Choice Guide to York, U.K.

by Charles Patmore

York has so many great historic sights that you won’t have time to see them all. This updated 2024 guidebook tells you enough about each of York’s attractions for you to choose what will suit your tastes. The author lives in York and, since this is an e-book, can keep the book regularly updated. This January 2024 edition includes York’s latest developments, like the new 2023 children's Wonderlab section at York's Railway Museum and the 2022 relaunch of Clifford’s Tower, as well as 2024 entry prices to York’s attractions. Thanks to its local authorship, this book provides eyewitness accounts of what’s inside every York attraction listed. The book is designed to be easy to dip into, one entry at a time as required.Contents read-as-you-walk-round, guides to York’s Cathedral and the medieval City Walls. These point out entertaining features, which otherwise you’d miss, and add quirky historical anecdotes.Nine very different museums are described - covering things as diverse as time trips to re-creations of a Viking village and a Victorian street, old steam trains of every shape and size, giant dinosaurs, historic York chocolate-making, and a DIY archaeology experience for children.Information on all the historic buildings which are open to visitors, including restaurants, cafés and pubs in heritage buildings, plus the famous old streets like Stonegate and the Shambles.For anyone seeking a break from tourist crowds or admission charges, some interesting riverside and lakeside walks on York’s green fringes to some of York’s hidden delights.Ready-made day visit programme for any visitors too busy to choose for themselves.For every entry, a map reference matches both this book’s clear street map and the standard tourist map of York on which the book’s map is based. For Smart Phone / GPS navigation, a postcode is also always provided. Unlike other guidebooks, this book includes admission prices to all attractions since, as an e-book, information can be updated annually.The book also on good times and not-so-good times for visiting York.Descriptions of York’s best festivals.Guidance on York’s on-line system for choosing and booking hotels.How to pay lower admission charges when visiting York.This book’s exact contents are detailed early in Amazon’s on-line free sample. Instructions are included for how to obtain free updates of the book from Amazon each year, so you’ll always have the latest information on York.

181 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 3, 2014