Leeds Bradford Airport 1 hr 4
Fairfax House (27 min) Imposing Georgian townhouse museum with significant collections of furniture, paintings and clocks. Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial (15 min) Former WWII RAF Bomber Command Station, with exhibitions on flying history and 60+ aircraft. York City Walls (26 min) Remnants of a stonework enclosure around a rectangular fortification, erected in 71 CE. York's Chocolate Story (31 min) Tour exploring the history of chocolate and the city's confectioners, with cafe and shop. DIG: An Archaeological Adventure (26 min) Archeology museum where children unearth replica historical finds in hands-on excavations. JORVIK Viking Centre (27 min) A fully reconstructed Viking village complete with the sights and smells, and an adjoining museum. York Castle Museum (27 min) A recreated Victorian cobbled street with costumed guides and period rooms including a schoolroom. Piglets Adventure Farm (23 min) Children meet pigs & goats, play mini golf or ride go-karts in a farm attraction with on-site cafes. York Maze (15 min) Large maize maze, plus high-tech funhouse, kids' adventure activities and pig racing, open Jul-Sep. Burnby Hall Gardens (4 min) This picturesque, landscaped attraction features 100+ types of water lilies displayed in 2 lakes. Richard III Experience at Monk Bar (26 min) Interactive museum dedicated to the 1480s reign of Richard III set within a medieval city gate. Merchant Adventurers' Hall (25 min) 1350s building where merchants congregated, with a chapel & an alms house (open daily in summer). Clifford's Tower, York (26 min) 13th-century castle keep, built on a grass mound, formerly used as a prison and royal mint. The York Dungeon (26 min) A high tech ghost house attraction with costumed characters and state-of-the-art scares. Allerthorpe Lakeland Park (5 min) |