Ruined monastery in North Yorkshire and decommissioned royal ship in Edinburgh voted joint favourites in Which? poll

Asked to guess what the UK’s favourite attractions were, you might be expected to say Stonehenge, Westminster Abbey or the Tower of London. But it’s Fountains Abbey and the Royal Yacht Britannia that have tied first-place in a survey by the consumer body Which?.

The poll of nearly 3,000 Which? members ranked sites in April and May according to value for money, staff helpfulness and lack of crowds. Fountains Abbey, a famed monastic ruin in North Yorkshire, and the Royal Yacht Britannia, a decommissioned royal yacht moored in Edinburgh, emerged as joint favourites.

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