Tourism in England

Tourism plays a significant part in the economic life of England. The United Kingdom as a whole is the 10th most visited country. London, Bath, Oxford, Cambridge, York, and Canterbury remain popular historic tourist destinations.[1]

England's long history and pervasive culture, make it (and especially London) a popular tourist destination. Many tourist spots have witnessed great events of history that have shaped England and the greater world. Many of England's tourist attractions have also inspired work of poets, novelists, folk writers, and artists for thousands of years.[2]

  • Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, an example of England's rich past.
  • York Minister, York, a popular historic site in England.
  • UNESCO Bath, voted friendliest city in the United Kingdom.[3]
  • UNESCO English Lake District
  • Durham, home to UNESCO Durham Cathedral and Castle
  • Blenheim palace
  • Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol. A rich industrial history.
  • Winchester Cathedral, Winchester. A rich medieval past.
  • Bamburgh Castle in North eastern England
  • Castle Howard in North Yorkshire

Cultural and heritage tourism
  • Palace of Westminster, London
  • Hyde Park, London
  • The medieval Shambles, York
  • Medieval cobbled streets, Canterbury
  • Medieval streets, Chester
  • Medieval and ancient colleges, Cambridge
  • City of dreaming spires, Oxford
  • Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
  • Stourhead English Landscape Garden, Stourton
  • Castle Howard, York
  • Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
  • Warwick Castle, Warwick
  • Highclere Castle, Highclere
  • Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
  • Scotney Castle, Kent
  • Stowe Park, Buckinghamshire
  • Arundel Castle, Arundel
  • Windsor Castle, Windsor
  • Roman baths, Bath
  • Georgian Bath
  • Medieval Elm Hill, Norwich
  • Medieval streets, Rye
  • Dyrham Deer Park, Bath
  • Wells, Somerset

Ecotourism
The Eden Project is the world's largest greenhouse

The English countryside has been described as particularly suitable to ecotourism, if affected by the sad irony "that the things that make the landscape of Britain comely and distinctive are almost entirely no longer needed. Hedgerows, country churches, stone barns, verges full of nodding wildflowers and birdsong, sheep roaming over wind-swept fells, village shops and post office and much more can only rarely be justified on economic grounds, and for most people in power those are the only things that matter".[4]

England possesses a wide range of natural environments, and continues to benefit from a significant Ecotourism industry:

Most visited sites
Leeds Castle, the 10th most visited historic site in England
Chatsworth House, the 7th most visited historic site in England.
The city of Bath has some of the best preserved Roman and Georgian architecture in England.

Most visited historic sites
National
Rank		SiteLocationVisitor count (2009)[5]
1
Tower of LondonLondon2,389,548
2
St Paul's CathedralLondon1,821,321
3
Westminster AbbeyLondon1,449,593
4
Roman BathsBath1,196,481
5
Canterbury CathedralCanterbury1,013,118
6
StonehengeAmesbury990,705
7
Palace of WestminsterLondon963,362
8
York MinsterYork797,100
9
Chatsworth HouseChatsworth652,969
10
Leeds CastleMaidstone646,801
11
Hampton Court PalaceLondon541,646
12
Blenheim PalaceWoodstock537,120
13
Portsmouth Historic DockyardPortsmouth532,158
14
StourheadMere356,816
15
Beaulieu Palace House and AbbeyBeaulieu351,975

List of tourist attractions
Main article: Lists of tourist attractions in England

Politics

The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and Tourism is the minister with responsibility over tourism in the UK.[6]

See also

References
  1. World Tourism rankings
  2. Culture of England
  3. https://www.scotsman.com/read-this/revealed-the-uks-most-family-friendly-cities/
  4. Billy Bryson. The Road to Little Dribbling. Black Swan Press. 2015. p. 58.
  5. "VISITS MADE IN 2009 TO VISITOR ATTRACTIONS IN MEMBERSHIP WITH ALVA". Association of Leading Visitor Attractions. Archived from the original on 31 October 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  6. "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and Tourism - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
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