YORK

Welcome to Pub Trails - YORK

One of the places visited that was so large and interesting that FIVE trails were created for you to try.

 York is a walled city in North Yorkshire. The city was founded by the Romans and has been an important part of British history ever since. The city became a major trading and religious centre. Eventually chocolate and railways became the major industries in York, though they have now declined. At present the biggest employers are in service industries.

York is easily reached by road or train and has many attractions for tourists. Cars can easily be parked for a week while attractions, shops, cafes restaurants and bars keep a visitor occupied.

Judged a Sunday Times “Best Place to Live” 2020

Two rivers run through York, the Ouse and the Foss. This pub trail looks at pubs caught between the river Ouse and the city wall on the more substantial side which includes the Shambles and York Minster.

Welcome to Yorkshire National Trust Yorkshire Visit York York Brewery

Train Museum Jorvic Viking centre York Walls

PUB CRAWLS

There are five pub crawls illustrated for York involving 39 drinking establishments. Several pubs feature in more than one crawl.

All journeys start from the Minster which is the  tallest place in York

1.   Around The Minster.

2.   In the middle lanes

3.   Down Stonegate

4.   Around King's Square

5.   About Fossgate

Pub Info

Like any city the majority of bars serve food and it can occasionally be difficult to distinguish between a restaurant and bar offering food. A expected such a city has a full range of styles of bars from a few local pubs to some modern shiny venues. With so many pubs there is also a variety of alcohol served in bars; from basic bitter-lager bars to cocktail bars and specialist beer establishments. There are five trails available of about 7-8 pubs, all of which can be expanded in size by ‘borrowing’ from other trails.

All trails will start from the Minster - even the furthest one is not far away as York is a compact city. If this means that occasionally a pub may have to be passed to reach a trail - so be it. Of course, these could just as easy be added to the trail.

A local’s pub guide - Within The Walls

A site worth visiting. It reviews all of the pubs within the city walls taking into account family friendly, price, beers offered, accessibility, outdoor space etc. There are also 7 pub trails to take part including Haunted Pubs, Best for Dogs, best outdoor spaces and The Four Towers Challenge

Below is the map of the town centre trails

  1. Around The Minster. (green icons) 8+2 pubs

2.   In the middle lanes (Purple icons) 8+1 pubs

3.   Down Stonegate (yellow icons) 7+2 pubs

4.   Around King's Square (Red icons) 8+2

5.   About Fossgate (Blue icons) 9 pubs

Five York trails

  • Minster to Monkgate

    The Lamb & Lion

    Eagle & Child

    Three legged Mare

    The Cross Keys

    The Golden Slipper

    The Royal Oak

    + The Habit

    + Snickleback Inn

    Minster to Monkgate

  • Down Stonegate

    House of the Trembling Madness

    Evil Eye

    Ye Olde Starre Inn

    Kennedy's

    + Bobo Lobo

    Yorkshire Terrier

    The Punchbowl

    Harker's

    Lendall Cellars

    Stonegate

  • Middle Lanes

    Thirteen Thirty One

    The Slug & Lettuce

    Stonegate yard

    + Bobo Lobo

    + Kennedy's

    Oscar's

    Roman Bath

    Three Cranes

    Burn's Hotel

    Middle Lanes

  • Around King's Square

    The Cross Keys

    + The Golden Slipper

    + The Royal Oak

    The Habit

    Snickleback Inn

    Old White Swan

    The Golden Lion

    Pivni

    The Duke of York

    Last Drop

    Around King's Square

  • Fossgate

    Ye Olde Shambles

    Pavement Vaults

    The Three Tuns

    Golden Fleece

    Sutler's

    The Terrace

    The Bluebell

    The Hop

    Fossgate Social

    Fossgate

PLACES TO VISIT WITH PUBTRAILS

 The towns and villages highlighted on this web site have a wide variety of pubs and beers in them.  All of the places are great to visit, whether for a day or longer, and most have tourist attractions for all of the family.

There is a large variety of pubs throughout the different towns shown below. Some you may wish never to visit again but even discovering these can be interesting. There are pubs that you would not take your wife into. While some you could not take your girlfriend into. A few you would not take either into. However, most of the pubs are very pleasant.

HOME MAP of places visited

Alnwick Ambleside Anstruther Bakewell Bamburgh Barnard Castle Bath Berwick upon Tweed Birnam & Dunkeld Bourton on the Water Bowness on Windermere Bridge of Allan Chester Chichester Dunblane Dunoon Edinburgh Ely Fort William Glasgow Gourock                 Helensburgh   Inverness Kelso Keswick Knaresbourgh Largs Linlithgow Lyme Regis Melrose Montrose Newton Stewart North Berwick Norwich Oban Pebbles Penzance Portree Pitlochry Quorn Richmond Rothesay St Andrews Seahouses Seend Shrewsbury Skipton Stirling Stratford-upon-Avon Stockton Heath Whitby Windemere Whitstable York

Pub Jukebox:

Alcohol themed music to listen to while you browse.

a better place to be - Harry Chapin

 Other large places

Chester 5 trails Norwich 3 trails

Edinburgh 9 trails Whitby 4 trails

Glasgow 14 trails - including the famous Clockwork Orange or Glasgow Subway crawl

Pub Quiz

What is the colour of peridot ?

Answer at foot of page

 I certainly do not drink all the time. I have to sleep you know.

W C Fields

ANSWER: yellowish-green

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