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First admission
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4:00 pmTicket prices range from £13 to £28.
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What's onVisiting York Minster.
VisitWe could not care for this building and serve our community without you. Thank you for your support.
Entrance to York Minster is always free for those attending all acts of worship or to pray; for carers, accompanied children aged 17 and under; and for City of York residents and York students.
For those who wish to sightsee, we ask for your contribution to ensure we can continue to serve our community and care for and conserve the iconic medieval building of which we are custodians, nearly 1,400 years after the first church was built on this site.
We receive no regular government funding, or church funding beyond clergy stipends. We rely on the generosity of our visitors to raise the £33,000 a day needed to ensure that we can open York Minster 365 days a year and care for its unique history and heritage, including the irreplaceable stained glass, worked stone, furnishings and collections, as well as maintaining our world-class music and outreach.
Like everyone, York Minster is facing financial pressures connected to inflation and the increase in the price of energy and the materials and equipment we use. The change to National Insurance has pushed up the cost of keeping our doors open and we continue to support our staff as a Living Wage employer.
At the same time, climate change is hastening the deterioration of our building: like many other heritage sites, increased heavy rainfall is damaging our stonework, requiring far more replacement of carved stone than ever before, not least in hard-to-reach areas.
Thank you for your support. We hope you enjoy your visit.
Included with your ticket
Each ticket includes free tours led by our expert volunteer guides; entry to the Undercroft Museum, which tells the story of the Minster and showcases some of its most precious objects; and exhibitions throughout the building exploring the Minster’s rich and varied history.
Up to four children aged 17 and under go free with each paying adult. Every child can borrow a free Little Explorers Backpack and fun trails suitable for all ages.
Your ticket to York Minster lasts a whole year. Return throughout the year, at no extra cost to see the building change with the seasons.
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Supported by your ticket
We ask our visitors to support us in caring for this building so that future generations have the same opportunity to enjoy this life-changing space.
Your support protects an unparalleled collection of medieval stained glass and over 300,000 precious artefacts.
Your support welcomes 500,000 visitors and provides 1,500 services of worship every year.
Your support trains the next generation of craftspeople, choristers and musicians.
Your support conserves the 7 hectares of land under our care and drives us closer to net zero.
I am enormously grateful to each and every visitor who contributes to our mission at York Minster.
A church has stood in this place for 1400 years. Your support makes a real difference to the work we are able to do and ensures that this remarkable cathedral can continue to thrive for the next 1400 years.
We could not do this work without you. Thank you.
– The Very Reverend Dominic Barrington, Dean of York
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