List of York sites of interest

A list of prominent tourist attractions in York, England.

City centre

• Assembly Rooms, a grand Palladian public space designed by Lord Burlington, 1731–32, lies behind a rebuilt 19th century facade.
• Bar Convent Museum
• Barley Hall run by York Archaeological Trust (YAT)^[a]
• Bettys, tea rooms in St Helen's Square
• Black Swan, pub in Peasholme Green
• Blue Bell, pub in Fossgate
• City Walls and gateways (Bars)
  • Bootham Bar
  • Micklegate Bar, with the City Walls Experience (YAT)
  • Monk Bar
  • Walmgate Bar
• DIG: an archaeological adventure (formerly the Archaeological Resource Centre), in St Saviour's Church (YAT)
• Fairfax House, a Georgian house run by York Civic Trust
• JORVIK Viking Centre (YAT)
• The King's Manor, now part of the University of York
• The Mansion House, the Georgian house of York's Lord Mayors
• Medieval churches of York including:
  • All Saints' Church, North Street
  • Holy Trinity Church, Micklegate
  • St Denys's Church, Walmgate
  • St. Michael le Belfrey, where Guy Fawkes was baptised
  • St Olave's Church, Marygate
• Merchant Adventurers' Hall
• Merchant Taylors' Hall
• Museum Gardens (YMT)^[a]
  • St Mary's Abbey, ruins in the Museum Gardens (YMT)
  • Yorkshire Museum (YMT)
• National Centre for Early Music, in the medieval Church of St Margaret and home of the York Early Music Festival
• National Railway Museum
• River Ouse, with boat rides and crossed by several bridges
• St George's York
• The Shambles, York's best-preserved medieval street
• The Snickelways, a collection of narrow streets and passages
• Treasurer's House (NT)^[a]
• York Castle
  • Clifford's Tower (EH)^[a]
  • York Castle Museum (YMT)
• York City Art Gallery (YMT)
• York Dungeon
• York Minster
• York's Chocolate Story

Outside York city centre

• Askham Bog
• Askham Bryan Hall
• Bishopthorpe Palace, home to the Archbishop of York
• Elvington Hall
• Goddards House and Garden (NT)
• Heslington Hall
• Holgate Windmill
• Lamel Hill
• Middlethorpe Hall, Middlethorpe Manor
• Osbaldwick Hall
• Skelton Hall, Skelton Manor
• Strays of York
• Vale of York
• York Cemetery
• York Cold War Bunker (EH)
• York Racecourse, situated on Knavesmire
• Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington
• Yorkshire Museum of Farming, Murton

Notes

1. (EH) English Heritage, (NT) National Trust, (YAT) York Archaeological Trust, (YMT) York Museums Trust