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YORK CITY SCENES & places of interest

and in the surrounding area north and south of York - Ideas for interesting places to visit, good walks etc. and most of what I've photographed and described is free and readily accessed by walking around or from the main city centre

The CITY of YORK itself

1. Monk Bar, St William's College, Treasurer's House

2a. York Minster - Introduction & Index & Image Map

2b. The area around St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic Church & St Paul's Holgate

2c. The Church of St Michael-le-Belfry

3. The Church of All Saints, North Street

3a-3k Sequence of larger pictures of the stained glass windows in All Saints Church, North Street, York

4a. Some 're-used' Medieval buildings & a bit of Baroque architecture

4b. The Stained Glass Windows in the Spurriergate Centre

4c. Merchant Adventurer's Hall

5. Walking scenes - banks & bridges of the River Ouse

6. St Martin-cum-Gregory, Holy Trinity Priory Church, Micklegate & Bar Convent in Blossom Street

7. St Mary's Church, Bishophill Junior & Jacob's Well, Trinity Lane

8. York Railway Station

9a. The National Railway Museum (York NRM) Part 1

9b. NRM 2 9c. NRM 3 9d. NRM 4 9e. NRM 5

9f. NRM 6 -The repair-restoration workshop

10a. Live steam locomotives * 10b. More Live Steam at York

10c. and even more Live Steam at York * 10d. Diesel & Electric Traction & heritage diesels at York Station

11. St Martin-le-Grand Church, Coney Street

12. Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate

13. Scenes of York City Walls - a 'clockwise' walking trip

14a. Art Gallery, Exhibition Square, Kings Manor and Bootham Bar

14b. York Art Gallery - images of the collection

15. The Museum Gardens buildings including St Mary's Abbey

16. Streets of York City centre - High Petergate, Low Petergate

17a. Streets of York - Goodramgate

17b. Streets of York - A digression down the Shambles to Coppergate

18a. St Olave's Church, Marygate, York * 18b. Stained Glass of St Olave

21. Stonegate, St Helen's Church, St Helen's Square, Mansion House

22. Area around the Castle, Castlegate, Fairfax House, Assize Law Courts

23a. Fossgate, Walmgate area, Saint Denys Church & St Margaret's Church & Peasholme Green

23b. The interior of St Denys Church - architecture and stained glass Part 1

23c. Part 2 of the stained glass of St Denys Church

24a. Parliament Street , Newgate Market and Medieval Buildings

24b. The Parish Church of All Saints Pavement and St Mary's Church, Castlegate

29. York Castle - Clifford's Tower

30. The Medieval Guildhall and Council Chamber

33a. The Yorkshire Museum * 33b. The York Castle Museum

Interesting places near York and environs north and south of York

19 Skelton, St Giles Church, North Yorkshire

20 Easingwold, North Yorkshire

25. Naburn Lock and Stillingfleet Church

26. Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens

27. Yorkshire Air Museum

28. Beningbrough Hall and Gardens

31a. Newby Hall Gardens 31b. Newby Hall Sculpture Walk & Art Exhibitions

32. Ripon Cathedral

The beautiful and historic City of York is one of the most popular tourist destinations in England and full of locations displaying its heritage. The visitor can explore the old walls, museums, many fine ancient medieval churches, The York Minster, Roman and Viking sites as well as the old pubs! There is plenty of accommodation and places to stay to cover all budgets and innumerable attractions for the tourist to visit in the City of York, all of which can be reached on foot and choices of walks abound.

Street art in York City centre - "The Last Judgement" - very appropriate for a city riddled with medieval churches!

The National Railway Museum, York

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	Our favourite budget eating place is in the Spurriergate Centre and applaud its policy of employing people who might otherwise not find it that easy to find work. It was originally the medieval church of St Michael and the fine Norman columns and more recent? stain glass windows provide a most interesting and atmospheric setting for a hearty lunch.
	The Museum Gardens including the ruins of St Mary's Abbey, provide a magnificent setting for a picnic above the River Ouse.
	St William's College, near York Minster, dating back to the 15th century, has wonderful medieval courtyard and restaurant in which to take a break from exploring the streets of York.
	Why not buy some ready to eat food and fruit from one of York's markets e.g. the 'cosy' but open-air Newgate Market with some fine old buildings and streets around it.
	The licensed Earl Grey Tearooms in the famous narrow street called the Shambles, which 'lights up' when the sun is in the right direction, otherwise the inclined buildings provide 'ye olde' medieval silhouette!
	Bar Convent, on Micklegate, dating from 1686, has beautiful 'chapel' with some interesting objects in it like the set of mother of pearl icons. As well as the licensed cafe tea & coffer shop facilities there is a historical display describe the heritage of the Bar Convent community.
	Another quiet picnic spot is in the gardens of Treasurers House behind the great York Minster. This fine 17th-18th century house in Minster Yard contains a good tea-room. The herb garden is open on selected days.
	The Black Swan public house, Peasholme Green, is one of the oldest pubs in York and is just along the road from an equally old building known as the 'Red Tower' of 1490. The inn was originally a timber framed medieval building displays some excellent 17th century craftsmanship by way of oak carving in the interior.
	The National Railway Museum, near York Railway Station, houses a fine selection of 'retired' steam locomotives and more modern, but equally historic, heritage diesel and electric locomotives. The museum is free to walk around to admire the design of the engines and cafe facilities are available too.
	Ristorante Pizzeria is in the historic street called Goodramgate and not far from the beautiful and historic church of Holy Trinity, whose entrance is through an (easily missed) brick and iron arched gateway, but you should not miss viewing the wonderful medieval architecture and stained glass windows. Its also a quiet refuge of the hurly-burly of busy Goodramgate.
	Keystones (yellow sign on left of left picture) is situated in Monkgate Monk Bar gateway (Monkbar). Delrio's Cellar Restaurant (on left of right picture) is also by an equally handsome medieval gateway entrance called Micklegate Bar.

	Betty's Cafe (on the right corner of the left picture) is opposite St Helen's Church in a corner of St Helens Square and just up the road from the finely restored and painted Mansion House.
	St Crux Parish Hall cafe cum tea-room is situated on the site of the church destroyed in 1887 (how? why?) and was built from the remains of the great medieval church of St Crux. Across the road is the sign for 'WHIP MA WHOP MA GATE', the shortest street in Britain? at the bottom end of the famous medieval street called the Shambles.
	The Golden Fleece, on the Pavement, is a narrow 'pub' squeezed in between several shops including a fine black and white' timber framed building and the entrance to Lady Picketts Yard. It is opposite the bottom end of the Shambles and is supposed to be the most haunted in pub in York City, hmmm!!!!
	The Parish Bar in Micklegate was once the medieval church of St John but is now a 'trendy' bar! It is situated just up the road from the Ouse Bridge over the River Ouse.
	The Little Italy (upper red brick) building on the left of the picture) is a decent budget Italian Restaurant by Monk Bar, Monkgate, which forms part of the City walls.
	York Railway Station has several varieties of 'fast food' facilities, but take time between trains or waiting for your train to admire the wonderful Victorian engineering of the iron work of the great roof arches and the detail of the supporting columns.
	Happy Valley Bistro and Cafe, like several other cafes and restaurants, is situated in Goodramgate with its many 'old' buildings.
	The garden of the famous historic medieval building called the Merchant Adventurers Hall (founded in 1357) is another peaceful picnic spot. You don't seem to notice the traffic of the nearby busy road. The Great Hall is the largest timber framed building in York.
	This particular Starbucks Coffee cafe (right of picture) is situated in Low Petergate and quite near York Minster with its famous Rose Window visible down the nearby short street called Minster Gates.
	The Snickleway Inn is in Goodramgate along with many other old historic buildings which may be shops, cafes, restaurants, private houses and inns-pubs!
	The Petergate Fish and Chip Shop and the Royal Tearooms, in Low Petergate, serve traditional fare while street musicians entertain you in sight of the Minster at the end of the street.
	The Corner Pin is pub in Tanner Row, is just round the corner from the Parish Church of All Saints in North Street, with its great spire and famous stained glass windows.

	The Lowther cafe and bar is in great position on the quayside of the River Ouse near where the YorkBoat cruises sail from.

	The Arts Barge Cafe by the Bonded Warehouse
	The Judges Lodgings Hotel was built around 1710 for an eminent York Physician, Dr Winteringham, but in 1806 it became the official residence of the Assize Court Judges. You can get good food, wines and beers and sit outside to enjoy the great atmosphere of central York from this beautifully restored Georgian building.
	The Terrace is a bar-pub in Fossgate that caters for those who love to watch TV sport on the plasma HD screen! It consists of one long bar, alcoves and 12 viewing screens.


	The York Designer Outlet, just off the roundabout where the busy A19 and A64 main roads cross, contains a large winding Shopping Mall over two floors with a huge variety of retail outlets selling a great range of goods. There is an enormous car park that is absolutely free and free from the crowded hustle and bustle of York City itself. There are several good cafes such as Cafe Thorntons (above) and Starbucks Coffee (below). There is quite a Viking theme to the decor of the York Designer Outlet!

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