Written question WQ86580

Asked by: Cefin CampbellPlaidMember for Mid and West Wales
To be answered by: Minister for Economy
Tabled: 8 November 2022
Due: 15 November 2022
Answered: 16 November 2022
Time to answer: 8 days1 day after the due date

Question

What information does the Welsh Government hold on visitor numbers for Dolforwyn Castle and Montgomery Castle Cadw sites in Montgomeryshire?

Answer

Answered by Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport, and Chief Whip

Cadw does not currently record visitor numbers at these sites, which are unstaffed and free to enter.

A previous project to monitor footfall to unstaffed sites ended in 2014. It used automatic visitor counters to give an estimate of the number of people going to each site. The data for Dolforwyn Castle and Montgomery Castle showed the following numbers of visitors:

Dolforwyn Castle

2009 – 5,441

2010 – 4,253

2011 – 6,116

2012 – 5,347

2013 – 5,040

2014 – 5,610

Montgomery Castle

2009 – 31,820

2010 – 26,400

2011 – 28,301

2012 – 26,118

2013 – 26,311

2014 – 29,018

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