York

How to make the most of a day or two in York.   I’m a Yorkshireman, a York resident and a Yorkshire guide. I was born and raised in York and Yorkshire – here is my completely unbiased guide to exploring York in a day or two. However you plan to get here and where…

Why we love SUTTON-ON-THE-FOREST The wide, winding main street, the absence of street lights, the delightful houses and cottages…this is a small village with huge appeal. Where: Drive out of York, heading north on the Helmsley road, and you’ll soon come across the village of Sutton-on-the-Forest. There isn’t much forest anymore, although you’ll drive through…

You only have to have a casual stroll around York to notice that there are some particularly unusual street names. York is sometimes jokingly referred to as the place where “the streets are called gates, the gates are called bars, and the bars are called pubs”. On tour, I’m often asked what some of York’s…

Not much has changed at Rievaulx Abbey for hundreds of years. The incredible Cistercian abbey ruins lie hidden away in a quiet, wooded valley only a few miles north of Helmsley. Founded in 1131, the abbey had become incredibly successful and wealthy before being ordered closed and destroyed by Henry VIII’s men after the Dissolution…

Grand Yorkshire offers you the opportunity to explore Yorkshire on a tailor-made private tour from York. In 2014, Grand Yorkshire helped visitors from across the world to visit destinations and attractions across Yorkshire on a private tour from York. We know that everyone is different, and our exciting weekly programme off scheduled tours and excursion offers visitors to York the opportunity to experience a diverse range of visitor attractions and fascinating places across our wonderful county. However, you can also use Grand Yorkshire to explore the destinations that interest you by booking a private tour from York. Choose the places you would like to visit, pick a date that suits you, decide when you’d like to set off and how long you want to spend at each place – or simply let us create a private tour from York which…

We are delighted to launch three superb half-day excursions from York this autumn. These half-day excursions from York depart in the early afternoon from York city centre and offer you the opportunity to visit and explore three of the most exciting attractions in the region surrounding York. The first of these excursions from York each week is an afternoon excursion from York to Fountains Abbey. This UNESCO World Heritage site is located close to Ripon, on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales. On this afternoon excursion from York to Fountains Abbey you’ll enjoy approximately 3 1/2 hours to explore the famous abbey ruins, the exquisite Georgian Water Garden, the magnificent medieval Deer Park – and much more. Click here for further details and to book this excursion from York to Fountains Abbey.   On Thursdays and Sundays each week, Grand…

Castle Howard is Yorkshire’s finest stately homes, and one of the best-known stately homes in the UK – helped by its starring role in several adaptations of Brideshead Revisited in film and on TV. Located only a few miles north of York, it offers visitors a truly wonderful day out – there is so much…

I’m delighted to confirm the launch of Grand Yorkshire’s latest excursion – a fantastic day trip to Whitby. This new day trip from York to Whitby includes an exciting journey on the superb North Yorkshire Moors Railway, almost four hours leisure time in Whitby, a visit to Goathland (famously known as ‘Aidensfield’ from ITV’s drama series Heartbeat ) and a wonderful trip through the spectacular scenery of the North York Moors including Rosedale Abbey and Hutton-le-Hole. The new tour runs on Tuesdays, from outside Saint Wilfrid’s Church on Duncombe Place in York. Travelling by executive minibus or air-conditioned coach, this exciting day trip to Whitby is a fabulous way to see some of the most remarkable scenery in Yorkshire. For more information and to book your place, click here.

As the Tour de France raced through the streets of York and wound it’s way across Yorkshire, it was hard not to wonder just what a French bike race was doing here. There are certainly many people who can take credit for the race coming to Yorkshire, and many hundreds who helped deliver such an…