Best things to do York (GB)

National Railway Museum York is most popular around 1 PM on Saturdays. Visitors usually stay up to 2.5 hours here. It's most quiet on Thursdays.

Escape the day-to-day and join us for a journey through time. Book your free admission tickets through our website. Home to iconic locomotives and an unrivalled collection of engineering brilliance, we celebrate the past, present and future of innovation on the railways. Dedicated to igniting our visitors’ curiosity about the people, places and engineering marvels behind the railways, we put our passion for amazing stories into everything we do.

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Tang Hall Explore Library is most popular around 1 PM on Wednesdays. Visitors usually stay up to 1.5 hours here. It's most quiet on Fridays.

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York Castle Museum is most popular around 1 PM on Saturdays. Visitors usually stay up to 2 hours here. It's most quiet on Mondays.

An award-winning museum for the whole family. Walk down our recreated Victorian street, visit York Castle Prison and swing back to The Sixties.

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Museum Gardens is most popular around 2 PM on Saturdays. Visitors usually stay up to 1,5 hours here. It's most quiet on Mondays.

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Barley Hall is most popular around 1 PM on Saturdays. Visitors usually stay up to 1,5 hours here. It's most quiet on Wednesdays.

Step back in time and discover this Hidden Gem of York! Barley Hall is a medieval townhouse that has been restored to its former glory after being rediscovered in the 1980’s. It boasts stunning high ceilings, beautiful exposed timber frames and a magnificent Great Hall. Learn about the hall’s former residents which included the Priors of Nostell and even a former Mayor of York. Discover how residents would have lived during the medieval period.

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York Explore Library and Archive is most popular around 1 PM on Saturdays. Visitors usually stay up to 1,5 hours here. It's most quiet on Mondays.

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