Just a bit of a wander around York city centre, from earlier in the summer across one rainy day and one sunny day, typical!!
Way back, I went on a primary school trip to York, visiting the JORVIK Viking Centre and York Castle. I loved York then and still love it now – it offers a lovely dose of quirky shops, historic buildings and cobbled streets. What’s not to like!
The castle wasn’t as modern as it is now, (sorry I didn’t take any pics). As a young child I remember thinking it looked like a giant pudding!!! (I know 🙄 😆).
Anyway, let’s go for a bit of a wander….
Interesting and quirky shops…..
The Shambles
York is a UK tourist city, (one of the most popular places to visit in the UK), it is geared toward tourists. One of its many tick box must see spots is a cosy little collection of medieval buildings/shops in tightly packed narrow cobbled street called The Shambles.
Be warned, if you want a clear photo, you need to get down there really early otherwise you will never get a clear shot, this place is usually heaving with selfie-happy tourists.

Something about these scenes makes me think of the scenes described by Neil Hanson in his book recounting ‘the great fire of London’
I think the Christmas shop is open all year round.
The last picture above of the beautiful old fashioned manual till – I saw this through a shop window then noticed there’s a flat screen device stuck to it so it’s probably not used in the old fashioned way anymore.

The Shambles also has an outdoor market
More quaint and medieval buildings

Gin shop and the Golden Fleece

York Minster in the background
A street called Pavement
Other Bits

The birthplace of Guy Fawkes 🧐

All things Yorkshire in this shop
Spotted
Across from York Minster – these grassy creations.
York Minster
York’s mighty cathedral, the York Minster can be seen from various points around the city, and a useful landmark for getting your bearings.
York City Walls
Amongst other things, York city centre is characterised by its city walls, which you can walk along and take in the views (heads up – this does include a lot of steps). I’d like to do the whole perimeter one of these days, a nice sunny day….we shall see.
Anne Sandler
Wow, what a great little treasure and photographed so well. Thanks for the tour and for visiting and following my blog.
Tanja
I’d love to visit York. I’m sure I’d enjoy walking around Shambles and the city walls
equinoxio21
Looks very nice. Nice shops and houses. Some cities in Britanny still have timber houses like those.
I was thinking how “odd” to relate the word “york” first (at least me) to New York…
😉
Thanks for taking us to the original York
Jill Morris
Absolutely love York. Haven’t been since before lockdown but was a regular visitor. Have stayed at the haunted Golden Fleece and been in loads of them shops. Can’t wait to go back.
Cherryl
I hope nothing spooky happened when you stayed at the Golden Fleece 😊
Olivia May
I visited York City many years ago, lovely place.
Cherryl
Yes, a very lovely place 😊
Awakening Wonders
Thanks for the travel adventure!
Cherryl
You’re welcome!
Sheila Landry Designs
Oh! How I LOVED this post! So many lovely pictures! I don’t know if you were aware, but I am in the process of designing a holiday village for my painting followers. I create a couple of ‘storefronts’ per year and they are very popular. My next up is a bookstore. I love using real stores as inspiration, taking elements from this one and that one and putting them together in a fun way. Seeing the lovely shops here is so exciting. I especially love the “cat store” as I love cats. 🙂 Thank you, as always for bringing us along with your travels. I so love your posts! Take care. 🙂
Cherryl
Thank you Sheila 💐 I’m really pleased you enjoyed this one, please take whatever inspiration you can from these posts – that’s what it’s all about, a little bit of York in your holiday village would be great 🤗
Best wishes, and have a lovely weekend✨
ms6282
As a Lancastrian (born and bred) it’s probably sacrilegious to say that I really like York and your photos show why!
Cherryl
It’s such a likable place 👍 😊 (doubt anyone dislikes it, for a visit at least).
walkingoffthechessboard
Great photos all, Cherryl! A wonderful tour of an area I certainly will visit if I get across the pond, and I’ll also make sure to have enough money to cover all of the purchases I’d be making in those shops!
Cherryl
Thanks you, ha ha, yes, there are so many lovely shops, cafes etc – your spending money won’t hang about for long! 😊
leightontravels
Wonderful snapshots of York, Cherryl. I have only vague memories of brief day trip there, many many moons ago. This really fuels my wanderlust for some proper exploring the next time I’m back in the country.
Cherryl
🙏 Sounds like it’s definitely time for a return – safe travels when the time comes ✈️✨
debscarey
York is on the “to visit” list and these pictures have shoved it way up to the top! Now I just need to organise for Himself to take a batch of leave next year.
That old style till is stunning. We saw a couple earlier this year at a motorcycle museum where the staff admitted they wished they still functioned as they were trying to handle visitors during a power cut!
Cherryl
Aww, I look forward to hearing about your York trip when you get around to it, I’m sure you’ll love it 🤗
rmcarlysle
What a great set of photos and commentary. We spent a very happy day in York at the end of our last long distance walk.
Cherryl
Lovely, hard to to have a happy day there 😊
lisaonthebeach
Beautiful and fascinating photos! I would love to explore the streets and shops! Loved looking through all of these photos! Thank you 😊
Cherryl
Thanks, I hope you get to visit 💫
Ab
I remember a brief stop at York when we toured the UK almost 10 years ago. The medieval homes and those quaint and quirky homes really were great. I hope they never get modernized!
Cherryl
Hopefully not, I think those buildings are ‘listed’ so they can’t be tampered with (not much anyway)🤞😊
etravelersclub
Your interesting story jogs my memory having taken a sojourn to York back in early 80’s. Don’t quite recall the places as I see here in your story, but I remember traveling to Selby where I stayed at a floating Youth Hostel (YHA). Wonder if it’s still there. Thanks for sharing. Bliss.
Kym Gordon Moore
Oh how lovely Cherrylynn! Thank you for taking us on a tour of one of your favorite places to visit. How spectacular, yet quaint. 🤗 Your amazing photos are like a PowerPoint presentation of what to expect on your trip to York. Talk about breathtaking! 😊🦋🥰
NattyTravels
I love York, one of my favourite places to visit.
Steve Beckham
Well that was just lovely! Thank you for taking us all on a little vacation this morning! And you saved me a ton on airfare!
Cherryl
You’re very welcome, glad I could save you that air fare 🤗
Rachel Duerden
I love York, nice photos. 👍
Mike and Kellye Hefner
Oh, my! We would love visiting York. It’s the epitome of what I’ve always envisioned as “England”. Thank you for taking us on a lovely tour!
Theresa [Hey, Traveler]
This brought back lots of great memories from my visit there way back in 2006! I really loved this town and was so glad to have decided to stop in. Thanks for the photos and trip down memory lane!
kagould17
We loved our 2008 stay in York. A lot to see and a lot of history. Happy Sunday Cheryl. Allan
Anonymous
Lovely place. You should try Lincoln though to see a REAL cathedral and castle – although the museum is rubbish – and Steep Hill is a must 😊
Monkey's Tale
I guess there’s a good reason why its so busy with tourists, it’s looks so cute! As usual I love the quirky signs that you include. 🙂 Maggie
Cherryl
Yes, very cute✨
Basia Korzeniowska
I was last there in 1977 I still recognise some of it. lovely city and cathedral
yagneshthakore
Breathtakingly BEAUTIFUL!
aparna12
Wow. Very interesting and fascinating. ‘I actually feel like visiting UK. Thanks for the lovely share. 😊😊♥️♥️♥️
Cherryl
Thank you, and wrap up warm if you’re planning a visit any time soon🧤🧣