York's Dark History: Uncover Terrible Secrets

Uncover York’s dark secrets on a thrilling historical tour. Explore ghostly tales, murders, and legends in small, intimate groups. Book now!

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Clifford’s Tower - Experience stories of debtors, felons and persecution.
  • York - Walk through dark snickleways and streets. Hear the truth behind this quaint city.
What's Included
  • Live guide
Additional Information

This evening’s historical walking tour of York’s dark past offers a refreshing alternative to the often crowded ghost walks.
Do you love history? Enjoy ghost stories?
Delve into the dark history as the tour uncovers the city’s terrible secrets, including tales of ghosts, murders, legendary beasts, plague, and persecution!
Discover York’s bloody history,…

Location
Clifford's Tower, York
Tower St
Meeting at the Steps of Clifford’s Tower.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Sapphirevenus75
Jun 12, 2023
Absolutely loved this tour - Absolutely fantastic evening tour, our guide was engaging,entertaining, funny and all round brilliant with his stories and history of the places we visited. I would recommend this for those who like something different and darker and I even learnt a lot along the way.
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Jenniferl251
Jun 9, 2023
interesting evening walk - went on the walk with Sophie, very interesting and we learned a lot about Stratford on Avon,would recommend it
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Melanie
Jun 8, 2023
Must go on this tour!! - Very interesting walking tour with Jack. Myself and my other half were well engrossed in the stories and facts. Didnt want the tour to end. Amazing to find out info!! If had walked around by ourselves we would have never known!!
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771indiad
Jun 6, 2023
Fantastic Dark Chronicles walk!! - We truely enjoyed this tour with our incredible guide Jez. Jez had a way with words that could make the hair on your arms stand up. We loved learning the history of the town, and enjoyed the humour and clear passion that our guide had. Would absolutely come back with friends, thank you Jez, for making this such a memorable experience. Look forward to seeing you again soon.
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Practicalwanderlust
Jun 5, 2023
Entertaining and informative - Fantastic tour! Interesting stories, good scenery, historic with just enough gore and spookiness. Our guide Sophie was phenomenal!
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V889magarys
Jun 1, 2023
Dark history and some interesting additions! - The tour was an hour and 15 minutes and gave a good insight into Stratford, without you know who! Sophie was very friendly and knowledgeable and we loved it.
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Johnr209
May 31, 2023
Super tour - Excellent tour with a friendly, funny and well informed guide Sophie. Would recommend this tour to all visitors to Stratford.
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885coreyp
May 31, 2023
(Not-so) Dark Chronicles - Great Fun - Great stories of this old town and its histories. Wasn't as dark as I would have liked, most were just stories, but all in all, very enjoyable. I forget our tour guide's name, but she was from South Africa and did a great job telling the stories, answering questions, and just being fun to hang around with.
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Departure29682937563
May 30, 2023
History made fun with Sophie - Sophie was fun, articulate and informative with lots of detailed historical facts about more gruesome times. And she avoided the S word! Really engaging tour. Would thoroughly recommend.
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Alisonbd7625ww
May 30, 2023
Great way to tour around the town of Stratford upon Avon - This was a great tour. It was a really good mixture of information about the town and history of Stratford and funny entertaining stories. Our guide was very engaging and entertaining and got everyone involved in one of the stories. I would definitely recommend this tour to anyone looking for a different way to spend a few hours in the evening and see the town
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