York Attractions

Jorvik centre: York

Advantages: Very good attraction!!
Disadvantages: Expensive!

The Jorvik center is if you didn't know, situated in the center of York, Yorkshire. Its one of the main attractions in the city and brings in hundreds of tourists and school visitors. The Jorvik Centre (pronounced Yorvic), is a real acheaology site, where the Vikings of York lived thousands of years ago. Its a museum with a twist though, as with "normal" museums, you walk around, you read signs and miss most things, especially if you have kids with ...
...all a trip to the Jorvik centre won't last you much longer than an hour, if your lucky, which is not long at all seeing as you pay £8.50 per adult, and £6 per child, but it is well worth the trip! It gives you something just that little bit extra than just the same old museum. And it really gives you a new view on York itself. The museum itself was "found" around 1984, when a new building was been built on the site, when the builders stumbled upon ...

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The York Dungeon - A Fantastic Day Out

Advantages: Enthusiastic cast; special effects; lasted a long time; small queues
Disadvantages: 'Ride' was poor; closes early; it is scary, makes you jump

... GETTING TO YORK DUNGEON, AND PARKING The trusty Sat Nav got us all the way to York Dungeons, although it was quite well sign posted from the main roads. Parking was a bit of a nightmare - I had only bought cash along with me, with about £7 in change, assuming that the carpark would cost around £6 or £7 to stay for a few hours. It ended up costing about £10 - £11, so we ended up having to walk to find a shop to buy something so I could get ...
...York, and not the actual York Dungeons carpark - they don't have one. This wasn't a big deal, just a little infuriating that it meant we then had to waste time going to get some change, but I did notice on the back of the carpark ticket was a voucher for the dungeons for something like £7 off entry price, but we didn't use this, as we already had our voucher from SKY. Find the actual Dungeon was slightly tricky! There were sign posts, but it was ...

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York Minster

Advantages: Size And Amazing Architecture
Disadvantages: Foundations where a bit scary for me

I love york and whenever possible go for a weekend. Whilst there I always visit York Minster and usually stay in an Inn a few feet away directly facing the Minster. The first thing that strikes you is the size of it and the fabulous architecture (it's over 500 feet wide and has a central tower almost 200 feet high). Visitors come from all over the world to admire York Minster Cathedral. Whilst you are looking around the Minster bear in mind it took ...
...lives just helping to construct York Minster. In the year 306A.D. Constantine was proclaimed Emperor in a ceremony which took place on the sight of the future Minister, there is a statue of him looking very Imperial outside the Minster. Over the years the Minster has had major repair and restoration works done and on most of our visits ongoing maintenance work is usually being carried out . It used to be free to visit the Minster but the upkeep ...

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york castle museum

Advantages: very good for educational use and a good day out
Disadvantages: none

...my first time at the york castle museum it strangley reminded me of the jorvik museum i dont no why just did the museum is located exactly next door to the clifford tower and just ten minutes from the train stration and 5 minutes to the jorvik museum. At the entrance you will see the gift shop and near is an good sized car park which is just a stones through away. The castle musuem has over 400 exibits from the years of the history of york and in ...
...of old The york castle opens there doors between the times of april - to october between the times of 9.00 am and 5.00pm and november to march will open 9.30am to 4.30pm. These are great times to come and visit the historical museum of york. The adult prices are £5.95 for the day and then the Conncessions will pay £ 3.50 for the day you can pay for a family ticket which will cost you £16 pound for 2 adults and 3 children. but if you dont want to ...

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The railway past comes to life

Advantages: Great day out
Disadvantages: None for me - building work going on

...book, a visit to the National Railway Museum (NRM) is on today. I went on a bright and sunny Monday in mid March *** What is it? *** The NRM is the largest collection of railway artefacts in the World, covering some 300 years of railway history. From full size locomotives to stationmaster's hats, it is all here. There are lots of things to do, from wandering round gazing at massive locomotives, to getting hands on with various interactive ...
...*** Details *** National Railway Museum Address: National Railway Museum, Leeman Road, York, YO26 4XJ, UK Telephone 08704 214001 Hours: 10:00 am - 6.00 pm Open every day except December 24-26. Admission: Free Parking: Yes, public parking is £7.00 for all day, so you could use it to wander around York. There are Park and Ride schemes around York, so these may be a good choice A much better bet would be to do what I did and "let the train ...

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