York Uncovered - Walking Tour
Sat, 01 Jun
|Meet outside Bennett's Cafe & Bistro
Experience a unique tour of the historic city highlighting diverse histories.
Time & Location
01 Jun 2024, 11:00 – 12:30 BST
Meet outside Bennett's Cafe & Bistro, 30-32 High Petergate, York YO1 7EH, UK
About the event
Join us on an insightful walking tour of the city, highlighting untold histories and diverse stories.
Walking through the beautiful medieval centre, you will go beyond the conventional stories of York, hearing about the impact of women, people of colour, and LGBTQIA+ individuals from York's past. This tour invites attendees to see beneath the surface and uncover the lesser know narratives of York, while giving a general overview of the city and its history.
The tour was written and researched by academic historians and is delivered by trained guides. It asks questions that provoke new ways of seeing the city landscape and its history.
This tour is being launched as part of a UK-wide expansion of the social enterprise Uncomfortable Oxford and is kindly supported by the University of York Institute for the Public Understanding of the Past (IPUP).Â
*Accessibility:*
The tour features several stops around the centre of York over the course of 1.5 hours. Tour contains no stairs or curbs, but please note sometimes uneven pavement in the city centre and crowding on busy days.