York Ghost Walking Tour

Explore York’s haunted heart on a French-guided walking tour through ghostly streets, tragic tales, and historic pubs.

Getting started

Meet your expert French-speaking guide in York and set off on a spooky walking tour through the historic center. After a short introduction to the route and quiz format, you follow on foot along paved streets and narrow lanes. The experience is family-friendly, so everyone can walk together at a comfortable pace.

What to expect

Treasurer’s House

A key stop on your route, Treasurer’s House is known for eerie stories set against its historic rooms and cellars.

Features

• Your French-speaking guide with York history expertise shares ghostly encounters and tragic episodes linked to this site, helping you picture past events as you stand where they allegedly unfolded.
• Interactive elements, including a fun quiz, keep you engaged as you test what you remember about the legends connected to Treasurer’s House and the people who lived here.

The Shambles

You continue through The Shambles, one of York’s most iconic medieval streets, where overhanging buildings and tight passageways create an atmospheric backdrop.

Features

• Expect stories of ghouls and restless spirits woven into the crooked timber fronts and dark recesses of The Shambles, with your guide pointing out spots tied to local legends.
• A memorable journey through time, perfect for all ages, is supported here by the quiz as you answer questions about the haunted history of this famous street in French.

Mad Alice Lane

The walk then takes you into Mad Alice Lane, where the tone shifts to focus on one particularly tragic local story.

Features

• Hear the tragic story of Mad Alice and how this narrow lane came to bear her name, with your guide explaining the links between the setting and the tale of injustice and sorrow.
• Family-friendly narration and quiz questions help younger and older guests follow the sequence of events in Mad Alice’s story without losing the eerie atmosphere.

The Golden Fleece

Your final stop is The Golden Fleece, often described as one of York’s most haunted pubs.

Features

• Standing outside The Golden Fleece, you listen to spine-chilling tales of ghostly encounters reported in and around this historic pub, tying together the themes of ghosts, ghouls, and gallows from the tour.
• A memorable journey through time, perfect for all ages, concludes here as your guide wraps up the quiz, announces the answers, and invites you to reflect on your favorite haunted tale from the route.