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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
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
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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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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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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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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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
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
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
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
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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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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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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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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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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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
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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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Not far from Malham Cove (reached from the town of Malham) is the deeply impressive and 'powerful' Gordale Scar. Part of a 22 mile faultline, it is the opposite of Malham Cove. Here, the retreating glacier has simply cut through the rock, leaving a wide fissure in the landscape. In places, it is more than 100 metres high. You can scramble up the base of the Scar - its hard going, especially after rain where there are a number of small waterfalls.
A natural limestone formation, Malham Cove is an enormously popular spot of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It's a huge cliff of limestone at the head of a valley, the spring of which bubbles to the surface at the base of the cliff. This stream was responsible for the surrounds - or at least the melting glacier that it once was - with a deeply impressive waterfall thousands of years ago (scientists believe to the volume of Niagara Falls. It's been 200 years since any water went over the edge!). Nowadays, the stream disappears into the ground a few kms from the top edge of Malham Cove before re-appearing at its base.Most people walk up the side of the 'cove' (steps carved into the soil at the side - it's steep!), the top of which brings you to an impressive expanse of limstone pavement (but you can climb vertically with a bit of help with ropes and crampons).It's a spectacular spot,...
The ruins of one of the richest monastic houses in England lie in the valley of the little River Skell. The Cistercian monks began to build it in 1132 and the abbey remained hugely rich (mostly from their wool) until Henry Vlll dissolved it in 1539. The ruins are beautiful and evocative, with much left to explore.In 1767 William Aislabie bought the ruins and land, incorporating them into his landscaped water gardens. These, with their lakes, temples and follies, can be explored after you have had your fill of the abbey ruins. The abbey and gardens are a World Heritage site and should not be missed.
Helmsley is a very nice village to visit, it's on the southern edge of the North Yorkshire Moors and is a good gateway to the area. Close to the village is Rievaulx Abbey which is well worth a visit. Helmsley is popular with walkers as it marks the beginning of the Cleveland way, a 108 mile route around the moors. The large market square (see 'more photos') is very attractive with a statue of Lord Feversham at its centre and there are nice shops all around. The nearby stately home Duncombe Park (home of the current Lord Feversham) and the remains of 12th century Helmsley Castle are tourist attractions but unfortunately I didn't have time to visit either -- hopefully next time ...
The North York Moors are great to drive through -- I suppose August and September would be the best time when the heather is in bloom -- I went in November and it was an endless brown landscape but I really enjoyed the remoteness of the place. My photos were taken on Hamer Moor, travelling south from Egton to Rosedale Abbey. I would suggest you get a good road map to pick out the minor roads that traverse this countryside, certainly getting 'off the beaten track' is the way to enjoy the North York Moors.
A bustling fishing port on the east coast, Whitby is a popular holiday destination -- overlooked by the ruins of St. Hilda's Abbey (see 'more photos'), it has an old town area with lots of narrow streets, a fine sandy beach and lots of shops to wander around. Be sure to take the 199 steps that lead up to the Parish Church of St. Mary, the views from the steps down to the town below are superb. It was from Whitby that the explorer Captain James Cook set sail in the 18th century on his scientific expeditions -- a museum dedicated to him is now housed in the premises where Cook lodged whilst an apprentice seaman.Cook museum website: http://www.cookmuseumwhitby.co.uk/
The small village of Grosmont (pronounced: Growmont) is dominated by the railway -- the station is the northern terminus for the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, a steam route that has its southern terminus at Pickering -- at Grosmont you can take a path opposite the station to view the steam locomotives at the sheds (see 'more photos'). Grosmont station itself has been restored and looks like a British Railways station of the 1960's. Not much more in the village, but if you're interested in steam locomotives then you'll like Grosmont.
A busy market town at the southern edge of the North Yorks Moors, Pickering is a terminus for the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, a steam route that goes north from Pickering to Grosmont. Pickering Castle (see 'more photos') was built in 1069 by William the Conqueror -- later many Kings stayed here to enjoy the hunting in nearby forests. If you're heading to the coast to Scarborough or north to Whitby, Pickering is a nice place to stop off and wander around.
The first Cisterian abbey in the north of England, Rievaulx dates back nearly 900 years -- I was surprised to see such a complete structure and standing next to the abbey and looking out I could quite understand why those early monks chose this site -- peace and tranquility by the River Rye.The abbey was founded by St. Bernard of Clairvaux in 1132 and just 12 monks came here, but in time it became one of the wealthiest monasteries in England -- renowned for its sheep farming and wool exports, there were around 140 monks and 600 lay personnel here at one stage. In later years though it fell into debt for various reasons: an epidemic of sheep scab which hit their wool trade; raids by the Scots; the Black Plague of the mid-1300's -- by the time the abbey was Dissolved by Henry VIII in 1538 there were only 21 monks occupying these extensive grounds.The abbey today is still an impressive...
The little village of Goathland is now besieged by tourists wanting to see the fictional village 'Aidensfield' around which the popular TV series 'Heatbeat' is based. Set in the 1960's, the series features the village garage, pub, stores and train station, the station being one of the stops on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. I'm sure weekend and bank holidays will be extremely busy here but if you can make it during the week it's pleasant to wander around the place and you'll see a few old 1960's cars.
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...
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...
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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Q: We want to visit the North Yorkshire Moors to go hiking and are wondering when is the best time of the year for it? For us it...
A: Your major consideration here is the weather. Certainly, you might get a good spell in late March but on the balance of probabilities, you asre likely to get better...
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