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Millions flock to historic homes
Independent, The (London), Aug 10, 1998
VISITORS are flocking to England's historic properties in record numbers, it was announced today.
The properties, which include the Tower of London and Canterbury Cathedral, received 71 million visitors in 1997, the English Tourist Board said.
This was the third successive annual increase, with visitor numbers rising two per cent on the 1996 total.
Osborn House on the Isle of Wight had a 30 per cent increase in tourists, helped by its featuring in the film Mrs Brown, in which Dame Judi Dench starred as Queen Victoria.
Admissions to Walmer Castle in Kent soared 47 per cent to 59,121 after the creation of a new garden celebrating the 95th birthday of the Queen Mother.
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Other leaps in visitor numbers were recorded at Harewood House in West Yorkshire (up 23 per cent) and Chatsworth House in Derbyshire (up 21 per cent). Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire - where Sir Winston Churchill was born - received 15 per cent more visit ors.
The top 10 historic properties which charged admission in 1997 were: Tower of London 2,615,170, Canterbury Cathedral 1,613,000, Windsor Castle 1,129,629, St Paul's Cathedral 964,737, Roman Baths and Pump Room, Bath 933,489, Warwick Castle 789,000, Stoneh enge, Wiltshire 772,963, Hampton Court Palace, south London 643,226, Leeds Castle, Kent 584,670, and Chatsworth House, Derbyshire 489,672.
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