YORK CITY SCENES

& places of interest in the surrounding area

Ideas for interesting places to visit, good walks etc. and most of what I've photographed and described is free and readily accessed by walking around or from the main city centre

 The CITY of YORK itself

1. Monk Bar, St William's College, Treasurer's House

2a. York Minster and many sub-sections

2b. St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic Church & St Paul's Holgate

2c. The Church of St Michael-le-Belfry

3. The Church of All Saints, North Street

3a-3k Sequence of larger pictures of the stained glass windows in All Saints Church, North Street, York

4a. Some 're-used' Medieval buildings & a bit of Baroque architecture

4b. The Stained Glass Windows in the Spurriergate Centre

5. Walking scenes and bridges of the River Ouse

6. St Martin-cum-Gregory, Holy Trinity Priory Church, Micklegate & Bar Convent in Blossom Street

7. St Mary's Church, Bishophill Junior & Jacob's Well, Trinity Lane

8. York Railway Station

9a. The National Railway Museum (York NRM) Part 1

9b. NRM 2 9c. NRM 3 9d. NRM 4 9e. NRM 5

9f. NRM 6 -The repair-restoration workshop

10a. Steam locomotives and heritage diesels at York Station

10b. More Live Steam at York and 10c. and More Live Steam at York

11. St Martin-le-Grand Church, Coney Street

12. Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate

13. Scenes of York City Walls - a 'clockwise' walking trip

14. The Art Gallery, Exhibition Square, Kings Manor and Bootham Bar

15. The Museum Gardens buildings including St Mary's Abbey

16. Streets of York City centre - High Petergate, Low Petergate

17a. Streets of York - Goodramgate

17b. Streets of York - A digression down the Shambles to Coppergate

18. St Olave's Church, Marygate, York

21. Stonegate, St Helen's Church, St Helen's Square, Mansion House

22. Assize Law Courts, Castle Museum York

23a. Fossgate, Walmgate area, Saint Denys Church & St Margaret's Church & Peasholme Green

23b. The interior of St Denys Church - architecture and stained glass Part 1

23c. Part 2 of the stained glass of St Denys Church

24a. Parliament Street and Newgate Market

24b. The Parish Church of All Saints Pavement and St Mary's Church, Castlegate

29. York Castle - Clifford's Tower

30. The Medieval Guildhall and Council Chamber

 Interesting places near York and environs

19 Skelton, St Giles Church, North Yorkshire

20 Easingwold, North Yorkshire

25. Naburn Lock and Stillingfleet Church

26. Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens

27. Yorkshire Air Museum

28. Beningbrough Hall and Gardens

31a. Newby Hall Gardens  31b. Newby Hall Sculpture Walk & Art Exhibitions

32. Ripon Cathedral

The beautiful and historic City of York is one of the most popular tourist destinations in England and full of locations displaying its heritage. The visitor can explore the old walls, museums, many fine ancient medieval churches, The York Minster, Roman and Viking sites as well as the old pubs! There is plenty of accommodation and places to stay to cover all budgets and innumerable attractions for the tourist to visit in the City of York, all of which can be reached on foot and choices of walks abound.

Top centre: St William's College

Above left: Part of south side of York Minster with the famous Rose Window at the top.

Above right: Part of the Monk Bar (Monkgate) medieval gateway into the walled City of York.

Street art in York City centre - "The Last Judgement" - very appropriate for a city riddled with medieval churches!

The National Railway Museum, York

docspics Yorkshire England images pictures © Phil Brown