Leeds Bradford Airport 51 min
Barley Hall (12 min) restored former priory dating from 14th century with high-ceilinged great hall and exposed timbers. Museum Gardens (10 min.) large gardens surrounding yorkshire museum with mature trees roman ruins and medieval abbey. National Railway Museum York (8 min.) railway history and artefacts with 300 vehicles including steam world record holder the mallard. York Cold War Bunker (7 min.) fallout monitoring centre in case of nuclear war until 1990s now open and run by english heritage. Fairfax House (7 min.) imposing georgian townhouse museum with significant collections of furniture paintings and clocks. Yorkshire Museum (13 min.) five galleries showcase archaeological treasures plus displays of rare animals birds and fossils. York Castle Museum (7 min.) remnants of a stonework enclosure around a rectangular fortification erected in 71 ce. Knavesmire Primary School (5 min) Clifford S Tower (7 min.) 13th-century castle keep built on a grass mound formerly used as a prison and royal mint. York Racecourse (2 min) The York Dungeon (7 min.) a high tech ghost house attraction with costumed characters and state-of-the-art scares. Queen Victoria Street (4 min) York Art Gallery (9 min.) gallery featuring paintings & decorative arts from the 1400s to the present in an 1870s building. Jorvik Viking Centre (7 min.) a fully reconstructed viking village complete with the sights and smells and an adjoining museum. The Knavesmire (2 min) York S Chocolate Story (11 min.) tour exploring the history of chocolate and the city s confectioners with cafe and shop. Merchant Adventurers Hall (7 min.) 1350s building where merchants congregated with a chapel & an alms house (open daily in summer). National Trust - Treasurer S House (12 min.) well-preserved house filled with 17th- and 18th-century furniture ceramics textiles and paintings. |