York City Pass: Unveil the Best of York with Unlimited Access to Top Attractions
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York
Unveil the best of York with the York City Pass. Get unlimited access to top attractions, museums, and monuments, plus a free 24-hour hop-on-hop-off bus tour. Book online in advance!
Duration: 2 days
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • York Minster - Cathedral
  • Barley Hall - Medieval Hall
  • Clifford’s Tower - York Castle tower
  • Fairfax House - Georgian house
  • Jorvik Viking Centre - Viking heritage
  • York Mansion House - House of Lord Mayor
  • Merchant Adventurers’ Hall - Guilds hall
  • The Roman Bath - How many pubs in Britain can boast a 2,000-year-old Roman Bath house in the cellar?

Descend 5 metres below the bar room and into the world of legionaries. Excavated in 1930 while digging a new cellar. A modern steel walkway suspended above the ancient remains now takes visitors through the Trepidarium (warm room) Caldarium (hot steam room) and Frigidarium (cold plunge room) before returning to the modern world and perhaps a drink at the bar!

  • The York Army Museum - Army museum

  • The York Dungeon - Interactive

  • Beningbrough Hall, Gallery and Gardens - A National Trust estate set in the Vale of York within easy reach of the city.

  • Yorkshire Air Museum - Air museum

  • City Cruises - Lendal Bridge Landing - Joining a York City Cruises the perfect way to escape the city rush and take in the sights, while you relax in the comfortable saloon or on the open top deck.

See historic York from a different perspective. All cruises have an entertaining and informative live captain’s commentary and toilet facilities. Cruises depart from both King’s Staith and Lendal bridge landings. Our friendly and knowledgeable crew look forward to welcoming you aboard.

York Pass does not include the evening cruise as a fully inclusive attraction.

  • National Railway Museum - York Pass admits passage on the Road Train only.
    Catch the road train from York city centre straight to our front door.

For a quick convenient route from the city centre catch the road train from Duncombe Place, next to York Minster and travel through York to the world’s greatest railway museum. Get close up and personal to locomotive legends including Mallard-the world’s fastest steam engine and view Queen Victoria’s luxurious carriages. Ride the miniature railway and enjoy free talks, tours and shows.

  • York City Sightseeing - The CitySightseeing York tour will capture the hearts of all ages! With so many things to do and attractions to see, York is the perfect place to hop-on to one of our open-top buses and explore the English heritage in more depth.

Your ticket is valid for 24 hours, activate your ticket at Bootham Tower and then you can complete a full loop of the bus tour first and then hop off at all the attractions you want to delve into.

  • Treasurer’s House - (Tours only)
  • Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience, York UK - Step inside Van Gogh’s famous paintings, exploring his life and work as never before in a magical and magnificent spectacle of cutting-edge digital animation, with a captivating sound and light show.
  • Bedern Hall - Once the dining hall of the Vicars Choral of York Minster, Bedern Hall is one of York’s true hidden gems, tucked away off busy Goodramgate. As well as being a popular wedding venue, we are open to visitors with new interpretation, display and family activities. We look forward to sharing our eclectic mix of over 700 years of history. From songmen to squirrels, priests to pork pies, you can find them all in our hidden Medieval hall!
  • The Bar Convent Living Heritage Centre - The Bar Convent opened as a Catholic girls’ school in 1686, at a time when the faith was still banned in England. Our interactive exhibition tells of the convent’s long history. You can also visit our stunning 250-year-old secret chapel and enjoy the peace of our walled garden, an oasis in the heart of York.
  • Castle Howard - Generations of the Howard family have welcomed visitors to Castle Howard, one of the great palaces of Europe, for over 300 years.
  • DIG - DIG gives kids the chance to dig, delve and discover exciting artefacts from York’s history!

With four special indoor excavation pits filled with replica Roman, Viking, medieval and Victorian finds, children can grab a trowel and explore how people lived in these key periods of York’s past.

DIG offers a unique archaeological adventure to set children on their way to becoming real archaeologists!

What's Included
  • 24 Hour City Sightseeing
Additional Information

York Pass is an admission card that provides tourists with complimentary access to prime tourist spots, museums, and landmarks in York. It comes with a free 24 Hour hop on hop off bus tour. Once bought, the digital pass will be sent directly to your email for use on your mobile device. Simply present your pass at the site to gain entry.

Certain attractions necessitate prior online reservation to secure admission with a York Pass. Please be informed that attractions are crowded during peak times and we suggest making a booking at least 48 hrs prior.

Your York Pass serves as a key to exploration and it offers a 24-hour ticket for City Sightseeing Bus and City Cruises York’s River Cruise. The benefits of the pass extend beyond this!

Location
York Minster
Minster Yard, Deangate
Cancellation Policy

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

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Gillian_k
Nov 4, 2023
Great value - These are fantastic value for money, considering the cost of each individual attraction. This kept the family busy for 2 days
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Martyn_b
Aug 18, 2023
Great value when you’ve done your homework - Great value for money, the Dungeons alone were worth the price if the York Pass. We took the 3 day pass and have had 3 very busy but full days of learning all about York and its history, well recommended l. Make sure you do your homework before to plan your days and make your reservations and you’ll get the most of of this pass
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Irene_c
Aug 18, 2023
Well worth it - Great way to see all the sites, plus you skip the queue as you have already paid Except for the Viking Centre as they have timed bookings Hop on Hop off bus is a great way to get around, and very good at the end of the day for tired feet.
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Anastasia_d
Aug 14, 2023
Value for money - Definitely worth buying as it saves quite a big amount of money. Almost every attraction costs from 7 to 15 pounds, if to visit them separately i would spend a fortune. So the City pass is really a saver. The only thing is that the City pass needs activation in the Visit York centre, which was not clearly stated in the instructions, so when i came to one of the attractions they said that i need to go back and activate it, which was a bit of running around. So plan your time to pop up to visitor centre first to activate the pass and after that you can just enjoy all the attractions. York is a great city!
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Erick_l
Jul 27, 2023
Great time - very good place and view, I love this place. I consider it place for my retirement., this is a great trip
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Wae_w
Aug 24, 2023
Good experience - It got easier once we got our tickets, from the ticket office. I thought they would send a QR code out through email, and so we do not need to go round finding the office. I did get confused on which buses to take I thought the avian busses was free too. But, overall it was good experience. I love york. Wish I knew that some places was shut on Monday and Tuesday. Thinking it would be open all for the summer holidays.
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Fab4-2008
Aug 15, 2023
Saved lots of time queuing and money over 2 days. - The York City Pass Saved lots of queuing as we went straight through and we saved money overall with the 2 day pass. Very happy.
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James_w
Aug 28, 2023
Good bus ride but valid for only 24 hours despite the number of venue days - The provided a nice overview of the city, but was only available to us for 24 hours with a two day pass. We visited as many attractions as we could in two days, maybe five in all, but I think it would have less expensive to pay admission at each one of the attractions we visited on our own.
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X3849dckates
Jul 17, 2023
Hit and miss for young families - Hit and miss for young families. We had a 10% discount code and managed to save about £6 overall so not sure it was worth it really. The problem is it's really difficult to get around a lot of attractions in one day when you have young children. Without kids we probably would have seen a lot more and it would definitely have been worth it, but if you have young children I would probably give it a miss and give yourself more time to enjoy the sites. Only a few things need pre-booking with the pass, but would recommend doing so anyway since there can be long queues.
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Carolyn_r
Feb 13, 2024
Made the most of my trip despite a few hiccups! - On paper this seems like a great deal, but once in York many of the attractions were not allowing me to use them with my York Pass!! Pre-Booking is essential to avoid disappointment!!! Check ALL attractions to see if you need to pre-book! Even though I did this, I was still not allowed into DIG (website did not state pre-booking was required) River cruise was not running due to flooding, Jorvik centre was not allowing York passes (pre-PAID bookings only) due to ride being broken!!! Website is very out of date / not updated with current situation. If I had my time again, I would not buy the 2 day pass I would pay as I go and pre-book the attractions I wanted!!! Viator booking experience however was great!!!
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