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York Dungeon 12 Cliffold Street, York, YO1 9RD, Tel:01904 632599 2000 years of York's darkest and most gory history, 11 shows with 7 actor led shows makes the York Dungeon attraction an educationally chilling experience and a great day out for all the family. www.the-dungeons.co.uk |
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Jorvik Viking Centre Coppergate, Yor, YO1 9WT, Tel:01904 543400 The remains of 1,000 year old houses are revealed beneath your feet, objects taken from the excavations are explored and Viking-age timbers are brought before your eyes. New audio and video displays help you to investigate all of the information gathered from the 5-year long dig at Coppergate and piece together the jigsaw of where the Vikings came from, why they came here and how they lived and died. www.jorvik-viking-centre.co.uk |
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National Railway Museum Leeman Road, York, YO26 4XJ, Tel:08448 153139 Discover over 300 years of history and over a million wonderful objects. Marvel at iconic locomotives, watch engineering work in progress in the Workshop, browse our object-filled Warehouse, or let off steam in the outdoor play area. www.nrm.org.uk |
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York Castle Museum Eye of York, York, YO1 9RY, Tel:01904 687687 York Castle Museum is one of Britain's leading museums of everyday life. It shows how people used to live by displaying thousands of household objects and by recreating rooms, shops, streets - and even prison cells. It is best known for its recreated Victorian street, Kirkgate, which combines real shop fittings and stock with modern sound and light effects, to evoke an atmosphere of Victorian Britain. www.yorkcastlemuseum.org.uk |
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Clifford's Tower Eye of York, York, YO1 9RY As one of the most important cities in England, and an important base for holding and administering the north, York was the site for two of the castles William the Conqueror built in the years immediately following his conquest. The principal castle was begun in 1068, as part of a campaign to subdue anti-Norman sentiment in the north. Its wooden defences focused around and atop the motte; they were destroyed during a local rebellion the following year, but rebuilt by the Normans after suppressing the rebels and taking harsh reprisals on York. www.cliffordstower.com |
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Cat's in York York If you look up while wandering around town, you may be surprised by how many you spot! The cat up on that nearby roof stalking that pigeon is actually just a statuette – who put it there, and why? And there isn’t really a ginger tom stuck on that window ledge up there, is there? www.catsinyork.org.uk |
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York Art Gallery Exhibition Square, York, YO1 7EW, Tel:01904 687687 York Art Gallery's collections have all been awarded 'designated' status for their national and international importance. Their collections include the works of art on display in the gallery and many more works that are behind the scenes in storage. www.yorkartgallery.org.uk |
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Yorkshire Museum Museum Gardens, York, YO1 7FR, Tel:01904 687687 The Yorkshire Museum reopened on 1 August 2010 following a nine-month £2million refurbishment project. Five new galleries now showcase some of Britain's finest archaeological treasures and many rare animals, birds and fossils, in exciting new displays. www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk |
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York Minster Deangate, York, YO1 7HH, Tel:0844 9390011 York Minster is one of the great cathedrals of the world. We invite you to enjoy its vast spaces, filled with music and revealing the human imagination at work on glass, stone, and other fabrics. Whatever your faith and culture, you are welcome here, to see for yourself the life of a centre of Christian belief. http://www.yorkminster.org/ |
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York Quilt Museum and Gallery St Anthony's Hall, Peasholme Green, York, YO1 7PW, Tel:01904 613242 The Quilt Museum and Gallery is Britain's first museum dedicated to quiltmaking and textile arts. The Museum is managed by The Quilters' Guild of the British Isles, an educational charity founded in 1979. Our aim is to promote the crafts of patchwork, appliqué and quilting through changing exhibitions of historic and contemporary textiles. The Quilt Museum and Gallery is independently funded through admissions, grants and donations. www.quiltmuseum.org.uk |
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York Cold War Bunker Monument Close, York, YO24 4HT The most modern and spine-chilling of English Heritage’s properties, the York Cold War Bunker uncovers the secret history of Britain’s Cold War. Enter the blast-proof doors and investigate the more unusual side of York’s heritage. www.english-heritage.org.uk |
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Museum Gardens Museum Gardens, York, YO1 7FR The ten-acre botanical Museum Gardens, around the Yorkshire Museum, stretch from the River Ouse up to the back of York Art Galley, and from Marygate on one side to Museum Street on the other. www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk |
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Yorkshire Air Museum Elvington, York, YO41 4AU, Tel:01904 608595 The Yorkshire Air Museum is the largest independent air museum in Britain and is also the location of The Allied Air Forces Memorial. Situated in a 20 acre parkland site on the former World War II RAF Bomber Command Station at Elvington near the City of York, it is the largest and most original WWII station open to the public. www.yorkshireairmuseum.org |
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Bar Convent 17 Blossom Street, York, YO24 1AQ The Bar Convent is England’s oldest convent, founded in 1686 and still active with a resident religious community. It was established as a school for girls, and the fine 18th century buildings now house a Museum, Library & Archives, and gift Shop, together with well-equipped Meeting rooms, guest house Accommodation, and a Café. www.bar-convent.org.uk |
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Royal Dragoon Guards Museum 3a Tower Street, York, YO1 9SB, Tel:01904 642036 The Royal Dragoon Guards can trace its ancestry back to 1685, as it was formed by the amalgamation of four of the senior cavalry regiments in the British Army. It recruits mainly in Yorkshire and Northern Ireland and its Battle Honours emblazoned on its Standards embody the history of the British Army over 300 years. www.rdgmuseum.org.uk |
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Micklegate Bar Museum Micklegate, York, YO1 6JX As York's most important gateway, the bar has served a number of important roles since its construction in the 12th century, including being the main point of entry through which a reigning monarch enters the city. Visit the ancient gateway to explore the pageantry and barbaric history that has unfolded between these walls through the centuries. www.micklegatebar.com |
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Dig St Saviour's Church, St Saviourgate, York, YO1 8NN Owned by the same archaeologists who discovered the Viking-Age City and created JORVIK Viking Centre. DIG offers you a unique archaeological adventure to get you on your way to becoming a real archaeologist. This is a one of a kind! So... DIG IT! SHAKE IT! SEE IT! FEEL IT! FIND IT! http://www.digyork.com/ |
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York Brewery 12 Toft Green, York. YO1 6JT, Tel:01904 621162 Established in 1996 within the historic city walls, York Brewery is both a working brewery and a major tourist attraction providing customers locally and around the country with the first traditionally brewed ales from within the walls of York for over 40 years. www.york-brewery.co.uk |
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York Races York, YO23 1EX, Tel:01904 620911 Award winning modern grandstands, characterful Listed buildings, manicured lawns and home grown flowers set the scene for the best of racedays. See the leading horses and jockeys perform. http://www.yorkracecourse.co.uk/ |
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Treasurers House Minster Yard, York, YO1 7JL, Tel:01904 624247 Only a few metres from York Minster, this was the first house ever given to the National Trust complete with a collection – and it is not all that it first seems! It has a history spanning 2,000 years, from the Roman road in the cellar to the Edwardian servants' quarters in the attics, and thirteen period rooms in between. www.nationaltrust.org.uk |
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York Maize Maze Elvington Lane, York, YO19 5LT Created from over 1.5 million maize plants and covering an area larger than fifteen Wembley football pitches, York Maze is one of the largest mazes in the world! With a different design every year our maze is ready to baffle visitors both old and new. www.yorkmaze.com |
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Ghost Hunt Shambles, York The Ghost Hunt of York offers an evening walking tour of York`s haunted locations, it lasts approximately an hour and a quarter. Whatever the weather and always on time, the Victorian guide with his frock coat, top hat and Gladstone bag manifests himself at the strike of half past seven at the bottom of Shambles, England's most famous mediaeval street. www.ghosthunt.co.uk |
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The Original Ghost Walk of York Outside The King's Arms Pub, Ouse Bridge, York The Walk was established before 1973 and was an original creation believed to be the first in the world. The Walk aims to be accurate, authentic and genuine, exploring a world of folklore, legend and dreams. www.theoriginalghostwalkofyork.co.uk |
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The York Ghost Walk Experience Roman Colum (opposite York Minster), York The York Ghost Walk Experience will take to you back in time to experience York’s murky past and visit the locations of some truly unearthly events that took place in times gone by. www.ghostwalkyork.co.uk |
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Ghost Trail Outside The York Minster, York Dare you travel back in time, cross the centuries and experience the stories that make up the hidden and blood chilling history of York's ghostly tradition? Traditional tales, Victorian tragedies and true accounts of modern day ghostly phenomena: interweave to create a spine tingling experience that will haunt you forever. www.ghosttrail.co.uk |
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