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What to do on site?
Which English Heritage properties are nearby?
Which other places of interest are nearby?

What to do on site?

The view from the top

Suggested time needed: 30 minutes
Take advantage of amazing king’s-eye views of York as the ancient city layout is revealed. Borrow some binoculars, and watch the world go by.

Which English Heritage properties are nearby?

Kirkham Priory

Distance: 13.5 miles
The riverside ruins of an Augustinian priory, picturesquely set in the beautiful Derwent valley near the Yorkshire Wolds.

York Cold War Bunker

Distance: 2 miles
English Heritage’s most modern, most unusual and perhaps most spine-chilling site,‘No.20 Group Royal Observer Corps HQ’ is the semi-subterranean bunker which would have monitored nuclear explosions and fallout in the Yorkshire region.

Which other places of interest are nearby?

York

Distance: 1 mile
Wander the historic streets, have a browse in the local shops, and eat and drink in an amazing variety if cafes and restaurants.

York Minster

Suggested time needed: 1 mile
The largest Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe, an awe-inspiring building with amazing architecture and stained glass.

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