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York Art Gallery
All year round in York Art Gallery
Arts
York Art Gallery houses one of the region's finest collections of European painting, spanning over 600 years and displayed in themed areas. Among the artists on show are Belloto, Reynolds, Parmigianino, Lowry and Nash. The gallery also stages temporary exhibitions.
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The Shambles
All year round
Lifestyle
The Shambles is the most famous street in York. Lined with timber-built, medieval shops, it is a magnet for visitors looking for that essential York souvenir.
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Burnby Hall Gardens
All year round
Lifestyle
This spectacular landscaped garden in York is home to the National Collection of Waterlillies, making it a wonderful place to visit especially during the summer when all 80 varieties spread gloriously across the garden's two lakes.
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Wetherby Festival
Oct 2012 (annual) in Wetherby
Arts
Organised and undertaken by a team of experienced and committed non-professionals, Wetherby Festival fuses amateur and professional performances of drama, music and theatre. This year's event again features exciting entertainment from eclectic local and national talents.
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Illuminating York
Oct 2012 (annual) in York
Weird & Wonderful
York is one of England's most beautiful cities, but during Illuminating York it takes on a special glow. For this innovative festival, the city's most impressive buildings become canvases for a series of iridescent and immersive light projections.
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Salt's Mill and the 1853 Hockney Gallery
All year round in Saltaire
Arts
The centrepiece of Saltaire, the model Victorian village built by wool baron Sir Titus Salt in the 1850s, Salt's Mill is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and was converted into a lifestyle attraction in 1987. In addition to shops it also houses the 1853 Gallery, which has the largest European collection of drawings, paintings and opera set designs by Bradford-born artist David Hockney.
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Roman Walls
All year round in York
Festivals & Heritage
York has more miles of intact city walls than anywhere else in England, visited by over a million people every year. Originally built as defences in Roman times, they've been added to and rebuilt over the centuries.
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