Leisure

Tourism

York offers many excellent tourist attractions. These include York Minster (cathedral), the medieval city walls, the National Railway Museum, Jorvik Viking Centre, the Castle Museum, the Shambles (medieval street), Clifford's Tower (York Castle), the Yorkshire Museum and botanical gardens, Barley Hall, the Treasurer's House (National Trust), and Goddard's (National Trust, former home of the Terry chocolatier family). Some of the most popular are indicated on the Google map.

Sports

There are two sports centres on campus which are available for use by conference delegates. On Heslington West there is a sports centre with gym and running track. A new sports village can be found on the Heslington East campus, which includes a 25 metre swimming pool and cycling circuit. You can take bus #44 for free up to the East campus. If you are a member, the York David Lloyd racquets and sports centre is also close to campus.