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York Cemetery

Photo of York Cemetery, a Grade II* registered house & garden in North Yorkshire, northern England.

York Cemetery

© JThomas / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© JThomas / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

York Cemetery

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York Cemetery opened in 1837, laid out by the York Public Cemetery Company for a city whose parish graveyards had run out of room. James Pigott Pritchett designed the Greek Revival chapel and gatehouse that still anchor the grounds, now a tangle of ivy, mature trees and Victorian headstones across 24 acres. It’s run today by York Cemetery Trust, a charity, and you can walk in free during opening hours — 8.30am to 4.15pm on weekdays, a bit later at weekends. York Minster and York City Walls are a short walk away to the northwest.

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Photo of the River Ouse (Yorkshire), a 61-mile river navigation in northern England.

River Ouse (Yorkshire)

River navigation

York's river, tidal below Naburn, carrying the Vale of York's waters past the city walls toward the Humber.

0.6 km W · North Yorkshire

Photo of Clifford's Tower, York, a motte & bailey in North Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

Clifford's Tower, York

Motte & bailey · Castle near York

Clifford's Tower, Henry III's four-lobed stone keep on William the Conqueror's castle mound in York.

0.8 km NW

Photo of The Shambles, a landmark in North Yorkshire, northern England.Iconic

The Shambles

Landmark near York

Overhanging timbered street of the medieval butchers, one of Britain's best-preserved and most photographed.

1.2 km NW

Photo of York, a village in North Yorkshire, northern England.Iconic

York

Village

England's great walled cathedral city, the Minster rising over the timbered lean of the Shambles and a two-mile rampart above the Ouse.

1.3 km NW · North Yorkshire

Photo of York Minster, a cathedral in North Yorkshire, northern England.Iconic

York Minster

Cathedral near York

Vast Gothic cathedral, largest in northern Europe.

1.6 km NW

Photo of York Cold War Bunker, a visitor attraction in North Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

York Cold War Bunker

Attraction near York

Semi-sunken 1960s monitoring post in a York suburb, where the Royal Observer Corps would have tracked nuclear fallout after an attack.

3.2 km W