Archaeological Resource Centre

In 1990, YAT set up the Archaeological Resource Centre, or ARC. Designed to complement your visit to JORVIK, the ARC offers a glimpse behind the scenes of a working archaeological unit and lets visitors get to grips with archaeology themselves throug...

Bar Convent Museum

The Bar Convent is the oldest living convent in England. It was established as a school for Catholic girls in 1686 on the current site and the surviving Grade 1 listed Georgian building, which dates back to the 1760's, now offers a variety of award w...

Barley Hall

Barley Hall is a stunning medieval townhouse, once home to the Priors of Nostell and the Mayor of York. Until the 1980's the house was hidden under the relatively modern facade of a derelict office block. Only when the building was going to be destro...

Brockfield Hall

Late Georgian house by Peter Atkinson, influenced by John Carr of York. Begun in 1804, its outstanding feature is the oval entrance hall with cantilevered stone staircase. Fine furniture and paintings, family mementoes of the Fitzalan Howard family.<...

Castle Howard

Castle Howard is one of Britain's finest historic houses and is still home to my family whose forebears conceived, designed, and built it over three centuries ago.
In this, the 21st century, the business flourishing on the estate means we are able...

Clifford's Tower

In 1068-9, William the Conqueror built two motte and bailey castles in York, to strengthen his military hold on the north. Clifford's Tower, an unusual four-lobed keep built in the 13th century atop the mound of William's larger fortress, is now the ...

DIG

What will you find as you discover the story of York's history by digging through the layers of this authentic archaeological adventure! Rediscover some of the finds that archaeologists have uncovered under the streets of York and understand how thes...

Fairfax House

Fairfax House is the finest Georgian townhouse in England. The house is owned by York Civic Trust who carried out major restoration work in the 1980s to return this magnificent building to its former glory.
Fairfax House is open to visitors for mo...

Goddards Garden

Formal & informal gardens with a variety of features. Former home of Noel Goddard Terry of the famous York chocolate-making firm, the house (in use as the Yorkshire office of the NT and not open to the public) was designed in 1927 by Walter Brierley....

Helmsley Walled Garden

About 20,000 visitors come each year to explore the paths and vine house and admire the magnificent towering walls covered in more than 250 varieties of clematis and old-fashioned fruit trees. Other original features include the central dipping pond...

Hovingham Hall

Mr and Mrs William Worsley invite you to visit their historic 18th Century house set in beautiful Ryedale countryside. For over 400 years Hovingham has been the home of the Worsley family. The Palladian house was built between 1750 and 1770 by Thomas...

Jorvik Viking Centre

At JORVIK Viking Centre travel 1000 years and visit the Vikings of JORVIK. Explore Yorks Viking history exactly where our archaeologists found the remains of the original Viking-Age City of Jorvik. Journey through the reconstruction of Viking-Age str...

Madhyamaka Buddhist Centre

Madhyamaka Centre is home to a Mahayana Buddhist community of lay and ordained practitioners. The centre, only fifteen miles from the ancient city of York, nestles beneath the beautiful Yorkshire Wolds close to the market town of Pocklington.
The ...

Merchant Adventurers' Hall

The Merchant Adventurers' Hall is one of the best preserved medieval guild halls in the world and is still owned and used by the York Company of Merchant Adventurers who built it over 650 years ago. Construction began in 1357. Explore the Great Hall ...

Micklegate Bar Museum

Mind your head when you visit Micklegate Bar Museum and its three floors of history set above the Royal Gateway into Historic York. Many of its visitors in the past were not so careful and quite literally lost their head's over Micklegate Bar for act...

Museum of The Royal Dragoon Guards

The museum contains the collections of both the Royal Dragoon Guards and the Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire.
Both regiments can trace their ancestry back to 1685, as the cavalry was formed by the amalgamation of four of the senior cav...

National Railway Museum

Housed within 3 huge halls you can discover all about trains in the National Railway Museum. Their are daily demonstartions, talks and a miniature railway rides as well as a childrens play area to ensure a great family day out....

Newburgh Priory

Newburgh Priory is a magnificent family house set within the picturesque landscape of the Howardian Hills near Coxwold, North Yorkshire. Standing on the site of an Augustinian priory, which was founded in 1145, it is a fine stately home in a superb s...

Richard III Museum

Perhaps one of York's best kept secrets is this fascinating Museum situated in York's tallest and most impressive Medieval Gatehouse, based in the Monk Bar. It is said King Richard added its top storey himself in 1484. Your stay in historic York woul...

Shandy Hall

Here in 1760-67 the witty and eccentric parson, Laurence Sterne wrote Tristram Shandy and A Sentimental Journey. Sometimes between writing he stepped out into his garden 'to weed, hack up old roots or wheel away rubbish'. The early 15th century house...

Stewart's Burnby Hall Gardens and Museum

These delightful Gardens, close to the centre of Pocklington (a thriving market town in the County of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England), are home to a National Collection of Hardy Water Lilies - the biggest such collection to be found in a natur...

Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens

Stillingfleet Lodge is a series of small gardens south of York surrounding a late 18th Century farmhouse. Our beautiful high profile gardens are open to the public where the whole family can can enjoy a relaxing day amongst our gardens packed with te...

Sutton Park Stately Home

Sutton Park was built in the eighteenth century by Philip Harland. It is now the family home of Sir Reginald and Lady Sheffield. When the Sheffields bought the house in 1963 they moved much of their collection from Normanby Park in Lincolnshire. Larg...

The Borthwick Institute of Historical Research

The Borthwick Institute for Archives is one of the biggest archive respositories outside London. During our 50 year history we have collected archives from all around the world, from the 12th century to the present day. Every year we welcome thousand...

The Guildhall

The building is a restoration of the fifteenth Century Commonhall that was almost totally destroyed by an air raid in 1942. Originally the seat of local trades guilds it then became seat of local government in York. It now houses the council chamber,...

Treasurer's House

Elegant town house dating from medieval times. Originally home to the treasurers of York Minster and built over a Roman road, the house is not all that it seems. Nestled behind the Minster, its size, splendour and contents are a constant surprise to ...

York Art Gallery

York Art Gallery combines a distinguished history of displaying fine paintings and ceramics with a modern-day welcome to all through a busy calendar of exhibitions, events and outreach work.
Paintings are displayed in six areas over the two floors...

York Brewery

Established in 1996 within the city walls, York Brewery is both a working brewery and a 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. C...

York Castle Museum

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 recr...

York Dungeon

The York Dungeon invites you to a unique feast of fun with history's horrible bits. Live actors, shows and special effects transport you back to those black, bleak times. Are you brave enough to delve into the darkest chapters of history?
New fro...

York Minster

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 h...

York Sightseeing - See the best by bus

With distinctive buses and friendly staff, the choice in selected cities between multi-lingual commentary or live guide, an exclusive Kids Commentary in some destinations,
sightseeing has never been so much fun!
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Yorkshire Air Museum

Experience the tremendous atmosphere of the award-winning Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial whilst admiring fascinating displays, such as the superb new Bomber Command exhibition, restored Control Tower, Air Gunners Room, Archives & U...

Yorkshire Museum and Gardens

The Yorkshire Museum is home to some of Britain's finest archaeological treasures and the history of England until 1550 can be traced through its galleries.
It also specialises in geology and biology and its rocks, fossils, animal and plant materi...

Yorkshire Museum of Farming

The Museum holds a fantastic regional agricultural collection. Displays show a detailed look at how agriculture has shaped and influenced both society and the landscape. The collection includes many thousands of objects, photographs and archival mate...