The Bloody Tour of York: Gruesome History Walk

Join Mad Alice on The Bloody Tour of York, an award-winning, gruesome history walk through the medieval streets. Discover the city’s ghosts, witches, murderers, and more!

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • York Minster - Experience the magnificence of one of the largest Gothic Cathedrals in Britain.
  • Stonegate - Explore a lively street with intriguing Snickleways to discover.
  • The Roman Column - Uncover the city’s origins, starting with the Romans.
  • Shambles - Stroll down one of the city’s most charming streets. This winding Medieval…
What's Included
  • Guided Walking Tour
Additional Information

The Bloody Tour of York is a highly acclaimed tour of the city, recently receiving the Arival Best Sightseeing Tour in Europe Award 2024.
Join guides Mad Alice or Lady Peckett as they lead you through the medieval streets, sharing the city’s chilling history. Ghosts, witches, murderers, kings, and queens have all left their mark here.
This tour offers…

Location
College Street
Outside St. William's College, College Street, York, YO1 7JF The black and white building at the back of York Minster
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Felicity_b
Mar 6, 2026
Interesting history tour with a side of fun - Great fun and interesting history told in 90 minutes. So many stories of York through the ages as you might imagine, brought to life by Mad Alice
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T62
Mar 3, 2026
A energy filled guided tour of York - Mad Alice was an absolute riot from start to finish. Her energy and story telling really brought York to life and we loved every minute of the tour.
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Sebastian9901954
Mar 2, 2026
The best thing to do in York - You MUST do a ghost tour with Mad Alice. This was absolutely the highlight of our 4-day stay in York - an evening filled with great stories, facts and history, all made hilarious and gruesome by Mad Alice in her own way. This tour is unique because of Alice’s ability to remember everyone’s names, chatting to just about everyone and involving the crowd to create some hilarious moments. I’ve done this tour twice already, and I’d do it again.
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Marianne_l
Mar 1, 2026
Mad Alice’s bloody tour of York - Mad Alice’s bloody tour is a great tour, so good I did it again a year later, with different family members, Alice is very good at local historic knowledge and brings the crowd in to make everyone feel part of the tour, would highly recommend its fun and informative
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Stephena1henry
Mar 1, 2026
Mad Alice rocks - It was my wife and her friends who attended and their feedback has been amazing. They had a brilliant time with 'Mad Alice' - very engaging, informative, witty and full of local knowledge. Highly recommended.
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Iangu823rz
Mar 1, 2026
Blooming brilliant - If you go to York, you have to do a tour and this is one you are really going to love. It focuses on the darker side of York. Mad Alice is a delight - half telly historian and half stand up comedy. She makes you grin with the grim. I went with friends and after everyone had a buzz from a genuinely lovely way to spend an evening. Even our local hostess learned a lot. Arrange your evening around doing the tour.
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Rachel_l
Feb 28, 2026
Highly recommended - Great tour- perfect length, entertaining, interesting mix or history and stories. Alice is a natural entertainer and she remebered everyone’s names and nationalities 👌 Highly recommended
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Brian_s
Feb 28, 2026
Mad Alice Bloody Tour of York - The Mad Alice Bloody Tour was great! Mad Alice is fantastic, funny and very informative! A must for anyone visiting York!
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G1344jxjulied
Feb 28, 2026
Mad Alice bloody guide tour, she most certainly was, in the best way. - I would highly recommend this walk, our tour guide was absolutely amazing, the tour lasted 90 minutes, although it felt much quicker, it was an awful evening, the rain was pouring, it didn't dampen our spirits as the tour guide kept them up. She was very animated, told the stories really well, her enthusiasm was second to none, she engaged with us all, kept us all gripped, waiting for the next part of each story. Our tour was on Friday 27th Feb at 6pm.
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Phil
Feb 28, 2026
Entertaining - Entertaining. Guide was funny & tried to involve everyone. Would def recommend
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From $20
up to 10 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).