UK tourist attractions see doubling in visiting costs

17 October 2021

UK tourist attractions see doubling in visiting costs

According to the Guardian, recent research compared prices for visiting some of the UK’s tourist attractions between 2016 and 2021. The results showed a surge in prices, especially in English Heritage sites.

Visiting Carlisle’s medieval castle used to cost £16.60 in 2016 compared to £32.80 now. The study also found that Tintagel Castle in Cornwall saw an increase of £18.20 in visiting price over the allocated period.

Other sites to see increase were the Tower of London, Bath’s Roman baths, and Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. The last one reached a whopping £120 for a family visit.

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