A day trip to YORK, ENGLAND: things to do, places to eat!

[@leebryant1050]

My second vlog of yours and I loved it as much as the first. Great fun and very informative. I visit York regularly living only a short distance away and I still learned things I didn't know. Mmmmhh. Which vlog next. 😁😁🤔🤔

[@badfaith4u]

York looks wonderful and amazing. The historic buildings and delicious food.

[@AlisonMurray-c4f]

I never had any interest in going to York until I watched this video - your enthusiasm is contagious ! Thankyou 🥰

[@Kakibot]

Aw that’s so great to hear! .)

[@rach1832]

Proud York local here ❤ Loved this video and so glad you enjoyed York. Thank you for reminding me that I need to go to Ippuku again - not sure I’ve been since they first opened!

[@jordanduke6163]

Great video, we’re going at the end of October - lots added to the ‘must do’ lost!

[@jessiebaker9313]

I am going there end of October also! Enjoy

[@susansmiles2242]

My daughter went to university in York and visited many times absolutely love the city

[@bootsmith8016]

We spent 4 days in York in May and the weather was nice and there were not too many people. We were there for the first day the Monet exhibit was open and the wildflower meadow hadn’t fully bloomed yet 😢. Our favorite meal was at Ippuka so am glad you showed them! Very homey Japanese food.

[@Tabitha1369]

Putting York on my "must visit" list after this video! Love your videos!

[@HedyConnor]

Looks like youse had an amazing time discovering York! Next time, you might wanna check out one particular café - because it is housed INSIDE A CITY WALL TOWER! The place is called Gatehouse Coffee, and it's in Walmgate Bar, which is the tower facing east. It's chill and cozy , with rooftop seating at the very top and also all around the chamber gate.

[@Kakibot]

Oooh I like the sound of that!!

[@arthurerickson5162]

@@KakibotThanks for taking us along on another Guidebook trip! York is in my top four favorite cities (Edinburgh, Inverness and Bath are others) to visit when in the UK (not counting Canterbury because it’s more like a second home to me). Always nice to stop at the House of Trembling Madness (if for no other reason than the name) for a pint and a bite to eat. I usually stay at St Mary’s Guest House because it’s a super easy walk from the train station and the Railway Museum!

[@renhascake]

Finally, someone appreciating more different kinds of tea, and so many tea rooms! Didn't know York is so beautiful until now, and love the captured atmosphere ♥

[@elizabethmckown2156]

The timing of this video is perfect as I am planning a trip to York from either Edinburgh or Glasgow in early 2025.

[@Kakibot]

Good plan! Plus I feel like low-season York will be great, medieval streets probably look just as charming when it's a bit of a dark cold day, and less people to dodge!

[@raymondporter2094]

Good to see you visiting my neck of the woods. I agree that, like Edinburgh, there is more than enough to see in York (Railway Museum, the Art Gallery, Clifford's Tower, Yorkshire Museum, the Shambles, the Rivers - Ouse and Foss, City Walls, the markets, Jorvik Viking Museum/Experience (you pay but it IS worth it for the sights, sounds & smells alone), the magnificent statue of Emperor Constantine the Great, Merchants' Hall, and the shopping generally - to make either repeated visits or stay for several days or longer. York is a Premier League city for visitors from the UK and abroad. As with London, Cambridge, Bath, Edinburgh, Stirling and Durham (Oxford, too?).

[@ingaborlowski1536]

Hi. I am thinking/planning a week of York that would also include a couple day trips out and about. Am I overthinking this? Thanks for your advice 😊

[@raymondporter2094]

@@ingaborlowski1536 If you had a week at York but wanted to take the time to have trips out to other (local-ish) places on a couple of those days: (1). A trip to Whitby - with its magnificent cliff-top Abbey famous for the Synod of Whitby at which the method of calculating the date for Easter between the Roman & Celtic churches was resolved. And also the place where in Bram Stoker's novel, Count Dracula first came ashore in England after hitting the rocks in a storm, before Dracula continued his blood-sucking activities (he'd already "nibbled" the necks of the ship's crew). The town has many places linked to Dracula and has The Dracula Experience and other venues/shops related to him. And Goth Weekends where LOADS of harmless people wander the town in Victorian clothes (with some Vampire-like "people") and are very happy to be photographed. Additionally Whitby is the place from which Captain James Cook RN started his navigational career before he started his mammoth exploratory sailing expeditions in which accurate charts were made (some of which were relied on well into the 20th century). Trips to New Zealand, Australia, South American Pacific coast and the Galapagos Islands, Hawaii and the Alaska coast were part of his journey. There is a replica of his ship "The Endeavour" berthed in the harbour. Also Whitby is the home of Whitby Jet which was popularised by Queen Victoria (look it up!). PLUS fish+chips. You could go to Scarborough but if you go to just one of the coastal towns make it Whitby. (2). You could go up Ryedale at the southern edge of the North York Moors for the day. If the weather is good, go for a hike. You could go to Pickering with its castle, to Kirkbymoorside ("Gateway to the NYMoors") or to Helmsley (lovely market square, good pubs and shops, Helmsley Castle and Duncombe Park to visit as well as the National Birds of Prey Centre nearby). If you went to Pickering, you could take the North York Moors Heritage Railway with stops at Lewisham, Goathland - whose rail station is seen in Harry Potter films - Grosmont and Whitby itself. Steam trains as well as some veteran diesel engines! (3). You could go a little further inland from York instead of going North East, to go instead into the Yorkshire Dales with attractive Wharfedale places like Kettlewell (pubs again!) and Starbotton, or go to Haworth and the Rectory/Vicarage there: the home of the 3 VERY SIGNIFICANT sister-authors, the Brontë sisters. Major literary figures (Jane Eyre, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Wuthering Heights etc). Wherever you go, there will be plenty to see and York would be a decent base. Enjoy your visit...

[@raymondporter2094]

@@ingaborlowski1536 I thought I'd sent a reply to this yesterday but if seems to have disappeared. I may have pressed the wrong button, so here goes again (which probably means the original will now re-appear!)... If you intended to visit York for a week but to have a couple or so days-out using York as your base then perhaps: 1. You really should visit Whitby. So many things to do at this seaside/harbour town. On the top of the cliffs on the southern-eastern side are St Mary's Church (still used) and the ruins of Whitby Abbey (overlooking the North Sea) and its museum. The Abbey was the place where missionaries and other experts from the Roman and Celtic churches gathered together in 664AD and where the momentous decison was made as to how the date of Easter should be calculated then and in the future (and it is still followed now). It was also when the nature of the tonsure (the shaving of the head by Monks etc) was agreed. The ruins are extensive, well worth the visit, and the museum has a lot of good exhibits. The Abbey and the cliffs below it are also significant because, in his novel, Bram Stoker (who'd stayed at Whitby) had the ship carrying Count Dracula - the Demeter - come to grief on the rocks below the Abbey and just outside of Whitby Harbour. To be fair, Dracula had already "nibbled" the necks of the crew by then, so no-one had been left alive on the vessel, but the famous vampire was able to come ashore and begin his blood-sucking actvities as per the novel. There are several shops and other places where Dracula is "celebrated" in Whitby including the "Dracula Experience" on the other side of the river, at the Harbour-side. There are also a couple of weekends each year when you will see crowds of Goths (harmless people wearing Victorian Clothing, plus a few Vampires and their victims) wandering around Whitby. They are usually more than happy to pose for photographs. Whitby is the place where Captain James Cook RN learned his navigational skills to become a Ship's Master before setting off on his voyages of discovery (amongst other places going to, and charting some of the coasts of New Zealand, Australia, some of the coast of South America, Tahiti and Hawaii (where he met his end). There is a replica of his first ship the "Endeavour" (which you can go on board) in the harbour and on the West Cliff side of town you can see the Whale-jaw Arch through which you can walk or take photos. (Whitby was an old whaling town). Whitby has lots of pubs and is famous for its fish+chips and Whitby Scampi which is sold throughout the UK. It also has a steam railway - see below. (You could always go to Scarborough with its Castle, Peaseholme Park which you should look up, and its beach and amusements, but if you chose only one coastal town I'd go to Whitby). 2. You could go to the North Yorkshire Moors (NYM) and its various towns like Pickering (it has a castle and is quite pretty), Kirbymoorside and Helmsley (another pretty market town with a Castle with some walled gardens, and Duncombe Park - Stately Home in a large parkland setting and, only a few miles away, the magnificent 11th Century Rievaulx Abbey with its museum and cafe), or a few miles further inland to Thirsk where "James Herriot" of the famous veterinary surgeon stories ("All Creatures Great and Small" etc) and TV/films had his practice. There is a Herriot museum at the place where he and his colleagues worked and lived in Thirsk. Incidentally if you DID go to Pickering, you'd notice a railway station in the centre of the town. That allows you to get onto steam trains (or a veteran diesel engine) which run on the NYM Railway from Pickering to Whitby - stopping at Levisham, Goathland - whose station and bridge was used in the Harry Potter films - and Grosmont en route. 3. You could go further inland to the Yorkshire Dales (Ribblesdale, Dentdale, Malhamdale, Wharfedale, Swaledale and Wensleydale - where Wallace and Gromit's cheese comes from!) with their beautiful scenery and yet more castles and market towns to visit. Or you could visit Haworth with its Parsonage where Charlotte Bronte (who wrote Jane Eyre), Emily Bronte (who wrote Wuthering Heights) and Anne Bronte (who wrote the Tenant of Wildfell Hall) lived much of their lives. Have there ever been 3 sisters each writing an acknowledged literary masterpiece before? Haworth is near to Keighley and Bradford but it and the other Dales can be reached easily from York. Well, that gives you 3 options to choose from. All reachable from York and worth a day out, with plenty of tea/coffee shops and pubs to refill your appetite on the way. It might be a good idea for you to look these places up on the "Inter-web" first to decide what most tickles your fancy. I hope, whatever you decide, that if you do come to the UK and York in particular, you will have a good time! I'm off now to put on the kettle - time for a pot of tea!

[@ingaborlowski1536]

@@raymondporter2094 thank you so so much! Your suggestions are incredible - I was already planning on a couple of the things you listed and now you’ve just given me even more ideas to add on. Thank you so much, I look forward to my visit. I hope you enjoyed your cup of tea. 🙂

[@raymondporter2094]

@@ingaborlowski1536 I was naughty. I had a couple of small cakes, too!

[@deborahsolimine5438]

Oh my goodness how much I loved York!!!❤ your video is AMAZING, captures perfectly that magical atmosphere in the city🥰 can’t wait to visit again!! It’s like a trip back in time!! I visited The Shambles at 7.00 am on a Sunday, PERFECT! No one was there, it was all for me!! Took so many pictures!!😍 I should have gone on the evening as well, with all the lights! …and the cathedral, my goodness, never seen a building so impressive!!! Everywhere you go in York is just magical!! Can’t wait to visit Lincoln and its AMAZING history and cathedral!! Oooh my, too many places to visit and no time (and money🤣) to do them all!! But I’ll manage!😎 Thank you for this treat of a video!❤️

[@raymondporter2094]

Lincoln's Cathedral is definitely worth the visit.

[@PriRoses]

Im planning to visit York in October so your video came in the right time! 😍

[@Erika1lee]

Just went to Betty's a few days ago. The raspberry cake with buttercream is delicious.

[@FalcomScott312]

I would love ❤️ to visit York, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 someday! Looks so beautiful and an exciting place! 😍

[@Kakibot]

It really is! Thank you for watching .)

[@SlurpeeE]

I stopped in York for 2 days on my way back to London from Edinburgh! It was great.

[@ernestas9718]

Love your videos !

[@mattpannell1917]

It was nice meeting you two in the Train Museum!

[@Kakibot]

Oh yay! That was a great start to the trip! .)

[@markgreen950]

Next time you're there I'd recommend a trip to Brew York. Not only do they make great beer but their onsite tap house has amazing bao buns. Also definitely worth going to LICC (luxury ice cream company).

[@annclark5082]

Try visiting Hull. Great history, great marina area, great museums, which are FREE. Hull Minster, fish walk and that is just a few things to do.

[@Kakibot]

Thanks for the tip! .)

[@VíctorMendez-d9b]

Going to Edinburgh late October for my birthday . I’m super EXCITED! What events or attractions are coming up in October 🎃 I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS

[@mflashtravel6824]

We will be in York as part of our 4 week UK drive tour and eagerly look forward to visiting some of your suggestions! As we intend to spend at least a week in Scotland (to see my family heritage and the epic scenery) your videos on Edinburgh and other Scottish cities have been an invaluable tool in our planning process! Thank you so much from Australia 👍🇦🇺!!

[@simonmountney]

York was absolutely lovely. Would love to visit again. Where else would you all recommend we visit the next time we're in town? :)

[@DGsa1661]

The Cotswolds🎉

[@AlorsonDanseX]

Bath/Bristol.

[@suedatuncak5430]

I'll be a 'tour guide' for my friends next week for Edinburgh, Manchester, York and London.. this video came just on time while I was looking for food spots!! Love your content

[@psilocybina_]

Fab video, as always!😍 What I like a lot about York - even though it's crowdy, it doesn't feel as overwhelming as I always expect it to be 😂

[@Kakibot]

Except for Shambles 😂 coincidentally also my mental state after I tried to enjoy a walk through them on a sunny weekend.

[@susanyork5089]

At last the Railway Museum on a video , it’s free! So glad you loved my home city . The shambles is not just Harry Potter , there is the shrine and house of our St , Margaret Clitherow put to death by Elizabeth the First .

[@TheEmpressgoth]

Thank you 🙏 loved it❤❤❤😊😊😊

[@klarahasnikova]

Lovely video my friend ❤cannot wait to discover all this next week. Great tips and shoots guys 🎉well done!

[@Kakibot]

Happy to see I managed to publish this before your trip!!

[@Ali-ct9pb]

My daughter and I just were there two weeks ago. Sorry we missed you. York was crazy busy and packed beyond belief. Not as enjoyable as it could have been. But we spent three days in Edinburgh. And we bought some of your items in Edinburgh. So cute! Love your channel. Great advice and very entertaining. I’m coming back in April. I loved Scotland. From America, Northern California. 🥰

[@mshmshmshnyc]

Thank you for creating high-quality videos and sharing great recommendations! Can’t wait to visit York one day.

[@Kakibot]

Glad you enjoyed it!! Thank you for watching .)

[@ChrisShelley-v2g]

Not mentioned (there is so much to York and time is precious), in the winter months in either January or February there is a battle reenactment by Cliffords Tower (Castle Museum) during the day and after dark there is a viking long ship sailed down the river and from the side archers fire flaming arrows and set alight the vessel. I'm not sure if this is every year so check York websites etc, it really is a must see, but wrap up because it is a long day and it's winter in the north.

[@davidalexandercollins4292]

Tremendous video!!

[@JordanTourist]

Visit York, England if you want to see Roman city walls, a Medieval city, and a Harry Potter street.

[@sadeghjafari2954]

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[@davidpierce3217]

"Hey guys, let's go to the ice cream ... BARGE"

[@alexchan5155]

❤

[@barbaram5214]

I will be in London in early December and have been thinking of a day trip to York. LNER prices seem kind of high even with advance purchase but the city really looks beautiful. I always love your cafe/restaurant tips.

[@Kakibot]

Yeaaaah the train pricing situation is not great ./ definitely feels like a luxury! But York is very much worth the day trip!

[@TrevorGerzen]

We’re here now and with my partner we got a two together rail pass (we live in London). Reduced the price by half so the rail pass made up for its cost with just one trip.

[@rthoc71]

Unlike Scotland in England lot places don't get handouts financial support from English government. One Reasons Minster charges because if didnt get income absolutely no way to fund any repairs to any of the Cathedral. Something worth doing in minster is visit to undercroft not be confused with crypt. Undercroft is area directly above vaulted sealings top of minister it's guided tour only but we'll worth it u see plenty of areas most public never see.

[@gracesebenson5412]

805 Walker Tunnel

[@geoffm499]

That cow was a bull!

[@micahspeacefullife4203]

Hiya there. My name is Micah.

[@RussJR1983]

Try living here, it's a rip off as well as turning quickly into a third world dumping ground! And they get the benefits!!

[@bluefishtutors7656]

Have you ever been to the ‘third world’? What are you even on about?