Did You Know?

Here is our list of interesting facts about York.

• York is reputed to be the most haunted city in Europe. The worlds first recorded guided ghost walks began here in the early 1970’s and do a flourishing trade still today
• The minster has its own police force – its true!. The only other cathedral in the world which can boast this is St. Peter’s in Rome which has the Swiss Guards
• York has provided a very popular film set over the years, providing a setting for TV series such as Robinson Crusoe and Brideshead Revisited
• York has more than 360 pubs! So even if you visisted a different one every day of the year you wouldnt be able to see them all. On your marks, get set…
• The minster is the largest gothic cathedral in norther europe and its construction spans an astounding 250 years!
• York was crowned the European Tourism City of the year in 2007 at a ceremony in Athens
• York’s economy was once largely driven by the railways and the chocolate industry. You may still smell cocoa in the air in York today
• Clifford’s Tower is named after Roger de Clifford who was hung by chains from its battlements after the Battle of Boroughbridge in 1322
• York holds the UK’s largest food festival, held each Septmeber and lasting 10 days
• Guy Fawkes of the gunpoweder plat to blow up the houses of parliament was born here in 1570. His birthplace, Guy Fawkes Inn, is now an Inn and Hotel. Find more hotels in York