The 6 most popular tourist attractions in the UK

 1. The National Gallery:

National Gallery

The National Gallery houses Britain's set of paintings from the 13th to the 19th centuries. Last year it had a 6.4% increase in visitors, with 6.4 million people going from side to side its doors. The gallery contains over 2,300 paintings including Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait, Diego Velasquez's Rokeby Venus, J.M.W. Turner's Fighting Temeraire and Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers.

2. South bank Center:

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Last year some 6.2 million people visited the South-bank Center, Shaped in 1951 for the Festival of Britain, the South-bank arts center takes up an inspiring 21 acres of London on the banks of the Thames. It encompasses the Royal Festival Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Hayward Gallery, the Purcell Room and the Saison Poetry Library, and its programming ranges from classical, jazz and popular music to modern dance, poetry and the visual arts. " We have been ambitiously growing our year-round festival programmers over the last few years, reinforcing South-bank Center's position as a flourishing, vibrant purpose that delights in placing excellence and social equality side by side," its artistic director Jude Kelly said about its addition in this year's list.

3. Tate Modern:

Helped out by the Matisse exhibition, the Tate Recent brought in 5.7 million visitors in 2014 putting it into 3th place. The vast museum, which occupies 371,350 sq ft, is made from 4.2 million bricks. It's at present showing a main exhibition by South African artist Marlene Dumas.

4. Tower of London:

The remembrance poppies motorized the Tower of London into the eighth spot with visitors up 6% in 2014 to just over 3 million. Between Aug. 5 and Nov. 11, 2014 the Tower of London was filled with 888,246 ceramic poppies to agree with the centenary of World War I. Created by artists Paul Cummins and Tom Piper, the poppies, once removed, were sold to raise money for charity.

5. Somerset House:

Home of London Fashion Week, Somerset House, an arts and cultural centre, is housed in a neoclassical building on the banks of the Thames. It get in 2.4 million visitors last year, an increase of 3% on the before year. One of the current exhibitions housed at Somerset House is a collection of 80 photographs of beards. The exploration of facial hair and grooming is on awaiting March 29.

6. The Library of Birmingham:

The Library of Birmingham is the only attraction outside of London to break. Some 2.4 million people visited the building, which opened in September 2013. Designed by draftsman Francine Houben, the building holds current and exceptional books and photos. As well a library, the space also houses an art gallery and one of the British Film Institute Mediatheques, which gives free right of entry to the National Film Archive.