Bristol Airport 35 min
Cambridge Street (3 min) York Art Gallery (7 min.) gallery featuring paintings & decorative arts from the 1400s to the present in an 1870s building. Fairfax House (8 min.) imposing georgian townhouse museum with significant collections of furniture paintings and clocks. York S Chocolate Story (12 min.) tour exploring the history of chocolate and the city s confectioners with cafe and shop. York Castle Museum (10 min.) remnants of a stonework enclosure around a rectangular fortification erected in 71 ce. St Mary S Abbey (9 min.) church dating back to the 11th century now a contemporary gallery exhibiting art and installations. Clifford S Tower (8 min.) 13th-century castle keep built on a grass mound formerly used as a prison and royal mint. National Railway Museum York (9 min.) railway history and artefacts with 300 vehicles including steam world record holder the mallard. Merchant Adventurers Hall (11 min.) 1350s building where merchants congregated with a chapel & an alms house (open daily in summer). Queen Street (2 min) Yorkshire Museum (7 min.) five galleries showcase archaeological treasures plus displays of rare animals birds and fossils. Nunnery Lane Car Park (2 min) The York Dungeon (7 min.) a high tech ghost house attraction with costumed characters and state-of-the-art scares. National Trust - Treasurer S House (12 min.) well-preserved house filled with 17th- and 18th-century furniture ceramics textiles and paintings. Barley Hall (10 min.) restored former priory dating from 14th century with high-ceilinged great hall and exposed timbers. Museum Gardens (9 min.) large gardens surrounding yorkshire museum with mature trees roman ruins and medieval abbey. Blossom Street (1 min) Jorvik Viking Centre (9 min.) a fully reconstructed viking village complete with the sights and smells and an adjoining museum. |