Introduction
327km (203 miles) N of London; 42km (26 miles) NE of Leeds; 142km (88 miles) N of Nottingham
Few cities in England are as rich in history as York. It is still encircled by its 13th- and 14th-century city walls, about 4km (2 1/2 miles) long, with four gates. One of these, Micklegate, once grimly greeted visitors coming from the south with the heads of traitors. To this day, you can walk on the footpath of the medieval walls.
The crowning achievement of York is its minster, or cathedral, which makes the city an ecclesiastical center equaled only by Canterbury. It's easily visible on a drive up to Edinburgh in Scotland. Or, after visiting Cambridge, you can make a swing through the great cathedral cities of Ely, Lincoln, York, and Ripon.
There was a Roman York (Hadrian came this way), then a Saxon York, a Danish York, a Norman York (William the Conqueror slept here), a medieval York, a Georgian York, and a Victorian York (the center of a flourishing rail business). A large...
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Jorvik Viking Centre
This Viking city, discovered many feet below present ground level, was reconstructed as it stood in 948, and underwent major refurbishment in 2001....
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York Minster
One of the great cathedrals of the world, York Minster traces its origins from the early 7th century; the present building, however, dates from...
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National Railway Museum
This was the first national museum to be built outside London, and it has attracted millions of train buffs. Adapted from an original steam-locomotive...
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