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A collection of facts about York. If you know something interesting be sure to tell us!

• York was set to be the meeting place of Queen Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots but the meeting would never take place.
• York Minster is the only Cathedral to have its own police force, initiated after the fire of 1829.
• The city walls are three miles long and are the best preserved in England.
• The only street in York to be mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 was the Shambles.
• The oldest surviving row of houses in York is Lady Row on Goodramgate, which was built in 1316.
• The half-timbered building next to the Golden Fleece on Pavement once belonged to Sir Thomas Herbert, friend of Charles I who kept him company the night before his execution.
• The observatory in Museum Gardens once housed the largest refracting telescope in the world.
• The Yorkshire Museum was designed by William Wilkins who also designed the National Gallery in London.
• Anne Boleyn is said to haunt the corridors of King’s Manor. She came to York shortly after her marriage to Henry VIII.
• Dame Judi Dench began her acting career treading the boards at the Theatre Royal in York.