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St Mary's Guest House
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St Mary's Guest House

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53.963°N, 1.093°W
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The clatter of York Minster's bells drifts across medieval rooftops, and you're close enough to hear them from your pod or room at St Mary's.

This is base-camp camping for city explorers — couples doing the walls and museums, solo travelers ticking off the Shambles, anyone who wants a proper bed after a day tramping cobbles but still fancies the simplicity of pod life. The camping pods offer that stripped-back sleep under your own roof, while the guest house rooms give you traditional B&B comfort if the weather turns or you're after something softer. Dogs are welcome by arrangement, so worth asking ahead if you're bringing one along to sniff out York's snickleways.

It's a hybrid setup — part campsite ease, part guesthouse warmth — and open all year, which makes it handy for winter city breaks or summer festival weekends. Campfires need checking on arrival, so ask when you book. The vibe leans practical and friendly rather than rural retreat, but you're in York, and that's the whole point.

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Weather Outlook
Current Conditions
16°C
Drizzle
8 mph
88%
7-Day Outlook
Today
19° / 12°
92%
Thu
20° / 8°
0%
Fri
17° / 12°
45%
Sat
18° / 8°
46%
Sun
19° / 9°
27%
Mon
18° / 10°
22%
Tue
19° / 12°
49%
Source: Open-Meteo · Updated hourly
Walks Nearby

Local walks within 10 km

12 routes found via OpenStreetMap

Jorvic Way

Hiking routeRegional network
2.1 km from campsite
Route length: 104 km

Millennium Way

Walking routeLocal network
1.43 km from campsite

Campus Tree Trail

Walking routeLocal network
3.04 km from campsite
Operator: University of York

YorActive Trail

Walking routeLocal network
3.99 km from campsite
Route length: 5 km
Operator: University of York
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Trans-Pennine Trail (Selby to York)

Hiking routeRegional network
10 km from campsite
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