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Local Attractions York Race Course — www.yorkracecourse.co.uk — 2 Miles from hotel — Northern Racecourse of the Year (17 Years Running)!! Fulford Golf Club — www.fulfordgolfclub.co.uk — 0.5 miles from hotel — Enjoy the challenge of a course that has tested some of the World's finest golfers. York Castle Museum — www.yorkcastlemuseum.org.uk — 1.5 miles — York Castle Museum is one of Britain's leading museums of everyday life. It shows how people used to live by displaying thousands of household objects and by recreating rooms, shops, streets, and even prison cells. National Railway Museum — www.nrm.org.uk — 2.6 miles — Inside the world's largest railway museum you'll find over three hundred years of world railway history, from Japanese Bullet trains to Queen Victoria's favourite carriage York Dungeons — www.thedungeons.com — 1.6 miles —Take a trip into the past and discover Europe's darkest moments. Blood-curdling screams, groans and clashes of steel ring through the York Dungeon. Investigate if you dare! Castle Howard — www.castlehoward.co.uk — 18 miles — Castle Howard is one of Britain's finest historic houses and is still home to my family whose forebears conceived, designed, and built it over three centuries ago. Jorvik Centre — www.jorvik-viking-centre.co.uk — 1.5 miles — Welcoming 14 million visitors over the past 21 years, visitors can journey through the reconstruction of Viking-Age streets, as they would have been in the year AD975. York Art Gallery — www.yorkartgallery.org.uk — 2.5 miles — York Art Gallery combines a distinguished history of displaying fine paintings and ceramics with a modern-day welcome to all through a busy calendar of exhibitions, events and outreach work. York Minster — www.yorkminster.org — 2 miles — York Minster acts as a beacon welcoming all visitors to the City of York. Built over 250 years, and renowned worldwide as an artistic and architectural masterpiece, it offers a wealth of things to see for people of all ages, and offers thrilling memories for all who visit. Yorkshire Air museum — www.yorkshireairmuseum.co.uk — 8 miles — The longest runway in the North of England. The only French 'heavy' bomber base in WWII. One of the last Luftwaffe intruder attacks of the War. The highest number of post war speed record attempts. One of the few authentic RAF bomber bases open to the public. Eden Camp — www.edencamp.co.uk 18 miles — This is no ordinary Museum — Not another Military Museum — Not a glass showcase Museum — We have reconstructed scenes using movement, lighting, sound, smells, even smoke machines to transport you back in time, to make you feel that you are there taking part in history. McArthur Glen — www.yorkdesigneroutlet.com — 0.3 miles — The designer destination of the North. Pickering Railway — www.nymr.co.uk — 30 miles — Experience the thrill of a steam locomotive, or the power of a diesel engine on a nostalgic journey through spectacular countryside. Take the opportunity of a day trip with a difference. York Theatre Royal — www.theatreroyal.co.uk — 3 miles — Berwick Kayler — Say no more!!!! Betty's Tea Rooms — www.bettys.co.uk — 2.5 miles — A few years after Betty's opened its doors in York war broke out, and Betty's — in particular the basement 'Betty's Bar' — became a favourite haunt of thousands of airmen stationed around York. 'Betty's Mirror', on which many of them engraved their signatures with a diamond pen, remains on display today as a fitting tribute to their bravery. The York Eye — www.nrm.org.uk/events/wheel.asp — 2.6 miles — Enjoy stunning bird's-eye views over the city of York and surrounding countryside on our gigantic observation wheel — the biggest in Yorkshire! You'll gain unrivalled views over the city, including the famous York Minster and the river Ouse, as you soar 60 metres into the sky. Clifford's Tower — www.cliffordstower.com — 1.5 miles — As one of the most important cities in England, and an important base for holding and administering the north, York was the site for two of the castles William the Conqueror built in the years immediately following his conquest. Yorkshire Museum & Museum Gardens — www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk — 3 miles — The Yorkshire Museum is home to some of Britain's finest archaeological treasures and the history of England until 1550 can be traced through its galleries. Merchants Adventurers Hall — www.theyorkcompany.co.uk — 1.5 miles. Built between 1357-1361, explore the Hall and its many uses: the Great Hall for business and feasting, the Undercroft for charity, and the Chapel for religious worship. The Hall is surrounded by a beautiful walled Garden which all are welcome to enjoy. Fairfax House — www.fairfaxhouse.co.uk — 1.5 miles — Fairfax House is the finest Georgian townhouse in England. The house is owned by York Civic Trust who carried out major restoration work in the 1980s to return this magnificent building to its former glory. York City Bar Walls — www.locationyork.co.uk/york-walls.html — 1.25 miles — One of York's main features is its Bar Walls. As well as encircling the city, giving its citizens a protected feeling, it provides an excellent walkway for visitors that runs for miles along the battlements. You do not have to do the full 3 miles all in one go, there are plenty of places where you can get on and off the walls at intervals around the city. Shambles — www.yorkshambles.com — 1.5 miles — The Shambles is often called Europe's best preserved medieval street, although the name is also used to collectively refer to the surrounding maze of narrow, twisting lanes and alleys as well. The street itself is mentioned in the Doomsday Book, so we know that it has been in continuous existence for over 900 years. Grand Opera House — www.grandoperahouseyork.org.uk — 1.5 miles — The buildings that comprise the Grand Opera House York were not originally intended to be a theatre. The tall section was built as York's Corn Exchange in 1868 and it was planned to use it as a concert hall from time to time. Kings Arms Pub — www.kingsarmsyork.co.uk — 1.6 miles — Today the river is alive with pleasure craft whose passengers find the pub no less appealing and in summer the pub takes on a continental air. Probably nowhere in England can one find so many different nationalities drinking together but despite the lively social mix the Kings remains a traditional Yorkshire 'local'. Indeed its fame has spread worldwide and the 'pub that floods' has become a recognised meeting place for an international brigade of travellers. Ghost Walks — www.theoriginalghostwalkofyork.co.uk — 1.6 miles — The Walk was established before 1973 and was an original creation believed to be the first in the world. The Walk aims to be accurate, authentic and genuine, exploring a world of folklore, legend and dreams. We do not need to stage manage tricks or gimmicks but remain above all a fun night out. Boat Trips — www.yorkboat.co.uk —1.5 miles — See for yourself where Saxons fought Vikings in 1066, where monks entertained their guests and witches were ducked in the Middle Ages. Sit on the top deck or retreat to the warmth of the bar and lounge. York Market — www.york.gov.uk/business/Markets
— 1.75 miles — Newgate market has 110 stalls in a market square
within Europe's largest single pedestrianised area. Prominent since the
Middle Ages, Newgate market is the heart and soul of the city lying between
The Shambles and Parliament Street.
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