There is parking just outside the tower with disabled parking bays, this is a pay & display car park
There are no toilets available but a small gift shop onsite
To enter the site you have to climb 55 stone steps with a hand rail, once in there are more steps to climb
There are a few benches and a large grass area for picnics, there is also a nice level walk around the area.
Only Guide dogs allowed
A few benches to sit and a few information board for facts.
It isn't very photogenic site and is a pretty basic but worth a visit
I was very keen to visit this site because I had learnt about the 1189 Jewish Massacre
Josce of York, advised Jewish families to seek refuge in the royal castle, which at this point was a wooden keep.
The castle was surrounded by a mob which held it under siege until 16 March when this situation became worse. Their religious leader, Rabbi Yomtob, proposed an act of collective suicide to avoid being killed by the mob, and the castle was set on fire to prevent their bodies being mutilated after their deaths. Several Jews perished in the flames but the majority took their own lives rather than give themselves up to the mob. A few Jews did surrender, promising to convert to Christianity, but they were killed by the angry crowd. Around 150 Jews died in total in the massacre.
You can find more about this on google.
See
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/cliffords-tower-york/
To enter the site you have to climb 55 stone steps with a hand rail, once in there are more steps to climb
There are a few benches and a large grass area for picnics, there is also a nice level walk around the area.
Only Guide dogs allowed
A few benches to sit and a few information board for facts.
It isn't very photogenic site and is a pretty basic but worth a visit
I was very keen to visit this site because I had learnt about the 1189 Jewish Massacre
Josce of York, advised Jewish families to seek refuge in the royal castle, which at this point was a wooden keep.
The castle was surrounded by a mob which held it under siege until 16 March when this situation became worse. Their religious leader, Rabbi Yomtob, proposed an act of collective suicide to avoid being killed by the mob, and the castle was set on fire to prevent their bodies being mutilated after their deaths. Several Jews perished in the flames but the majority took their own lives rather than give themselves up to the mob. A few Jews did surrender, promising to convert to Christianity, but they were killed by the angry crowd. Around 150 Jews died in total in the massacre.
You can find more about this on google.
See
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/cliffords-tower-york/
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