Editing York (section)

==Attractions==
===Architecture===
{{See also|York sites of interest|Medieval parish churches of York}}

[[York Minster]], a large [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] cathedral, dominates the city.

York's centre is enclosed by [[York city walls|the city's medieval walls]], which are a popular walk.<ref>{{cite web|date=19 March 2012|title=The city walls|url=http://www.york.gov.uk/visiting/citywalls/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531165259/http://www.york.gov.uk/visiting/citywalls/|archive-date=31 May 2012|access-date=19 March 2012|publisher=City of York Council}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=York City Walls Walk Map|url=https://www.walksinyorkshire.com/our-walks/york-city-walls/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926191031/https://www.walksinyorkshire.com/our-walks/york-city-walls/|archive-date=26 September 2017|website=Walks in Yorkshire}}</ref> These defences are the most complete in England. They have the only walls set on high ramparts and they retain all their principal gateways.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wilson|first1=Barbara|title=The City Walls and Castles of York: The Pictorial Evidence|last2=Mee|first2=Frances|publisher=[[York Archaeological Trust]]|year=2005|isbn=978-1-874454-36-6|page=ix}}</ref> They incorporate part of the walls of the Roman fortress and some Norman and medieval work, as well as 19th- and 20th-century renovations.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Pevsner|first1=Nikolaus|title=Yorkshire: York and the East Riding|last2=Neave|first2=David|publisher=Penguin Books|year=1995|isbn=0-14-071061-2|edition=2nd|location=London|page=192|author-link=Nikolaus Pevsner|orig-year=1972}}</ref>

The entire circuit is approximately {{convert|2.5|mi|km|0}}, and encloses an area of {{convert|263|acres|0|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{harvnb|Wilson|Mee|2005|page=1}}</ref> The north-east section includes a part where walls never existed, because the Norman [[moat]] of York Castle, formed by damming the [[River Foss]], also created a lake which acted as a city defence. This lake was later called the King's Fishpond, as the rights to fish belonged to the Crown.
A feature of central York is the [[Snickelways of York|Snickelways]], narrow pedestrian routes, many of which led towards the former market-places in [[Pavement (York)|Pavement]] and [[St Sampson's Square]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Jones|first=Mark W.|title=A Walk Around the Snickelways of York|date=31 January 2004|publisher=Dales Court Press|isbn=978-1-871125-72-6|display-authors=etal}}</ref> [[The Shambles]] is a narrow [[medieval]] street, lined with shops, boutiques and [[tea room]]s. Its unusual name comes from an old English term for an open-air slaughterhouse or meat market.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.backpackingbella.com/romantic-things-to-do-in-york-for-couples/|title=The Most Romantic Things to Do in York for Couples|date=5 April 2021|website=Backpacking Bella|access-date=18 October 2021|archive-date=18 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018165539/https://www.backpackingbella.com/romantic-things-to-do-in-york-for-couples/|url-status=live}}</ref> Most of these premises were once butchers' shops, and the hooks from which carcasses were hung and the shelves on which meat was laid out can still be seen outside some of them. The street also contains the Shrine of [[Margaret Clitherow]], although it is not located in the house where she lived.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Shambles, York UK|url=http://www.insideyork.co.uk/shambles|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130025753/http://insideyork.co.uk/shambles|archive-date=30 January 2009|access-date=12 June 2009|publisher=Inside York}}</ref> [[Goodramgate]] has many medieval houses including the early-14th‑century [[Lady Row]] built to finance a [[Chantry]], at the edge of the churchyard of [[Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate, York|Holy Trinity church]].
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File:York Micklegate Bar - panoramio.jpg|The southern entrance to York, Micklegate Bar, is a 12th{{endash}}14th century structure.
File:Shambles shopper 8686.jpg|[[The Shambles]] is a medieval shopping street; most of the buildings date from between {{circa}} 1350 and 1475.
File:Odeon Cinema 3.jpg|The [[Art Deco]] style Odeon Cinema on Blossom Street
File:Stonebow House, York.jpg|The 1960s [[Brutalist]]-style Stonebow House
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===Pubs===
[[File:Kings Arms York - geograph.org.uk - 583995.jpg|thumb|The Kings Arms|200x200px]]

In June 2015, York [[Campaign for Real Ale|CAMRA]] listed 101 pubs on its map of the city centre, some of which are hundreds of years old.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://yorkcamra.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/YorkMapA4-June-2015.pdf|title=York Real Ale Pub Map 2015|website=yorkcamra.org.uk|access-date=30 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429232313/http://yorkcamra.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/YorkMapA4-June-2015.pdf|archive-date=29 April 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> These include the [[Golden Fleece Inn, York|Golden Fleece]], [[Ye Olde Starre Inne]], noted for its sign which has spanned the street since 1733,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/york/vol5/pp220-235|title='Houses: Stonegate', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York, Volume 5, Central (London, 1981), pp. 220–235|website=www.britishhistory.ac.uk|access-date=30 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160619204921/http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/york/vol5/pp220-235|archive-date=19 June 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Kings Arms, York|The Kings Arms]], often photographed during floods.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/january-floods-york|title=The January Floods in York (1982)|website=www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com|access-date=30 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923132020/http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/january-floods-york|archive-date=23 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 18 June 2016, York CAMRA undertook a "Beer Census" and found 328 unique real ales being served in over 200 pubs in York, reinforcing the city's reputation as a top UK beer destination.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://york.camra.org.uk/york-beer-census-18-june-2016/|title=York Beer Census 18 June 2016|date=18 June 2016|publisher=York Campaign for Real Ale|access-date=21 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805030720/http://york.camra.org.uk/york-beer-census-18-june-2016/|archive-date=5 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Tea Rooms===
[[File:Betty's Cafe Tea Rooms, York (geograph 407877).jpg|thumb|Bettys Café Tea Rooms|200x200px]]

In the centre of York, in [[St Helen's Square]], there is the York branch of [[Bettys and Taylors of Harrogate|Bettys Café]] Tea Rooms. Bettys' founder, Frederick Belmont, travelled on the maiden voyage of the ''[[RMS Queen Mary|Queen Mary]]'' in 1936. He was so impressed by the splendour of the ship that he employed the Queen Mary's designers and craftsmen to turn a dilapidated furniture store in York into an elegant café in St Helen's Square. A few years after Bettys opened in York war broke out, and the basement 'Bettys Bar' became a favourite haunt of the thousands of airmen stationed around York. 'Bettys Mirror', on which many of them engraved their signatures with a diamond pen, remains on display today as a tribute to them.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bettys.co.uk/blog/bettys-mirror|title=Bettys Café Tea Rooms, York|publisher=Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate Limited|access-date=2 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203082848/https://www.bettys.co.uk/blog/bettys-mirror|archive-date=3 December 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>