10 Top Attractions (Entrance Fee)
Jorvik Viking Centre
York
Come face to face with a Viking. Travel back 1000 years on board your time
machine through the backyards and houses to the bustling streets of JORVIK.
Everything here is based on facts - from the layout of the houses, the working
craftsmen, the language of the gossiping neighbours, to the smells of cooking
and the cesspit!
Flamingo Land
Malton
One price family adventure park with over 100 rides, including the UK's only
motorbike launch rollercoaster. There are also five family shows plus the UK's
largest privately owned zoo, home to many exotic species including giraffes,
lions, rhinoceros and tigers.
Watch your knuckles go white on Flamingo Land’s new record-breaking ride.
MUMBO JUMBO has the steepest drop on any roller coaster in the world!
York Minster
York
Northern Europe’s largest Gothic cathedral. A treasure house of 800 years of
stained glass. Seeing is believing as you take a walk through this historical
splendour; the carvings and sculptures will take your breath away. Explore the
history beneath your feet in the Undercroft and enjoy magnificent views from the
tower top.
Eureka!
Halifax
Eureka! is the UK's National Children's Museum, ‘a place where children play to
learn and grown-ups learn to play’. Everything’s been designed to inspire
children to find out about themselves and the world around them through
hundreds of hands-on exhibits. How about seeing your own skeleton, catching a
wave, saving a polar bear, or building a house? And there’s also plenty to do
outdoors in the new PlayScape.
Harewood House
Leeds
The home of the Earl of Harewood has something for everyone. Marvel at the
house, with its magnificent state rooms, Adam ceilings, Chippendale furniture
and Old Master paintings. Explore the gardens and the Bird Garden, and let the
children enjoy the challenge and excitement of the Adventure Playground.
MAGNA
Rotherham
Magna, the UK's first science adventure centre is set in the cavernous
Templeborough steelworks in Rotherham. There are four pavilions where you
can explore the elements: earth, air, fire and water. The ultimate inter-active
experience - here you can have fun firing a giant water canon, launch rockets,
board an airship and spin in a gyroscopic chair, see lightning bolts, fiery
tornadoes, explode rock faces and work real JCBs.
Castle Howard
Nr York
Breathtaking location for Brideshead Revisited, this magnificent 18th Century
house is situated in stunning parkland, dotted with temples, lakes, statues and
fountains; plus formal gardens, woodland garden and ornamental vegetable
garden. Take a boat trip on the Great Lake or let the children try out the new high
energy adventure playground.
Lightwater Valley
Ripon
Set in 175 acres of gorgeous North Yorkshire parkland, Lightwater Valley is
home to Europe’s longest roller-coaster ride. There’s something here for
everyone. From the thrills-and-spills of the Fall of Terror and the Eagle’s Claw to
the more relaxing Lightwater Express. There’s the Birds of Prey Centre to
explore, or just enjoy a game of crazy golf.
Xscape/SNO!zone
Castleford
An amazing entertainment complex offering a combination of extreme sports and
leisure activites you won’t find anywhere else in Yorkshire. This attraction has
everything from a real snow zone for skiing and toboganning, rock climbing, and
skating through to dodgems, cinemas and bowling.
The Deep
Kingston upon Hull
Experience the dramatic story of the world's oceans, from the dawn of time and
into the future, at Hull's award-winning 'submarium', home to 40 sharks and 3500
fish. Highlights include Europe's deepest viewing tunnel and a glass lift ride
through the 10m deep tank. Explore the Twilight Zone, the world's largest
exhibition featuring unusual animals from the ocean’s depths, and Slime! The
Deep has green credentials too – it is run as a charity dedicated to increasing
enjoyment and understanding of the world's oceans.
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