York in Winter: What’s On and What to Do (2026–27)
York in winter, from the Christmas market and a city-centre ice rink to the Minster’s Christmas Tree Festival, panto, the Ice Trail and the JORVIK Viking Festival.
York in winter, from the Christmas market and a city-centre ice rink to the Minster’s Christmas Tree Festival, panto, the Ice Trail and the JORVIK Viking Festival.
How to get from London to York: direct trains from King’s Cross in under 2 hours, how to get cheap tickets, driving and coach options, and how to do York as a day trip from London.
Where to stay in York, England: the best areas (inside the walls, by the station, Bootham, Bishy Road) and hotels for every budget, from The Grand to the Bar Convent.
The best day trips from York, England: Castle Howard, Whitby, Harrogate, Scarborough, the North York Moors and the Yorkshire Dales, with travel times by car, train and bus.
York Christmas Market 2026 runs from 12 November to 21 December (closed Tuesdays). Dates, opening times, when to go, how to get there and what else to do in York at Christmas.
A realistic York itinerary for 1, 2 or 3 days: the Minster, the walls, the Shambles, a ghost walk and a pint, with timings, booking tips and day trips.
York is the city most people picture when they think of Yorkshire: a Gothic cathedral, medieval walls you can walk on, crooked timber-framed streets and nearly 2,000 years of history packed into a centre you can cross on foot in 20 minutes. I live in the Yorkshire Dales, just over an hour away, and I’ll…