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The oldest surviving cast-iron railway bridge of its kind in Britain, dating back to 1847. - The last train crossed the viaduct on 27 November 1965, after which the line was closed and the structure fell into disuse. By 1991, its condition had deteriorated so badly that East Yorkshire Borough Council planned to demolish it, estimating costs at £60,000. Thanks to local protests and rail heritage campaigners, the demolition was halted. The viaduct was restored and now forms part of the Sustrans National Cycle Network, preserving its legacy for public enjoyment.

The oldest surviving cast-iron railway bridge of its kind in Britain, dating back to 1847. - The last train crossed the viaduct on 27 November 1965, after which the line was closed and the structure fell into disuse. By 1991, its condition had deteriorated so badly that East Yorkshire Borough Council planned to demolish it, estimating costs at £60,000. Thanks to local protests and rail heritage campaigners, the demolition was halted. The viaduct was restored and now forms part of the Sustrans National Cycle Network, preserving its legacy for public enjoyment.

North Street Postern Tower is first mentioned in 1376 as 'the tower on the water of Ouse behind the tannery', and in later centuries as Barkertowre. Here one end of the chain blocking the river was secured. It was usually let to the ferryman operating the ferry across the Ouse to St. Leonard's Landing (discontinued after the opening of Lendal Bridge in January 1863). The tower was used as a mortuary from 1879, was restored in 1930, and until further restoration in 1970 served as a store for the Parks Department.

Most of the Roman walls are underground, and are overlaid with centuries of modification including Danish and Norman ramparts. Example cross-section of the walls can be viewed at https://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/york/vol2/pp108-138. With 6 Bars (gatehouses), 8 posterns and 39 towers (not all have survived), you can't come to York and not walk some of the walls, the most scenic parts are the North Corner around the Minster on the north side of the city centre. Opening times and other notices here: https://www.york.gov.uk/york-city-centre/city-walls/3 Maps and descriptions of wall walks here: https://www.yorkwalls.org.uk/?page_id=3690

Welcome to the most popular city in the UK in 2025 (if you believe YouGov polls... https://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": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_York https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eboracum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavian_York https://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/york/vol1

The Abbey of St Mary is a ruined Benedictine abbey and a scheduled monument. Once one of the most prosperous abbeys in Northern England, its remains lie in what are now the York Museum Gardens, on a sloping site to the west of York Minster. The original church on the site was founded in 1055 and dedicated to Saint Olaf. Read more at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Abbey,_York https://www.yorkmuseumgardens.org.uk/about/st-marys-abbey/

Along with The Norman House near Stonegate, this is probably one of the oldest surviving buildings in York, and is the only Bar with its Barbican intact. Walmgate Bar consists of a passageway with arches at each end and a rectangular gatehouse of two storeys above. There are bartizans at the angles towards Lawrence Street, and at the rear is a timber-framed projection supported on two stone columns. The barbican, portcullis and wooden inner doors still remain. The Bar is built of magnesian limestone and was heavily restored in 1645–8. Its upper floors have been used by Gatehouse Coffee for a few years now, and were once a bookshop. Walmgate Bar is first mentioned in the mid 12th century. The earliest surviving masonry, the inner arch of the main gate, is of this date.