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Historic Buildings: Tourism

Asked by Anna SabineLiberal DemocratDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled Answered 3 March 2026UIN 116232

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information her Department holds on the number of visitors there were to sites owned by Historic England by age group in 2025.

Answered by Ian Murray

DCMS does not hold data on the number of visitors to sites owned by Historic England. The National Heritage Collection, operated by English Heritage Trust, comprises more than 400 historic sites and monuments, and the majority of these are free to enter. As some of these sites are not staffed on a day-to-day basis, English Heritage are unable to collect complete data on visitors to these sites by age group.

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