Upon booking you will receive a confirmation of payment from VisitBritain and an eTicket from City Cruises within 1-2 days. You must print your PDF eTicket and bring it to your York City Cruise on your preferred date and time.
Operating times
You can join the cruise from either of the following departure points, with your printed eTicket, at the listed departure times:
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King's Staith, York, YO1 9SN: Departures from 10:30am until at least 3pm.
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Lendal Bridge, York, YO1 7DP: Departures from 10:40am until at least 3:10pm.
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There are 4 guaranteed cruises from each of the city centre landings on the below dates:
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King's Staith Landing: 10:30am, 12:00pm, 1:30pm, 3pm.
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Lendal Bridge Landing: 10:40am, 12:10pm, 1:40pm, 3:10pm.
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Many more trips operate throughout the busier months of April - October, with trips usually departing every 30 - 45 minutes.
Please note, York City Cruises consist of a round trip and will return to the same departure point you boarded at.
During busy periods, additional sailings will operate at frequent intervals between these times and often later.
How to get there
York Train Station to King's Staith departure point:
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Walk north-east on Station Road, turn right onto Station Rise, continue to follow, turn right onto Rougier Street.
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Continue onto George Hudson Street, turn left onto Micklegate, continue to follow, turn right onto King's Staith.
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Take the stairs, turn right at Cumberland Street and the departure point will be on your right.
York Train Station to Lendal Bridge:
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Walk north-east on Station Road, turn left, take the stairs and the departure point will be on your left.
Parking facilities
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Nearest Car Parks for King's Staith departure point: St Georges Field Car Park, YO10 4AB / Castle Car Park, YO1 9SA
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Nearest Car Parks for Lendal Bridge departure point: Marygate Car Park, YO30 7DT / Esplanade Car Park, YO1 6FZ
Accessibility
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Wheelchair accessible vessels can only depart from the King's Staith departure point.
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Please call City Cruises on the day of your Cruise to confirm departure times of the wheelchair accessible vessels.
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Contact details can be found on your eTicket.
Food and drink
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Food and drink is not included in your York City Cruises ticket but can be purchased at an additional price on board the vessel
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Each vessel has a large variety of food and drink in their cafés and bars
Additional information
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All children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult
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York City Cruises will not go ahead in the case of flooding or extreme weather conditions. Although rare, if this occurs, VisitBritain will be in touch to notify you
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On-board facilities include: Toilets, bar facilities with hot drinks, alcoholic and soft drinks, heating.