Jorvik Viking Centre
Guide
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≈ A$37MuseumAllow 1–1.5 hPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A slow ride through a rebuilt Viking-age street, with sounds and smells, over the spot where it was dug up, then a gallery of finds.
A brief history
Archaeologists dug here from 1976 to 1981 and found the timber houses, shoes and even the toilets of 10th-century Jorvik, as the Vikings called York.
Tips
- Best time
- The first slot of the day
- Cost
- About £18 (check)
- Allow
- 1–1.5 h
- Hours
- Usually daily about 10:00–17:00, shorter in winter (check)
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Good to know
- Area
- The castle quarter: South of the centre where the rivers meet: Clifford's Tower, the Castle Museum, Jorvik and the walls down to Baile Hill.
- Access
- Partly step-free
- Indoors or out
- Indoors: good on a hot or rainy day
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