Welcome to the official site for York

The North's spiritual capital for 2000 years, York is central to Britain's colourful history. Visit the stunning York Minster, enjoy Stonegate and Shambles shopping and live the York history at the JORVIK Viking Centre, National Railway Museum and York Castle Museum.

York is a compact walled riverside city and home to countless world-class attractions, museums and galleries. Accommodation in York is abundant, you can stay at stunning hotels in York or browse through our vast selection of B&B's and camping sites.

York is a year round destination offering a lively café bar and restaurant culture and vibrant entertainment and festivals. Ideally located as a touring base, atmospheric York is roughly 2-hours by rail from London, Edinburgh and Manchester.

Take your own Grand Tour in York this summer!

York is extremely proud of its cultural heritage but it’s not often that you come across a Monet or Van Gogh whilst walking around the city!

For the next 17 weeks, full life size recreations of paintings from Van Gogh to Carracci will transform the streets of York into a gallery. The York Art Gallery, aiming to encourage people to visit the genuine works has hung 49 life-sized reproductions of famous masterpieces around York in the most unexpected and unusual places. We challenge you to discover them all and if you can’t, you will at least have some unique snapshots to show your friends!