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York Travel Guide - What to know before you visit · UK Travel Planning

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SPEAKER_00: Many people only give York a day and almost all of them leave wishing they had given it longer.
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SPEAKER_00: Today Sinead from York Travel Expert explains how much time the city actually deserves, where to base yourself and the one thing worth booking before you go.
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SPEAKER_00: Hi everybody and welcome to episode 219 of the UK Travel Fun and Podcast.
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SPEAKER_00: Now onto the episode.
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SPEAKER_00: York is a beautiful historic city, so it'll come as no surprise that we are asked about it constantly.
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SPEAKER_00: And we are lucky enough to have Sinead, a York resident, as our podcast expert, actually since episode three, which is still one of our most downloaded ever episodes.
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SPEAKER_00: So this week I've asked her back to update us and to cover the basics for anyone considering adding York onto their York itinerary.
1:40
SPEAKER_00: We'll cover getting there, getting around, what to expect of steps and cobbles or a worry, and the places most visitors walk straight past.
1:49
SPEAKER_00: Hi Sinead, it's lovely to have you back on the podcast again.
1:53
SPEAKER_00: You have been a guest um quite a few times on this podcast and actually our global travel planning podcast as well.
1:58
SPEAKER_00: Most recently talking about your trip to Turkey, which has done really, really well.
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SPEAKER_00: But today we're talking about York, which is your speciality and uh which you came on to episode three, right way back, rewind a few years on the podcast, and it is one of our top downloaded episodes, is the one that I get emails about saying it was so good.
2:19
SPEAKER_00: We found out so much from Sinead about visiting York.
2:21
SPEAKER_00: So I thought it was time to do an update.
2:24
SPEAKER_00: So um hi Sinead, how are you doing?
2:27
SPEAKER_00: I'm good, thanks, Tracy.
2:28
SPEAKER_00: How are you?
2:29
SPEAKER_00: It's nice to be back.
2:30
SPEAKER_00: I know it's uh it's really good to chat with you, and um you do have a York website, so we'll we will mention that because I think it's worth um everybody do check out Sinead's website because she kind of is the expert on on York.
2:43
SPEAKER_00: So what what is the um what's your website called?
2:46
SPEAKER_01: It's it's called York Travel Expert.
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SPEAKER_01: And it covers everything from best attractions to where to stay to where the public toilets are, basically everything a first-time visitor would need to know.
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SPEAKER_00: Perfect.
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SPEAKER_00: So you are absolutely the perfect guest to to actually start because we're we're kicking off, or we've done a few episodes of the Before You Visit um uh podcast series, um, and we've done Edinburgh so far.
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SPEAKER_00: And so this is a perfect one to do about York.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, and the whole aim of this episode is really for those planning for people planning a first-time visit to York, um, all the things that they need to know about actually, you know, planning how how to arrive in York, where to stay in York, all those kind of basic things.
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SPEAKER_00: So, um, without further ado, let's ask the first question, which is the most basic and very easy question.
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SPEAKER_00: Where is York and where what is it near for anybody who does not know?
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SPEAKER_01: York is roughly sort of halfway up the country between London and Edinburgh.
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SPEAKER_01: It's two hours by train from King's Cross, a direct journey, and then it's about two and a half, three hours from Edinburgh.
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SPEAKER_01: So it's sort of right in the middle of the country, although it is classed as north.
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SPEAKER_01: It makes a great base for the Yorkshire Dales, the Yorkshire Moors, the Yorkshire Coast.
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SPEAKER_01: All of those are within about an hour's reach from the city of York itself.
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SPEAKER_01: It's very easy to get to as an international traveller.
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SPEAKER_01: You could fly into London then get the train up, or you could fly into Leeds Bradford Airport, which is only a 50-minute drive away, or you could fly into Manchester Airport, where you can get a train direct from the airport to York, which takes about an hour and 40 minutes.
4:25
SPEAKER_01: So it's very well served by airports, motorways, train stations.
4:29
SPEAKER_01: It's really easy to get to.
4:32
SPEAKER_00: It is, and I think um I know for many people it's the perfect destination to stop off on that kind of well-worn route between London and Edinburgh.
4:41
SPEAKER_00: Kind of York is your natural kind of in the middle place to stop and get off.
4:45
SPEAKER_00: I also want to mention um a bit about kind of the the county of Yorkshire, um, where kind of York's kind of located within um North Yorkshire.
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SPEAKER_00: Um is the largest county in England.
4:57
SPEAKER_00: It's huge.
4:58
SPEAKER_01: It is, it's quite complicated because the City of York isn't actually within a county, it's sort of in the middle.
5:05
SPEAKER_01: We've got North Yorkshire above us, East Riding of Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, and West Yorkshire.
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SPEAKER_01: But the city of York is its own little bit on its own in the middle.
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SPEAKER_00: Little little oasis in the in the in the middle of the this massive massive county, beautiful, beautiful county, I have to say.
5:24
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, so that's only people from Yorkshire can say that.
5:27
SPEAKER_00: That that's what they say, God's own on country, own county, own county, own country.
5:32
SPEAKER_01: It depends.
5:33
SPEAKER_01: It depends.
5:34
SPEAKER_01: You can use both.
5:35
SPEAKER_01: It's the same.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah, yeah.
5:37
SPEAKER_00: Now, um, what would be the things that you'd want to know?
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SPEAKER_00: If anybody's listening and they're thinking it, you know, you're thinking, okay, they they may plan a visit to York, what would be the sort of things that you'd want them to know about the city before they actually arrive?
5:52
SPEAKER_01: I think the biggest thing I think people need to be aware of is how small York is.
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SPEAKER_01: Because it's called the City of York, people are expecting a city, but it's actually a town, a friendly town.
6:04
SPEAKER_01: It's only got about 200,000 people in it.
6:08
SPEAKER_01: And you know, most of those are in the surrounding suburbs, which tourists won't particularly go to.
6:13
SPEAKER_01: So it is a very, very small city.
6:17
SPEAKER_01: People worry about having to hire a car, you don't need it.
6:20
SPEAKER_01: It's so small, it's very walkable.
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SPEAKER_01: You can get from one side of the city walls to the other in about 15 minutes crossing the city centre.
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SPEAKER_01: Um, it is very small, it's very different to any other city that might be on your list to visit.
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SPEAKER_01: You won't need to use public transport to get around.
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SPEAKER_01: Um you it's very, very easy, and you can see a lot in a very short space of time.
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SPEAKER_00: Absolutely.
6:45
SPEAKER_00: And it's got um obviously it's called a city.
6:48
SPEAKER_00: I guess we should explain that as well.
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SPEAKER_00: It's called a city because it's got a cathedral, Yorkminster, um, which then makes it less makes it a city.
6:55
SPEAKER_00: That's that's kind of the criteria uh to be a city.
6:57
SPEAKER_00: Um so because it got it's got the minutes that Minster, it's classed as a city, but as as Sinead said, it it is really compact and kind of easy to get around.
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SPEAKER_00: Um and it's also surrounded by something very special as well, isn't it?
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SPEAKER_01: We have the longest city walls in England.
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SPEAKER_01: They're about two miles long, um, and most of the attractions are found within those city walls.
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SPEAKER_01: So you can pop on the wall, walk a bit, pop down, go and see something if you want to get back on the wall and keep going.
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SPEAKER_01: Um, and inside the city walls, it you know, you it's just walkable.
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SPEAKER_01: You won't be able to drive or get a bus or anything.
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SPEAKER_01: Um, so it's very, very, very compact.
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SPEAKER_01: I think people are often surprised when they get here just how small and friendly that it is.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah, well, it's northern, so it's obviously very friendly.
7:47
SPEAKER_00: Now, what is the most straightforward way um to get to York from London?
7:51
SPEAKER_00: And I know you're gonna you're gonna have to say the train.
7:53
SPEAKER_00: So, because like if Doug was on my shoulder, they'd be going, train, train, train.
7:56
SPEAKER_00: And I know you're gonna talk about the train because it is.
7:59
SPEAKER_00: Um but can I just chat about that?
8:01
SPEAKER_00: Because I know we you know we do that trip very regularly.
8:04
SPEAKER_00: I know it's something that you do as well quite often.
8:06
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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SPEAKER_01: Train is by far the best way to get here.
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SPEAKER_01: It's two hours, sometimes an hour and fifty, and it's direct.
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SPEAKER_01: You don't have to change.
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SPEAKER_01: If you drive, you're looking at four or five hours plus, depending on traffic, and it's quite a boring drive as well.
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SPEAKER_01: It's not very scenic.
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SPEAKER_01: The train is by far the best way to get to York.
8:28
SPEAKER_01: And it's also the train station in York is right in the city centre.
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SPEAKER_01: You leave the train station and it's a ten-minute walk.
8:35
SPEAKER_01: You're you you leave the train station, you can see the city walls across the road, and then from there into the heart of the city centre, it's only about a ten-minute walk.
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SPEAKER_01: There's a taxi rank and bus stops outside the city about outside the train station as well.
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SPEAKER_01: There's a hotel right next door to the train station.
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SPEAKER_01: So if you take the train, it will bring you right into the city centre.
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SPEAKER_01: It's the quickest, easiest, and most scenic way to get to York from London.
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SPEAKER_00: Absolutely.
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SPEAKER_00: And if you do, like we said, that journey from London up to Edinburgh, it's canny and natural, very easy place to stop off.
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SPEAKER_00: It's a very short walk into the centre of uh uh into the centre of York from the train station as well.
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SPEAKER_00: And there is left luggage, so you can leave your luggage if you want to go and have a few hours in the city and then pop on a train back up to Edinburgh, it's actually a perfect place to stop.
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SPEAKER_00: Um now you we've mentioned a little bit about how kind of how walkable it is.
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SPEAKER_00: Um so most of it's pedestrianised.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, so I guess that's that's the way to get around.
9:32
SPEAKER_00: Uh, what about things like cobbles, cobble streets?
9:35
SPEAKER_00: And I'm just thinking about kind of accessibility um for people getting around.
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SPEAKER_01: Um it is very walkable, the city centre.
9:42
SPEAKER_01: Nearly all of the city centre in the middle is pedestrianised.
9:47
SPEAKER_01: Um, there are some cobble streets which can be quite uneven, but on both sides of the cobbles, there is a pavement.
9:56
SPEAKER_01: So if you're finding the cobbles difficult to manage, either with your feet or with a push chair or your wheelchair, you can use the paved sides, the pavements of the side of the cobbles.
10:07
SPEAKER_01: Um, other roads in the city centre are flagged, so it's kind of smooth paving stones.
10:14
SPEAKER_01: Um, the cobblestones won't really hinder you getting around because you can avoid them, and there's there's not that many of them either.
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SPEAKER_01: Um it is very, very walkable, the city centre.
10:26
SPEAKER_01: We also have um snickets or snickelways, which are like narrow alleyways that crisscross the city centre.
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SPEAKER_01: And if you have a good map or you've got a good local giving you directions, you can you can make your journey even quicker by just taking one of these alleyways, and they're used by locals all the time, they're perfectly safe to use.
10:46
SPEAKER_01: Um, so it is very, very easy to get away get around.
10:50
SPEAKER_01: You could use, I mean, from York Minster to Yorvick, which is about on the other side of York, is about a 10 to 15 minute walk.
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SPEAKER_01: It's very quick, very easy.
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SPEAKER_01: If you are staying outside the city centre, um you can use buses to get around.
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SPEAKER_01: Our local buses are three pounds per person each way.
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SPEAKER_01: Or you could use one of the park and ride schemes we have.
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SPEAKER_01: We have four park and rides at the points of the compass, so we've got one north of the city, one south, and so on.
11:22
SPEAKER_01: Um you don't have to pay for parking, you just have to pay for the bus, and that's four pounds return.
11:28
SPEAKER_01: But if an adult is traveling under 16s can travel with that adult for free, so it is very, very good value for money.
11:34
SPEAKER_01: And those buses will drop you right to the edge of the city walls, and then you're in the city.
11:38
SPEAKER_01: It's much better than driving in and parking.
11:41
SPEAKER_01: There's no parking.
11:42
SPEAKER_01: There are some car parks in the city centre, but they're not inside the city walls, so you'd always have to do some walking once you park.
11:50
SPEAKER_01: And parking in York, because they're trying to discourage it, is very expensive.
11:54
SPEAKER_01: You could you could pay around about£15-20 a day for parking, so you're much better off to get the bus if you need to.
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SPEAKER_01: But obviously, once you're in York, you don't need anything, you can just walk around.
12:05
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, you can get around um on on uh by foot.
12:09
SPEAKER_00: And um, yeah, I totally agree.
12:11
SPEAKER_00: If you're doing a a drive-in item around the UK and you you intend to in you know stay in York or uh base yourself in York for a bit, I'd first of all find out if the accommodation has got any parking.
12:23
SPEAKER_00: That's an absolute must.
12:24
SPEAKER_00: So if you're gonna have a car and you're thinking I'm gonna stay within the walls, you're not, so you need to first of all check if the accommodation you have has got parking.
12:32
SPEAKER_00: And really, I would actually try and put you off as well, really doing that because to honestly, going in by train is the best way and doing the park and ride scheme where you just I mean, for four pounds, you know, it's a total bargain getting yourself into York so that you don't have to, you don't have to kind of think about the parking issue because it is, and I I kind of agree with a lot of the cities in the UK now trying to um discourage driving in inside some of these historic cities, it's not it's it's not really a a great idea to be honest.
13:00
SPEAKER_00: Um, and we're talking a little bit about kind of accessibility as well, kind of the the they're talking around the kind of limit if you've got limited mobility getting around.
13:09
SPEAKER_00: I don't know this is a a question I was gonna ask you a little bit further on, but I think it it kind of works really well in what we're talking about now.
13:16
SPEAKER_00: Um, what about kind of some of the access and some of the um like for example the walls?
13:21
SPEAKER_00: Can I access the walls?
13:23
SPEAKER_01: Um the one of the things obviously I think people need to know before they come to York is that it is old and it you have to expect narrow streets, old buildings.
13:35
SPEAKER_01: It wasn't built with accessibility in mind, and some of these buildings simply by their nature can't be converted or adapted.
13:44
SPEAKER_01: Um York is pancake flat, that's no problem.
13:48
SPEAKER_01: York is really, really flat.
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SPEAKER_01: However, a lot of the buildings trying to get into them, they will have steps up to them.
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SPEAKER_01: Maybe just one or two, but they will have steps, and inside there might be more steps as well.
14:01
SPEAKER_01: Um the city walls you can access by four bars.
14:05
SPEAKER_01: The the gateways are called bars, and they all have steps, and some of them, especially Monk Gate Bar, is a very steep set of steps.
14:14
SPEAKER_01: It's impossible really to access if you have limited mobility or use a wheelchair, even a push chair would have to be folded.
14:22
SPEAKER_01: It can't, there's not even enough room to carry it up.
14:25
SPEAKER_01: Um, there is one step-free part of the wall you can access, which is opposite the Grand Hotel near the train station, and you can walk part of the walls round to Monk uh Micklegate from there, but then you but then you to get out again you'd have to retrace your steps and come back.
14:42
SPEAKER_01: There are also some steps around the wall.
14:45
SPEAKER_01: We always say I always say to people, don't forget to look down as well as look at the views because there are steps along the wall, and people have sort of missed a step and then fallen, so you do have to keep an eye out there.
14:58
SPEAKER_01: Most museums and the Minster are step-free and they all have ramped access.
15:04
SPEAKER_01: The exception to that is Clifford's Tower, which is a Norman keep on top of an artificial hill in the middle of the city centre.
15:12
SPEAKER_01: Unfortunately, that's not accessible to anybody who can't manage the it's very, very steep, 55 steps to the entrance.
15:20
SPEAKER_01: Um Jorvik Museum, the Yorvik Viking Museum, that's another very popular attraction that has a lift to access, and it also has like a historical cab ride that you can go around, and one of the capsules on it is large enough to fit a wheelchair.
15:37
SPEAKER_01: Unfortunately, because the museum is quite small and it's underground, only one wheelchair user is allowed in your Vic at a time.
15:45
SPEAKER_01: Um so they do recommend calling ahead to talk to the museum about your needs and what time you might be arriving, and potentially doing an advanced booking online as well.
15:56
SPEAKER_01: Um, some attractions, such as York Minster and York Dungeons, offer carer tickets, but again, I would always check that individual attraction in advance.
16:06
SPEAKER_01: Maybe call ahead if you if you want the most up-to-date information.
16:11
SPEAKER_01: If you if you arrive in York and you feel that you are struggling to get around, you can get some low-cost wheelchairs for hire.
16:20
SPEAKER_01: Um, in the city centre, right by Fenix Department Store, there's Coppergate Centre Car Park, and in there there's a place called Shop Ability, and you can just turn up hire a wheelchair.
16:32
SPEAKER_01: Sometimes they're free, sometimes they're low-cost because it is a charity, and you can hire a wheelchair for the day to do some sightseeing as well.
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SPEAKER_01: Um, the other thing I wanted to mention where there are accessible toilets in York.
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SPEAKER_01: Um, there's some on Silver Street near the Shambles Market, and there's accessible toilets in Marks and Spencer's, Brown's, and Fennex department store as well.
16:56
SPEAKER_00: Perfect.
16:56
SPEAKER_00: Thanks.
16:57
SPEAKER_00: Uh that's really uh good information uh there.
17:00
SPEAKER_00: Thank you very much for that, Sinead.
17:01
SPEAKER_00: Now, um, let's go back to I guess if you're planning to visit York and you're thinking, yeah, it's somewhere that I want to go.
17:08
SPEAKER_00: Um, how many days would you recommend somebody stays there?
17:12
SPEAKER_00: Now I I would probably say just stay there for a few months because it's lovely.
17:17
SPEAKER_00: But if we can't do that, what would you say to somebody would be a kind of good a good time to get a feel for the city?
17:24
SPEAKER_01: You you can do some of the main attractions in a day, but I promise you you would leave wishing you'd spent longer.
17:33
SPEAKER_01: Everybody does.
17:34
SPEAKER_01: People come to York and they don't leave.
17:36
SPEAKER_01: Um, so I would say at least two to three days for the city, and maybe three or four days if you wanted to take a day day trip to the dales or the moors or the coast.
17:46
SPEAKER_01: Um, ideally, if you wanted to do everything, the city, the dales, the moors, the coast, you probably need at least, I'd say, around six or seven days.
17:54
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, and that's the beauty of York, and that it's so well positioned to actually get you out to the to the dales and to the moors.
18:01
SPEAKER_00: And um, yeah, absolutely well worth doing some day trips if you are in York.
18:05
SPEAKER_00: Um, I Doug and I did a fantastic one with um Mountain Goat in June to that.
18:10
SPEAKER_00: We did the All Creatures Great and Small one.
18:11
SPEAKER_00: It was so much fun.
18:13
SPEAKER_00: I absolutely loved it, honestly.
18:15
SPEAKER_00: It was so good.
18:15
SPEAKER_00: I'm such a fan.
18:16
SPEAKER_00: I don't know.
18:16
SPEAKER_00: Are you a fan of All Creatures Great and Small, Sinead?
18:19
SPEAKER_00: I am, yes, yeah.
18:20
SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
18:21
SPEAKER_00: Have to be.
18:22
SPEAKER_00: And you live in the beautiful, you know, you live so close to beautiful Yorkshire Dales as well.
18:26
SPEAKER_00: Um, yeah, just just lovely.
18:28
SPEAKER_00: It was such a beautiful um day as well.
18:30
SPEAKER_00: We went on the tour.
18:31
SPEAKER_00: But yeah, and York's perfect for that.
18:33
SPEAKER_00: It's a great, easily, easy place to get to go and see on tours some of these these amazing places.
18:38
SPEAKER_00: Now, if you're gonna oh it is, and we've got a podcast, actually, we have got a podcast all about day trips uh from uh from York as well that we've done.
18:46
SPEAKER_00: I think it might be about episode 19.
18:48
SPEAKER_00: I will link to that in the show notes, and we've talked about some of the amazing places that you can that you can get to very easily on on public transport.
18:55
SPEAKER_00: I know you've mentioned quite often the buses as well are pretty good.
18:59
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, you can get buses, um, you can get trains, you can take the train to the coast, you can take the train to the Dales if you you have to change in Leeds, but you can get the train to the Dales as well, and then get off the train, go for a beautiful hike, get back on the train and come back to York.
19:15
SPEAKER_01: Uh, you can get um there's a bus called the Coastliner, which goes all the way from Leeds up to Scarborough and Whitby.
19:22
SPEAKER_01: It's been voted Britain's most scenic bus ride.
19:26
SPEAKER_01: It takes quite a long time, at least at least two or three hours, um, but it only costs three pounds.
19:32
SPEAKER_01: And it goes all the way across the moors, it's very beautiful.
19:35
SPEAKER_01: And of course, there are a lot if you wanted to see if you want to go to one place, you can do it by train or bus.
19:42
SPEAKER_01: If you want to see a lot in a day, you probably will need to take a tour.
19:46
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, yeah, that's true.
19:48
SPEAKER_00: Now, um, if you were saying to someone who kind of recommend a part of York to use as a base, where would you recommend?
19:57
SPEAKER_01: I think it depends what you're after.
19:59
SPEAKER_01: If you want to live like a local and go to corner shops, stay, you know, go to an independent cafe, meet local people, stay outside the walls, I would say.
20:10
SPEAKER_01: If you have a car and you're driving, you have to stay outside the walls.
20:15
SPEAKER_01: Um, many streets around York are resident-only parking, but if you have if you book a self-catering apartment or an Airbnb, they will often give you a parking permit.
20:25
SPEAKER_01: It's worth noting that hotels outside the city walls, if they're close to York, they will charge you to park overnight.
20:36
SPEAKER_01: If you want a hotel with free parking, you'll have to go a little bit further outside of York.
20:41
SPEAKER_01: Um Bishopthorpe Road and surrounding streets, that's a good area to stay.
20:48
SPEAKER_01: Bishopthorpe Road has a lovely small high street packed with independent shops and cafes, it's one awards for being Britain's best high street.
20:56
SPEAKER_01: That's a really nice place to stay.
20:57
SPEAKER_01: And it's only about a 10-minute walk into the city centre from there as well.
21:01
SPEAKER_01: Um the houses also are quite old, they've lots of character, but you will need to check out the parking.
21:07
SPEAKER_01: If you want everything on your doorstep and to hear the minster bells when you wake up or to fall asleep to, if you want to minimise your walking, you need to stay inside the city walls.
21:19
SPEAKER_01: But you can't stay inside the city walls with a car, really.
21:23
SPEAKER_01: You have to you'll have to stay outside the city walls.
21:26
SPEAKER_01: The other thing to note about if you do stay inside the city walls, the hotels will be packed with character, but they will be old buildings, so they won't have lifts, they'll have steps, they'll have quite narrow passageways, and some of them allegedly might have the odd ghost as well.
21:43
SPEAKER_01: If you want more modern hotels with lifts um and other facilities, you'll probably need to stay outside the city walls.
21:51
SPEAKER_01: But we do have um, you know, very modern hotels very close to the city walls.
21:57
SPEAKER_01: Two exceptions to that I would say are.
22:00
SPEAKER_01: Malmaison and the Grand Hotel, which are right inside the city walls.
22:05
SPEAKER_01: They're literally a five-minute walk from the train station, but they are inside the city walls.
22:09
SPEAKER_01: And they're very big, very modern.
22:11
SPEAKER_01: They'd have all the facilities you need: spa pool, and they've got lifts, really good accessibility.
22:18
SPEAKER_01: But you I know there you do have to pay for parking as well.
22:22
SPEAKER_00: I have to say, I've actually never stayed inside the walls of York at all.
22:28
SPEAKER_00: Um so if the Grand Hotel or Malmesan would like to invite uh myself and Doug to stay, uh, we would very much like to, and we would take you up on that offer for sure.
22:39
SPEAKER_00: And we will do a review about it because um I would very much actually the Grand has actually been on my bucket list for a long time to stay there because it I know we do have uh quite a few of our listeners who who do mention that it's amazing.
22:51
SPEAKER_00: It is a beautiful hotel.
22:53
SPEAKER_01: Um it's one of the top hotels in York.
22:56
SPEAKER_01: Um, it's in a fantastic historic building.
22:59
SPEAKER_01: In fact, once a year they run tours for locals because they're so proud of their building, they just want to show it off.
23:05
SPEAKER_01: And it is a really beautiful building, and the food in there is amazing as well.
23:10
SPEAKER_00: Oh right.
23:10
SPEAKER_00: Well, hopefully, I'll get a chance to uh to try that out maybe next year.
23:14
SPEAKER_00: I'll I'll get in touch with with both those hotels and see where we get to.
23:19
SPEAKER_00: Now, let's talk a little bit about um Yorkminster and the walls.
23:23
SPEAKER_00: So tell me about Yorkminster, because I know as a as a York local, um you don't have to pay it to go into Yorkminster, that's correct.
23:30
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, we're very lucky.
23:32
SPEAKER_01: The Minster is it's hard to describe, quite honestly.
23:37
SPEAKER_01: I mean, it has a very um locals really look on it fondly.
23:43
SPEAKER_01: It's a very, very special place.
23:45
SPEAKER_01: Um you hear the bells, it's it's it's very hard to describe because it's so beautiful and it changes with different lights at different seasons.
23:55
SPEAKER_01: I will never ever ever get bored of walking into town and looking up at the Minster ever.
24:02
SPEAKER_01: Um, and if you're here, if you're lucky to be in York on New Year's Eve, I highly recommend going to the Minster.
24:08
SPEAKER_01: The bell ringers um play carols, and then you hear the bells at midnight, and everyone cheers and claps and sings.
24:14
SPEAKER_01: Old Langsai, it's a fantastic atmosphere, I'd highly recommend it.
24:18
SPEAKER_01: Um but if you want to go to York Minster as a visitor, you can go in for free if you attend a service or even song, but you can't do any sightseeing.
24:29
SPEAKER_01: So you can just go in, sit, enjoy the service, look around you, but you can't walk around.
24:35
SPEAKER_01: So I would personally recommend paying.
24:37
SPEAKER_01: It's not cheap, it currently costs£20, and that's just for Yorkminster.
24:43
SPEAKER_01: But you will easily spend two, three hours in there.
24:48
SPEAKER_01: All ticket sales go to the upkeep of the Minster, they don't receive any government funding.
24:53
SPEAKER_01: Um, an adult ticket also includes children under 17.
24:57
SPEAKER_01: So if you've got kids with you, they get in for free.
25:00
SPEAKER_01: So it can be quite a good value for money attraction.
25:04
SPEAKER_01: And with your entry ticket, you can go to the Undercroft, the Undercroft Museum, the Crypt, and the Chapter House as well.
25:10
SPEAKER_01: And once you get inside, you can join a tour.
25:12
SPEAKER_01: The tours are about 45-50 minutes.
25:15
SPEAKER_01: They're free with your entrance ticket, and they are really well worth taking.
25:19
SPEAKER_01: The guide knows everything about York Minster, and they'll be able to point out hidden things on the stained glass windows or hidden carvings that you wouldn't see without your guide.
25:30
SPEAKER_01: Um, if you want to, for an extra six pounds, you can climb the central tower of York Minster.
25:38
SPEAKER_01: I would if you have the ability to get up the stairs, I would highly recommend it.
25:43
SPEAKER_01: It's fantastic.
25:45
SPEAKER_01: Um, it's only for children over six, um, but you it's not really for anyone with mobility problems, a fear of heights, which I have, I have to say, or if you're claustrophobic, the staircase to get up there is very, very narrow, the steps are narrow and it's winding.
26:03
SPEAKER_01: And for me, the most challenging part was when you have to cross from one tower to the other, you have to walk along the edge of the roof, and that that was a bit knee-wobbling for me.
26:13
SPEAKER_01: But once you get up to the top, you've got this fantastic square 360-degree view of York.
26:19
SPEAKER_01: You do need to know though that when you get to the top, you can't come down when you want to, because what they do is they let everybody up and then they close it at the bottom so people at the top can come down.
26:30
SPEAKER_01: So if you're up and you don't like it, you won't be able to come down as soon as you want to.
26:34
SPEAKER_01: But it is, I would highly recommend it if you can do it.
26:38
SPEAKER_01: Um, if you want to walk, if you want to walk the walls, they take about two hours to do the whole walls.
26:46
SPEAKER_01: There are some walls that you'd have to go down and join road level and then carry on.
26:51
SPEAKER_01: If you only have limited time, I would recommend the stretch from Micklegate to Munkgate.
26:57
SPEAKER_01: You get some really good views of the Minster.
27:00
SPEAKER_01: Um, you'll also get to see some of the bars.
27:02
SPEAKER_01: If you have very limited time and you're really time-pressed, I would do the stretch from Booth and Bar to Monk Bar because that's the bit that goes around the back of the Minster, and you get some really fantastic views of the Minster, the Minster Gardens, Dean's Park, and an eye into other people's backgardens as well.
27:20
SPEAKER_01: It's really the the best stretch of the Minster.
27:24
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I mean what York Minster absolutely is totally 100% worth going to.
27:28
SPEAKER_00: I know it it sounds pretty expensive when it's say£20, but then you know, it does go to the upkeep of this absolutely beautiful building.
27:35
SPEAKER_00: Um, and uh I haven't actually climbed to the top, so good on you, Shanid, for doing that because you've got a fear of heights, because I get claustrophobic, so I'm I'd be no good going up there, I have to say.
27:45
SPEAKER_00: I I did I sent I've sent Doug up there before with our friend Mark.
27:48
SPEAKER_00: They went up to get the get the uh photos from up there.
27:51
SPEAKER_00: Um, but I was like, nah, chickened out.
27:55
SPEAKER_01: It is amazing, but I I was a bit nervous, I have to say.
28:00
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, no, absolutely uh no, I'll stick to walking the walls.
28:03
SPEAKER_00: I enjoy walking the walls.
28:05
SPEAKER_00: You get just beautiful views up there, and you say it's a it's a it's a lovely stroll around um just to to enjoy and get it, get a kind of feel for York.
28:13
SPEAKER_00: I mean, the Romans built these things, which is just incredible, isn't it?
28:17
SPEAKER_00: It is amazing.
28:19
SPEAKER_00: Um now if someone has only one full day in York, um how would you design an itinerary?
28:24
SPEAKER_00: What would that look like?
28:26
SPEAKER_01: Um I would always say to go to York Minster first.
28:31
SPEAKER_01: I think it's the best and most amazing attraction in York.
28:34
SPEAKER_01: And if you leave it till last, I'd be worried you wouldn't have enough time to fit everything in.
28:39
SPEAKER_01: So I would always say go to York Minster first.
28:42
SPEAKER_01: Alternatively, you could go to the shambles first.
28:45
SPEAKER_01: The shambles is a very short atmospheric medieval street.
28:50
SPEAKER_01: It's cobbled, it's very narrow, it's got overhanging buildings.
28:54
SPEAKER_01: Um it's beautiful, it's really beautiful, and it can get really, really busy when you know people start arriving, the shops are open.
29:04
SPEAKER_01: So if you want that quiet and you want to get some really good photos, you need to go there early.
29:09
SPEAKER_01: But if you want to go in and out of the shops and have a bit of atmosphere, it is okay to go later in the day.
29:16
SPEAKER_01: You just have to be prepared for the crowds.
29:18
SPEAKER_01: So I would say a day in York should always include the Minster, the Shambles, just walking around the streets, looking up, soaking up the architecture, reading the blue plaques, seeing the hidden gems everywhere, um, high and low Petergate, Stonegate, the Shambles Market, Goodrum Gate, Fossgate.
29:38
SPEAKER_01: Um, go down to the river for lunch, or have dinner on the riverside, or just have a pint in a riverside pub.
29:45
SPEAKER_01: If you've got time, you'd you'd have to choose between our fantastic museums.
29:50
SPEAKER_01: If you want Roman history and local geology, go to Yorkshire Museum.
29:54
SPEAKER_01: Plus, you'll get to see Museum Gardens, which has a third-century multi-angular tower, a 19th-century observatory, 11th century ruins from an abbey, and a 15th century asbitium.
30:07
SPEAKER_01: So that's a good museum to choose because you get other things on the same site.
30:12
SPEAKER_01: Alternatively, if you want to see how people lived in York in the past, you could go to medieval Barley Hall or the George and Fairfax House.
30:22
SPEAKER_01: Um, if you wanted to know a bit more about the history of York, you could go to Castle Museum, which follows York through Victorian areas, through the World Wars, through the 60s, and then opposite that you could also fit in Clifford's Tower, the Norman Keep.
30:36
SPEAKER_01: So I think if you only have one day, you have to do the Minster, the shambles, walking around town, and then you'd have to make a choice between those areas with those museums in.
30:48
SPEAKER_00: Absolutely.
30:48
SPEAKER_00: Now I think we we've done all of those.
30:50
SPEAKER_00: I actually really like the the Jorvik Museum.
30:53
SPEAKER_00: I think it's really good.
30:53
SPEAKER_00: It's very well done how they've actually done that.
30:56
SPEAKER_00: Um and then the Castle Museum as well.
30:58
SPEAKER_00: Absolutely.
30:58
SPEAKER_00: Do you know that Doug got locked in the Castle Museum once?
31:02
SPEAKER_00: Do you know that story?
31:03
SPEAKER_00: I have to tell you this story now.
31:05
SPEAKER_00: So um, I don't know, we we go to York every time we're in the UK, we spend time in York.
31:09
SPEAKER_00: And um we went to the Castle Museum, and I came, I think I came out maybe 20 minutes, half an hour before Doug, he was taking a bit longer to look around.
31:18
SPEAKER_00: And um, I was sitting there, and then the next thing, everybody, it's all locked up and everybody's gone.
31:23
SPEAKER_00: And I was thinking, okay, maybe Doug will come out soon.
31:27
SPEAKER_00: And I sat there for about another 10 minutes and I was like, okay, this is a bit odd.
31:32
SPEAKER_00: And um, I think I must have called him or he sent me a message then he was locked inside, but it wasn't just him, there was another lady as well.
31:38
SPEAKER_00: I think they were in a courtyard or something in it, and so they ended up getting locked in.
31:43
SPEAKER_00: Um, anyway, the I think we managed to alert them and they went and and and let them out.
31:48
SPEAKER_00: Otherwise, they're gonna be stuck there for the night.
31:51
SPEAKER_01: Oh dear.
31:52
SPEAKER_01: I think it'd be a spooky place to be closed in as well.
31:55
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, no, I I wouldn't want to see it.
31:57
SPEAKER_01: One thing I would add, your Georvik Viking Centre is obviously one of the most famous museums in York, it is quite short.
32:04
SPEAKER_01: You can you can do it in about an hour.
32:06
SPEAKER_01: So if you are pressed for time, it's a good one to do.
32:08
SPEAKER_01: But you would need to book in advance because there are always cues outside.
32:13
SPEAKER_01: So if you are on a one-day trip and you want to do that, I would book that in advance.
32:17
SPEAKER_00: Absolutely.
32:18
SPEAKER_00: I have to say, if you like chocolate, the chocolate story is pretty good as well.
32:22
SPEAKER_01: It is very good, yeah.
32:23
SPEAKER_00: See, this is where we go on it being more than one day, because you've given a great itinerary some great itinerary ideas for one day.
32:30
SPEAKER_00: But we easily easily spill in into day two, aren't we, really?
32:36
SPEAKER_00: Um, what do you think people tend to miss in York?
32:40
SPEAKER_01: They do miss some of the lesser known museums, I think.
32:44
SPEAKER_01: Castle Museum is brilliant, uh, Clifford's Tower is very good, Fairfax House is amazing, it's all laid out as a as the Georgians would have lived.
32:52
SPEAKER_01: That's really good.
32:54
SPEAKER_01: Um, the mansion house, Victorian house, where our current Lord Mayor lives.
32:59
SPEAKER_01: You can go and have a look around that.
33:01
SPEAKER_01: I also really like Treasurer's House just behind York Minster.
33:05
SPEAKER_01: It's really quirky, really atmospheric.
33:08
SPEAKER_01: And just outside York as well, um, about 20, 30 minute walk away is Godard's House, which is a um an arts and crafts house, amazing gardens, you can play croquet on the lawn.
33:19
SPEAKER_01: It's those sorts of museums and state and and houses often get lost amongst some of the bigger, more famous museums.
33:28
SPEAKER_01: Um, I also would say some of the smaller churches in York are amazing.
33:32
SPEAKER_01: Obviously, York Minster is the big drawer, but some of the smaller ones are fantastic.
33:37
SPEAKER_01: Um All Saints on North Street, which is uh about five, ten minute walk from the city centre, just across the river.
33:45
SPEAKER_01: That's a grade one listed medieval church, and it has some of the best 14th and 15th century stained glass windows in the country.
33:53
SPEAKER_01: It's beautiful and it's really, really quiet.
33:56
SPEAKER_01: But if you go in there, sometimes you'll be the only person in there.
34:00
SPEAKER_01: The other one I'd really recommend is Holy Trinity on Goodrum Gate.
34:03
SPEAKER_01: You have to Goodrum Gate is a road with shop, a pedestrian road with shops and uh restaurants and cafes, so you have to look for the sort of entrance, it's quite nondescript.
34:14
SPEAKER_01: You go through the gate into a really lovely courtyard garden, it's really quiet.
34:19
SPEAKER_01: You wouldn't think you're in the centre of York, and then the church is 15th century church, and it's the only one in York that still has its traditional box pews that people used to sit in with their families.
34:31
SPEAKER_01: Um, so if you do have more than one or two days in York, I would definitely recommend seeking out some of the churches, going to some of the houses.
34:39
SPEAKER_01: I would also make time to maybe walk along the riverbank.
34:43
SPEAKER_01: You can do a lovely walk from York City Centre down the riverbank, it's all paved, it's all pedestrianised.
34:48
SPEAKER_01: You cross over the Millennium Bridge, which is a pedestrianised bridge, and then you walk along the riverbank on the other side.
34:54
SPEAKER_01: It's really lovely, very quiet.
34:56
SPEAKER_01: Museum Gardens is beautiful to spend some time in.
35:00
SPEAKER_01: We've got an edible garden just behind the Yorkshire art, the York art gallery, which has lots of edible plants, but some you cannot eat because they're poisonous.
35:11
SPEAKER_01: So read the signs.
35:13
SPEAKER_01: And then the beautiful Dean's Park as well behind York Minster is where lot lots of York people go just to have their lunch, and you get fantastic views of York Minster from in there as well.
35:24
SPEAKER_00: Lovely.
35:24
SPEAKER_00: And I'll say you can also take a boat down the river as well if you like.
35:28
SPEAKER_00: Um actually if you you want to walk along it and think actually I want to sail along it, you can do that too.
35:33
SPEAKER_01: You can it you can't get off the boat.
35:35
SPEAKER_01: It's a or you just sit on it and then cruises down the river and then it turns around and comes back.
35:40
SPEAKER_01: But it's a really lovely, sort of leisurely way to see York from a different angle.
35:44
SPEAKER_01: You can also hire your own boat in York City Centre.
35:47
SPEAKER_01: We have the little blue boats.
35:49
SPEAKER_01: It's about you can fit I think it's five people in a boat.
35:53
SPEAKER_01: I did it a couple of weeks ago actually.
35:55
SPEAKER_01: Um and it's about I think it's about 60 pounds for an hour between five people, which isn't bad.
36:00
SPEAKER_01: And it's literally just got a little handle to push, there's no brakes or anything.
36:05
SPEAKER_01: So it's so easy.
36:06
SPEAKER_01: And then you just literally go up the river, turn around and come back as well.
36:10
SPEAKER_01: So that's fun to do.
36:12
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, definitely.
36:12
SPEAKER_00: Well, we stayed, um, we stayed in a lovely hotel actually on the river um when we're there in June, which was we really enjoyed that.
36:18
SPEAKER_00: And I saw the boats going up and we're near the train station, so I see the trains coming in.
36:23
SPEAKER_00: It was actually one of our favourite places, actually.
36:25
SPEAKER_00: We loved staying there, so it was really good.
36:27
SPEAKER_00: Now we talked a little bit about using York as a base to go out um to see more of Yorkshire itself, the county of Yorkshire.
36:35
SPEAKER_00: So, what would be the top places that you would recommend people to go?
36:40
SPEAKER_00: Now, if you're gonna meant you're gonna mention Castle Howard, you know what?
36:43
SPEAKER_00: I've still not been to Castle Howard.
36:45
SPEAKER_00: That's another one that's on my list for next year.
36:47
SPEAKER_00: Um, because I know it's easier to get to.
36:50
SPEAKER_00: It is.
36:51
SPEAKER_01: I I don't know if I could choose the best place to be honest, because they're all so amazing.
36:56
SPEAKER_01: Um, yeah, if you if you like stately homes, if you want to see where bits of Bridgeton was filmed or Brideshead were visited, Castle Howard's the place to go.
37:06
SPEAKER_01: You you can get there by bus in the tourist season, um, it does take a while, or you can drive, or even get a taxi.
37:14
SPEAKER_01: It takes about 25-30 minutes from the city centre.
37:18
SPEAKER_01: Um, but it is beautiful, and the grounds are amazing.
37:21
SPEAKER_01: There's l you can spend the whole day there easily.
37:24
SPEAKER_01: And at Christmas, it is magical, it really is beautiful.
37:28
SPEAKER_01: Uh, by bus, you can get to Whitby, you can get to Scarborough, which are along the coast, uh, you can get to the moors, you could go to the Dales.
37:39
SPEAKER_01: Uh, by train, you could again go to the coast, you can get to some parts of the Dales by train, you can get to Harrogate in 30 minutes by train, you can get to Naresborough, which is beautiful in 20 minutes by train.
37:51
SPEAKER_01: Um, there's so many things to do.
37:53
SPEAKER_01: It depends whether you want to look do history or shopping or hiking or just have a day on the beach.
37:59
SPEAKER_00: Absolutely.
37:59
SPEAKER_00: And of course, there's a North Yorkshire Moors Railway as well, which is very popular.
38:03
SPEAKER_01: It is.
38:04
SPEAKER_01: You you have to get to Pickering, so you'd have to either get the bus to Pickering or join a tour to get to Pickering.
38:10
SPEAKER_01: And then from Pickering, you can pick up the steam train and it goes um all the way across the moors to the coast.
38:17
SPEAKER_01: And with that train, with that ticket, you can get on and off during the day.
38:21
SPEAKER_01: And there's some lovely places to get on and off.
38:23
SPEAKER_01: You can get off at Gothland, which is where they filmed um Heartbeat television series, and the train station there, Doubled as Hogmead, in the Harry Potter movies.
38:32
SPEAKER_01: There's lots of lovely things you can do along the way, or you can just ride it to the coast.
38:37
SPEAKER_00: Perfect.
38:37
SPEAKER_00: Now, I'm sure there's plenty of people listening to this episode, as they did when they listened to episode three, who went, you know what, we're going to include York in our itinerary.
38:45
SPEAKER_00: It's it's easy to get to.
38:46
SPEAKER_00: As I say, if you're doing that, that kind of very common London, Edinburgh route, it's there's absolutely no reason why you don't at least stop off and explore York at least for a few hours.
38:55
SPEAKER_00: We would try to encourage you to stay longer than that.
38:58
SPEAKER_00: Um, but if anybody's planning it, what would be the tips that you would share to make a first visit to York go more smoothly?
39:06
SPEAKER_01: I would do a little bit of research, and unless you want to go to the races, I would avoid race days personally, um, because York is absolutely packed on race days.
39:17
SPEAKER_01: Race days run in the spring and the summer.
39:19
SPEAKER_01: They have them every two or three weeks, and they're on for two or three days at a time.
39:24
SPEAKER_01: Um, the restaurants and bars will be very busy, accommodation prices will spike.
39:29
SPEAKER_01: It's super, super busy.
39:30
SPEAKER_01: So, unless you want to go to the races, I would avoid a race day.
39:35
SPEAKER_01: Um, I would also perhaps avoid the last weekend in January.
39:39
SPEAKER_01: That's called residence weekend, which is when everything in York is free to local residents.
39:44
SPEAKER_01: So everybody, everybody visits the city, um, and that's also very busy.
39:51
SPEAKER_01: Um we have lots and lots of festivals in York.
39:54
SPEAKER_01: We have Food Festival, Drink Festival, Oktoberfest, Flower Festival, Chocolate Festival, Roman Festival, Ice Festival.
40:01
SPEAKER_01: They are also very busy, but they are they are worth going to, but you just need to be aware that York would be very busy at that as well.
40:10
SPEAKER_01: Um Midweek is also much quieter.
40:13
SPEAKER_01: Weekends is very, very busy.
40:16
SPEAKER_01: Um I would plan, I know you say this a lot with your um London advice.
40:21
SPEAKER_01: I would plan attractions along a route so you don't have to crisscross the city.
40:25
SPEAKER_01: So don't do York Minster, followed by Yorvik, and then try and go back to Museum Gardens.
40:30
SPEAKER_01: Just look at a map, try and plan a route through the city, or maybe even a circular route around the city to avoid doing too much walking.
40:39
SPEAKER_01: Um I would highly recommend leaving just some time to wander around, enjoy the buskers, admire the architecture, um look for independent places to eat and drink.
40:53
SPEAKER_01: I would say that anywhere that's been recommended on TripAdvisor or Insta is going to be very, very busy.
40:58
SPEAKER_01: Um so you might have to queue.
41:01
SPEAKER_01: If you want the shambles to yourself, go early or late.
41:05
SPEAKER_01: Um if you visit around Christmas, so sort of uh mid-November up until the day before Christmas Eve, we'll have our Christmas market on, and you need to be prepared for large crowds on Christmas market days.
41:18
SPEAKER_01: You can still enjoy York at those times, it's just the market area will be very, very busy.
41:23
SPEAKER_01: So go to the market as early as you can or as late as you can, and then leave that area and go and see the rest of York.
41:30
SPEAKER_01: Um, the other thing I would say to make a York visit go more smoothly is just wear comfy shoes because you will be walking and dress for the weather.
41:39
SPEAKER_01: Yorkshire weather is unpredictable, so um don't get caught out in a rainstorm because it'll make the rest of your day miserable.
41:47
SPEAKER_00: No, absolutely, that's uh those are really very, very good tips.
41:50
SPEAKER_00: Thanks for those sinead.
41:51
SPEAKER_00: Now, I'm gonna end on a kind of quick fire.
41:55
SPEAKER_00: Um, so the one place people picture when they think of York.
42:00
SPEAKER_01: Yorkminster.
42:01
SPEAKER_00: One place to stay.
42:04
SPEAKER_01: If you want to splurge and stay somewhere super special, I'd say the grand.
42:09
SPEAKER_01: For history, judges' lodgings or judges' court, and for elegant style, the Milner.
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SPEAKER_00: One thing to eat or drink.
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SPEAKER_01: Uh parkin, which is a type of cake, a fat rascal, which is like a a gooey scon, it's delicious.
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SPEAKER_01: And drink is always going to be a cup of Yorkshire tea.
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SPEAKER_00: Oh, I agree with you on that one.
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SPEAKER_00: One view worth the effort.
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SPEAKER_01: Top of Yorkminster.
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SPEAKER_01: And the walls behind the Grays Court Hotel, which does an has the most amazing view of the hotel, the gardens, and Yorkminster.
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SPEAKER_01: Perfect.
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SPEAKER_01: One thing to bring home.
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SPEAKER_01: Yorkshire tea.
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SPEAKER_01: And one thing to book before you go.
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SPEAKER_01: An afternoon tea.
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SPEAKER_01: York does some amazing afternoon teas, but I would pre-book one if you want one.
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SPEAKER_00: Have you got one in particular that you'd recommend?
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SPEAKER_01: Oh, I like them all.
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SPEAKER_01: I've done nearly all of them now, I think.
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SPEAKER_01: Um I really like the afternoon tea at Dean's Court Hotel.
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SPEAKER_01: It was great food, and you got to sit right by the windows overlooking York Minster.
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SPEAKER_01: That was amazing.
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SPEAKER_00: Perfect.
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SPEAKER_00: So that's afternoon tea with a view.
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SPEAKER_00: That sounds perfect.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, thanks so much, Sinead, for coming on the podcast.
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SPEAKER_00: It's always fantastic to talk to you about York.
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SPEAKER_00: Hopefully, Doug and I get to meet up with you again when we're over next year.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, but thanks for sharing your expertise and we'll share, we'll link to your website because honestly, Sinead is the person that knows York inside out.
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SPEAKER_00: So if you've got a question, uh pop it over on Speakpipe and I'll always pass it over to Sinead and um and get that back to you.
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SPEAKER_00: But thanks so much, Sanaide, for coming on the uh.
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SPEAKER_00: Oh my god, I can't even talk now.
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SPEAKER_00: Thanks so much, Sinead, for coming on this week's episode of the podcast.
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SPEAKER_00: Thank you very much for having me.
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SPEAKER_00: And that brings us to the end of another episode.
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SPEAKER_00: Janaide has given us an awful lot of fantastic information there from a step-free stretch of the walls to which afternoon tea to book before you go.
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SPEAKER_00: And all the links are waiting for you in the show notes at UK Travel Planning forward slash episode 219.
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SPEAKER_00: Now, if you're planning your own trip to York and you still have a question, do leave me a voice message through Speakpipe and I will put it to Janaide.
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SPEAKER_00: Now, if you know someone also considering adding York into the UK itinerary and why wouldn't you?
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SPEAKER_00: Do send this episode their way too.
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SPEAKER_00: But that leaves me to say, as always, until next week, happy UK travel planning.