Chester Zoo Attraction

Two Cheshire attractions have been named among the 10 most visited in England. Visit England recently published the results of its Annual Survey of Visits, which ranked destinations by the number of visitors they welcomed in 2021.

Chester Zoo was named the second most-visited attraction in the country, with a total visitor count of 1,601,327 people last year. It was just behind Kew Gardens which saw 1.9 million.

Coming in eighth place was Tatton Park. The popular countryside estate received around 740,000 visits in 2021.

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