{"id":1303639,"date":"2026-09-29T14:13:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T14:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1303639"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:32:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:32:38","slug":"york","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/england\/york\/","title":{"rendered":"York"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1302282,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-city","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_country_stats":"","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"","hw_hub_country_facts":"","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"","hw_hub_country_cities":"","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"","hw_hub_country_do_title":"","hw_hub_country_do_body":"","hw_hub_country_do_points":"","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"","hw_hub_country_do_more":"","hw_hub_country_food_title":"","hw_hub_country_food_body":"","hw_hub_country_food_points":"","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"","hw_hub_country_food_more":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"","hw_hub_country_money_title":"","hw_hub_country_money_body":"","hw_hub_country_money_points":"","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"","hw_hub_country_money_more":"","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"","hw_hub_country_season_title":"","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"","hw_hub_country_season_note":"","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"","hw_hub_country_events_title":"","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"","hw_hub_country_events_source":"","hw_hub_country_events_country":"","hw_hub_country_events_count":"","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_events":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_faq_title":"","hw_hub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city guide","hw_hub_city_hero_h1":"Things To Do In York","hw_hub_city_hero_intro":"Roman fortress, Viking capital, and one of the great Gothic cathedrals, inside two miles of medieval walls you can walk in an hour.","hw_hub_city_hero_image":"1303763","hw_hub_city_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_city_hero_cta":"Where to stay | #areas\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_city_live_stats":"1","hw_hub_city_stats":"2 miles | Of medieval walls, walkable and free\r\nAD 71 | Founded as the Roman fortress Eboracum\r\n866 | Taken by the Vikings, who called it Jorvik","hw_hub_city_intro_title":"Two thousand years in a very small space","hw_hub_city_intro_body":"York was a Roman legionary fortress, then the Viking capital of northern England, then a medieval wool city, and the layers are all still visible within a circuit of walls you can walk in about an hour.\r\n\r\nYork Minster is the largest Gothic cathedral in northern Europe, with the Great East Window \u2014 the biggest expanse of medieval stained glass anywhere in one window.\r\n\r\nThe Shambles is the famous street: overhanging timber-framed butchers' shops from the fourteenth century, leaning in until the upper floors nearly touch. It is also mobbed from mid-morning, so go early.\r\n\r\nThe city is small, extremely walkable and gets a lot of day visitors from Leeds and Manchester, which means evenings are far calmer than afternoons.\r\n\r\nTwo days.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Getting in | Train from London 2 hours, Manchester 1h30, Edinburgh 2h30\r\nGetting around | Entirely walkable. The walled city is about a mile across\r\nCurrency | Pound sterling\r\nThe walls | Free, open dawn to dusk, and about two miles round\r\nDay trippers | Heaviest 11:00 to 16:00 on the Shambles\r\nTap water | Safe, and free in any pub","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"Inside the walls, or just outside them and five minutes' walk in.","hw_hub_city_areas_map":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_zoom":"14","hw_hub_city_hostels_pins":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_live":"","hw_hub_city_areas":"Inside the walls | First-timers | The medieval centre: the Minster, the Shambles, the snickelways and most of the pubs. | 53.9600 | -1.0810 |  | \nAround the station | Value and transport | Just west across the Ouse, five minutes from the centre, with cheaper beds and fast trains. | 53.9580 | -1.0930 |  | \nBishopthorpe Road | Local life | South of the walls: an independent high street, a good market and residents rather than visitors. | 53.9500 | -1.0880 |  | ","hw_hub_city_itin_title":"How long have you got?","hw_hub_city_itin_intro":"The routes we would walk, in the order we would walk them.","hw_hub_city_itin":"","hw_hub_city_do_title":"Things to do in York","hw_hub_city_do_body":"Walk the walls. Two miles, free, open dawn to dusk, and the best introduction to how the city is laid out \u2014 the stretch between Bootham Bar and Monk Bar gives the classic view of the Minster.\r\n\r\nYork Minster is about \u00a320 including the undercroft, where excavations show the Roman fortress and Norman cathedral beneath the current one. The Great East Window is the largest single expanse of medieval stained glass in the world. The tower climb is extra and 275 steps.\r\n\r\nThe Shambles is free and best at eight in the morning, before the day visitors arrive \u2014 by midday it is shoulder to shoulder.\r\n\r\nThe Jorvik Viking Centre, built over an excavation that found preserved timbers and even Viking-era latrine contents, is about \u00a315 and worth booking.\r\n\r\nThe National Railway Museum, beside the station, is free and enormous.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"The city walls | Two miles, free, and the best first thing to do\r\nYork Minster | About \u00a320. The largest medieval stained glass window anywhere\r\nThe Shambles at 8am | Free, and a completely different street\r\nNational Railway Museum | Free, and vast","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in York","hw_hub_city_free_title":"Free things to do in York","hw_hub_city_free_body":"The walls are free and are the single best thing here.\r\n\r\nThe National Railway Museum by the station is free, holds the Mallard and a Japanese bullet train, and takes a couple of hours.\r\n\r\nThe Shambles, the snickelways \u2014 the narrow medieval alleys threading the centre \u2014 and the Museum Gardens with the ruined St Mary's Abbey are all free.\r\n\r\nThe York Art Gallery's permanent collection and the Minster's exterior cost nothing, and the riverside walk along the Ouse runs out of the city in both directions.\r\n\r\nThe Bishopthorpe Road market and the independent shops there are free to browse and where locals actually go.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"The walls | Free, dawn to dusk\r\nNational Railway Museum | Free, with the Mallard and a bullet train\r\nThe snickelways | Medieval alleys threading the centre\r\nMuseum Gardens | A ruined abbey in a public park","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free-things-to-do","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in York","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking in York","hw_hub_city_food_body":"A pub main is \u00a314 to \u00a319, and York has an unusual density of good old pubs \u2014 the city claims a pub for every day of the year, which is not true but not wildly off.\r\n\r\nYorkshire puddings are taken seriously, and a Sunday roast here is the meal to build a day around at \u00a316 to \u00a322.\r\n\r\nBettys is the institution: a 1930s tea room where people queue for an hour for afternoon tea at about \u00a328. The queue is real and the cakes are good.\r\n\r\nBishopthorpe Road and Fossgate have the independent restaurants and better value than the streets around the Minster.\r\n\r\nA pint is \u00a34.50 to \u00a36, and the Yorkshire breweries are well represented.","hw_hub_city_food_points":"Sunday roast | \u00a316\u201322, and the meal to plan around\r\nBettys | A 1930s tea room, about \u00a328, with an hour-long queue\r\nFossgate and Bishopthorpe Road | Better value than around the Minster\r\nA pint | \u00a34.50\u20136","hw_hub_city_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_city_food_more":"All food guides for York","hw_hub_city_nightlife_title":"Going out in York","hw_hub_city_nightlife_body":"Pub-led rather than club-led. The old pubs are the point \u2014 Ye Olde Starre Inne, the Blue Bell, the House of the Trembling Madness \u2014 and several are genuinely medieval.\r\n\r\nMicklegate is the main strip and gets busy and loud at weekends, with a substantial stag and hen trade that the city has mixed feelings about.\r\n\r\nThe university keeps term time livelier, and there are a couple of clubs, but nobody comes to York for them.\r\n\r\nA pint is \u00a34.50 to \u00a36.\r\n\r\nGhost walks leave most evenings from the Minster and elsewhere \u2014 York claims to be the most haunted city in England, and the walks are entertaining whatever you make of the claim.","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"Old pubs | The real attraction. Several genuinely medieval\r\nMicklegate | The main strip, and busy with stag and hen groups\r\nGhost walks | Most evenings, and better than they sound\r\nPrices | A pint \u00a34.50\u20136","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for York","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around York","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"Walk. The walled city is about a mile across and largely pedestrianised, and the station is five minutes from the centre.\r\n\r\nBuses cover the suburbs at about \u00a32.50, and park-and-ride serves drivers.\r\n\r\nTrains are the main thing: London in two hours, Edinburgh in two and a half, Manchester in an hour and a half, and Leeds in 25 minutes. Book weeks ahead for the London fare.\r\n\r\nYork is on the East Coast Main Line, which makes it an easy stop between London and Scotland rather than a detour.\r\n\r\nBikes work well on the riverside paths, and rental is \u00a315 to \u00a320 a day.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"Walk | A mile across and largely pedestrianised\r\nLondon | Two hours, on the East Coast Main Line\r\nEdinburgh | Two and a half hours\r\nBook trains early | The London fare varies enormously","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for York","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What York costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"More expensive than the northern cities because of the visitor numbers, and still below London. Dorms are \u00a320 to \u00a338, a pub main \u00a314 to \u00a319, and a pint \u00a34.50 to \u00a36.\r\n\r\nA day is \u00a350 to \u00a390.\r\n\r\nThe walls, the Railway Museum, the snickelways and the gardens are free. The Minster at about \u00a320 and Jorvik at about \u00a315 are the main entries, and the York Pass bundles several if you plan a heavy day.\r\n\r\nEating on Fossgate or Bishopthorpe Road rather than beside the Minster makes a clear difference.","hw_hub_city_money_points":"Dorm bed | \u00a320\u201338\r\nA day, all in | \u00a350\u201390\r\nThe best things are free | The walls, the Railway Museum, the alleys\r\nThe Minster | About \u00a320, including the Roman undercroft","hw_hub_city_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_city_money_more":"All budget guides for York","hw_hub_city_safety_title":"Staying safe in York","hw_hub_city_safety_body":"York is a safe, small city and the centre is comfortable at any hour.\r\n\r\nMicklegate at weekends carries the usual drunken crowd, and the stag and hen trade concentrates there.\r\n\r\nThe walls have uneven medieval steps, no handrails in places and drops on the inner side \u2014 they close at dusk for a reason.\r\n\r\nThe Ouse and the Foss flood, sometimes seriously, and the riverside paths and some pubs go under in winter. Flood warnings are posted and worth checking in December and January.\r\n\r\nEmergency number is 999, or 112.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"The walls | Uneven steps, few handrails, and they close at dusk\r\nFlooding | The Ouse floods in winter. Check warnings in December and January\r\nMicklegate at weekends | Busy and drunk\r\nEmergency | 999 or 112","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for York","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Day trips from York","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"Two national parks, a ruined abbey and the coast.","hw_hub_city_trips":"Whitby | 1.5 hours | Train, \u00a315\u201325 | A harbour town under a ruined abbey that inspired Dracula, with the best fish and chips in England by common claim. |  | 1303781\nFountains Abbey | 1 hour | Bus via Ripon, about \u00a312 | The largest monastic ruin in the country, in a Georgian water garden. UNESCO-listed. |  | 1303782\nLeeds | 25 minutes | Train, \u00a38\u201315 | Victorian arcades, a serious night out and the Royal Armouries. |  | 1303764\nYorkshire Dales | 1.5 hours | Train to Skipton then bus | Limestone country: Malham Cove, drystone walls and the Settle to Carlisle railway. |  | 1303784","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from York","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"May, June and September. December is beautiful and packed.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs. The daffodils on the walls in March are a genuine local event, and the flood risk along the Ouse is real from November through February.","hw_hub_city_season_rows":"January | 7 | 2 | Cold and quiet, with a real flood risk on the riverside\r\nFebruary | 7 | 2 | Grey. Cheapest beds and empty walls\r\nMarch | 10 | 3 | Improving, and the daffodils under the walls are famous\r\nApril | 13 | 4 | Good. Blossom and lengthening days\r\nMay | 16 | 5 | Excellent. Warm, long evenings, manageable crowds\r\nJune | 19 | 5 | The best month. Light until late and everything open\r\nJuly | 21 | 3 | Peak day trippers. The Shambles is unwalkable at midday\r\nAugust | 21 | 3 | The same, and the Ebor race meeting fills the city\r\nSeptember | 18 | 5 | Superb. Crowds thin and the weather holds\r\nOctober | 14 | 4 | Autumn and good value\r\nNovember | 10 | 3 | Dark and wet. Flood season starts\r\nDecember | 8 | 4 | St Nicholas Fair and a city that suits Christmas. Very busy","hw_hub_city_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_city_events_intro":"A Viking festival in February and a Christmas market the city is built for.","hw_hub_city_events_source":"api","hw_hub_city_events_count":"8","hw_hub_city_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_city_events_cta_label":"All events in York","hw_hub_city_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/england\/york\/","hw_hub_city_events":"Jorvik Viking Festival | February | Citywide | Europe's largest Viking festival, with encampments, combat displays and a march through the streets. |  | \nSt Nicholas Fair | Late November to December | City centre | A Christmas market through the medieval streets, and the city looks the part. |  | \nEbor Festival | August | York Racecourse | Four days of racing that fill the city and every bed in it. |  | \nYork Food and Drink Festival | September | City centre | Ten days of Yorkshire producers across the centre. |  | \nDaffodils on the walls | March | City walls | The banks under the walls go yellow, and locals turn out for it. |  | ","hw_hub_city_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_city_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel. Per person per night, in pounds.","hw_hub_city_budget_note":"Transport is low because you walk. The Minster and Jorvik are the two main entries at about \u00a320 and \u00a315.","hw_hub_city_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 20 | 13 | 2 | 4\r\nMiddle of the road | 34 | 28 | 3 | 20\r\nComfortable | 62 | 48 | 6 | 38","hw_hub_city_budget_currency":"\u00a3","hw_hub_city_hostels_title":"Where to stay in York","hw_hub_city_hostels_intro":"A small scene inside and just outside the walls, with prices rising sharply for race meetings and December. Live from Hostelworld.","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in York","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/england\/york\/","hw_hub_city_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_city_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_city_picks":"Best for solo travellers |  |  | \nBest for a party |  |  | \nQuietest |  |  | ","hw_hub_city_hostels":"","hw_hub_city_faq_title":"York travel questions","hw_hub_city_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_city_faqs":"How long do you need in York? | Two days. The walled city is about a mile across and everything is walkable, but the Minster, the walls, Jorvik and the Railway Museum fill two comfortably.\r\nWhen should I walk the Shambles? | Before nine in the morning. It is a fourteenth-century street of overhanging timber shops and it is genuinely lovely empty \u2014 by midday it is shoulder to shoulder with day visitors from Leeds and Manchester.\r\nIs the Minster worth \u00a320? | Yes. It is the largest Gothic cathedral in northern Europe, the Great East Window is the biggest single expanse of medieval stained glass in the world, and the ticket includes the undercroft where you can see the Roman fortress beneath it.\r\nAre the walls free? | Yes, all two miles, open dawn to dusk. They are the best first thing to do here and they close at dusk because the steps are uneven and unlit.\r\nIs Bettys worth queueing for? | It is a 1930s tea room, afternoon tea is about \u00a328, and the queue can run to an hour with no bookings for the main room. The cakes are good. Whether that is worth an hour of a two-day trip is a personal matter.\r\nDoes York flood? | Yes, and sometimes seriously. The Ouse and the Foss burst their banks in winter, riverside paths close and some pubs go under. Check flood warnings if you are visiting between November and February.\r\nWhat is the best day trip? | Whitby, an hour and a half away \u2014 a harbour town under a ruined abbey that inspired Dracula, with fish and chips that people argue are the best in England.","hw_hub_city_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_city_cta_body":"Compare York hostels \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. Then meet the people already there in the app.","hw_hub_city_cta_buttons":"Find hostels in York | https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/england\/york\/\r\nGet the app | https:\/\/hostelworld.onelink.me\/IdiK\/f5a50nhd","hw_hub_city_newsletter_title":"Get the good stuff monthly","hw_hub_city_newsletter_body":"New city guides, deals and route ideas. 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