Invisible York Walking Tours
Invisible York Walking Tours is based in York, and offers a professional and friendly team to help you have a great time and enjoy the experiences available.
Welcome to Invisible (York)! We offer friendly walking tours of York that showcase the city like no other. All our themes are chosen by our guides themselves, all of whom have been affected by homelessness. They have all worked for several months to offer you these unique tours of York.
Our unique York walking tours give you a different perspective on the history, people, and places of this city. Whether you’re local or visiting, come join us for a different type of day tour!
Activities at Invisible York Walking Tours include:
- York’s Railway Heritage
- The Story of Guy Fawkes
- The Health and Wealth of York
We have also included their opening times and contact details. If you have any questions, you can contact the venue directly.
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York’s Railway Heritage
Age Appropriate
- Children
- Teenagers
- Adults
Location
- Outdoor
York has been a hub of transportation since the Romans established the city in AD71, linking it to an efficient road system and making use of its waterways.
However, the city is also famed for its rich railway heritage and is home to the largest railway museum in the world.
Tour guide Gemma is a transgender woman, who found herself sleeping rough and living in hostels following the sudden unexpected death of her landlady. She is a passionate railway enthusiast and her York guided tour explores how the railway has shaped and transformed the city.
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This tour provides a unique insight into how and why York became an important centre for the railway industry, and the four men named George (George Hudson, George Townsend Andrews, George Stephenson and George Leeman) who were instrumental in shaping the city’s railway heritage.
As well as uncovering layers of history, there’s an opportunity to learn about the buildings connected to the industry, from the original railway station which was built in 1840, through to an extended tour option which takes in the National Railway Museum.
It is an absolute must for anyone interested in the subject, but has also been designed for those with little knowledge of the railway.
The Story of Guy Fawkes
Age Appropriate
- Children
- Teenagers
- Adults
Location
- Outdoor
Beyond a tale of gunpowder, treason and plot, this walking tour of York tells the comprehensive story of Guy Fawkes. Learn his family history in York, growing up to the influences surrounding him as a Protestant and later a recusant Catholic.
Tour guide Vicki first became interested in Guy Fawkes in 2009, and her passion is one of the reasons that she moved to the city.
She interweaves her own personal journey of being diagnosed with stage 4b cancer, treatment, and remission, with the story of his life.
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This tour offers the complete story of one of York’s most famous characters, while also taking in beautiful buildings, including the church where Guy Fawkes and his sisters were christened, as well as some little known places within the city that even the locals are generally unaware of.
In addition to Guy Fawkes, the tour covers Kings Henry VIII, James I, and Charles I, William Etty RA, and St Margaret Clitherow.
Stay with the tour until the end, where Vicki will reveal the amazing coincidence of Guy Fawkes and her own recovery journey in a hostel for the homeless, which will leave you covered in goosebumps.
The Health and Wealth of York
Age Appropriate
- Children
- Teenagers
- Adults
Location
- Outdoor
With more attractions per square mile than any other destination in the UK, there’s always something exciting just around the corner in York! Our Health and Wealth York city tour is an expedition through time, which explores just some of the most significant buildings and their influence on the city’s economic growth.
Miles is a father of two who combines his own life as a former banker with his personal experience of homelessness and his recovery journey from addiction to alcohol, to uncover layers of local history that highlight how York’s Health and Wealth has been continually shaped.
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The tour vividly illustrates the changing use of local buildings throughout time, and how entrepreneurs and health innovators, from William Thomas and Lord Burlington through to Joseph Terry and Joseph Rowntree have been crucial to the city’s ongoing development.
It not only reflects the economic diversity of the city, but reveals a whole host of architectural gems that many visitors simply pass by and local residents take for granted in their busy lives.