The York Trust Trail and Lunch
Overview
Today we explore 2 sections of the York Trust Trail followed by a late lunch in the city.
Our themes for the trail will be Literature and Radical York. We will be in search of sites of interest as well as the well known blue plaques. The trail today will cover just over 2 miles of walking (not including the walk back from the restaurant).
Literary York
From the Brontë sisters, to Bram Stoker and Ted Hughes, Yorkshire has long been associated with celebrated authors who have drawn inspiration from the desolate beauty of its rugged moors and ruined abbeys.
Laurence Sterne (1713 – 1768)
Miles Coverdale (1488 – 1569)
Elizabeth Montagu (1718 – 1800)
W. H. Auden (1907 – 1973)
Radical York
From a nineteenth-century, same-sex ‘wedding’ to the leader of a rebellion against Henry VIII, York’s history is peppered with radicals: social, political, cultural.
But just how radical back then, and today, were these people, places and groups in York?
Richard III (1452 – 1485)
Anne Lister (1791-1840)
York’s Suffragettes
Robert Aske (c.1500 – 1537)
Includes
- Sections of the York Trust Trail
- Spice Host
Extras
- Late lunch at L'Osteria Italiana
- Coffee Stops
Location & Itinerary
We have booked a table for a late lunch at L’Osteria Italiana, 31 Castlegate, York, YO1 9RN.
The venue offers relaxed modern dining and contemporary Italian cuisine and specialises in producing outstanding quality food, using only the finest local produce with everything cooked freshly every day.
This is payable on the day so you can choose from a main course at £13.95, 2 courses at £20.95 or 3 course at £26.95 plus service and drinks. Eat what your tummy or budget allows.
Meet outside the York Minster at 10.30am. Dress for the weather as this is an outside walk.
Host & Everything Else
Gallery
