York

along the remaining sections of the city s medieval wall to experience York from another fascinating perspective. Visit Clifford s Tower, just outside the city centre. Originally built by William the Conqueror, it was burned to the ground twice before Henry III rebuilt it in the 13 ^th century. It offers spectacular sweeping views of York and the surrounding countryside. For a different perspective again, you can take a Yorkboat tour along the River Ouse a day or night tour will give you plenty of opportunities to photograph the city s beautiful buildings and bridges.

In the late 1970 s, archaeologists discovered the houses, yards and workshops of the Viking-age city of Jorvik as it stood 1,000 years ago. The Jorvik Viking Centre has been built on the site, recreating the city for tourists to see, as authentically as possible. The centre displays over 800 of the 40,000 artefacts that were found in the excavation, including the Lloyds Bank coprolite the largest example of human faeces ever found to date, measuring 19 cms long

To get an idea of what York would have looked like in Roman times, visit the Yorkshire Museum where you can wander the museums botanical gardens, littered with Roman ruins, see remains of dinosaurs, witness rare Roman artefacts and some of the finest collections of archaeological and geological finds in Europe. Take a stroll down The Shambles. In 1862 it was home to 26 butchers and slaughterhouses; now it s a charming cobbled street lined with 15 ^th century Tudor buildings.