PBSC
A round metal emblem of a rose and the words 'City of York' fixed to the ironwork of a gate.
The city of York

Yorkshire

York and East Yorkshire ·

I have a long weekend in the city of York and surrounding area.

I took a long weekend up to the city of York in March, 2018 to explore this great city and also further areas of east of Yorkshire.

All of the images in this set were taken on Black and White film.

A narrow street of overhanging timber-framed shops with a central gutter, busy with blurred walkers and a pigeon in the foreground.
Dark brick townhouses in the foreground, with the rose window and pinnacled gable of York Minster rising on the right.
A diamond-shaped cast-iron notice on a stone bridge wall, warning that the bridge is insufficient to carry a heavy motor car, signed North Eastern Railway.
A weathered old petrol pump with a Shell emblem on a pavement beside a road, its hose hanging down.

We also headed to the coastal town of Whitby and took in the sights of the ruined Gothic Whitby Abbey on the town’s East Cliff, which is rumoured to have been an inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

Gothic arches and tall empty windows inside the roofless ruin of Whitby Abbey.
A tall stone arch and clustered columns of the abbey ruins framing a pale sky and distant flat country.
The long ruined wall of Whitby Abbey stretching across a lawn, a tiny figure at the foot of the stonework for scale.
The end wall of the abbey ruin standing alone against a pale sky, with the coast and sea beyond.
The abbey ruin seen across the grass, with further fragments of wall standing to either side.

It’s argued that Whitby has THE best fish and chips in the country. Certainly, being on the coast and an active fishing harbour, you would expect there to be fantastic access to great fish. Personally, I don’t like fish, so I can’t comment!

A brick café wall with a large 'Fish & Chips' sign above a 'Monks Haven Cafe' board, a sash window and menus pinned either side.
A doorway with an ornate curved canopy, chalkboard menus either side and an A-board on the cobbles outside.
The shopfront of a fish and chip take-away and restaurant called Jerry's, with chalkboard menus on the pavement outside.
A long granite-topped table in an empty café, set with cups and saucers and a menu card, beneath a wall light and a chalkboard.
A close-up of a cup and saucer, steel sauce pots and a vase of flowers on a granite-topped café table against wood panelling.