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York walking tour with TM
York Minster visit
· Travel to and from York by train. Check train tickets for departure times.
· Entrances to York Minster paid by voucher. Check opening times, special services etc.
· Dinner is in York.
· Refer to U.K. trains document for further information, 61104TRA.
· Try to acquire free city maps in advance for your group.
OPENING DAYS/TIMES, ENTRANCE FEES, ETC. LISTED ON YELLOW PAGES.
On arrival, conduct your walking tour to help with bearings.
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, though they are using the right hand door at times. 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. Toilets located in choir aisle. on north side of the High Altar.
Lunch and free time.
Depending on how hungry group are, you may want to schedule lunch before the Minster visit. If this is the case, arrange time/place to meet after lunch; in front of Minster (West Door) or by the Constantine statue at the south entrance are good places.
After the visit the group has free time to explore the city. Arrange meeting time/place after free time to walk group to dinner. (See voucher for location).
FACTS AND FREE TIME SUGGESTIONS
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 – Various Companies.
YORK THEATRE ROYAL – St Leonard’s Place
RIVER CRUISES – YorkBoat, from near Lendel Bridge and King’s Snaith (check times and availability)
Facilities
TOILETS – Some available on Parliament Street, opposite Coppergate
Bootham Bar – opposite Art Gallery
