York is a Village in the county of North Yorkshire.
York postcode: YO1 7
There are great places to visit near York including some great waterfalls, ruins, historic monuments, hiking areas, villages, rivers and streams, towns, caves, limestone pavements, geological features, mountains, cities, historic buildings, hills, castles, country parks, parks, gardens and ancient sites.
Catrigg Force, Lockin Garth Force, Whitfield Gill Force, Slape Wath Waterfall, Mill Gill Force, Cotter Force, and Aysgill Force are some of York best waterfalls to visit near York.
Bolton Abbey, Byland Abbey, Easby Abbey (ruin), Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Fountains Abbey (ruin), Trig Point on Warrendale Knotts, and Old Limekiln at Blua Crags are some of York best ruins to visit near York.
The area around York features a number of interesting historic monuments including Bolton Abbey, Culloden Tower, and Robin Hood's Well (Fountains).
There are a several good hiking areas in the York area like Deepdale, Cotterdale, Southerscales, Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, Swilla Glen, Baxenghyll Gorge, and Raven Ray.
Don't miss Pool-in-Wharfedale, Askrigg, Hardraw, Malham, West Burton, Bainbridge, and Aysgarth's villages if visiting the area around York.
There are a number of rivers and streams near York including Whitfield Beck, Mill Gill, Hardraw Beck, River Wharfe, and Walden Beck at West Burton.
Hawes, Skipton, Grassington, Richmond, Middlesbrough, Harrogate, and Settle are some of York best towns to visit near York.
Great Douk Cave, White Scar Cave, Yordas Cave, Janet's Cave, Gaping Gill, Horseshoe Cave, and Jubilee Cave are great places to visit near York if you like caves.
The area around York boasts some of the best limestone pavements including Southerscales, Malham Cove, and Warrendale Knotts Limestone Pavement.
There are a number of geological features near York including Malham Cove, and Brimham Rocks.
York is near some unmissable mountains like Ingleborough,
York has some unmissable cities nearby like York, and Ripon.
York Minster, Culloden Tower, and Beggar’s Bridge are some of York best historic buildings to visit near York.
The area around York features a number of interesting hills including Addlebrough, Warrendale Knotts, Giggleswick Scar, Blua Crags, Sugar Loaf Hill, and Attermire Scar.
Castles to visit near York include Skipton Castle, Richmond Castle, and Bolton Castle.
Places near York feature a number of interesting country parks including Brimham Rocks.
York has some unmissable parks nearby like Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Fountains Abbey (ruin), and Studley Royal Water Garden.
The area close to York boasts some of the best gardens including Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden.
Ancient Sites to visit near York include Schoolboys Tower, Jubilee Cave, and Victoria Cave.
York History
There are some historic monuments around York:
Areas of York
Like most towns and cities York is comprised of a number of areas, once separate villages or small towns and parishes now part of York.
Many of the areas of York have their own character and places of interest.
Places to see near York
History of York
The Old French and Norman name of the city following the Norman Conquest was recorded as Everwic (modern Norman avaroui) in works such as Wace’s Roman de Rou. Jarvak, meanwhile, gradually reduced to York in the centuries after the Conquest, moving from the Middle English Yerk in the 14th century through Yourke in the 16th century to Yarke in the 17th century. The form York was first recorded in the 13th century. Many company and place names, such as the Ebor race meeting, refer to the Latinised Brittonic, Roman name. The 12th century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth, in his fictional account of the prehistoric kings of Britain, Historia Regum Britanniae, suggests the name derives from that of a pre-Roman city founded by the legendary king Ebraucus. The Archbishop of York uses Ebor as his surname in his signature.
