Visit York Information Centre - Museum Street, York, UK
N 53° 57.677 W 001° 05.113
30U E 625622 N 5980911
The city of York is steeped in history and, as such, attracts tourists in droves. To satisfy their need for information about the history of the city and provide details on where to stay, eat and drink a first class Information centre is needed.
Waymark Code: WMMEFC
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/09/2014
Views: 3
The Visit York Information Centre is located on the south east side of Museum Street at the junction with Blake Street. From the entrance, in Musuem Street, there is an excellent view of York Minster that is world famous.
The Visit York website tells us about the centre:
Visit York is proud to operate a state of the art Visitor Information Centre in the heart of the city. One Museum Street is conveniently located near York Minster and many other attractions, shops and restaurants. We offer a range of service and assist over 500,000 visitors to the city every year.
Our friendly assistants are here to share their expert local knowledge of attractions, travel information, places to eat out, shops and events. As well as our personal service, we stock hundreds of free information leaflets about York and the wider Yorkshire region.
We also have a fantastic shop selling York merchandise, maps, gifts, books and clothing. We also sell tickets for local attractions, events, bus passes and much more.
If you're looking to save money on your visit to York, you can also pick up York Pass to get entry to top local attractions for one great price. We also have an accommodation booking desk if you're looking for somewhere to stay in York.
Whatever information or advice you need when visiting York, just pop into our Museum Street Information Centre and we'll be delighted to help you.
The Visit York Information Centre is housed in a Grade II listed building with the English Heritage website telling us about it:
1860 with later alterations. By Rawlins Gould. Orange brick in Flemish bond with moulded stone plinth and dressings; rusticated pilaster strips of faceted blocks on ground floor, ashlar pilasters on first floor: brick parapet with stone piers and coping to slate roof; brick stacks. EXTERIOR: 2-storey 11-bay front, with curved corner bay. Main entrance has round-arched doorcase of 2 orders with sunk-panel pilasters, vermiculated keyblock and panelled double doors with fanlight. Subsidiary entrance at right end has panelled double doors with overlight in eared segment-arched architrave. Windows are segment-headed, in architraves with bracketed moulded sills, set in shallow segment-arched recesses with vermiculated keyblocks: several original 8-pane sashes altered. Ground floor pilaster strips support moulded cornice. First floor articulated in Doric pilasters on sunk- panel pedestals supporting broad frieze and ornate console-bracket cornice: above is open-arcaded parapet incorporating sunk-panel pedestal piers. Generally windows are 4-pane sashes, in stone architraves with moulded sills and cornices, beneath alternately triangular and segmental bracketed pediments.
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