York city centre
York Castle Museum · Photo: Jitka Erbenová (cheva)
Three indoor stops a few minutes apart. Walk the cobbles of a recreated Victorian street at York Castle Museum, have lunch at the café inside a 660-year-old timber guildhall where children go free, then join a guided chocolate tour with tastings and a lolly to decorate.
Museum · 10:00–12:30 (2h30m)
Head for Kirkgate, the walk-through Victorian street, then the childhood galleries.
An indoor and outdoor museum in York, aimed at ages 4 and up.
Photo: Jitka Erbenová (cheva)
Historic House · 12:40–13:50 (1h10m)
Lunch in the hall's coffee house, then a look at the great hall; under-17s free.
A timber-framed medieval guildhall on Fossgate, more than 660 years old, with a great hall, undercroft and small gardens. Under-17s go free with a paying adult and a free digital guide is available, which makes it a low-cost stop between bigger attractions.
Photo: Mramoeba
Museum · 14:15–15:30 (1h15m)
Pre-booked guided tour with tastings and a chocolatier demonstration.
An indoor museum in York, aimed at ages 4 and up.
Photo: Malcolmxl5
YorkshireHull city centre
Hull's Old Town packs a lot into a short walk. Spend the morning at The Deep with its sharks and penguins, then follow the river into the free Museums Quarter for vintage trams and a 1940s street, and end in the grand old dock offices of the Maritime Museum.
The Deep → Streetlife - Hull Museum of Transport → Hull Maritime Museum
YorkshireSheffield city centre
Three free stops linked by tram. Meet the woolly rhino and polar bear at Weston Park Museum, ride across town to see a 12,000-horsepower steam engine in action at Kelham Island, and end among 2,500 plants in the Winter Garden.
Weston Park Museum → Kelham Island Museum → The Winter Garden
YorkshireScarborough (overnight), then Whitby
Day one is a classic Scarborough loop: seals and penguins at the far end of the North Bay, the pagoda lake at Peasholm Park, the castle on its headland and a harbourside ice cream to finish. On day two, drive up to a hidden woodland waterfall on the moors before a Whitby afternoon of fish and chips and the clifftop abbey.
SEA LIFE Scarborough → Scarborough Castle → The Harbour Bar → Falling Foss and Sneaton Forest + 2 more
