Deathly Dark Tour: Explore York's Spooky Past

Join the Deathly Dark Ghost Tour of York, an award-winning dark comedy walking tour that explores the city’s dark history with a wicked sense of humor. Family-friendly and entertaining for all ages.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Coffee Yard - Are you prepared to discover the chilling events that have occurred in the Snickleways of York?
  • Stonegate - Stonegate boasts several buildings with eerie, historical significance that time has forgotten, yet the structures remain and we have all the details!
  • Minster Yard - The York Minster is a stunning edifice that towers…
What's Included
  • Expert local guide
What's Not Included
  • No scheduled restroom breaks
Additional Information

The Deathly Dark Tour of York offers a theatrical and grim dark comedy walking experience, ideal for those with a mischievous side eager to delve into the city’s eerie and mysterious past. Our guides are renowned for their delightfully dark humor.
Please be aware, this is a storytelling experience, not a scare attraction.
The tour is suitable for…

Location
Quacks Printers
Grape Lane
Your guide will meet you outside Quacks Printers, 7 Grape Lane. Please arrive 5-10 minutes before the advertised start time.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Mjb648
Feb 17, 2025
Fantastic - A cold night but it didn’t stop the fun, scares and thrills. A truly interesting 1hr 30mins and a genuinely funny and knowledgeable tour guide who kept all ages entertained from start to finish. A must if you’re in York!
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Teresadz6823cw
Feb 17, 2025
Fantastic Ghost Tour! - Absolutely fantastic, Dalton was brilliant and shared many detailed ghost stories, all in character with a great mixture of gore and comedy. Highly recommend to anyone visiting York!
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Moog3101
Feb 17, 2025
It was a cold dark February night in York - Dalton made a very cold February night very entertaining and fun. Some really good stories and we would definitely recommend.
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Louise_h
Feb 17, 2025
Fabulous spooky entertaining ghost tour - Fabulous tour, Dalton was very entertaining and made a very cold night , lots of fun. Would highly recommend.
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Louisehn5690pz
Feb 17, 2025
Fabulous ghost tour - This tour was fantastic, Dalton was very entertaining and made the tour very memorable. Certainly made a very cold night lots of fun. Would highly recommend
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Neetpea
Feb 17, 2025
Great ghost stories of York - Dalton was a great host with some fab ghost stories of York. We are a family of 5 - kids ages are 11, 11 and 14 and they all enjoyed the tour !
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Discover811789
Feb 16, 2025
Brilliant entertainment! - Excellent way to spend an evening! Fun, informative and entertaining! Our host, Dalton, was very funny and charming and made everyone feel involved! Highly recommended!
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686job
Feb 16, 2025
Brilliant and entertaining - On a cold cold night in york, our spirits were raised by Dafydd and his dark tales and quick wit. A thoroughly enjoyable tour of parts of the city and the history of spirits in the mist haunted city in the Uk. Brilliant.
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Mr
Feb 16, 2025
Fun and Laughter even in the rain - the guide is fantastic and with a mix of all ages he made everyone laugh. great tour with some funny stories, it was raining a cold but honestly this made no difference to the experience there are some funny surprises in the tour but i don’t want to ruin anything. me and my girlfriend had lots of fun on the guide and had a good laugh as well. would highly recommend
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Zoet442
Feb 16, 2025
Great tour! - Even though it was chucking it down with rain ☔ our guide Danté made the tour enjoyable and interesting. Very knowledgeable, we would definitely 100% recommend this tour and would do it again!
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