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National Railway Museum
The National Railway Museum, beside York station, is Britain's largest railway museum and free to enter.
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Two thousand years of history inside intact city walls — Roman, Viking and medieval — with the Shambles, the Minster and a rewarding tea-and-pubs culture.
Best time to visit
Spring for blossom on the walls; late November for the Christmas market.
Getting there
Under 2 hours by rail from London King's Cross.
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The National Railway Museum, beside York station, is Britain's largest railway museum and free to enter.
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York Minster is the great Gothic cathedral at the heart of York and a centre of Christianity in the north of England since the 7th century.
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Museum Gardens are ten acres of botanical gardens in the centre of York, managed by York Museums Trust.
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The York Dungeon on Clifford Street is a walk-through, actor-led tour of the city's grimmest stories, from the plague to Viking raiders and highwayman Dick Turpin.
Read morePhoto from Google Maps · The Milner York
Google rating 4.3 (3,660) · Guest rating 8.2/10 (9,097)
Station Rd, York YO24 1AA, UK
The Milner York is the Grade II-listed Victorian railway hotel on Station Road, right beside York station.
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Photo from Google Maps · Keith Laverack
Google rating 4.3 (3,228) · Guest rating 8.3/10 (7,495)
Fishergate, York YO10 4FD, UK
Novotel York Centre is a 146-room hotel on Fishergate, just outside York's city walls to the south-east of…
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Photo from Google Maps · Hotel Indigo York by IHG
Google rating 4.5 (1,832) · Guest rating 9/10 (4,263)
88-96 Walmgate, York YO1 9TL, UK
Hotel Indigo York is a 101-room boutique hotel on Walmgate, inside the city walls on the quieter eastern…
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Photo from Google Maps · Hampton by Hilton York
Google rating 4.3 (2,132)
Toft Grn, York YO1 6JT, UK
Situated on Toft Green in York, this informal hotel provides bright, modern accommodation with complimentary…
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Photo from Google Maps · Radisson Hotel York
Google rating 4.1 (2,745) · Guest rating 8.2/10 (10,847)
North St, York YO1 6JF, UK
Radisson Hotel York is a 200-room hotel on North Street, on the west bank of the River Ouse.
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Photo from Google Maps · Travelodge York Central Layerthorpe
Google rating 4.3 (1,713)
Layerthorpe, Heworth, York YO31 7RE, UK
Travelodge York Central Layerthorpe is a 128-room budget hotel overlooking the River Foss, just outside the…
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Photo from Google Maps · Hampton by Hilton York Piccadilly
Google rating 4.4 (1,372) · Guest rating 8.5/10 (18,276)
46-50 Piccadilly, York YO1 9NX, UK
Situated on Piccadilly in York, this informal hotel offers understated accommodation alongside an on-site gym.
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Photo from Google Maps · Delta Hotels York
Google rating 4.1 (2,016) · Guest rating 8.2/10 (5,531)
Tadcaster Rd, York YO24 1QQ, UK
Situated on Tadcaster Road, Delta Hotels York offers comfortable accommodation with views overlooking the…
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Photo from Google Maps · Hilton York
Google rating 4.0 (2,389) · Guest rating 8.2/10 (7,231)
1 Tower St, York YO1 9WD, UK
Hilton York is a 131-room hotel on Tower Street, directly opposite Clifford's Tower on the southern side of…
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Photo from Google Maps · Colin Wreglesworth
Google rating 4.3 (1,324)
2 Rougier St, York YO90 1UU, UK
Malmaison York is a 150-room hotel on Rougier Street, created from Yorkshire House, a 1960s brutalist office…
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Photo from Google Maps · Holiday Inn Express York by IHG
Google rating 4.3 (979)
Malton Rd, North Yorkshire, York YO32 9TE, UK
Holiday Inn Express York is a 49-room hotel on Malton Road on the north-eastern edge of York, about four…
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Photo from Google Maps · York Pavilion Hotel, BW Signature Collection by Best Western
Google rating 4.1 (1,350)
45 Main St, Fulford, York YO10 4PJ, UK
The York Pavilion is an independent, family-owned country house hotel on Main Street in Fulford, on the…
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Photo from Google Maps · Safestay York Micklegate
Google rating 4.1 (1,217) · Guest rating 8/10 (113)
88-90 Micklegate, York YO1 6JX, UK
Safestay York occupies Micklegate House, a Georgian townhouse built in 1752 inside the city walls and about…
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Photo from Google Maps · Roomzzz Aparthotel York City
Google rating 4.6 (536) · Guest rating 9/10 (3,191)
Terry Ave, York YO23 1FG, UK
Roomzzz York City is an aparthotel on Terry Avenue beside the River Ouse, opened in December 2019.
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Photo from Google Maps · Travelodge York Central
Google rating 3.9 (1,503)
90 Piccadilly, York YO1 9NX, UK
Travelodge York Central is a 90-room budget hotel on Piccadilly, inside York's city walls at the…
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Photo from Google Maps · Holiday Inn York City Centre by IHG
Google rating 3.9 (1,479) · Guest rating 8.7/10 (7,837)
53 Piccadilly, York YO1 9PL, UK
Holiday Inn York City Centre is an IHG hotel on Piccadilly, inside the southern edge of the old city.
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Photo from Google Maps · Premier Inn York City Centre (Layerthorpe) hotel
Google rating 4.2 (553)
Layerthorpe, Foss Islands Rd, York YO31 7YW, UK
This Premier Inn sits on Foss Islands Road in Layerthorpe, just outside York's medieval walls on the east…
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Guest rating 9/10 (6,401)
15 St Peters Grove
B+B York provides hotel accommodation situated along St Peters Grove in the city of York.
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Guest rating 8.7/10 (2,452)
City Centre, 54 Low Petergate
Situated at 54 Low Petergate, Galtres Lodge Hotel & Forest Restaurant offers accommodation in the heart of…
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Guest rating 8.7/10 (1,436)
43 Gillygate
Gillygate Guest House provides hotel accommodation in the city of York.
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Guest rating 8.2/10 (1,499)
25 High Petergate
The Guy Fawkes Inn is a hotel situated in York.
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Guest rating 8.8/10 (1,827)
3 Bootham Terrace
Hedley House Hotel Wellness and Spa is a hotel situated at 3 Bootham Terrace in York.
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Guest rating 8.7/10 (1,999)
City Centre, 9 Lendal
The Judge's Lodging is a hotel located at 9 Lendal in York.
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Guest rating 8.6/10 (4,432)
55-57 Skeldergate
Middletons is a hotel situated at 55-57 Skeldergate in York.
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Guest rating 9.3/10 (1,938)
22 Marygate, Bootham
Minster Walk Guesthouse provides hotel accommodation situated in York.
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Guest rating 7.8/10 (1,437)
22 Haxby Road
Park View Guest House provides hotel accommodation in the city of York.
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Guest rating 0/10 (1,640)
17 Longfield Terrace
St Marys Guest House is a hotel situated at 17 Longfield Terrace in York.
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Guest rating 8.7/10 (4,961)
Duncombe Place North Yorkshire
The Dean Court is a hotel situated on Duncombe Place in York.
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Guest rating 8.6/10 (1,416)
Fetter Lane
Victoria Cloisters Apartments provides hotel accommodation situated on Fetter Lane in York.
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Guest rating 8.9/10 (5,773)
75/85 Scarcroft Road
Wheatlands Lodge Hotel is a hotel situated on Scarcroft Road in York.
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Photo from Google Maps · Designer Outlet York
Google rating 4.4 (25,509)
St Nicholas Ave, York YO19 4TA, UK
Situated on St Nicholas Avenue, Designer Outlet York is an undercover shopping centre offering discounts on…
Photo from Google Maps · nattapon Intalap
Google rating 4.6 (9,253)
6-8 St. Helen’s Square, York YO1 8QP, UK
Situated on St.
Photo from Google Maps · House Of The Trembling Madness // Stonegate (The Original)
Google rating 4.7 (5,110)
48 Stonegate, York YO1 8AS, UK
House of the Trembling Madness on Stonegate is a beer bar and bottle shop inside a Grade II* listed,…
Photo from Google Maps · Valhalla York
Google rating 4.7 (4,487)
4 Patrick Pool, York YO1 8BB, UK
Situated just off the Shambles in York, Valhalla is a cosy, rustic venue featuring a distinctive Viking…
Photo from Google Maps · Fat Hippo York
Google rating 4.6 (3,752)
52 Low Petergate, York YO1 7HZ, UK
Situated on Low Petergate in York, Fat Hippo is a restaurant renowned for its hearty comfort food and…
Photo from Google Maps · The Cut & Craft York
Google rating 4.5 (4,174)
8 St Sampson's Sq, York YO1 8RN, UK
Situated on St Sampson's Square in York, The Cut & Craft is a chic restaurant offering a sophisticated…
Photo from Google Maps · The Grand, York
Google rating 4.6 (3,353)
Station Rise, York YO1 6GD, UK
The Grand, York is a restaurant situated within a grand Edwardian railway hotel, offering a luxurious dining…
Photo from Google Maps · Lucia
Google rating 4.5 (3,783)
East, 13 Swinegate, York YO1 8AJ, UK
Lucia is an all-day restaurant and bar on Swinegate Court in central York, a few minutes' walk from the…
Photo from Google Maps · Daniel Walker
Google rating 4.5 (3,457)
High Petergate, York YO1 7EH, UK
The Hole in the Wall is a pub on High Petergate in York, just inside Bootham Bar and a couple of minutes'…
Photo from Google Maps · Kenneth Gjermstad
Google rating 4.4 (4,109)
16 Pavement, York YO1 9UP, UK
Situated on Pavement in York, the Golden Fleece is a casual sixteenth-century pub featuring a traditional…
Photo from Google Maps · David C
Google rating 4.7 (2,407)
5 Museum St, York YO1 7DT, UK
Situated on Museum Street in York, Brew & Brownie is a hip eatery serving meals made with locally sourced…
Photo from Google Maps · SPARK York
Google rating 4.6 (2,738)
17-21 Piccadilly, York YO1 9PB, UK
Situated on Piccadilly in York, SPARK York is a buzzing food market-style venue set within quirky upcycled…
Photo from Google Maps · Ate O'Clock
Google rating 4.5 (3,171)
13a High Ousegate, York YO1 8RZ, UK
Tucked down a passageway on High Ousegate in York, Ate O'Clock serves Mediterranean fare within an…
Photo from Google Maps · Matt H
Google rating 4.1 (6,367)
90 Piccadilly, York YO1 9NX, UK
Situated on Piccadilly in York close to the river, The Postern Gate is a sizeable, modern pub set within a…
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Photo from Google Maps · Bill's York Restaurant
Google rating 4.3 (3,867)
12 Coney St, York YO1 9NA, UK
Situated on Coney Street in York city centre, Bill's York Restaurant is a contemporary European chain…
Photo from Google Maps · David Bingham
Google rating 4.1 (5,282)
5-9 Blossom St, York YO24 1AU, UK
Located on Blossom Street in York, The Punch Bowl is an 18th-century pub featuring a traditional interior.
Photo from Google Maps · Michael Óvári
Google rating 4.2 (3,402)
17 Pavement, Heathfield Rd, York YO1 8NB, UK
Located in the centre of York, this multi-storey Marks & Spencer features a large foodhall alongside a…
Photo from Google Maps · David Simkins
Google rating 4.6 (1,671)
112 Micklegate, York YO1 6JX, UK
Partisan is a daytime café, restaurant and shop at 112 Micklegate, run by Florencia Clifford.
Photo from Google Maps · The Fat Badger
Google rating 4.4 (2,306)
2-4 High Petergate, York YO1 7EH, UK
The Fat Badger is a multi-roomed pub with twelve bedrooms at 2–4 High Petergate, built partly into Bootham…
Photo from Google Maps · Royal Oak
Google rating 4.5 (1,668)
18 Goodramgate, York YO1 7LG, UK
The Royal Oak is a traditional pub on Goodramgate, just inside Monk Bar and a short walk from York Minster.
Photo from Google Maps · Golden Lion
Google rating 4.3 (2,300)
9 Church St, York YO1 8BG, UK
The Golden Lion is a traditional British pub situated in the historic heart of York, offering a classic menu…
Photo from Google Maps · Robinsons Cafe
Google rating 4.8 (928)
7 Bishopthorpe Rd, York YO23 1NA, UK
Robinsons is an independent, licensed café at 7 Bishopthorpe Road, the busy local high street known as Bishy…
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Photo from Google Maps · Gary Victor
Google rating 4.6 (1,186)
Unit 6, Enterprise Complex, Walmgate, York YO1 9TT, UK
Situated within the Enterprise Complex on Walmgate in York, Brew York pairs an extensive range of taps and…
Photo from Google Maps · Ged Marciniak
Google rating 4.4 (1,261)
8, 10 Little Stonegate, York YO1 8AX, UK
Set within a converted Georgian townhouse on Little Stonegate in York, Stonegate Yard is a bar and…
Photo from Google Maps · Forest
Google rating 4.5 (913)
54 Low Petergate, York YO1 7HZ, UK
Nestled within the Galtres Lodge Hotel in York, Forest is a rustic-style restaurant serving traditional…
Photo from Google Maps · Bruberrie Café & Bar
Google rating 4.8 (541)
76 The Mount, York YO24 1AR, UK
Situated on The Mount in York, Bruberrie Café & Bar is a small and quiet venue serving breakfast, brunch,…
Photo from Google Maps · Dawn Jutton
Google rating 4.9 (439)
7-9 Clifford St, York YO1 9RG, UK
Situated on Clifford Street near York city centre, Forever Coffee York is a welcoming cafe featuring…
Photo from Google Maps · YHA York Hostel
Google rating 4.3 (983)
42 Water End, Clifton, York YO30 6LP, UK
Situated beside the river in Clifton, this York hostel features a selection of private rooms and single-sex…
Photo from Google Maps · Stefan Keleshev
Google rating 4.7 (32,341)
Leeman Rd, York YO26 4XJ, UK
The National Railway Museum, beside York station, is Britain's largest railway museum and free to enter.
Photo from Google Maps · Andrew Starmer-Allen
Google rating 4.7 (24,967)
Deangate, York YO1 7HH, UK
York Minster is the great Gothic cathedral at the heart of York and a centre of Christianity in the north of…
Photo from Google Maps · Victor Yates
Google rating 4.6 (15,177)
5 Silver St, York YO1 8RY, UK
Shambles Market is York's main open-air market, set just behind the medieval street of The Shambles on…
Photo from Google Maps · dave robinson
Google rating 4.6 (14,773)
19 Coppergate, York YO1 9WT, UK
Situated on Coppergate in York, this underground attraction brings the past to life with a detailed…
Photo from Google Maps · Dave Seymour
Google rating 4.7 (9,445)
Museum St, York YO1 7FR, UK
Museum Gardens are ten acres of botanical gardens in the centre of York, managed by York Museums Trust.
Photo from Google Maps · Castle Howard
Google rating 4.6 (9,031)
Castle Howard, York YO60 7DA, UK
Situated in York, Castle Howard is a gilded 18th-century stately home set within extensive landscaped…
Photo from Google Maps · Leanne Dempsey
Google rating 4.6 (7,687)
12 Clifford St, York YO1 9RD, UK
The York Dungeon on Clifford Street is a walk-through, actor-led tour of the city's grimmest stories, from…
Photo from Google Maps · Marianne Koppenaal
Google rating 4.6 (7,581)
Tower St, York YO1 9RY, UK
York Castle Museum tells the story of everyday life over the past few centuries, housed in two former…
Photo from Google Maps · R J
Google rating 4.6 (7,236)
King's Sq, York YO1 7LD, UK
York's Chocolate Story is an indoor guided attraction on King's Square, at the top of the Shambles, telling…
Photo from Google Maps · Francisco Gallego
Google rating 4.3 (6,240)
Tower St, York YO1 9SA, UK
Clifford's Tower is a significant 13th-century castle keep, forming the largest remaining part of York Castle.
Photo from Google Maps · olrummun
Google rating 4.7 (2,749)
York YO1 7LJ, UK
York's City Walls carry an elevated, circular walkway around the historic centre that anyone can walk for…
Photo from Google Maps · David Henry
Google rating 4.6 (1,412)
The Hall, Fossgate, York YO1 9XD, UK
Dating from the 1350s, this timber-framed hall in York originally served as a gathering place for merchants…
Photo from Google Maps · Adnan Can Kelicen
Google rating 4.6 (1,367)
Minster Yard, York YO1 7JL, UK
Treasurer's House is a Grade I listed historic house in Minster Yard, directly behind York Minster.
Photo from Google Maps · Ishita Maity
Google rating 4.7 (1,008)
Monument Cl, Holgate, York YO24 4HT, UK
York Cold War Bunker is a semi-sunken command post in Holgate, built in 1961 to monitor nuclear explosions…
Photo from Google Maps · David Dobby
Google rating 4.6 (754)
York YO30 7DR, UK
St Mary's Abbey is the ruin of a Benedictine monastery in York's Museum Gardens, first built in 1088 and…
Photo from Google Maps · Modestus Lakdas Fernando
Google rating 4.5 (335)
2-4 High Petergate, York YO1 7EH, UK
Situated on High Petergate, Bootham Bar serves as a historic gateway into York's old city centre.
Photo from Google Maps · York Mansion House
Google rating 4.6 (237)
St. Helen’s Square, York YO1 9QL, UK
York's Mansion House on St Helen's Square is the Georgian home of the city's Lord Mayors, built between 1725…
Photo from Google Maps · Evgeny Shmelev
Google rating 4.7 (122)
North St, York YO1 6BE, UK
Situated on North Street, this four-hundred-year-old tower houses an intimate cafe and bar complete with…
Photo from Google Maps · Martin DB
Google rating 4.5 (57)
Piccadilly, York YO1 9AF, UK
Located at the end of Piccadilly, Fishergate Postern Tower is a medieval structure in York, dating back to…
Photo from Google Maps · Cath
Google rating 4.7 (33)
Bootham, York YO1 7DS, UK
The Multangular Tower is a corner tower of the Roman legionary fortress at York, standing in Museum Gardens…
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Heslington Lane, York
Fulford Golf Club is a championship heathland course less than three miles south of York city centre, laid…
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Tadcaster Road, Askham Bryan, York
Pike Hills Golf Club is an 18-hole, par-71 parkland course about two miles south-west of York, built around…
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Google rating 4.7 (225)
Foss Islands Rd, York YO1 9UB, UK
Walmgate Bar is the south-eastern gateway through York's medieval city walls, and the only one of the city's…
Photo from Google Maps · Stoyan Tzvetansky
Google rating 4.6 (84)
129 Monkgate, York YO31 7PD, UK
Standing at the end of Goodramgate, Monk Bar is a four-storey medieval gatehouse and fortress dating from…
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Google rating 4.7 (16)
Unnamed Road, Monkgate, York YO31 7PD, UK
Robin Hood Tower is the rounded angle tower at the northern corner of York's medieval walls, on the stretch…
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Skelton Lane, Wigginton, York
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Stockton-on-the-Forest, York
Forest Park Golf Club is a 27-hole complex at Stockton-on-the-Forest, four miles north-east of York, with…
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Lords Moor Lane, Strensall, York
York Golf Club is a par-70 heathland course at Strensall, a short drive north of York, designed by five-time…
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