Top 20 Paid Attractions- Yorkshire Local Authority Adult Child County in which District in which Visitors Visitors Estimate/ % Change 06- Admission Admission Name of Attraction attraction located attraction is located Category 2005 2006 Exact 05 Charge Charge 1 Flamingo Land Theme Park & Zoo North Yorkshire RYEDALE leisure/theme park 1400210 1302195 estimate -7 £19.00 £19.00 2 York Minster UA York place of worship 803000 895000 estimate 11 £9.00 £0.00 3 Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal North Yorkshire HARROGATE historic house 312000 313388 exact 0 £6.50 £3.25 4 Eureka! Museum for Children West Yorkshire CALDERDALE museum/gallery 246195 250364 exact 2 £7.25 £7.25 5 Cannon Hall Open Farm South Yorkshire BARNSLEY farm 250000 250000 estimate 0 £3.25 £2.75 6 Harewood House West Yorkshire LEEDS historic house 302052 221880 exact -27 £11.30 £6.50 7 Castle Howard UA York historic house 188334 203932 exact 8 £9.50 £6.50 8 RHS Garden Harlow Carr North Yorkshire HARROGATE garden 179228 193889 exact 8 £6.00 £1.60 9 Sewerby Hall & Gardens UA East Riding of Yorkshire historic house 160000 175000 exact 9 £3.50 £1.50 10 Magna South Yorkshire ROTHERHAM science/technology 137439 155210 exact 13 £9.95 £7.95 11 Yorkboat UA York other historic 137157 130932 exact -5 £6.50 £3.30 12 Normanby Hall Country Park UA North Lincolnshire historic house 151582 129700 estimate -14 £4.20 £2.10 13 GUIDE FRIDAY LTD THE YORK YORK other historic 126228 125536 exact -1 £8.50 £4.00 14 Clifford's Tower UA York castle/fort 127239 122493 exact -4 £3.00 £1.00 15 Whitby Abbey North Yorkshire SCARBOROUGH historic monument 120136 114814 exact -4 £4.20 £2.10 16 Beningbrouh Hall & Gardens North Yorkshire HAMBLETON historic house 92672 98194 exact 6 £7.00 £3.50 17 Temple Newsam Home Farm & EstateWest Yorkshire LEEDS farm 100340 91947 estimate -8 £3.00 £2.00 18 Bronte Parsonage Museum West Yorkshire BRADFORD museum/gallery 86021 78851 exact -8 £5.00 £2.00 19 Yorkshire Air Museum UA York museum/gallery 70000 77000 estimate 10 £5.00 £3.00 20 Scarborough Castle North Yorkshire SCARBOROUGH castle/fort 67894 71579 exact 5 £3.50 £1.80 Top 20 Free Attractions- Yorkshire Local Authority County in which District in which Visitors Visitors Estimate/ % Change 06- Charge for Name of Attraction attraction located attraction is located Category 2005 2006 Exact 05 Admission 1 Xscape Castleford West Yorkshire Wakefield leisure/theme park 3250000 3476000 exact 7 Free 2 National Railway Museum UA York museum/gallery 769445 902149 exact 17 Free 3 Rother Valley Country Park South Yorkshire ROTHERHAM country park 945832 827474 estimate -13 Free 4 Trans Pennine Trail South Yorkshire Barnsley other 735973 700766 estimate -5 Free 5 National Media Museum West Yorkshire BRADFORD museum/gallery 0 663444 exact N/A Free 6 Thrybergh Country Park South Yorkshire ROTHERHAM country park 0 350000 estimate N/A Free 7 Royal Armouries Museum West Yorkshire LEEDS museum/gallery 265928 290098 exact 9 Free 8 Leeds City Art Gallery West Yorkshire LEEDS museum/gallery 245234 286059 exact 17 Free 9 National Coal Mining Museum for EngWest Yorkshire WAKEFIELD museum/gallery 123179 127500 estimate 4 Free 10 Priory Church of St Mary & St Cuthbe North Yorkshire CRAVEN place of worship 126570 119340 n/a -6 Free 11 Whitby Lifeboat Museum North Yorkshire SCARBOROUGH museum/gallery 100000 110000 estimate 10 Free 12 Mr Moo's Icecream Parlour & CoffeeSEast Yorkshire farm 90000 90000 estimate 0 Free 13 Sandal Castle West Yorkshire WAKEFIELD castle/fort 59445 88789 exact 49 Free 14 Doncaster Museum & Art Gallery South Yorkshire DONCASTER museum/gallery 76898 78144 exact 2 Free 15 Beverley Minster UA East Riding of Yorkshire place of worship 59000 60000 estimate 2 Free 16 Clifton Park Museum South Yorkshire ROTHERHAM museum/gallery 95989 57947 exact -40 Free 17 Pontefract Museum West Yorkshire WAKEFIELD museum/gallery 49267 57421 exact 17 Free 18 Pontefract Castle West Yorkshire WAKEFIELD castle/fort 55337 53024 exact -4 Free 19 The Little Chocolate Shop (Ltd) North Yorkshire industrial/craft workplace 50000 50000 estimate 0 Free 20 Craven Museum North Yorkshire CRAVEN museum/gallery 60585 48199 exact -20 Free.