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Category: Sightseeing - York Attractions & Activities
Address: Shambles, York YO1 7LZ
The thought of how this road got its moniker is not very appetizing, as this most famous street was once the butcher and slaughter center of York. Butchers, after they completed the various gutting and cleaning procedures, would lay their meat offerings out in front of their stores on low, wide shelves known as...
Category: Tours and Excursions - York Attractions & Activities
Address: St. Helen's Square, York
Learn about York from prehistory right up to the present in this fun, informative and child-friendly walking tour. Special tours (scavenger hunts, non-English tours, Viking tours) are also available. Call for details. Tours depart from St. Helen's Square across from Betty's World Famous Tea Shop and Café and last...
Category: Museums - York Attractions & Activities
Address: Exhibition Square, York YO1 7EW
This gallery houses 700 years of Western Europe's finest artwork, representing such greats as Boudin, Bellotto, Lowry, Reynolds, and Levy. There's also a fine array of 20th century pottery. The York Art Gallery is the site of frequent special events. There's a shop and cafe (open 10am-4:30pm) on-site.
Category: York Attractions & Activities
Address: 12 Toft Green, Mickelgate, York
The York Brewery creates beer the old-fashioned way, and this tour will let you take a closer look at the steps used to create the famous brew. Learn the history of beer making and hear humorous stories about the development of the brand. Beer-lovers will be pleased to hear that the tour includes numerous...
Category: Museums - York Attractions & Activities
Address: The Eye of York, York YO1 9RY
Among the city's leading museums, York Castle Museum has 400 years of history represented via a fascinating collection devoted to military history, social history, fashion, daily life, and the penitentiary system. The museum is further enhanced by a reconstructed Victorian motif, featuring cobbled streets, shops, a...
Category: York Attractions & Activities
Address: 12 Clifford St, York YO1 1RD
Most people can't help but be intrigued by medieval torture chambers and devices, and this is the place to learn about them. Tour the wax museum and other displays showing gruesome, bloody scenes. The guides tell interesting stories about the dramatic way several York legends such as Dick Turpin met their deaths.
Category: York Attractions & Activities
Address: Cumberland St, York YO1 9SW
This large venue was originally built as York's Corn Exchange in 1868, and only converted into an opera house in 1902. Of late, the York Grand Opera House has been the setting for numerous tribute concerts like "Abbamania," "The Bee Gees Fever," and one dedicated to Freddie Mercury and Queen. The venue has also hosted...
Category: Museums - York Attractions & Activities
Address: Halifax Way, Elvington Museum Gardens, York YO41 4AU
Whether or not you're an aviation enthusiast, this wartime museum promises a most fascinating experience for all visitors. Exhibits include the world's last remaining complete Halifax, a control tower, uniforms, equipment, and artifacts. There's a shop and restaurant on-site.
Category: Museums - York Attractions & Activities
Address: Museum Gardens, York YO1 7FR
A millennium's worth of the city's rich and storied history is on display here. The Yorkshire Museum has exhibits devoted to archeology, pottery, geology, and natural history. Artifacts encompass aspects of Viking, medieval, Roman, and Anglo-Saxon culture and include the world-renowned Middleham Jewel, a Ł2.5 million...
Category: York Attractions & Activities
Address: Museum St, York YO1 7FR
One could say that within these gardens lie the ruins of St. Mary's Abbey, but you may prefer to think that the gardens grew up around the abbey in a protective, nurturing kind of way. The 10-acre botanical gardens were planted in the 1830s and contain many varieties of trees, deciduous and evergreen, native and...
