YORK
city guide
HI I’M PHILIPPA, A THIRD YEAR HISTORY
STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK.
I LIVE ON LAWRENCE STREET,
AN IDEAL TEN MINUTE WALK AWAY
FROM UNI.
in York, playing
chart music with a variety of different
rooms, including the Tiki Bar, where you
can have a cheeky rest in the VW camper
van that sits there if the night gets a bit
too much! The £4 entry is fairly similar to
the other club nights in York, while Tokyo,
Salvation and Revs are the other most
popular student venues in the city.
YORK NIGHTLIFE
For quite a small city, York has a
surprisingly good nightlife. Nights out
in York will inevitably start in one of the
many bars; Stone Roses and Nags Head
are both popular choices with treblefor-single prices and good music, and
they are always guaranteed to start the
night off well without breaking the bank.
Just off Coney Street in the city centre
are Dusk and Blue Fly, which offer
2-for-1 cocktails on most weeknights;
with names like ‘Graham Norton’, who
wouldn’t be tempted?! Kuda has a
student night every Tuesday and is one
of the most popular clubs with students
The city is also said to boast 365 pubs
if this is more your scene, and whether
or not this is an exaggerated claim, the
number of ‘ye olde’ style pubs in the city
is impressive. The Old White Swan on
Goodramgate offers good quality pub food
at reasonable prices and has a beautiful
ivy-clad courtyard where you can enjoy a
quiet drink in fairer weather. The Punch
Bowl on Stonegate and the Golden
Fleece, which is apparently York’s most
haunted pub, are just some examples of
the huge offering of watering holes in the
city.
BEST PLACES TO EAT
In the last couple of years, the range of
quality eateries and cafés on campus has
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by Philipa McInstosh