York Minster Cathedral Reviews

As the King George VI said "The history of York is the history of England. I don't know how right he was, but I would like to say the history of York Minster is the history of York indeed. General information York Minster is Northern Europe's largest remaining medieval church, also one of the world's great masterpieces ...  Read the complete review

York Minster is a Christian church in York. It was at one point a Catholic church, but became part of the Church of England after Henry VIII broke away from the church way back in 1534. As well as being a tourist attraction this is also a working church with regular Christian masses, it is also a Cathedral, which means it is the seat ...  Read the complete review

Churches come in all sorts of different shapes and sizes, but they don't come much bigger than York Minster. York Minster is the seat of the Archbishop of York, which is the second most prominent seat within the Church of England, after the Archbishop of Canterbury. It is therefore not too surprising to find that the Archbishop of York's official ...  Read the complete review

I love york and whenever possible go for a weekend. Whilst there I always visit York Minster. The first thing that strikes you is the size of it and the fabulous architecture (it's over 500 feet wide and has a central tower almost 200 feet high). Visitors come from all over the world to admire York Minster Cathedral. Whilst you are ...  Read the complete review

Towering over the north Yorkshire city of York, seen for miles around, is the magnificent York Minster. This cathedral is still as beautiful as ever, despite a fire destroying part of it over 20 years ago. The restoration project is ongoing to prevent the Minster decaying further and an admission charge was introduced fairly recently to help this ...  Read the complete review

I have lived in York for many years and always remember visiting York Minster with my parents. I would spend many hours walking around taking in all the details I could. There are so many sights to see that I couldn't possibly give every detail in this review. Here are a few of my favourite places inside this beautiful Gothic style ...  Read the complete review

well i have been to both durham and york cathedrals many times, and i think durham is that little bit better, but york minster is certainlly impressive too,like all cathedrals you can't really miss it where ever you are in the city, so it wont be hard to find, inside there are some magnificent stain glass windows, pillars etc, remember ...  Read the complete review

York Minster is the most beautiful cathedral I have ever had the pleasure to visit. It is situated in the centre of York near to Bootham Bar, which is one of the ancient gates in the wall round York. The Minster is the largest medieval cathedral in England, and one of the largest in Europe, being 519 feet long with a central roof 198 feet ...  Read the complete review

York Minster remains categorically my favourite building in the world. Having lived in York for nearly two years now, I make regular visits - not necessarily to services. I wouldn't consider myself to be a particularly religious or Christian person, but there is something about this Cathedral that is deeply moving for me. Built between the ...  Read the complete review