York Castle Museum, York Open daily, with restricted opening over the Christmas and New Year period. Admission charge
Details
Accessibility:
Cars with a disability blue badge can park for up to 3 hours on the road outside the main entrance to the museum. The nearest car park is the Castle car park, next to Clifford’s Tower, which has 305 spaces, including 12 disability parking spaces.
The ground floors of both buildings are wheelchair accessible, but the upper floors of the left hand building are not, and although there is a lift to the upper floors of the right-hand side North building (the former debtors prison building), only 2 wheelchair users are allowed to use them at a time due to the Museum’s fire evacuation requirements. Visitors unable to access the upper floors are eligible for an Access ticket at a reduced cost (please see below). A manual wheelchair for visitors is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
On the venue’s website a Word document can be downloaded giving full accessibility information. There is a disability toilet with baby-changing facilities.
There is not a Loop hearing system, and some of the rooms have low levels of lighting, as our photographs show.
Brief Description:
The Castle Museum occupies 2 large buildings either side of its modern entrance, and also the small Raindale Mill building and small garden area behind and to the South of them, overlooking the Foss stretch of water.
In one large building are period rooms and the recreated Victorian Street, and in the other large building, the former debtors prison building, are displays on the World War I, the 1960s and on York Castle Prison.
The Museum's 2017 leaflet can be downloaded from its website at https://www.yorkcastlemuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/YMT-York-Castle-Museum-Main-Leaflet-2017.compressed.pdf
Pushchairs cannot be taken into the Museum's galleries. A buggy park and a choice of baby carriers are available to borrow free of charge.
Further Information
Address:
York Castle Museum, Eye of York, York YO1 9RY
Email:
mailto:enquiries@ymt.org.uk
Phone:
01904 687687
Website:
https://www.yorkcastlemuseum.org.uk/
Opening Hours:
Open daily: 9.30am – 5pm. Closed: 25, 26 December and 1 January. Early closing at 2.30pm: 24 and 31 December.
Admission charge (2017):
Adult (with 10% Gift Aid Donation) £10.00 & without donation £9.09
Child (16 and under*) FREE with a paying adult
Access Day Ticket £5.00 for up to 50% discount for visitors aged 17-24 or in receipt of Pension Credit or Universal Credit (that’s Income-Related Employment and Support Allowance, Income–based Job Seeker’s Allowance, or Income Support). Evidence may be required. There are separate admission rates for group bookings; please see the venue's website for further information
Directions:
From Fulford via A19. Head north on Fulfordgate towards Heslington Lane. Turn left onto Heslington Lane. Turn right onto Main Street/A19. Continue onto Fishergate. Continue straight onto Fishergate/A1036. Slight right onto Tower Stret. Turn right onto Tower Street/A1036. Slight left onto Tower Street/B1227. Turn right. Turn right and your destination will be on the right.
From Rawcliffe via A19. Take Howard Drive to Shipton Road/A19. Continue on A19. Turn right onto Water End. Turn left onto Salisbury Road. Continue onto Salisbury Terrace. Turn right onto Kingsland Terrace. Turn left onto Leeman Road. Continue onto Station Rise. Turn left onto Station Avanue/A1036. Slight right to stay on Station Avenue/A1036. Continue straight onto Rougier Street/B1227. Continue onto George Hudson Street. George Hudson Street turns left and becomes Micklegate/B1227. B1227 turns right and becomes Clifford Street. Clifford Street turns slightly left and becomes Tower Street/B1227. Turn left. Turn right and your destination will be on the right.
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Transport:
The closest railway station is at York approximately 0.6 miles away. Buses operate in and around the local area. For more travel information go to http://www.traveline.info or call 0871 200 22 33.
Amenities:
The venue has its own café on-site which closes at 4:30 PM, Cafe 68, which serves meals and refreshments. York has a wealth of attractions including museums, churches, hotels, bed-and-breakfast accommodation, bars and restaurants, with grocery stores and shopping centres.
Travel Information
For further travel information please see: www.traveline.info
Or call Traveline on 0871 200 22 33
(Calls cost 12p per minute plus your phone company's access charge)
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