York Pub History Tour: Discover Centuries-Old Taverns

Explore York’s oldest pubs on a guided walking tour. Discover hidden histories, from riots to plagues, and support a local charity.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • York Historic Pub Walks - Discover an alternative history of York on this unique guided walk. York has a reputation for having a pub for everyday of the year. Find out about some of the oldest as well as the people and events associated with them. Inquests, riots, politics, plagues, religious influence, bizarre entertainments and strange auctions,…
What's Included
  • Information from the Guide’s research
What's Not Included
  • Alcoholic beverages
Additional Information

Discover an alternative history of York by taking this unique guided walk through the city centre. York has a reputation for having a pub for everyday of the year. Find out about some of the oldest as well as the people and events associated with them. Inquests, riots, politics, plagues, religious influence, bizarre entertainments and strange auctions,…

Location
Goodramgate Corner Bike Rack
Goodramgate
Go to the National Trust shop on the corner of Goodramgate and College Street. The guide will meet you there.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Alexps8746im
Jan 7, 2025
Excellent group tour and history of famous pubs in York. - Wonderful group tour of some of the most famous pubs in York. Our guide was very knowledgeable about the local area and not only the history of the pubs we toured but York itself! Happily answered all questions and queries we had and had a great sense of humour, too! Would highly recommend.
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267sammyh
Jan 7, 2025
Fantastic Private Tour! - Our private guided walking pub tour of York with Keith was absolutely fantastic! Keith’s extensive knowledge of the city’s history and its iconic pubs made the experience both educational and entertaining. He was incredibly friendly, accommodating, and went out of his way to ensure we had the best time possible. We thoroughly enjoyed every moment and would highly recommend this tour to anyone looking for a memorable and engaging way to experience the city’s rich history and vibrant pub culture.
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Quindelli
Dec 12, 2024
Yorks Public Houses Historical Tour - Excellent couple of hours on this tour of a dozen plus of Yorks famous public houses,tour was given by Keith who was knowledgeable in his subject giving us their history with anecdotes in between and Keith was an all round good egg! Well worth doing and very reasonable,all the money goes to Charity helping the elderly with their pets when they have to go into hospital or into care,very noble cause Keith well done.
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Jantcolchester
Nov 26, 2024
wonderful tour - We had a wonderful historical pub walking tour, despite the rain! Keith is very knowledgable and shared lots of interesting information about the pubs. Thank you!
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Goplaces569084
Nov 25, 2024
Great 2 hours around the city - Really good tour with loads of knowledge on pubs and the history surrounding it and the times Yorknhas gone through. Highly recommend , especially early in on your visit to York
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Williamilkley
Nov 25, 2024
Keith's Historic York Pubs Walking Tour - Yesterday we had a fabulous historic pubs walking tour with Keith around the City of York. What a treat. A great fundraising cause and fabulous 2 hours exploring the drinking history of this wonderful city. Keith is incredibly knowledgeable and a fabulous communicator - always interesting and constantly with a twinkle in his eye! Lots of fun, Lots of laughter and we are far wiser than we were yesterday.
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P1490tnsilvanao
Oct 21, 2024
Walking between Pubs - Thank you for this interesting journey, full of learning and great advice! I really enjoy my time during this walk between pubs!
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Rachela679
Oct 21, 2024
Historic pubs of York. - Very enjoyable afternoon, got lucky with the weather. Keith was very knowledgeable and engaging, and it was a great start to our trip to York. Also an excellent way to get your daily steps in! Would recommend.
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H2615xwlisam
Oct 15, 2024
Excellent History of York's Important Pubs - Keith was an excellent guide and VERY knowledgable about York's rich history. We walked to many pubs and went inside quite a few of them. We stopped for a pint in the middle of our tour. This is not a boozy tour or a "pub crawl" so you will enjoy this even if you are not a drinker. We learned so much about York that we never would have known! And here's the bonus: Keith uses the proceeds to fund a program that helps senior citizens keep their pets! He is a genuinely remarkable human.
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Meander56185431074
Oct 11, 2024
A gem of a York tour - This is a fantastic tour. I live in York and learned so much from Keith. He tells story after story about the pubs in York that illustrate the quirky, funny, sometime gruesome and shocking aspects of drink-related history within the walls. We did the tour on a very busy Saturday and I loved the energy of the crowds passing by while Keith told us the amazing stories. To think York has been like this on Saturdays and Sundays for a thousand years or more! Others might prefer to do the tour on a quieter day of the week. The mid tour stop where we could buy a drink in one of the featured pubs was fun and the stories continued. Good value too with all money going to charity. Thanks, Keith!
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