York City Walls

Amazing. Well worth an explore, the walls basically go around the whole perimeter of the town and what makes it stand out from other towns and cities! Its a good walk with some nice sites and view points and you can do a full circular or get off at different points along the way. Over heard someone saying that they keep trying to knock them down and do other things with! My god whoever thinks that that is a good idea needs putting down! Its what makes York what it is, unique and i will keep coming as long as these walls stay preserved and intact! Always remember cash is king, god save york city walls 👍

A free attraction in York which we were happy to take advantage of. We walked the wall route clockwise starting at Bootham Bar. They say these are the most complete city walls in England, personally I’m dubious of this claim as the ones in Chester seem more complete to me, albeit the Chester walls are shorter (2 miles not 3 as in York) whereas the York walls have a couple of significant gaps in them. Nonetheless this was a pleasant walk if you are moderately fit as there are several sets of steps to navigate. There are some sections without inner railings but the drop isn’t a sheer drop, but a grassed slope. If you are lucky, the Tudor ‘Red Tower’ might be open, as was the case on the Saturday we did the walk. Don’t miss the section of Roman wall near the multiangular tower.

A stroll on the city walls is a must do nearing sunset. What a beautiful scenic view on architecture that was built in 71Ad. At height, you get a beautiful overview of the city area. I was blessed with sunshine in December and enjoyed this thoroughly.

You don’t need to pay to go on the city walls, just walk around the main part of York and find some stairs going up onto the walls which can be found usually at the end of main roads. The York City Walls are a beautiful walk around the city, sometimes the wall is thinner on areas and can only allow single person file, whereas it is larger in other areas. Safe for children, not certain of the ability for those in wheelchairs or prams to use the city walls as I am not sure there was any ramps up onto the walls.

Great walk accessed by steep steps, I was 😍 vilaged to walk one year during sunset which bathed the walls in gold. The walk is free but closed at dusk or in bad weather for safety reasons. The Walk is not complete, some sections demolished, most saved by a Bishop who fought for it not to be demolished.