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Hunt Ice Age creatures on the streets of York! Discover Yorkshire’s Ice Age history! And make a frosty souvenir print with Thin Ice Press!
ONLY 15 SPACES - PLEASE BOOK VIA EVENTBRITE
On Sunday February 2nd, during theYork Ice Trail 2025 weekend, we’re teaming up with our friends at Thin Ice Press to offer An Ice Age Tour of York. With prehistoric creatures taking to the streets of York as part of this year’s Ice Trail, we’ve booked our resident palaeontologist, Fossiliam (Dr Liam Herringshaw), to lead the search.We will seek out the ice sculptures of prehistoric animals on this year’s trail, reveal which of them used to roam Yorkshire (and which didn’t), and show how glaciers shaped our city. Indeed, York wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for ice.
Starting by Micklegate Bar, just inside the City Walls, we'll head down Micklegate and Tanner Row to North Street Gardens, keeping our eyes peeled for Pleistocene megafauna. Crossing the Ouse Bridge, we'll watch out for ice floes before following King's Staith round to Tower Street, the River Foss, and the frozen wastes of Fossgate.
After an hour and a half of prehistoric exploration, we’ll defrost in the former schoolhouse at Peasholme Green. This historic building is now home to Thin Ice Press, the York Centre for Print, who’ll let us all try our hand at a spot of frosty heritage printing. Every ticket-holder will be able to take home their very own hand-printed souvenir!
The Ice Age Tour of York is suitable for polar explorers aged 6 and over, and is strictly limited to 15 people. We will begin the walk at the junction of Bar Lane and Micklegate, just inside Micklegate Bar, at 10.30am, and arrive at Thin Ice Press by 12pm, where souvenir printing is included in the ticket price.
Find out more about Thin Ice Press here: https://www.thinicepress.org/
York's Hidden History Opening Hours
We offer private tours for couples, families, and groups throughout the year. Please get in touch via social media (@yorkshiddenhist), email (yorkshh@gmail.com) or phone and we'll be happy to discuss what you're looking for.
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York Ice Trail 2025
On Sunday February 2nd, as part of the 2025 York Ice Trail, we're teaming up with Thin Ice Press to offer two special walks: An Ice Age Tour of York (10.30am-12.30pm: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e...), and An Ice Old Walk Round York (2pm-4pm: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e...).
Both walks will explore the icy origins of York, and tracks down some of the prehistoric - ice sculpture - creatures that will be hiding around town. Find out more and book your tickets on our Eventbrite
page.
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York Residents' Festival 2025
On Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th of January, we're offering some free walks for York residents, as part of the 2025 Visit York Residents' Festival. Find out more and book your free tickets on our Eventbrite page: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/...
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Elements of York:
Together, our Air, Fire, Earth, and Water walks make up the 'Elements of York'. We normally offer them on Fridays and Sundays in the spring and summer. Please check dates and book your tickets via Tripadvisor - York Air Walk (https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/...), York Fire Walk (https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/...), York Earth Walk (https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/...) and York Water Walk (https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/...).
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Guilded Tours of York's Hidden History
Our Guilded Tours explore the medieval streets of York, starting and finishing outside York Guildhall. During the spring and summer, we offer the walks at 11am on the first Wednesday of each month. To check dates and reserve your tickets, please visit our Eventbrite Guilded Tours page (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o...).
