145000 7 Estimate £9.95 £7.50 16 Activity World Hertfordshire WELWYN HATFIELD Leisure/theme park 120000 134000 11 Estimate £1.00 £4.50 17 Ickworth House, Park & Garden Suffolk ST EDMUNDSBURY Historic Houses 105871 132019 29 Exact £7.00 £3.00 18 University of Cambridge Botanic Garden Cambridgeshire CAMBRIDGE Garden 124090 127233 N/A Exact £3.00 £0.00 19 North Norfolk Railway Norfolk NORTH NORFOLK Steam/heritage railway 126450 125000 N/A Estimate £9.00 £5.50 20 Minsmere Nature Reserve (RSPB) Suffolk SUFFOLK COASTAL Nature Reserve 90582 122734 N/A Exact £5.00 £1.50 Source: 2006 Visits to Visitor Attractions Survey. Top 20 Free Attractions 2006-East of England County in which attraction Local Authority District in which Visitors Visitors % Change 06- Estimate Charge for Name of Attraction located attraction is located Category 2005 2006 05 /Exact Admission 1 River Lee Country Park Essex EPPING FOREST Other 3500000 3500000 0 Exact Free 2 Fairlands Valley Park Hertfordshire STEVENAGE Country Park 1250000 1250000 0 Estimate Free 3 Weald Country Park Essex BRENTWOOD Country Park 0 600000 N/A Estimate Free 4 Heritage Centre Essex CASTLE POINT Heritage/visitor cent 0 500000 N/A Estimate Free 5 Stanborough Park WELWYN HATFIELD Country Park 500000 400000 -20 Estimate Free 6 Fitzwilliam Museum CambridgeshireCAMBRIDGE Museum/Gallery 291295 271869 -7 Exact Free 7 Needham Lake & Local Nature Reserv Suffolk MID SUFFOLK Nature reserve 260000 260000 0 Estimate Free 8 Priory Country Park Bedfordshire NORTH BEDFORDSHIRE Country Park 225000 225000 0 Estimate Free 9 Milton Country Park SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE Country Park 180000 200000 11 Estimate Free 10 St Albans Cathedral Hertfordshire ST ALBANS Place of Worship 200000 200000 0 Estimate Free 11 Clare Castle Country Park Suffolk ST EDMUNDSBURY Country Park 175000 179000 2 Estimate Free 12 Norfolk Lavender Norfolk KING'S LYNN AND WEST NORFO Garden 150000 150000 0 N/A Free 13 Bridge Cottage Suffolk BABERGH Other Historic 139900 140000 0 Estimate Free 14 Hadleigh Castle Country Park Essex Castle Point Country Park 200000 125000 -38 Estimate Free 15 Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum Hertfordshire DACORUM Museum/Gallery 107869 120657 12 Exact Free 16 Colman's Mustard Shop Norfolk NORWICH Other 111363 113686 2 Exact Free 17 West Stow Country Park Suffolk ST EDMUNDSBURY Country Park 0 113219 N/A Estimate Free 18 Brandon Country Park Visitor Centre Suffolk FOREST HEATH Country Park 100000 110000 10 Estimate Free 19 Tiptree Museum Essex COLCHESTER Museum/Gallery 0 100000 N/A Estimate Free 20 Wandlebury Country Park CambridgeshireSOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE Country Park 80000 90000 13 Estimate Free Source: 2006 Visits to Visitor Attractions Survey. .