Visit
Plan your Visit to the York City Walls
Discover
York city walls have stood since Roman times, with the original ramparts and timber palisades replaced by stone walls in the third century AD. Visit Micklegate Bar – one of the historic gateways into the city – to discover their 2,000 year stories involving battles, imprisonment and near destruction.
Explore
Meet some of the characters whose stories are intertwined with Micklegate Bar: a princess, a Royalist in the English Civil War and also an early 20th-century policeman who made the gatehouse his home.
Experience
The perfect place to start your walk around the most intact walls of any English city. Combine your visit to the City Walls Experience at Micklegate Bar with a guided tour of a section of the walls, available from April to October, to complete your visit.
Finding Us
Access
We are open 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
11th February 2023 – 29th October 2023
Walking tour at 10.30 & 14.00 every day 11th of
February – Late October
Prices
Museum Entry
Guided Walking Tour
£3.50
£5.00
£3.00
£4.00
£3.00
£4.00
£12.00
£16.00
£14.00
£18.00
Note* – If you would like to do both the Museum and the Walking Tour please book a Museum Entry, then select the upgrade option for the Walking Tour.
Note** – The Walking Tour is not included in the Pastport. If you would like to partake in one please select the upgarde.
Group tickets include the walk and are:
Pastport
Under 5s and carers are free
Gift Aid
If you are a UK taxpayer you can help us further by turning your donation into a Gift Aid donation at no extra cost to you, which allows us to claim an extra 25p for every £1 you spend from the Government.
Your payment will be treated as an admission donation that entitles you and your family group to 12 months free admission from the date of payment.
Please note this only applies to individual and family tickets, not larger groups.