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 […]

February Break At Our Bed And Breakfast In York It’s that time of year again Christmas seems a distant memory and its time for a break. Here at our bed and breakfast in York we are ideally situated for exploring all that York has to offer. There is Free onstreet parking  at our bed and breakfast here in York and a 15 -20 minute walk into York means we have a great position. The walk along our award winning street ‘Bishyrd’ will take you past some great shops including restaurants a hardware shop gift shops hairdressers and much more. Our award winning York breakfasts will set you up for the day all our quality ingredients are sourced within a five […]

It’s Back I am sure you will agree a Food Festival is a great way to spend your days here in York. At our bed and breakfast we use produce sourced within a five mile radius of our B&B for our breakfast ingredients. So Yorkshire is always proud to showcase its quality produce. At our York bed and breakfast we source honey from the local Bee keeper in Bishopthorpe and our meat from Knavesmire Butchers on Albemarle Road here in York. Our vegetables are sourced from the Shops on Bishyrd. So if you like cookery demonstrations tasting sessions food and drink trails and not to forget Food Markets then our York Food Festival is for you. There are only a […]

Gregory’s Guest House In York It’s quite easy to make a booking at our bed and breakfast here in York. Our website gives you the opportunity to make your booking so that you too can stay here at our bed and breakfast here in York. The feedback we have had from Guest’s has been very positive they feel booking direct is  easy and accessible either on our website or even booking by telephone on 01904 627521.   Quality York  Breakfast Ingredients At our bed and breakfast here in York we pride ourselves on sourcing our produce locally and going that extra mile for quality breakfast ingredients in our opinion it’s well worth the effort. For more information about our breakfast’s […]

We Source Our Breakfast Ingredients Locally from our Butcher here in York and you feel as we do that its worth that bit extra to source good quality ingredients locally. On our menu at our bed and breakfast here in York you will love our eggy crumpets with locally sourced bacon and maple syrup. Our omelettes are a favourite with our Guests along with black pudding delight and our breakfast trifle but we have many other options to choose from. Have we tempted you yet? To book your break here at our B&B you can visit our website and check your availability. Or you can give us a call on 01904 627521.   Homemade Biscuits. After exploring York we think […]