York in the Great Breaks mini series from Insight Guides is a slim, focussed short break guide to the city, whether you are aiming for a relaxing or active break, illustrated with vivid colour photographs & containing easy to navigate information. A top 10 sites for the destination & its surrounding area are given, with a selection of detailed & mapped tour/walk ideas, special features on the uniqueness of the place e.g. its heritage, festivals & wildlife, as well as practical information on active pursuits, themed holidays, & selected places to stay to suit a cross section of budgets & tastes. An overview map showing selected tour routes & a selection of five summary boxes of top five great things to do or places to do adorn the inside jackets. ...

York in the Great Breaks mini series from Insight Guides is a slim, focussed short break guide to the city, whether you are aiming for a relaxing or active break, illustrated with vivid colour photographs & containing easy to navigate information. A top 10 sites for the destination & its surrounding area are given, with a selection of detailed & mapped tour/walk ideas, special features on the uniqueness of the place e.g. its heritage, festivals & wildlife, as well as practical information on active pursuits, themed holidays, & selected places to stay to suit a cross section of budgets & tastes. An overview map showing selected tour routes & a selection of five summary boxes of top five great things to do or places to do adorn the inside jackets. ...

York History Tour is a fascinating insight into the history of this ancient city & shows just how much it has changed during the course of the nineteenth & twentieth centuries. Readers are invited to follow local author & historian Paul Chrystal as he guides them through its streets & alleyways (known locally as snickelways), pointing out the well-known & lesser-known landmarks along the way. It is practical, fitting as it does into your bag or pocket, & has a map to guide you effortlessly around the city`s many treasures. It also contains pictures from three unique sources: the Yorkshire Architectural & York Archaeological Society, York Press, & the author`s own collection. ...

The awe-inspiring York Minster, stunningly preserved medieval walls & fascinating Jorvik Viking Centre: York is one of the UK`s most appealing destinations. Great Breaks York is a collection of 11 illuminating walks & tours in & around this historic city, guiding you through the narrow streets, quaint half-timbered buildings & world-class museums of York. Plus there are excursions further afield to the picturesque Yorkshire coast, elegant spa town of Harrogate, & the dramatic scenery of the North York Moors
- all accompanied by vivid full-colour photographs, clear maps & plenty of recommendations for where to eat & drink. This handy pocket-sized guide is packed full of ideas to inspire you, with the 10 top attractions in York, including the city`s loveliest street the Shambles & the superb National Railway Museum; plus sections on active holidays & themed breaks. Features on York`s art scene, Roman & Viking York & the North York Moors National Park provide a cultural backdrop to the city.
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York in the Cassini Past & Present map series which covers town & cities of England & Wales & offers a unique way of tracing their history & expansion by showing four different periods of their development using Ordnance Survey mapping from the mid-19th century, the late 19th century, the 1920s & the present day. Coverage

Includes:: Copmanthorpe, Dunnington, Haxby, Stamford Bridge, Strensall & Upper Poppleton. Each Past & Present map consists of four panels, all centred on a city or a town & covering exactly the same 15km x 15km area. Three of the panels reproduce Ordnance Survey

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Get to the heart of the historic walled city of York with the help of this genuinely pocket-sized, pop-up map. Small in size yet big on detail, this compact, dependable, York city map will ensure you don`t miss a thing. *

Includes:: a Pop Out map
- a detailed street map of the city centre * Advice on the top things to see while you`re there * Handy, self-folding, tourist map is small enough to fit in your pocket yet offers extensive coverage of the city in an easy-to-use format * Thorough street index is also featured & cross-referenced to the map so you can easily find your destination * Hotels, restaurants, stores & attractions are all included on the map Ideal to pop in a pocket or bag for quick reference while exploring this gorgeous city. Fold

Size: 95mm x 130mm (3.75” x 5.25”) Sheet

Size: 215mm x 225mm (8.5” x 9.75”) Approx scale: 1:4000; Scale to be used as a guideline only






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York South in 1907 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the southern part of York, stretching from Micklegate southward to Campleshon Lane, & from Fawcetts Street westward to New Lane & Murray Street. Features include the southern tip of the station & its railway approaches with carriage works & engine shed, Holgate Junction, River Ouse, Nunthorpe Hall, Mount Vale, Holgate Road, South Bank, Nunthorpe Court, Blossom Street, City Wall, Nunnery Lane, Scarcroft Road, Skeldergate Bridge, York Castle, Court House, Clementhorpe, Bishopthorpe Road, Fishergate, glass works, River Foss Navigation with locks, Ebor Flour Mills, tramways, etc. On the reverse are street directory entries for Acomb Road, Bishophill, Bishopthorpe Road, Fishergate, The Mount, Mount Ephraim & Nunnery Lane. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Combines a map of York on one side with useful & engaging travel information on the reverse. Subjects covered include top attractions, a day planner, a guide to eating out & advice on getting around. Designed to make viewing & folding easy, this map is ideal for those taking a short city break. ...

A detailed topographic map of York from the Ordnance Survey Explorer series, covering Selby & Tadcaster. Edition A1; Publication date April 2006 About this series: These highly detailed maps show all the administrative boundaries, settlements as small as isolated farms, the road network down to unfenced roads & country tracks, & field boundaries (hedges & drystone walls) which make navigation across the countryside much easier. Steep gradients on roads are indicated. Various landmarks, e.g. powerlines, archaeological sites, windmills, churches & lighthouses are shown & additional graphics indicate natural terrain features such as cliffs, scree, mud & vegetation variations. The contour interval is 5 metres in the lower parts of the country & 10 metres in the uplands, & spot heights are marked. Each map covers an area of 30 x 20km (i.e. approx. 19 x 12 miles), with some double-sided maps covering more, as indicated in the individual descriptions. The maps are fully GPS compatible, with the National Grid shown at 1km intervals & latitude & longitude indicated by margin ticks at 1'. The Explorer series has replaced the earlier, green-cover Pathfinder maps. The Explorer series is now complete & covers all of Engl&, Wales & Scotl&. Some sheets for popular areas like the National Parks are still branded as Outdoor Leisure (OL) maps, but are now included in this series as the cartography is the same as that in the Explorer Maps. The Explorer maps offer a substantial improvement on the Pathfinder series, with greater use of colour, larger area per map, & stronger emphasis on information for ramblers & tourists. This series is ideal for walking & other outdoor pursuits & each map shows a large amount of information for ramblers & tourists. Public rights of way are shown (except in Scotland), together with other routes with public access: National Trails & Recreational Paths, permitted paths & bridleways, & selected cycle routes. Open access land created under the Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000 is marked. Tourist information

Includes:: caravan & camp sites, Park & Ride locations, recreation/leisure/sport centres, museums, historic buildings, English Heritage & National Trust sites, rural pubs, etc. The map legend is in English only, except for the tourist information content which is also in French & German.

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York, Selby & Tadcaster Street Atlas from the Geographers` A-Z Map Company in a paperback format slightly smaller than A5. Map scale is 1:15, 840 (4” to a mile), with an enlargement showing the town centre of York in greater detail at 1:7, 920 (8” to 1 mile). Coverage

Includes:: Barlby, Dunnington, Escrick, Haxby, Ricall, Skelton, Stamford Bridge, Strensall & Wheldrake. Current edition of this title was published in 2012. To see other titles in this series of A-Z street atlases of towns & cities please click on the series link. A-Z also publish a series of County Street Atlases
- for a list of titles in that series please search for SI00000917.A-Z street atlases present motorways plus A & B roads highlighted by colouring & shown with route numbers. One way or restricted access streets & car parks are marked, as are in more recently published titles locations of speed cameras. Also shown are selected cycleway routes. Where appropriate, A & B roads are annotated with selected house numbers for easier identification of addresses. Railway lines are shown with stations & level crossings. Colouring indicates different types of buildings: educational, hospitals & healthcare, industrial, leisure & recreational, shopping centres & markets, public buildings, & places of interest. Symbols mark locations of facilities usually indicated on street mapping: post offices, emergency services, public toilets, etc. Also marked are postcode & local authority boundaries. Each page has the lines & coordinates of the British National Grid. The indexes list streets, places & areas, hospitals, industrial estates, blocks of flats on housing estates, railway stations, & selected places o interest; the latter are printed in contrasting colouring to make them easier to find


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