Hiking Highlight
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The ancient walled city of York dates back an incredible 2,000 years. The city is characterised by its historic buildings, outstanding architecture and narrow medieval streets lined with independent shops, cafés, bars and restaurants, the most famous of these streets being the iconic Shambles.
November 6, 2023
Welcome to the most popular city in the UK in 2025 (if you believe YouGov polls... yougov.co.uk/ratings/travel/popularity/cities/all).Staggering amount of fascinating history and Wikipedia does a decent job of making it accessible, or you can go really deep into something like the five-volume "An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York":
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_York
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eboracum
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavian_York
british-history.ac.uk/rchme/york/vol1
June 5, 2025
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