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17 Blossom Street, York, YO24 1AQ, Tel: 01904 643238, Email, www.bar-convent.org.uk

Discover the secrets of the Bar Convent. Founded in 1686, the sisters established the first school for girls in York during perilous times, when it was illegal to be a Catholic.

Grape Lane, Whitby, North Yorkshire, YO22 4BA, Tel: 01947 601900, Email, www.cookmuseumwhitby.co.uk

One of Britain's Best!. Winner of the Gold Award 2013 for the best small visitor attraction in Visit England's Awards for Excellence. Twice winners in Yorkshire's White Rose Awards, 2005 and 2012 - celebrating the life of Captain Cook.

St Helens Square, York, YO1 9QN, Tel: 01904 552036, Email, www.mansionhouseyork.co.uk

One of York's great historic treasures and one of its best kept secrets.......

The Arena, Cliftongate Business Park, Wiggington Road, York, YO32 2RH, Tel: 01904 692221

This exciting new adventure park is now open in York. The Web brings together a variety of activities and attractions all on one convenient site to keep all the family, friends and groups entertained.

Sutton Bank, North Yorkshire, YO7 2EH, Tel: 01845 597426, Email, www.visitthemoors.co.uk

Interpretative exhibition 'Window on the Park'. Shop and tearooms, local walks, tourist information and scupltures.

Aldborough, Nr Boroughbridge, YO51 9EP, Tel: 01423 322768

The museum houses many objects from the once sophisticated town of Roman Britain's largest tribe.

Minster Yard, York, YO1 7JL, Tel: 01904 624247, Email, www.nationaltrust.org.uk/treasurershouse

Former home to the treasurer of York Minster and built over a roman road with ghost cellar, this house is not all that it seems.

Museum Gardens, York, YO1 7FR, Tel: 01904 687687, Email, www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk

On 1 August 2010 the Yorkshire Museum reopened after a major £2 million refurbishment. Housing some of the finest collections of archaeological and geological finds in Europe the Yorkshire Museum is the ideal first port of call for any trip

St. Leonard's Place, York, boxoffice@yorktheatreroyal.co.uk, YO1 7HD, Tel: 01904 623568, Email, www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk

York Theatre Royal is one of the regions most successful producing theatres welcoming more than 200,000 visitors to its unique 260 year old building.

Tower Street, York, YO1 9SA, Tel: 01904 646940, Email, www.english-heritage.org.uk/cliffordstower

Once the central stronghold of York Castle, the tower is all that remains, the views from the top show clearly why it was of such strategic importance.

Junction of A169, Malton, YO17 6RT, Tel: 01653 697777, Email, www.edencamp.co.uk

Award winning museum, housed within an orginal Prisoner of War Camp, containing extensive exhibitions and displays that tell the story of World War 2.

Castlegate, York, YO1 9RN, Tel: 01904 655543, Email, www.fairfaxhouse.co.uk

A beautiful Georgian House with full period detail, see how a Georgian gent lived and entertained.

Fossgate, York, YO1 9XD, Tel: 01904 654818, Email, www.theyorkcompany.co.uk

The Merchant Adventurers’ Hall is one of York’s medieval marvels. Set in beautiful gardens, it is open to the public some 650 years after construction began in 1357. Discover the Hall and its unique collections through a free audio tour.

Low Petergate, York, YO1 7HH, Tel: 01904 624190

St Michael le Belfrey is a 16th century church known for its unique stained glass and for being the baptism place of Guy Fawkes of the Gun Powder Plot.

33 The Balk, Pocklington, York, YO42 2QF, Tel: 01759 307125

These magnificent and beautifully laid out gardens incorporate two lakes which contain. A National Collection of water lilies. The Hall is also home to Victorian and Secret Gardens and a Primrose Wood.

Deangate, York, YO1 7HH, Tel: 08449 390016, Email, www.yorkminster.org

The largest medieval gothic cathedral north of the Alps, a treasure house of over 800 years of stained glass.

Stewart Lane, Stillingfleet, York, YO19 6HP, Tel: 01904 728506, Email, www.stillingfleetlodgenurseries.co.uk

Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens and Nurseries is a hidden gem on the outskirts of York, where you can spend a few hours enjoying peace and tranquility.