Arrival into York - 130 km

At the end of Day 3 we have arrived into York a city with Roman roots and a Viking past, where ancient walls surround the city centre.

York is one of England’s finest and most beautiful historic cities. The Romans knew it as Eboracum. To the Saxons it was Eoforwick. The Vikings, who came as invaders but stayed on in settlements, called it Jorvik. York’s more recent history has also characterised the city. There’s the iconic York Minster and architecture from medieval times, its magnificent Georgian town houses and its Victorian railway station.

York is the UK’s home of chocolate. When the other Northern centres made their wealth from wool, cotton and steel, York made its from chocolate. Due to this chocolate is a big part of York’s tradition, and still has a massive influence over the city today, with many employed in the industry today.

York was where many of the chocolate bars you sea today were created. Names such as Smarties, KitKat and Terry’s Chocolate Orange, which was not the only fruit shaped chocolate back in the day, Terry’s also produced a chocolate apple which wasn’t a hit with the public. Chocolate Orange and KitKat are still produced in York with 6 million bars made a day which adds up to over a billion bars a year!