York Shopping

Despite York residents' moans about the city centre being turned into a 'visitors museum', there is plenty of shopping activity. Naturally, tourist shops are plentiful, although some of them seem to have a fairly short life. Good tourist shopping streets are The Shambles (once the haunt of butchers' shops - look out for the broad shop window ledges), High and Low Petergate and Stonegate. And don't forget the ultimate place for morning coffee or afternoon tea:
Betty's Tearooms St Helen's Square, York. Tel: 01904 889822

York market
York boasts the brightest and arguably best daily open market in the North. Newgate market has 120 stalls in a market square within Europe's largest single pedestrianised area. Prominent since the Middle Ages, Newgate market is the heart and soul of the city lying between The Shambles and Parliament Street.

The market offers something for everyone every day offering a wide variety of dried goods, fruit and vegetables, as well as a good selection of fresh fish and meat.

The big popular shops
Many of the High Street multiples are still represented in or near the city centre. Marks and Spencers have ploughed money into a large store, and Sainsbury's still have a supermarket just outside the city walls (near Monks Bar). The main shopping street for the multiples is in the Coney Street area ("Coney Street" - derived from "Konig's Street" - "King's Street" - nothing to do with rabbits!) The Coppergate Centre, which includes the Jorvik Viking Centre, is also worth a visit