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Shambles   York

Shambles, York

 48 Reviews  How could I not like the Shambles, even on a wet day, with water dripping on me, puddle's and people to dodge, I still fell in love with this part of York! I think I walked through it on more than... 

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Jorvik Viking Centre   York

Jorvik Viking Centre, York

 35 Reviews  The Jorvic Centre was created on the very site where between the years 1976-81 archaeologists from York Archaeological Trust revealed the houses, workshops and backyards of the Viking-Age city of... 

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York Minster   York

York Minster, York

 108 Reviews  One of the greatest Cathedral's of the World! Even if it is closed, it still is worth walking around the complete outside. There are many sculpture's and being Gothic, I thought it gorgeous! There is... 

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National Railway Museum   York

National Railway Museum, York

 29 Reviews  The National Railway Museum we drove to, as it is located away from the main attraction's of York. Coming from York, we saw a notice pointing to the Left for the Car park. The park was pretty full of... 

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Clifford's Tower   York

Clifford's Tower, York

 56 Reviews  I arrived at Clifford's Tower on a very wet day in York! Without an umbrella, Clifford's Tower didn't look appealing at all, so I decided to give it a miss, I didn't want to get any wetter than I... 

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Castle Museum   York

Castle Museum, York

 35 Reviews  I spent an afternoon exploring the York Castle Museum and the prison. The museum is designed for visitors to travel in the past and relive how people lived over the last 400 years. There are replicas... 

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City Walls - General   York

City Walls - General, York

 45 Reviews  York is lucky to have its original city walls almost entirely preserved although this was also the reason why its development halted in crucial times in history. The fiirst city walls were no more... 

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Merchant Adventurer's Hall   York

Merchant Adventurer's Hall, York

 19 Reviews  On alighting from the Bus I looked straight to the beautiful Merchant Adventurers' Hall. I thought, if this is York, then it is going to be pretty good! I didn't know it then, but it is the largest... 

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Walks, Tours, Etc   York

Walks, Tours, Etc, York

 35 Reviews  York is known as one of the most haunted cities the world I came across the this stilted person giving out Ghost Walk pamphlet's, took one, and then took his photo! I read the pamphlet and wished I... 

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Riverside   York

Riverside, York

 17 Reviews  You can take a 45 minute boat trip on the river whatever the weather as York Boat has an open sundeck and heated lounges where you can relax with a drink from the bar and watch the ever changing... 

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City - Miscellaneous   York

City - Miscellaneous, York

 50 Reviews  If you have a chance, visit York at night. Thanks to Colin [Brittania2] and Maureen, who took us around and showed us the City lit up at night. It was lovely, especially the Minster, worth doing if... 

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Yorkshire Musem, Gardens, Etc.   York

Yorkshire Musem, Gardens, Etc., York

 30 Reviews  This place seems to have only recently reopened before our visit in November 2010 after a major refurb. I've no idea what it was like before but the museum now is pretty impressive. It's not a huge... 

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Treasurer's House   York

Treasurer's House, York

 10 Reviews  This property was served as the Medieval treasuer of York Minster, hence the name, during the Middle Ages until the 16th Century. The Treasurer's House was subsequently owned by a number of private... 

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Eating & Drinking   York

Eating & Drinking, York

 9 Reviews  Lunch time came along, and once again was the problem of what to do. One thing York is not short off, is food place's ranging from reasonable to expensive, there was a good choice. We had been... 

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Other Museums, Galleries & Attractions   York

Other Museums, Galleries & Attractions, York

 14 Reviews  I must admit to never having visited but my son has and he says its good fun. I only include as part of my plan to make really informative York pages. I do have one 2010 2 for 1 entry voucher - the... 

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Monk Bar   York

Monk Bar, York

 15 Reviews  We found the Richard III museum inside the Monkbar of York City walls whilst doing the walk along the walls. It was only £2.50 for admission and so we decided to have a look inside and were delighted... 

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Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate.   York

Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate., York

 7 Reviews  What a mouthful to say! This is the smallest street in York and has the longest name. The current length of raised pavement between St Crux church hall and a road junction is it! A local custom of... 

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The Bars of York   York

The Bars of York, York

 10 Reviews  Micklegate was one of the most important gateways to York and the city entrance to and from the south of England. Amongst its more gruesome history is the fact that it was used to hang the heads of... 

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City Gates - General   York

City Gates - General, York

 15 Reviews  Monk Bar is another medieval Gate located along the north east entrance route to York. This Gate was built between the 14th and 15th centuries and had a drawbridge. The Bar is four stories high, with... 

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College Street   York

College Street, York

 9 Reviews  St William's is one of the most beautiful buildings I know in York, and one you should particularly visit if you are interested in York Minster since this is where many of its offices are and where... 

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Surroundings   York

Surroundings, York

 16 Reviews  Castle Howard has been the home of part of the Howard family for more than 300 years. Castle Howard is a stately home, one of the grandest private residences in Britain. Most of the castle was built... 

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Market   York

Market, York

 6 Reviews  There's been a market on this site for hundreds of years and there are over 100 stalls selling a huge variety of things, with a particularly good selection of fresh foods. The market is open daily... 

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Fairfax House   York

Fairfax House, York

 10 Reviews  The thing I remember most about my visit here (a few days ago) is how enthusiastic and helpful the staff (I think volunteers?) here were. In every room there was somebody who just seemed desperate to... 

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Shopping   York

Shopping, York

 9 Reviews  Quaint shop's, I had never seen so many of them, I loved them, they brought back to mind the English television show with the two "Ronnies!" I found some interesting ones too, like the animated shoe... 

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Goodramgate   York

Goodramgate, York

 6 Reviews  Goodramgate has a funny name which some people say comes from King Guthrum (Guthrumgate is the older name of the street) who was defeated by King Arthur, or it was named after a local warrior. Others... 

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Ribblehead Viaduct

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One of the most impressive examples of Victorian engineering is the Settle-Carlisle railway, which cuts through some of the most isolated and desolate countryside in the region. The Ribblehead Viaduct is one example of the numerous viaducts built to carry the railway line - in this instance to cross the Ribble Valley. It's 1320 feet long and is 104 feet high. Amazingly, it took only 4 years to build (1870-1874), employing some 2000 workers (hundreds of whom lost their lives) and using 1.5 million bricks! The path beside the viaduct leads up to Blea Moor (Bleak Moor would be more appropriate!) which provides spectacular views of Whernside and Ingleborough peaks.

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Deepdale

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The River Wharfe, The River Ribble and their many tributaries cut through the landscape of much of North Yorkshire and the Yorkshire Dales National Park and there are many many access point, providing wonderful walks along the banks, waterfalls and rapids. This particular spot is Deepdale, one of the lesser visited dales to the north east (joins Dentdale and Ribblesdale).

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Swaledale/Arkengarthdale

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The remote northern end of the Yorkshire Dales provides some of the most spectacularly desolate scenery - including the famed Buttertubs Pass, connecting Swaledale with Wensleydale. Villages include Reeth, Thwaite, Muker - are splendid in their isolation. And those drystone walls.....

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Bolton Castle

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It's odd to think that when looking at Bolton Castle today, sitting it is in such a prominent place overlooking Wensleydale spread out before it that, in reality, when the castle was first built, it was in the middle of a forest!The 14th century was the castle's genesis and, like Bodiam castle in East Sussex built 10 years later, it marked a move away from the fortress castles of previous years. Yes, protection was still paramount (especially so close to the Scottish border), an exterior show of wealth and power vital, but, for the first time, comfort started to creep into the design of castles in the 14th century.Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned here for 6 months and it also came under heavy fire during the English Civil War. The north east tower collapsed in 1761. More recently, the film 'Elizabeth' starring Cate Blanchett was filmed here. It's essentially an empty shell of a...

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Robin Hood's Bay

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A small fishing village on the dramatic North Yorkshire coast - now more reliant on the tourist industry than anything that is caught out of the water! It's a charming little place - best experienced by leaving the car at the top of the cliff (road level entrance) and walking through the narrow but steep streets and alleyways down to the harbour. There are dramatic views across the wide bay.Robin Hood's Bay (no-one knows where the name came from) is between Scarborough and Whitby.

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Whitby Abbey

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Whitby, due to royal connections, was an important Christian site from as early as the middle of the 7th century. It flourished for more than 200 years before Viking raids destroyed the Abbey, after which it remained in ruins for a further 200 years. The Norman conquests of Britain provided a new lease of life, and, by the end of the 12th century, Whitby's Abbey church was on its way to being the grand design we see today. Such was the scale, it took nearly 200 years to come anywhere near completion - and then along came Henry VIII's Dissolution in 1539 with the buildings and land being leased off to private individuals. It was the Abbey House that was of most interest - used as private dwellings, and therefore much of the Abbey was stripped of materials and simply left to rot. The nave collapsed in 1762 and the tower followed in 1830. What was left was also damaged by German artillery...

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Jervaulx Abbey

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Although administered by English Heritage, Jervaulx Abbey is privately owned. Although small and in an advanced ruinous state, the site is an incredibly romantic one, with the stones and fooundation lines set in parkland ina quiet dip in the Yorkshire countryside. Founded in 1146, the Cistercian Abbey came under particularly savage destruction during Henry VIII's Dissolution, with most of the abbey church being completely destroyed. After the troops haad finished with, there was little attempt to resettle or rebuild, with the remains we see today as they were more or less left almost 500 years ago.Entrance fee payable - GBP 2.00 (adults), 1.50 (kids) - pay at the Gift Shop or Honesty Box!Open during daylight hours every day.

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Ripon Cathedral

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A place of worship has been on the site of the current cathedral since 672. The first church lasted almost 300 years before being destroyed by the English king in 948 as a warning to the power of the Archbishop of York. Only the crypt of the original church survived - a crypt which remains a part of the current day cathedral. The 2nd church lasted less than 100 years before Willaim the Conqueror saw to its destruction. A third was started almost immediately, with the current Early English west front (pictured) added in 1220. But Edward VI stripped a great deal of the church and its wealth and only under James I in 1604 did the 4th and final version of the Minster appear as we see it today. The Minster became a cathedral only as recently as 1836 - the first since the Reformation.It's quite a plain and simple cathedral - the chief attractions being the misericords (carvings underneath the...

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Fountains Abbey/Studley Royal

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Just 4 miles west of Ripon, Fountains Abbey is a fantastic mix of ruins, gardens,a medieval deer park and palace, ornamental lakes: it was declared a World Heritage site in 1987. It is the UK's largest monastic ruin.First on the site was the Benedict monastery, founded in 1132 but which soon became a Cistercian monastery. It became one of the richest religious houses, but, whilst struggling financially by the time of the Dissolution under Henry VIII in 1539, it was still an important spiritual home. The Dissolution contributed to the Abbey's demise (building materials found their way to Ripon and York cathedrals) but to the rise of Fountains Hall, built between 1598 and 1604 (with materials from the Abbey).Studley Royal Estate, a separate entity until 1767, and the Water Garden was developed between 1721-1742 by John Aislabie. On his death, his son inherited Studley Royal and purchased...

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Brimham Rocks

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Brimham Rocks, 10 miles south of Ripon, are a series of weirdly eroded (but strangely beautiful) Millstone Grit rocks, shaped as they are by erosion during the last Ice Age. Theyr ise up to 300 metres above sea level and, as they 'sit' beside the road, are easily accessible , although, administered by the National Trust, are usually open from 8am until dusk most of the year.Not easy to get to by public transport - Harrogate to Pateley Bridge train, getting off at Summerbridge station 2 miles away. Buses pass by (again from Harrogate or Richmond) to within approximately 1 mile but they are infrequent.

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Guy Fawkes Inn  York

 4 Reviews and 232 Opinions  We went to the pub new years gay. I ordered the fish and chips and found a lump of metal in the... 

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Fairhaven Country Hotel  Whitby

 2 Reviews and 54 Opinions  We spent one night at the Fairhaven Hotel as wished we could have stayed longer. Excellent hotel... 

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The Crescent Hotel  Scarborough

 3 Reviews and 172 Opinions  The Crescent was our Hotel for this years Rotary Conference. Hote, rooms, staff, food were of the... 

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  1. York Things to Do
  2. Scarborough Things to Do
  3. Whitby Things to Do
  4. Harrogate Things to Do
  5. Yorkshire Dales National Park Things to Do
  6. Skipton Things to Do
  7. Knaresborough Things to Do
  8. Robin Hood's Bay Things to Do
  9. Goathland Things to Do
  10. Northallerton Things to Do
  11. Malham Things to Do
  12. Thirsk Things to Do
  13. Ripon Things to Do
  14. Nun Monkton Things to Do
  15. Hawes Things to Do
  16. Pateley Bridge Things to Do
  17. Ingleton Things to Do
  18. Richmond Things to Do
  19. Reeth Things to Do
  20. North York Moors National Park Things to Do
  21. Aysgarth Things to Do
  22. Grassington Things to Do
  23. Malton Things to Do
  24. Bolton Bridge Things to Do
  25. Ripley Things to Do
  26. Settle Things to Do
  27. Muker Things to Do
  28. Middleham Things to Do
  29. Airton Things to Do
  30. Gunnerside Things to Do
  31. Rievaulx Things to Do

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