York city walls
York city walls is a grade I listed urban defence in York. A short trip away is York Minster, 800 m off, the first of 51 within 15 km. Wikipedia covers it in 11 languages.
Fort in York
One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
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Inside York
York city walls is inside York’s built-up area, with 40 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Warm months and wet ones
If warmth matters, go June to September: York reaches 18–22°C.
York city walls
Grade I listed urban defence in York, United Kingdom.
In York, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Fort
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 11 languages
- Town
- in York
Where York city walls is
York city walls is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is York’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Where people come from
York is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (141,696 people). They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.
York
Heslington
Osbaldwick
Huntington
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where York city walls is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| York | It’s in town | 141,696 | 46 |
| Heslington | 2.2 km southeast of it | 1,787 | 41 |
| Osbaldwick | 2.5 km east of it | 2,313 | 44 |
| Huntington | 2.6 km north of it | 12,420 | 44 |
| Nether Poppleton | 3.4 km northwest of it | 727 | 38 |
| Bishopthorpe | 3.5 km south of it | 3,333 | 40 |
| Upper Poppleton | 4.2 km northwest of it | 3,520 | 37 |
| Skelton (York) | 5.7 km northwest of it | 1,380 | 21 |
Close to York city walls
4 museums, a church and a castle are among the 51 within 15 km.
ChurchYork Minster800 m away2
Castle · English HeritageClifford's Tower100 m away3MuseumBig drawMuseumNational Railway Museum1.2 km away · 808K visitors a year4
MuseumYorkshire Museum800 m away · 164K visitors a year (2019)5
MuseumYork Castle Museum200 m away · 284K visitors a year (2013)6
MuseumJorvik Viking Centre200 m away7
Art galleryYork Art Gallery900 m away8
Abbey or priorySt Mary's Abbey900 m awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
York city walls: what to know
Where is York city walls?
York city walls is in York, North Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is York city walls?
Grade I listed urban defence in York, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit York city walls?
June to September are the warmest months in York, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near York city walls?
Within 15 km: York Minster (800 m), Clifford's Tower (100 m), National Railway Museum (1.2 km) and Yorkshire Museum (800 m).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- York city walls: Jhsteel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- York Minster: MatzeTrier, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clifford's Tower: Francis Place (1647-1728), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Yorkshire Museum: Tim Green from Bradford, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- York Castle Museum: Jitka Erbenová (cheva), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jorvik Viking Centre: CambridgeBayWeather, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- York Art Gallery: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Mary's Abbey: Kaly99, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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