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| Erikht |
B & B in York.Does anybody know about a reasonably good B & B in York that isn't priced to high heavens? It should preferably lie either close to York St John University, or close to some sort of public transport that stops close to theUni. Thanks. |
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| Jamanda |
Ooh. Are you coming to visit? When? | ||||||
| Erikht |
Beginning of September, only two weeks from now. Both me and OH are presenting papers at a conference, and we need a place to stay from 1. (or possibly 31.) to the 3. (or possibly 4.). | ||||||
| wizz |
Hi
Perhaps not the cheapest, but my OH flags up this place. http://www.23stmarys.co.uk/ (or at least he thought it was this one when i googled it... !) It's apparently quite chintzy..as the photos probably illustrate! Its about a 5-10 min walk from St Johns, down Bootham & Gillygate and on on the same street as the Minster inn - (where a few DS types supped beer a few months ago) My OH is also doing a paper at a conference at St Johns the first weekend of Sept... its not an archaeology conference is it?!! By the way St Johns got its university status very recently... local folk don't refer to it as a university - so don't get directed to York university which is located a few miles away from the centre in Heslington, so don't get mixed up! I'll have a think and let you know if i come up with anything else wizz |
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| Erikht |
Thank you, I will take a look at this. No, it's not archeology, but the History of Religion. |
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| Erikht |
A bit expensive, isn't it? | ||||||
| Jamanda |
That's York for you I'm afraid. |
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| Rosemary Judy |
What about the Premier Inn ?
http://www.premierinn.com/pti/home.do I use them if I travel anywhere - they are basic but clean, and as you pay for the room, for 2 people they are good value. Book soon, as they go fast..... and congrats on presenting the papers - exciting stuff ! |
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| bernie-woman |
The youth hostel always used to be good in York - they may be worth a look 
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| hamster |
I stayed here recently http://www.queen-annes-guesthouse.co.uk/ and it was pretty good - wallpaper somewhat dubious, but the staff were very friendly and helpful, they left us a map with everywhere we needed to go marked on it. By far the cheapest place we could find. | ||||||
| Rob R |
Thought things were expensive your side of the water? |
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| Erikht |
Well, it would not be expencive here, but when you go to foreign places were people speak in a heathen lingo, you sort of expect cheap accommodation and cheap beer, don't you. Have booked on Queen Anne's Guesthouse, by the way. £28 per night for each of us in a double en-suite bedroom with breakfast included. Looks like a lovely place. Again, thank you all for your help. |
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| Northern_Lad |
Nah; it's been one for years. My friend went to Ripon and York St John's 14 years ago. It was a university then. As for finding it, 'tis easy - head for the cathedral and it's on the other side of the wall (behind the Bishop's Palace), just up the road from the Bile Beans sign. |
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| Rob R |
Yes, but I hear it's expensive. 
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| dpack |
if you would like we could organise a northern ds meet up | ||||||
| Erikht |
I would like that, but let me come back to you when I have received the final programme of the conference. I am bound to be buissy one of the evenings. |
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| Erikht |
I would like that, but let me come back to you when I have received the final programme of the conference. I am bound to be busy one of the evenings. |
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| dpack |
ok | ||||||
| vegplot |
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| vegplot |
lastminute.com is quite good. Have had some bargains. Good B&B's used to be inexpensive if you looked hard but not anymore. | ||||||
| Simon |
My Mum had a nice B&B in Haxby, near York which is only a fifteen minute bus ride from the town centre. I think when she moved out the new owners turned it back into a residential property.
Not much help is it, sorry. There were some nice B&Bs on Gillygate as I recall. S |
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| LynneA |
Haven't been to York since the early 80's, but I'm still haunted with thoughts of the number of obscure Northern Soul 45's I may have missed in the junk shop next to the B&B. | ||||||
| sean |
At least you'll be guaranteed a win when people start getting competitive about who's really a northerner. 
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| dpack |
no rocks from the walls
even lancastrians and but it will be in york 
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| wizz |
well i did say "perhaps not the cheapest"
True that it's been a college of higher education for decades (dropping Ripon a few years ago) but strictly speaking it was a college of the University of Leeds hence its degrees were from Leeds and not a University in its own right. for about the last year it has been a university in its own right and hence able to use "university" in its title and award its own degrees. Referring to it as simply "the university" rather than "st Johns" round York could cause confusion in view of this relatively recent addition to its title and the other university in the city. |
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| James |
Hi Erikht,
I live in York, but unfortunately I’m very busy writing a dissertation at present morning, noon & night, I’m in the last few weeks & its all getting very stressful. so I’m like a bear with a saw head. The area of town called Bootham is a good bet for accommodation. We’re getting married soon, and my partner has been around a lot of accommodation in Bootham to get a list together for people who are coming to our wedding. I’ve coppied it out below. When phoning, add (44) and take off the zero for phoning from outside UK. York is an expensive place to stay. Hotels & guest houses can charge what they like and still fill their rooms. Its all the tourists. The youth hostel is in a large old Victorian mansion. Its got a very good reputation, clean private rooms & lovely grounds. Its easily accessible by road, or a short walk up the river side path from the railway station. Its also a fraction of the cost of the B&B’s My advice: get a plane to either Leeds (Bradford) or Manchester airport, get a connecting bus from Leeds airport to York railway station, or a connecting train from Manchester airport (both of these are every half hour or hour throughout the day), walk from the station to either Bootham or the youth Hostel All these places are within 5 minutes walk of the centre. where exactly is your seminar? Bootham is on the other side of the town centre from York university, but they often hold their seminars in the centre of town. If you’re out at the University campus, you’d be best off going by taxi, if your seminar is at one of their city centre buildings, you’ll be a few minutes walk away. Bootham Terrace Hedley House Hotel (2 star) 01904 637 404. Knowle House self-catering apartments 01904 637 404 Abbeyfields, 19 Bootham Terrace, 01904 636 471 Longfield Terrace Beech House Hotel (4 star) 01904 634 581 Briar Lea (3 star) 01904 635 061) St Mary's Guest House (4 star) 01904 626 972 Goldsmiths (4 star) 01904 655 738 Bootham The Churchill Hotel (3 star) 01904 644 456 The Grange Hotel ( 3 AA star) 01904 644 744 (10% discount for our guests) Minster Hotel (3 star) 01904 621 267 Georgian House (3 star) 01904 622 874 St. Mary's Street Airden House 01904 638 915 Tree Tops (3 star) 01904 629 494 Crook Lodge 01904 655 614 Queen Ann's Road St. Raphael Guest House (4 star) 01904 645 028 Other Accommodation York YHA: 42 Water End, Clifton. Phone: 0870 770 6102 Fax: 01904 651 230; private & family rooms available {edit: I wouldnt recommend Churchill's. We put it on this list for some of our younger cousins. Its a bit like a dark night club inside. Mind you...if that's what you like...go for it!} |
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| Erikht |
Thank you, James.
I have already booked at Queen Anne's. It was only £28 for each of us per night, breakfast included, for an en-suite double bedroom. Also, it doesn't look like a long walk from St. John's, where the conference will be situated. I am already looking forward to come down South to you people. I have not been in York before, only down in Edinburgh and a very short trip down South to Aberdeen. |
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| Jamanda |
You'll feel at home. A lot of the road names etc are Viking names. | ||||||
| Erikht |
Odinstrasse, that kind of thing? |
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| vegplot |
Egill the Tone Deaf Street, that kind of thing? | ||||||
| Erikht |
Torvald the Untimely Agnostic's cul-de-sac. | ||||||
| Jamanda |
No, I believe the fact, that many of the streets are called gate, whereas the gates are called bars is Viking. Could be bolox though. | ||||||
| Northern_Lad |
You could to Yorvik and smell the heady scent of home, should you get homesick. You could even mint a coin or two. | ||||||
| Cathryn |
Has that place improved in all the years? Seemed pretty lame when we went when it first opened. | ||||||
| Northern_Lad |
No imagination, some folk. | ||||||
| Jamanda |
I went before it was opened, when it was just a portacabin on an archaeological dig site. I remember that being pretty cool. It was a field trip for my O Level Latin for some reason. | ||||||
| Erikht |
I have never heard about the bar. "Gate" is street in Norwegian, though. |