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Clockwise from bottom left : a replica of the Rocket at the National Railway Museum ; York Castle Museum ; path between Whitby and Robin Hood ’ s Bay
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We ’ d be happy to help you plan a trip to visit this exciting city . Consider a British Isles Voyage aboard the Azamara Quest departing July 12 , 2022 and enjoy the services of a Distinctive Voyages Host , an invitation to a Private Welcome Reception and an Exclusive Shore Event at no additional cost .
// ESSENTIALS images : GETTY ; AWL IMAGES , Map illustration : john plumer and saddler . The museum is housed in 18th-century prison buildings , and some of the original cells have been restored with an exhibition on its most notorious inmates , including legendary highwayman Dick Turpin . There are also galleries focusing on fashion , York ’ s Jewish population , the 1960s and childhood toys .
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While the city itself has some beautiful outside spaces — York Museum Gardens is particularly lovely — it ’ s also an excellent base for exploring the surrounding countryside . The North York Moors National Park offers dramatic sweeping moorland , ancient woods and clear , dark skies . There are over 800 scheduled monuments and 1,500 ancient boundary stones and crosses within the national park and 26 miles of Jurassic coastline , as well as country lanes , forest trails and coastal tracks . The picturesque fishing villages of Robin
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Hood ’ s Bay and Staithes are worth a visit , as is the market town of Helmsley , packed with independent shops full of Yorkshire produce . The town of Whitby and its atmospheric clifftop abbey ruins — the inspiration for Bram Stoker ’ s Dracula — can be reached on the Coastliner bus from York .
West of York , the countryside is more rolling and elegant : it may come as no surprise to discover that parts of Downton Abbey were filmed here , near Fountain ’ s Abbey — don ’ t miss Studley Royal Water Gardens with its mirrored lakes and formal hedges framing the ancient abbey ruins .
The 17th-century stately home Castle Howard will be instantly recognizable to anyone who watched the 1981 British television adaption of Brideshead Revisited , or the 2008 movie of the same novel . The house itself is fabulously opulent , and the grounds include the 145-acre Yorkshire Arboretum , home to more than 6,000 rare trees .
National Railway Museum
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Whitby North York Moors National Park
NORTH YORKSHIRE Fountain ’ s Abbey
Castle Howard
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York Minster Museum Gardens
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Shambles
Yorvik
Clifford ’ s Tower
When to go : Spring ( late March to early June ) and autumn ( September to November ) are generally reasonably warm and dry . Summer is busiest , but also warmer and drier . Currency : Pounds sterling $ 1 = £ 0.76 Language : English Getting around : York is easily accessible by rail , with direct links from London , Edinburgh and Manchester . It ’ s a compact city easily explored by foot , but there are good bus services in and around York and surrounding areas . There are many taxi companies and car hire is also straightforward .
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