Leeds Bradford Airport 54 min
York Castle Museum (17 min)
A recreated Victorian cobbled street with costumed guides and period rooms including a schoolroom. Castle Howard (19 min)
Ornate, gilded 18th-century stately home set in landscaped grounds with fountains, trails and lakes. York Maze (8 min)
Large maize maze, plus high-tech funhouse, kids' adventure activities and pig racing, open Jul-Sep. National Railway Museum York (18 min)
Railway history and artefacts, with 300 vehicles including steam world record holder, the Mallard. Yorkshire Museum (16 min)
Five galleries showcase archaeological treasures plus displays of rare animals, birds and fossils. DIG: An Archaeological Adventure (12 min)
Archeology museum where children unearth replica historical finds in hands-on excavations. Museum Gardens (15 min)
Large gardens surrounding Yorkshire Museum, with mature trees, Roman ruins and medieval abbey. The York Dungeon (16 min)
A high tech ghost house attraction with costumed characters and state-of-the-art scares. Clifford's Tower, York (16 min)
13th-century castle keep, built on a grass mound, formerly used as a prison and royal mint. York Art Gallery (13 min)
Gallery featuring paintings & decorative arts from the 1400s to the present in an 1870s building. Fairfax House (16 min)
Imposing Georgian townhouse museum with significant collections of furniture, paintings and clocks. Merchant Adventurers' Hall (13 min)
1350s building where merchants congregated, with a chapel & an alms house (open daily in summer). Piglets Adventure Farm (7 min)
Children meet pigs & goats, play mini golf or ride go-karts in a farm attraction with on-site cafes. Barley Hall (16 min)
Restored former priory dating from 14th century, with high-ceilinged great hall and exposed timbers. National Trust - Treasurer's House, York (12 min)
Well-preserved house filled with 17th- and 18th-century furniture, ceramics, textiles and paintings. | 
