An attraction on Hadrian's Wall had a record year in 2022, with its visit numbers seeing the third biggest increase across all English Heritage attractions.
Across the country, English Heritage had a "bumper year" with domestic tourism said to have returned at "full strength" in 2022, and international visitors at 70% of pre-pandemic levels. The charity found that it had a total membership of almost 1.2 million in 2022, its highest ever level - and one Northumberland site recorded its best year since records began.
Corbridge Roman Town saw a 41% increase in visitor numbers from 2021. The site on the outskirts of one of 2022's staycation hotspots was the most northerly town in the Roman Empire and has two "star" attractions, the Corbridge Lion and the Corbridge Hoard, a "time capsule" thought to be from the second century, with well-preserved objects of a Roman soldier's worldly goods including armour and tools.
