What to see in York

York highlights

The places you can’t miss. In the app we sort them by day and close to each other.

1. York Minster

   One of the great Gothic cathedrals of Europe.

2. The Shambles

   A medieval street of houses that almost touch at the top.

3. City walls

   You can walk along them.

4. National Railway Museum

   Historic locomotives, free.

5. Jorvik

   The Viking centre.

Day trips from York

We take you straight to the best-rated tour on GetYourGuide, with its reviews and dates.

• York ★ 4.8 (1,327 reviews)

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Typical food of York

The dish you have to try there and how to make it at home, to whet your appetite before the trip (or to go back to York from your kitchen).

Yorkshire pudding

A batter of egg, flour and milk that puffs up in the oven and turns hollow and crisp. In Yorkshire it used to be served before the Sunday roast, with gravy, to fill people up.

• Serves 6
• 40 min

Ingredients

• 140 g flour
• 4 eggs
• 200 ml milk
• Salt
• Dripping from the roast or sunflower oil

How to make it at home

1. Whisk the eggs with the flour and salt and gradually add the milk until you have a smooth batter. Leave it to rest for 30 minutes.
2. Put a teaspoon of fat in each hole of a muffin tin and heat in the oven at 230 °C until smoking.
3. Take out the tin and quickly divide the batter between the holes, filling each halfway.
4. Bake for 20 minutes without opening the door, until well risen and golden.
5. Serve them straight away with the roast and gravy.

The trick: The fat has to be smoking when the batter goes in: that’s what makes them rise.

Frequently asked questions about York