The Deathly Dark Tour of York: Dark Comedy Walk

Join the Deathly Dark Ghost Tour of York, an award-winning dark comedy walking tour that explores the city’s dark history with a wicked sense of humor. Family-friendly and entertaining for all ages.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Coffee Yard - Are you eager to discover the chilling events that have occurred in the Snickleways of York?
  • Stonegate - Stonegate boasts several buildings with eerie, historical significance that time has forgotten, yet the structures remain, and we have all the details!
  • Minster Yard - The York Minster is a stunning edifice that proudly…
What's Included
  • Expert local guide
What's Not Included
  • No scheduled restroom breaks
Additional Information

The Deathly Dark Tour of York offers a theatrical and grim dark comedy walking experience, ideal for those with a mischievous side eager to delve into the city’s eerie and mysterious past. Our guides are renowned for their delightfully dark humor.
Please be aware, this is not a scare attraction but a storytelling adventure.
The tour is suitable for…

Location
The Deathly Dark Tours
Grape Lane
Your guide will meet you at The Deathly Dark Tours, 4 Grape Lane YO1 7HU. Please arrive 5-10 minutes before the advertised start time. If the booking office is open you will be checked in at the desk, otherwise your guide will meet you outside.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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V4870oodalec
May 29, 2026
Great experience - Great experience, good stories, Dolton was a great tour guide full of knowledge and funny, highly recommend
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Magor_dad
May 29, 2026
Funny and fascinating - Funny and informative, Dalton was a great host and had everyone laughing. There were a number of children in our group and he was brilliant with them. This is a fantastic way to see York and the deadly stories were fascinating.
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S90wzterryc
May 29, 2026
Great fun with a spooky twist - We had such good fun with “David (Welsh pronunciation) the Deathly” who was a fantastic host. Played his character very well indeed, and was hilarious (but spooky too). Well worth the fee. Thank you.
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Connort174
May 27, 2026
Fantastic Tour - The ghost tour was amazing, if i could rate higher than 5 i would do! We had Dalton as our guide and he was fantastic! He greeted everyone as they checked in and made everyone feel welcome, He has a great personality which i think bodes well, no one wants a tour with someone who is boring. He was very informative and had a great sense of humour too, we had a chat with him at the end! We wish it was on for longer
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Bumblingbibbs
May 27, 2026
Interesting, funny and spooky, a great family tour - Such a great tour! Funny and spooky but not too scary. Declan Deathly was a great story teller, pitching his tales at just the right level to keep kids and adults entertained. A nice amount of York history was also woven through the tour.
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Sandra_d
May 27, 2026
Excellent ghost tour of York - The ghost tour is interactive and interesting, not so much scary but it is theatrical with the ghost stories of York brought to life by our guide Dafydd. He was excellent and very engaging. We really enjoyed the tour.
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Y7666mflucyf
May 27, 2026
Davina Deathly is Brilliant! - An excellent tour, Davina Deathly can really spin a yarn and she has you hanging on her every word. A perfect mixture of historic fact, folk lore, ghost stories and humour. Family friendly, highly recommend!
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Elizabeth_a
May 26, 2026
Such a fun time - From the states with our full joint family of 8 with 3 50-plus and 5 20 to 30 young adults. It was a perfect choice for the group. Our guide was insanely awesome. My 1st review in years...but had to let them no how much fun she was.
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Hippie_carnivore
May 25, 2026
Brilliant 🤩 - SO much fun! I was totally engrossed! First thing we did in York and it was a brilliant way to kick off the trip! I want to say our guide was called Dalton (sorry if I got that wrong). It was swelteringly hot evening, but he kept it together. He was sharp, funny and charismatic. Loved it!
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Anonymous111111111
May 27, 2026
Fantasy Fun - Our Deathly Dark Tour of York was a fun-filled tour of stories delivered by our tour guide who did a great job of entertaining us with both her stories and delivery in secluded parts of the city (where it was easy to hear). It wasn’t dark and the stories weren’t scary, but they entertained us, made us laugh and gave us a chance to see more of the city.
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From $19
up to 8 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).