The best uninterrupted views over the city of York are being highlighted by English Heritage this summer. A new panoramic image of the view from Clifford’s Tower and downloadable podcasts has been revealed to help visitors put York’s roofline into its historical context.
Clifford’s Tower is the starting point for any visit to the city of York, and a great way for residents to look out over the city’s rooftops at some of the landmarks around the city. Podcasts recorded by TV historian and author, Julian Humphrys, aim to give visitors not only an audio explanation of the buildings you can see around the city, but also set Clifford’s Tower in its historical setting from his favourite vantage point.
York is a fantastically compact city, and with Clifford’s Tower at the very heart of it, visitors can enjoy unrivalled views over the city to help them better understand York’s fascinating story, from the gothic splendour of York Minster to the iconic Terry’s building that housed the city’s chocolate heart!
From the wall walk, visitors can understand how the view would have been different when the tower was in use – for example the whole of the Foss Islands area would have been under water when York was home to the king’s official fishponds, providing freshwater fish for the royal table.
There are four podcasts in total, each intended to be listened to in subsequent curves of Clifford’s Tower’s wall walk. For many York residents, they may have visited Clifford’s Tower as a child on a school visit, but haven’t been back in recent years. We’d urge them to come back for a look, the view is constantly changing as buildings go up and come down throughout the city.
Over the school summer holiday, Clifford’s Tower is also hosting Time Travellers Go.... Medieval, an opportunity for children to dress up in the clothing of a medieval king or queen and have their picture taken on a real throne!
