The Shambles Is The Most Visited Street In York   This must be on your list of things to do here whilst your staying at our bed and breakfast here in York. The word Shambles comes from the Medieval word Shamel which meant booth or bench. It was also called Flesshammel a word meaning flesh as the Shambles was a well known street for butchers shops and houses. In 1827 a total  of 26 Butchers had shops on the Shambles which is a staggering amount. Livestock was taken to the Shambles and slaughtered and today when you look at the street you will notice the pavements are raised and a gully would have allowed the blood to travel down the […]

  Have you booked your October Half Term Break yet? It’s just around the corner York is such a great City and our award winning  bed and breakfast is only a 15-20 minute walk into York along the pretty riverside walk or along our ‘best high street in the UK’ ‘Bishyrd.’ Our bed and breakfast has free on street parking  free wifi and you will love our award winning breakfasts too!!!!  If you love racing the York Races are back again on the 13th & the 14th of October 2017 and this will be our last race meeting of the year until May 2018.     Don’t Forget The St Nicholas Fayre is here in York from the 16th November […]

The Shop That Must Not Be Named !!!! It’s finally arrived York has its very own Harry Potter Shop ‘ The Shop That Must Not Be Named.‘ If you are a fan of Harry Potter then this should be on your list of places to visit here in York especially during October Half Term. You can buy everything from witches hats to various wands potions and of course owls but there is much more  !!!! The Harry Potter Shop is located on the Shambles in York. Our bed and breakfast here in York is ideally placed for ‘The Shop That Must Not Be Named’ just a 15-20 minute walk to The Shambles. Whilst you are on The Shambles you should […]