York Website

Activity 1
Barbara, Sara, Carl and Dominic are with friends in York for ten days. What do you know about this fantastic city? To find the answers to the questions follow the link and discover all about York.
• To start with
1-Where is York? http://www.york.gov.uk/visiting/
2-Where is the nearest airport to York? http://www.york.gov.uk/visiting/
3-What are the names of the two rivers which join in York? http://www.dave-ford.co.uk/York.htm
4- What's the weather like today in York? http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/


• History

5- When was York founded? By whom? What was it called then? http://www.york.gov.uk/leisure/Local_history_and_heritage/yorks_history/

6-Where does the name York come from? http://www.dave-ford.co.uk/York.htm


• Attractions

7- In which museum can you see Roman, Viking, Anglo-Saxon and medieval objects? http://www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk/

8- When is the Castle Museum closed? http://www.yorkcastlemuseum.org.uk/

9-What was on the site of the Castle Museum before it became a museum? http://www.dave-ford.co.uk/York_Castle_Museum.htm

10-What can you see at the Jorvik Centre? http://www.jorvik-viking-centre.co.uk/
11- Go to the National Railway Museum http://www.nrm.org.uk/
a- What's the name of the world's fastest steam locomotive?

b- When was the Stirling Silver built?

• Take a walk
12- When was built the oldest part of the wall we can still see noawadays? http://www.dave-ford.co.uk/City_Bar_Walls.htm
13- How long are the City Walls nowadays? http://www.dave-ford.co.uk/City_Bar_Walls.htm


14-What’s the name of this building? http://www.dave-ford.co.uk/Cliffords_Tower.htm


Activity 2
Now, you are an expert!! Imagine a friend wants to visit York. Write a tourist attraction file. You can use the one on the Student’s Book, page 54 as a model.