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Family Days Out in York
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York is a great choice for a family day out with lots to see and do with the children. Any visit to this ancient English town must include a wander down The Shambles, an extremely old, quaint street complete with overhanging 14th-century timber-framed buildings.The Shambles takes its name from an archaic term for an open-air slaughterhouse and though there are no butchers there any longer, the meat-hooks hanging outside many of the shops lining the street are a tell-tale sign of its former use! For something a little more grandiose visit York Minster one of the most spectacular cathedrals in Europe with its amazing architecture, beautifully stained glass and gruesome gargoyles. Take a trip round with one of the tour guides who will fill you in on the building’s long history and make the trip more entertaining for the children. York is also home to the largest railway museum in the world, the National Railway Museum, so if you’ve got any rail enthusiasts in your family this is definitely the place to head. Even if you haven’t though it’s worth a look as they have some truly fantastic exhibits including famous locomotives such as the world’s fastest steam engine Mallard and the Flying Scotsman. And for more suggestions to a great family day out in York simply see below… |
Recommended family days out in York
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Castle Howard is one of those great country houses that seem so familiar, and so it should as it has provided the backdrop for many a popular television drama series. You can see why it was chosen once you approach its impressive exterior or explore its awesome interior. Children of... | |
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Over a thousand years ago the Vikings were here and left a lot of their stuff behind, much of it now brought to light in this modern exhibition centre above the main archeological dig. Part of the Viking city of Jorvik has been reconstructed to give the visitor a very real feel for... | |
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York has enough material to fill any museum many times over but what The York Castle Museum has concentrated on are depictions of how people used to live in different eras. They have done this by recreating rooms, shops and even whole streets which you can walk along or into. You can... | |
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For the younger members of the family this is just absolute paradise; Creepy Crawlies seem to have thought of everything including keeping the parents happy. There are truly massive slides, a huge play area with climbing frames, indoor football pitch and sandpits and you can join in with... | |
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Castle keeps, like Clifford's Tower in York, were designed to give a good view of an approaching enemy from the countryside beyond the walls. Unfortunately there are no longer hordes of attacking Vikings, vengeful Normans or scary ax-wielding Lancastrians to thrill the kids but this is s... | |
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