The largest gothic church north of the Alps is 160 m long and 76 m wide at the transept. The vault is 27 m high and the steeple 60 m. The main façade, completed between 1430 and 1470 by the addition of the towers, gives it a French-style 13C shape. T..

Adjoining the National Museum of Science and Industry, this museum is a fascinating journey through the history of the railway in Great Britain since its invention. The Great Hall houses numerous locomotives, including legendary models (such as Stir..

The 13C walls follow the line of the old Roman fortification to the north of the cathedral and are built on the defensive embankment built by the Vikings. The Normans built fortified gates in the talus, known as bars today, where certain roads lead..

Built by Viscount Fairfax for his sister Anne in 1755, this Georgian house was used for 50 years as a dancehall and cinema, then was saved from destruction in 1983-84. It now houses a collection of furniture, paintings, clocks and Georgian porcelain...

In 1976, archaeologists unearthed four rows of houses from the Viking city containing remarkable objects such as boots, shoes and pins, as well as preserved plants and insets. Two rows show an archaeological dig, the other two have been carefully reb..

Lined with corbelled houses, this is the most popular of the many picturesque streets in the city. Nearby, Pavement , with its church dedicated to all saints, is thus named because it was the first paved street of the Middle Ages.

The former debtors' prison and women's prison now house a museum of daily life. Kirkgate is the exact reproduction of a Victorian street, with a Hansom cab , named after its designer. The Saxon Coppergate Helmet , found while digging in the J..

The tower was built between 1250 and 1275 by Henry III to replace the wooden fort of William the Conqueror that was burned down in 1190 by the people who besieged the Jews who had hidden there. It is named after Roger of Clifford who, after his captu..

This superb house located below Fossgate and Picadilly Street, near the houses dating back to the Middle Ages, belonged to the Holy Trinity Merchant Adventurers' Guild. This corporation was the richest and most powerful in York, wich explains the pre..

Designed by Richard Boyle , third count of Burlington, and built in 1731, these rooms include an Egyptian Room of admirable proportions, with Corinthian columns and clear windows. The rooms were devoted to dancing and games following the developme..

This museum relives the history of York and its surroundings from the Roman invasion via the Viking period and Middle Ages. The Middleton Jewel and the Middleton Ring , both of which were probably linked to the Neville family from Middleton Castle..

Rebuilt in the 17 and 18C, the treasury house of York Cathedral has a magnificent line of rooms containing furniture and paintings from different era. The great room has lost its false ceiling and has an unusual staircase dating back to 1700. The c..

Vast collection of paintings from 1350 to the present day, with many portraits and studies of nudes by William Etty (1787-1849), a York-born painter buried at St Olave's Cemetery in Marygate.