Top Pay for Admission Attractions in Scotland
Attraction	Location	Visitors in 2009
Abbotsford	Melrose	26,626
Aberdeen Arts Centre	Aberdeen	58,764
Aberdour Castle	Aberdour	13,441
Aberlour Distillery Visitors Centre	Aberlour	7178
Alford Valley Railway	Alford	14,354
Alloa Tower	Alloa	7,638
Almond Valley Heritage Centre	Livingston	118,649
Angus Folk Museum	Forfar	3,632
Arbroath Abbey	Arbroath	13,378
Archaeolink Prehistory Park	Insch	16,277
Ardbeg Distillery	Port Ellen	6,247
Ardkinglas Woodland Garden	Cairndow	4,420
Ardnamurchan Lighthouse Visitor Centre	Acharacle	16,500
Arduaine Garden	Oban (Near)	15,127
Armadale Castle Gardens & Museum of the Isles	Sleat	36,254
Arniston House	Gorebridge	558
Auchentoshan Distillery	Dalmuir	19,150
Auchgourish Botanic Garden	Boat of Garten	2,600
Auchindrain Highland Farm Township	Inveraray	4,454
Bachelors Club	Tarbolton	1,244
Balmoral Estates	Ballater	59,972
Balvenie Castle	Keith	5,321
Bannockburn Heritage Centre	Stirling	50,571
Barries Birthplace	Kirriemuir	5,085
Barry Mill	Carnoustie	3,363
Bernera Museum	Bernera	482
Biggar Gas Works	Biggar	926
Birkhill Fireclay Mine	Boness (Near)	6,826
Bishops and Earls Palaces	Kirkwall	10,895
Black House Arnol	Bragar	12,494
Blackness Castle	Linlithgow	15,110
Blair Athol Distillery	Pitlochry	28,700
Blair Atholl Country Life Museum	Blair Atholl	2,537
Blair Castle	Pitlochry (Near)	135,119
Blairs Museum Trust [St. Marys Church]	Blairs	1,205
Bolfracks Garden	Aberfeldy	1,653
Bonawe Iron Furnace	Taynuilt	5,786
Boness & Kinneil Railway	Boness	70,565
Bothwell Castle	Uddingston	9,414
Branklyn Garden	Perth	8,450
Breadalbane Folklore Centre	Killin	4,456
Briarlands Farm	Stirling	30,000
British Golf Museum	St Andrews	43,990
Broch of Gurness	Evie	9,547
Brodick Castle	Brodick	25,795
Brodick Country Park	Brodick	43,418
Brodie Castle	Forres	18,705
Brough of Birsay	Birsay	5,126
Broughton House & Garden	Kircucdbright	12,048
Bunnahabhain Distillery	Port Askaig	5,676
Burns National Heritage Park	Ayr	282,628
Bute Museum	Rothesay	6,031
Caerlaverock Castle	Dumfries	36,643
CairnGorm Mountain Railwayi	Aviemore (Near)	143,716
Cairngorm Reindeer Centre	Aviemore	19,907
Cairnpapple Hill	Torphichen	2,613
Camperdown Wildlife Centre	Dundee	59,650
Cardhu Distillery Visitor Centre	Aberlour	4,973
Cardoness Castle	Castle Douglas	5,441
Carlyles Birthplace	Lockerbie	526
Castle Campbell	Dollar	18,470
Castle Fraser	Inverurie	15,390
Castle Kennedy Gardens	Stranraer	15,375
Castle Menzies	Aberfeldy	10,000
Cawdor Castle	Nairn	86,560
Celtic Museum Trust	Glasgow	22,000
City Sightseeing Glasgow	Glasgow	103,640
Clan Cameron Museum	Spean Bridge	4,000
Clynelish Visitor Centre	Brora	3,182
Comann Eachdraidh Lios MOr (Lismore Historical Society)	Lismore	1,749
Corgarff Castle	Strathdon	4,286
Craigmillar Castle	Edinburgh	19,846
Craignethan Castle	Lesmahagow	5,294
Craigston Castle	Turriff	160
Crarae Gardens	Inverary	12,010
Crathes Castle	Banchory	49,823
Cream o Galloway	Castle Douglas	71,452
Creetown Gem Rock Museum	Newton Stewart	35,478
Creetown Heritage Museum	Newtown Stewart	1,377
Crichton Castle	Pathhead	3,999
Crossraguel Abbey	Maybole	3,331
Culloden Visitor Centre	Inverness	112,178
Culross Palace	Culross	13,337
Culzean Castle and Country Park	Maybole	175,210
Dallas Dhu	Forres	11,619
Dalwhinnie Distillery	Dalwhinnie	22,551
David Livingstone Centre	Glasgow	20,159
Delgatie Castle	Turriff	6,572
Denny Tank	Dumbarton	3,516
Dewars World of Whisky	Aberfeldy	31,400
Dirleton Castle	Dirleton	23,344
Discovery Pointi	Dundee	151,365
Doune Castle	Doune	34,058
Drum Castle	Banchory	12,300
Drummond Gardens	Muthill, Crieff	16,009
Dryburgh Abbey	St Boswells	22,562
Duart Castle	Craignure	33,859
Duff House Gallery	Banff	11,041
Dumbarton Castle	Dumbarton	13,861
Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum	Dumfries	6,961
Dundonald Castle	Dundonald	7,097
Dundrennan Abbey	Dundrennan	3,371
Dunfermline Abbey and Palace	Dunfermline	11,323
Dunnottar Castle	Dunecht	52,500
Dunoon and Cowal Heritage Centre	Dunoon	5,806
Dunrobin Castle	Golspie	62,689
Dunstaffnage Castle	Oban (Near)	21,478
Edinburgh Bus Tours	Edinburgh	531,352
Edinburgh Butterfly & Insect World	Lasswade	79,075
Edinburgh Castle	Edinburgh	1,196,481
Edinburgh Zoo	Edinburgh	636,867
Edzell Castle	Brechin (Near)	6,935
Elcho Castle	Perth	6,401
Elgin Cathedral	Elgin	23,267
Elgin Museum	Elgin	7,486
Ellisland Farm	Dumfries	4,506
Eyemouth Museum	Eyemouth	3,602
Falkirk Wheel	Falkirk	476,778
Falkland Palace	Cupar	48,364
Falls of Clyde Wildlife Reserve and Visitor Centre	New Lanark	24,376
Fife Folk Museum	Ceres	2,702
Finlaystone Country Estate	Langbank	63,978
Five Sisters Zoo	West Calder	39,672
Fort George	Inverness	61,460
Fraserburgh Heritage Centre	Fraserburgh	4,018
Frigate Unicorn	Dundee	5,287
Fyvie Castle	Turriff	17,514
Gairloch Heritage Museum	Gairloch	4,596
Galloway Wildlife Conservation Park	Kirkcudbright	30,820
Gearrannan Blackhouse Village	Carloway	15,515
Geilston House	Helensbugh	8,234
Georgian House	Edinburgh	40,644
Gilnockie Tower	Canonbie	154
Gladstones Land	Edinburgh	41,485
Glamis Castle	Glamis	101,764
Glasgow School of Art Enterprises Ltd	Glasgow	24,583
Glen Grant Distillery and Garden	Aberlour	10,375
Glen Moray Distillery Visitor Centre	Elgin	4,514
Glen Ord Distillery	Muir of Ord	17,761
Glenbarr Abbey Macalister Clan Visitor Centre	Tarbert (Near)	964
Glencoe Visitor Centre	Ballachulish	37,747
Glenesk Folk Museum	Brechin	12,285
Glenfarclas Distillery	Ballindalloch	9,081
Glenfinnan Monument	Glenfinnan	23,900
Glenfinnan Station Museum	Glenfinnan	40,350
Glengoyne Distillery	Killearn (Near)	45,610
Glenkinchie Distillery	Tranent	23,634
Glenluce Abbey	Newton Stewart	168
Glenmorangie Distillery	Tain	20,071
Glenwhan Gardens	Stranraer (Near)	7,000
Gordon Highlanders Museum	Aberdeen	25,794
Gosford House	Longniddry	786
Grampian Transport Museum	Alford	47,605
Grassic Gibbon Centre	Laurencekirk	6,937
Greenbank Gardens	Glasgow	32,140
Hackness Battery & Martello Tower	Hoy	1,802
Haddo House	Ellon	3,608
Hamilton Mausoleum	Hamilton	2,145
Hamilton Toy Collection	Callander	4,195
Hanseatic Booth	Whalsay	200
Harbour Cottage Gallery	Kirkcudbright	7,800
Heads of Ayr Farm Park	Ayr	129,858
Hermitage Castle	Newcastleton	5,531
Highland Park Distillery	Kirkwall	15,453
Highland Wildlife Park	Kingussie	125,513
Highland Wineries	Inverness	20,000
Hill House	Helensburgh	26,254
Historylinks Museum	Dornoch	6,371
Holmwood House	Glasgow	6,348
House of Binns	Edinburgh	3,449
House of Dun	Montrose	8,718
Hugh Millers Cottage	Cromarty	3,376
Huntingtower Castle	Perth	8,533
Huntly Castle	Huntly	12,430
Inchcolm Abbey	Edinburgh	19,437
Inchmahome Priory	Stirling	16,862
Innerpeffray Library	Crieff	960
Inveraray Castle	Inveraray	73,670
Inveraray Jail	Inveraray	65,481
Inveresk Lodge Garden	Musselburgh	2,297
Inverewe Garden	Poolewe	76,322
Inverness Floral Hall & Coffee Shop	Inverness	16,424
Iona Abbey & St Columba Centre (Mull)	Isle of Iona	60,133
Islesburgh Summer Exhibition	Lerwick	472
Jarlshof	Sumburgh	12,281
Jedburgh Abbey	Jedburgh	18,086
Jedforest Deer & Farm Park	Jedburgh	13,500
Jim Clark Trophy Room	Duns	3,965
John Buchan Centre	Biggar (Near)	1,015
John Knox House	Edinburgh	15,337
John Paul Jones Birthplace Museum and Cottage	Dumfries (Near)	1,665
Kelburn Castle & Country Centre	Fairlie	59,650
Kellie Castle	Pittenweem	11,314
Kildrummy Castle	Alford (Near)	7,200
Kilmartin House Museum	Kilmartin	12,249
Kirriemuir Camera Obscura	Forfar	3,850
Kisimul Castle	Castlebray	5,581
Lagavulin Distillery Visitor Centre	Port Ellen	5,500
Laidhay Croft Museum	Dunbeath	2,530
Landmark Forest Adventure Park	Aviemore (Near)	141,793
Leadhills & Wanlockhead Railway	Leadhills	2,184
Leadhills Miners Library	Leadhills	186
Legend of the Dew of Ben Nevis	Fort William	25,340
Liddesdale Heritage Centre & Museum	Newcastleton	742
Linlithgow Palace	Linlithgow	61,413
Linlithgow Story	Linlithgow	3,106
Linlithgow Union Canal Society	Linlithgow	4,936
Loch Leven Castle	Kinross	19,879
Loch of the Lowes	Dunkeld	23,638
Lybster Harbour Visitor Centre	Lybster	707
Lyth Arts Centre	Wick	1,368
Mabie Farm Park	Dumfries	74,596
Macallan Distillery	Craigellachie	11,926
Macduff Marine Aquarium	Macduff	48,567
Maclellans Castle	Kirkcudbright	6,059
MacRobert	Stirling	125,000
Maeshowe	Stromness	21,357
Maggies Hoosie	Inverallochy	450
Mallaig Heritage Centre	Mallaig	6,852
Malleny Garden	Edinburgh	5,361
Manderston	Duns	5,106
Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum	Meigle	3,169
Mellerstain House	Gordon	4,169
Melrose Abbey	Melrose	46,665
Mertoun Gardens	Melrose	395
Moirlannich Longhouse	Killin	1,142
Monikie Country Park	Dundee	236,025
Montrose Basin Wildlife Centre	Montrose	12,859
Morrisons Bowmore Distillery Ltd.	Bowmore	8,156
Mount Stuart	Rothesay	30,271
Museum of Country Life and Costume	Kilwinning (At Dalgarven Mill)	18,000
Museum of Islay Life	Port Charlotte	3,351
Museum of Scottish Lighthouses	Fraserburgh	14,653
National Museum of Costume	Dumfries	18,473
National Museum of Flight	Haddington (Near)	82,002
National Museum of Rural Life	East Kilbride	69,397
National Wallace Monument	Stirling	126,237
Nelson Monument	Edinburgh	5,533
Nevis Rangei	Fort William	150,865
New Abbey Corn Mill	Dumfries	4,581
Newark Castle	Port Glasgow	3,059
Newhailes	Musselburgh	5,676
Newton Stewart Museum	Newton Stewart	781
Oban Distillery Visitor Centre	Oban	31,200
Old Town Jail	Stirling	17,503
Orcadian Stone Company Ltd	Golspie	395
Orkney Fossil and Vintage Centre	Burray	13,395
Orkney Wireless Museum	Kirkwall	1,374
Our Dynamic Earth	Edinburgh	298,287
Paxton House	Berwick (Near)	18,180
Pictavia Visitor Centre	Brechin	5,750
Pitmedden Garden & Museum of Farm Life	Ellon	16,737
Pitmuies Gardens	Forfar (Near)	3,158
Pollok House	Glasgow	85,549
Preston Mill & Phantassie Doocot	East Linton	2,055
Priorwood Garden	Melrose	9,712
Pulteney Distillery Visitor Centre	Wick	4,500
Queens Cross Church	Glasgow	7,042
Quendale Water Mill & Visitor Attraction	Dunrossness	2,854
Robert Smails Printing Works	Innerleithen	3,567
Rosslyn Chapel	Roslin	138,849
Rothesay Castle	Rothesay	10,116
Royal Lochnagar Distillery Visitor Centre	Ballater (Near)	12,004
Royal Yacht Britannia	Edinburgh	258,388
RSPB (Vane Farm)	Kinross	56,191
RSPB Nature Reserve	Lochwinnoch	29,554
Satrosphere	Aberdeen	39,923
Scallam Visitor Centre	Outer Hebrides	15,000
Scone Palace	Perth	103,000
Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre	Edinburgh	238,542
Scotlands Secret Bunker	St Andrews	34,131
Scott Monument	Edinburgh	66,382
Scottish Crannog Centre	Kenmore	24,163
Scottish Deer Centre	Cupar (Near)	31,879
Scottish Fisheries Museum	Anstruther	97,326
Scottish Maritime Museum	Irvine	10,630
Scottish Mining Museum	Newtongrange	45,186
Scottish Seabird Centre	North Berwick	291,474
Scottish Vintage Bus Museum	Dunfermline (Near)	3,622
Seaprobe Atlantis Cruises	Kyle of Lochalsh	16,941
Sensation The Dundee Science Centre	Dundee	78,199
Seton Collegiate Church	Longniddry	3,037
SFA Football Museum	Glasgow	41,303
Skaill House	Sandwick	49,975
Skara Brae	Stromness	69,361
Skye Museum of Island Life	Kilmuir	16,800
Smailholm Tower	Kelso	6,506
Souter iohnnies Cottage	Kirkoswald	2,118
Spynie Palace	Elgin (Near)	6,932
St Andrews Botanic Garden	St Andrews	19,300
St Andrews Castle	St Andrews	55,163
St Andrews Cathedral	St Andrews	30,162
St Peters Heritage Centre	Peterculter	982
St Vigeans Museum	Arbroath	2,073
Stanley Mills	Perth (Near)	18,190
Stirling Castle	Stirling	383,293
Strachur Smiddy Museum	Strachur	645
Strathisla Distillery	Keith	11,998
Strathnaver Museum	Thurso	3,618
Strathspey Steam Railway	Aviemore	58,969
Stromness Museum	Stromness	7,626
Surgeons Hall Museum	Edinburgh	12,094
Sweetheart Abbey	Dumfries	9,572
Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum Arts Centre	North Uist	31,525
Tain Through Time	Tain	8,841
Talisker Distillery Visitor Centre	Carbost	52,000
Tall Ship at Glasgow Harbour	Glasgow	29,268
Tantallon Castle	North Berwick	30,819
Tarbat Discovery Centre	Tain	2,227
Tenement House	Glasgow	17,318
The Castle & Gardens of Mey	Thurso	28,598
The Loch Ness Exhibition Centre	Drumnadrochit	330,000
The Real Mary Kings Close	Edinburgh	175,025
The Three Hills Roman Heritage Centre	Melrose	3,198
Thirlestane Castle	Lauder	6,298
Threave Castle	Castle Douglas	9,514
Threave Garden	Castle Douglas	54,769
Timespan Heritage Centre	Helmsdale	12,617
Titan Crane	Queens Quay	7,064
Tolquhon Castle	Tarves	4,241
Tomatin Distillery	Tomatin	25,875
Tomb of the Eagles	South Ronaldsay	11,088
Torridon Countryside Centre	Achnasheen	7,053
Toy Museum	Glendale	3,670
Traquair House	Innerleithen	19,367
Trimontium Museum	Melrose	3,002
Trinity House Maritime Museum	Edinburgh	933
Tullibardine Distillery	Blackford	130,000
University Marine Biological Station	Isle of Cumbrae	2,394
Urquhart Castle	Drumnadrochit	282,203
Verdant Works	Dundee	11,248
Vikingar	Largs	19,849
Waverley Excursions Ltd	Glasgow	34,656
Weavers Cottage	Kilbarchan	1,426
West Highland Museum	Fort William	9,179
Whithorn Story	Whithorn	8,377

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