Groups directory - Travel, transport and tourism

Association of Voluntary Guides To The City of York
The group aims to provide for city residents and visitors a daily, free, two hour walking tour of York.

Beningbrough Hall and Gardens
Beningbrough Hall & Gardens is a Georgian mansion with Victorian laundry, walled garden and sculpture in the woods. National Portrait Gallery collection of paintings.

Byland Abbey
Ruins of Byland Abbey one of the greatest monasteries of northern England. The largest collection of medieval floor tiles.

Castle Howard
18th century house with grounds, stables, lakes,playground and and gardens.

Clifford's Tower
The well preserved 13th century strongpoint of York Castle is on the top of the steep mound raised by William The Conqueror during the 1066 campaign.

First
First provides one of the bus services in York and the local area.

Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal
World Heritage Site. 12th Century Abbey with Elizabethan Manor House and Georgian water garden. Lakes, canal, temples and cascades. Medieval deer park with 500 wild deer. Children;s play area and audio tour.

Harewood House
House, gardens, bird garden

Institute of Advanced Motorists York Group
To encourage a higher standard of driving amongst car drivers to make the roads a safer place for all users.

Jorvik Centre
Explore Viking history on the very site where archaelogists discovered remains of Viking age York and journey through a reconstruction of actual 10th century streets.