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opening days/times, entrance fees, etc. listed on yellow pages.
Walking Tour with TM: try to include
(Vary depending on hotel location/time available/group request)
- Stonegate
- The Shambles
- Petersgate
- Clifford’s Tower
- St Helen’s Square (Mansion House and Betty’s Tea Shop)
- The Minster (almost always a booked visit.)
NB
- Entrances to York Minster paid by voucher. Check opening times, special services etc.
- If Ghost Walk is booked for York confirm time. Guide usually meets group at hotel. Check estimated duration of dinner carefully to be prompt for guide.
- Hotels often have free city maps. Call in advance and ask to have enough waiting at reception for the group on arrival.
YORK:
Drop off at Leeman Road coach drop off. Walk to Minster. Be aware that some people may require the restroom.
Walking Tour with TM: try to include
(Vary depending on hotel location/time available/group request)
- Stonegate
- The Shambles
- Petersgate
- Clifford’s Tower
- St Helen’s Square (Mansion House and Betty’s Tea Shop)
- The Minster (almost always a booked visit.)
The Minster
Entrance is now via West Door. Groups’ entrance, which is signed, is through left hand door, but they have been using the right hand door. Hand in voucher at the Party Reception Desk. Entrance includes the Chapter House. You are not allowed to guide inside the Minster. Free guided tours are available for individuals to join. Voucher does not include entrance to Foundations, Crypt or Tower. There is no longer a charge for photo permits. Toilets located on north side of the High Alter.
FACTS AND FREE TIME SUGGESTIONS
Tourist Information Office – 1, Museum Street www.visityork.org
Museums
jorvik viking centre – Coppergate. Book in for a group rate.
castle museum – Tower Street. See Dick Turpin’s prison cell.
national railway museum – Leeman Road.
yorkshire museum – In Museum Gardens off Museum Street
richard iii museum – Monk Bar. You get a chance to vote guilty or not guilty.
Other Places of Interest
Betty’s Tea Rooms – St Helen’s Square
City Art Gallery – Bootham
City Walls – 3 miles, you can walk nearly all the way round.
Evening Activities
ghost walk – Almost always included. Check voucher for details.
York theatre royal – St Leonard’s Place
river cruises – YorkBoat, from near Lendel Bridge and King’s Snaith (check times and availability)
Facilities
Cash-points – Most high street banks. Centered around Parliament Street area.
toilets – Some available on Parliament Street, opposite Coppergate
Bootham Bar – opposite Art Gallery
