York
The City of York is a unitary authority area with city status in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. The district's main settlement is York, and its coverage extends to the town of Haxby and the villages of Earswick, Upper Poppleton…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: unitary authority area in England with 205,000 residents
- Description: unitary authority area in North Yorkshire, England
- Also known as: “City of York”, “GB-YOR”, and “York City”
Places of Interest
Highlights include York Minster and Yorkshire Museum.
York Minster
Church
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York Minster, formally the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England.
Yorkshire Museum
Museum
The Yorkshire Museum is a museum in York, England. It was opened in 1830, and has five permanent collections, covering biology, geology, archaeology, numismatics and astronomy.
Jorvik Viking Centre
Museum
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Jorvik Viking Centre is a museum and visitor attraction in York, England, containing lifelike mannequins and life-size dioramas depicting Viking life in the city.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include York and Acomb.
York
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The ancient cathedral city of York has a history dating back over 2000 years. Romans, Saxons, Vikings, and Britons from all eras have each left their mark.
Acomb
Suburb
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Acomb, is a village and suburb within the City of York unitary authority area, in North Yorkshire, England, to the western side of York. It covers the site of the original village of the same name, which is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.
Clifton
Suburb
Clifton is a suburb of York in the unitary authority area of the City of York, in North Yorkshire, England about 1+1⁄2 miles from the city centre. The A19, passes north out of York through Clifton.
York
- Categories: district with city status and borough in the United Kingdom
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover York from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“York” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مدينة يورك”
- Armenian: “Յորք”
- Bavarian: “City of York”
- Belarusian: “Ёрк”
- Catalan: “City of York”
- Cebuano: “City of York”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مدينه يورك”
- Esperanto: “Urbo Jorko”
- Finnish: “Yorkin kaupunki”
- French: “Cité de York”
- French: “City of York”
- German: “City of York”
- German: “GB-YOR”
- Irish: “Cathair Eabhrac”
- Japanese: “シティ・オヴ・ヨーク”
- Japanese: “シティ・オブ・ヨーク”
- Japanese: “ヨーク”
- Latvian: “Jorka (unitārā pašvaldība)”
- Latvian: “Jorka”
- Northern Frisian: “City of York”
- Polish: “City of York”
- Portuguese: “City of York”
- Russian: “Йорк”
- Slovak: “York”
- Slovenian: “City of York”
- Slovenian: “GB-YOR”
- Swedish: “City of York”
- Swedish: “York”
- Ukrainian: “Йорк”
- Welsh: “Dinas Efrog”
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