Leeds Bradford Airport 53 min
York's Chocolate Story (20 min) Tour exploring the history of chocolate and the city's confectioners, with cafe and shop. Museum Gardens (9 min) Large gardens surrounding Yorkshire Museum, with mature trees, Roman ruins and medieval abbey. Yorkshire Museum (7 min) Five galleries showcase archaeological treasures plus displays of rare animals, birds and fossils. National Railway Museum York (6 min) Railway history and artefacts, with 300 vehicles including steam world record holder, the Mallard. York Art Gallery (7 min) Gallery featuring paintings & decorative arts from the 1400s to the present in an 1870s building. Fairfax House (15 min) Imposing Georgian townhouse museum with significant collections of furniture, paintings and clocks. York Minster (9 min) Gothic cathedral with vast stained glass windows, interactive Undercroft exhibition and tower tours. The York Dungeon (14 min) A high tech ghost house attraction with costumed characters and state-of-the-art scares. National Trust - Treasurer's House, York (9 min) Well-preserved house filled with 17th- and 18th-century furniture, ceramics, textiles and paintings. JORVIK Viking Centre (16 min) A fully reconstructed Viking village complete with the sights and smells, and an adjoining museum. Barley Hall (10 min) Restored former priory dating from 14th century, with high-ceilinged great hall and exposed timbers. York Castle Museum (14 min) A recreated Victorian cobbled street with costumed guides and period rooms including a schoolroom. York City Walls (8 min) Remnants of a stonework enclosure around a rectangular fortification, erected in 71 CE. Merchant Adventurers' Hall (18 min) 1350s building where merchants congregated, with a chapel & an alms house (open daily in summer). Clifford's Tower, York (13 min) 13th-century castle keep, built on a grass mound, formerly used as a prison and royal mint. |