Living in York
Put simply, York is an exceptionally pleasant place in which to live and work.
It has more cafes than you could ever hope to visit, a daily market, small shops and major chain stores. York is also home to 365 pubs (many of them housed in medieval buildings), an arts cinema and a number of small gig venues.
Further afield, Yorkshire is home to
- Two national parks, the Yorkshire Dales and the North Yorks Moors
- Numerous medieval abbeys, including Fountains, Rievaulx, Jervaulx, Byland and Whitby
- Medieval castles including Bolton, Richmond and Scarborough
- Spectacular ecclesiastical architecture and sculpture
- Two of England's biggest cities, Leeds and Sheffield
Studying in York
No other city in the UK can rival York as a place to study the Middle Ages, and teaching and research at the CMS makes full use of it.
In terms of medieval buildings, York is still dominated by the Minster (whose treasures include the most complete collection of medieval stained glass in Britain) and its medieval city walls.
Medieval York had almost 40 parish churches, eight monasteries and friaries and countless chapels and chantries, and many of these buildings survive today. Of secular buildings medieval houses, guildhalls and the four great gates to the city, survive.
