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York & Oxford in 9 days

4 sightseeing days in York, a dedicated relocation day, then 4 days in Oxford. Includes National Railway Museum and Ashmolean Museum, with guide-listed dining suggestions.

Adapted from community travel guides · Researched Sources & notes

The stops are drawn from the guides below; daily order, times and durations are our suggested adaptation. Available map pins are approximate, not provider-verified; missing coordinates remain unset. Prices are left unknown; check tickets, opening hours and transport before booking.

Route data adapted from Wikivoyage contributors, with our own selection and suggested timing; shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source pages link to contributor histories. This is an editorial multi-day schedule; the source community has not rated this itinerary.

  • Stay in York for the first 4 sightseeing days; move to Oxford on day 5, then stay for 4 sightseeing days. Book accommodation in both bases rather than returning each night.
  • The 245 km figure is approximate straight-line separation, not transit distance. The relocation day reserves room for travel and check-in without promising a direct service or a same-day connection. Verify the journey before booking this two-base plan.
  • City visits and restaurants are adapted from the linked retained community-guide material, not newly verified opening hours, live menus or first-hand visits. Suggested times are editable planning blocks. Check closures, reservations, accessibility and dietary needs.
  • Cover photo shows the first city. Original source and photo credits remain attached. Adapted community route selections retain CC BY-SA 4.0 attribution; source research dates remain in the individual stop and dining notes.
6 local dining picks added to this itineraryDining sources

These picks have positive travel-guide coverage or a named professional recommendation; they are not live customer ratings. Suggested times are not reservations. Confirm service days, dietary needs and prices. Other days remain open for your own food discoveries.

  • Day 1 · Countess of York — Traditional. Community guide highlights this restaurant’s food or dining experience positively. Wikivoyage contributors ↗
  • Day 2 · House of the Trembling Madness (Lendal) — Regional. Community guide highlights this restaurant’s food or dining experience positively. Wikivoyage contributors ↗
  • Day 3 · Arras — Restaurant meal; ask about house specialties. Community guide highlights this restaurant’s food or dining experience positively. Wikivoyage contributors ↗
  • Day 6 · Taberu — Sushi, curry. Community guide highlights this restaurant’s food or dining experience positively. Wikivoyage contributors ↗
  • Day 7 · Majliss — Restaurant meal; ask about house specialties. Community guide highlights this restaurant’s food or dining experience positively. Wikivoyage contributors ↗
  • Day 8 · Taste Tibet — Dumplings. Community guide highlights this restaurant’s food or dining experience positively. Wikivoyage contributors ↗

Sources checked 2026-10-30. Community-guide dining data is adapted from Wikivoyage contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; source pages link to contributor histories.

York & Oxford itinerary: 9 days at a glance

Review the original daily plan before editing below. Times and durations are suggested planning blocks; dining stops are not reservations. Your personal edits appear in the editor and downloads.

Day 1: York: National Railway Museum & York Army Museum

  • · National Railway Museum · 120 min
  • · Transfer to York Army Museum · 30 min
  • · York Army Museum · 120 min
  • · Dinner: Countess of York (Traditional) · 75 min

Day 2: York: York Castle Museum & Yorkshire Museum

  • · York Castle Museum · 120 min
  • · Transfer to Yorkshire Museum · 30 min
  • · Yorkshire Museum · 120 min
  • · Dinner: House of the Trembling Madness (Lendal) (Regional) · 75 min

Day 3: York: Murton Park & Yorkshire Air Museum

  • · Murton Park · 120 min
  • · Transfer to Yorkshire Air Museum · 30 min
  • · Yorkshire Air Museum · 120 min
  • · Dinner: Arras (Restaurant meal; ask about house specialties) · 75 min

Day 4: York: York Art Gallery & York Museum Gardens

  • · York Art Gallery · 120 min
  • · Transfer to York Museum Gardens · 30 min
  • · York Museum Gardens · 120 min

Day 5: York → Oxford: travel and check-in

  • · Relocate: York → Oxford · 600 min

Day 6: Oxford: Ashmolean Museum & Museum of the History of Science

  • · Ashmolean Museum · 120 min
  • · Transfer to Museum of the History of Science · 30 min
  • · Museum of the History of Science · 120 min
  • · Dinner: Taberu (Sushi, curry) · 75 min

Day 7: Oxford: Oxford University Museum of Natural History & Pitt Rivers Museum

  • · Oxford University Museum of Natural History · 120 min
  • · Transfer to Pitt Rivers Museum · 30 min
  • · Pitt Rivers Museum · 120 min
  • · Dinner: Majliss (Restaurant meal; ask about house specialties) · 75 min

Day 8: Oxford: University of Oxford Botanic Garden & Christ Church Picture Gallery

  • · University of Oxford Botanic Garden · 120 min
  • · Transfer to Christ Church Picture Gallery · 30 min
  • · Christ Church Picture Gallery · 120 min
  • · Dinner: Taste Tibet (Dumplings) · 75 min

Day 9: Oxford: Godstow Abbey & Oxford University Press Museum

  • · Godstow Abbey · 90 min
  • · Transfer to Oxford University Press Museum · 30 min
  • · Oxford University Press Museum · 120 min

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Day 1
  • 09:30120m
    Leeman Road.

    Check admission, timed-entry availability and the current exhibition or visitor route. Approximate map pin; confirm the entrance. Source: Wikivoyage contributors, https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/York (CC BY-SA 4.0). Selection and timing adapted; route data shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

  • 12:0030m
    York

    Estimated transfer allowance between visits (1.17 km straight-line distance, not road distance). Check walking, transit, ferry or taxi options before travelling; allow a meal break before the 15:00 visit.

  • 15:00120m
    3 Tower Street, YO1 9SB

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  • 18:0075m
    Dining
    Leeman Road, YO26 4XJ

    Traditional. Community guide highlights this restaurant’s food or dining experience positively. Suggested dining time, not a booking. Confirm service days, availability, dietary needs and current menu prices before travelling. Guide-listed service: Tea served at noon, 2PM, 4PM. Recheck with the restaurant. About 1.1 km straight-line from the preceding stop; allow transit or taxi time as needed, not a measured walking route. Approximate map pin; confirm the entrance. Dining source: Wikivoyage contributors, https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/York (checked 2026-10-30). Guide recommendations are not live customer star ratings. Wikivoyage revision 5393394; selection and timing adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Day 2
  • 09:30120m
    Tower Street, YO1 9RY

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  • 12:0030m
    York

    Estimated transfer allowance between visits (0.91 km straight-line distance, not road distance). Check walking, transit, ferry or taxi options before travelling; allow a meal break before the 15:00 visit.

  • 15:00120m
    Museum Gardens, Museum Street, YO1 7FR

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  • 18:0075m
    Dining
    14 Lendal, YO1 8AA

    Regional. Community guide highlights this restaurant’s food or dining experience positively. Suggested dining time, not a booking. Confirm service days, availability, dietary needs and current menu prices before travelling. Guide-listed service: Daily 10AM-11:30PM. Recheck with the restaurant. About 0.2 km straight-line from the preceding stop; allow transit or taxi time as needed, not a measured walking route. Approximate map pin; confirm the entrance. Dining source: Wikivoyage contributors, https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/York (checked 2026-10-30). Guide recommendations are not live customer star ratings. Wikivoyage revision 5393394; selection and timing adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Day 3
  • 09:30120m
    Murton Lane, Murton, YO19 5UF

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  • 12:0030m
    York

    Estimated transfer allowance between visits (4.93 km straight-line distance, not road distance). Check walking, transit, ferry or taxi options before travelling; allow a meal break before the 15:00 visit.

  • 15:00120m
    Halifax Way, Elvington, YO41 4AU

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  • 18:0075m
    Dining
    The Old Coach House, Peasholme Green, YO1 7PW

    Restaurant meal; ask about house specialties. Community guide highlights this restaurant’s food or dining experience positively. Suggested dining time, not a booking. Confirm service days, availability, dietary needs and current menu prices before travelling. Guide-listed service: Tue 6-9:30PM; Wed-Sat noon-2PM, 6-9:30PM. Recheck with the restaurant. About 8.2 km straight-line from the preceding stop; allow transit or taxi time as needed, not a measured walking route. Approximate map pin; confirm the entrance. Dining source: Wikivoyage contributors, https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/York (checked 2026-10-30). Guide recommendations are not live customer star ratings. Wikivoyage revision 5393394; selection and timing adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Day 4
  • 09:30120m
    Exhibition Square, YO1 7EW

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  • 12:0030m
    York

    Estimated transfer allowance between visits (0.22 km straight-line distance, not road distance). Check walking, transit, ferry or taxi options before travelling; allow a meal break before the 15:00 visit.

  • 15:00120m
    York

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Day 5
  • 08:00600m
    York → Oxford

    Dedicated relocation day from York to Oxford; no transport is booked. The city centres are approximately 245 km apart in a straight line, not a measured road or rail route. Choose and book a suitable flight, train, bus or ferry; confirm operating days, total door-to-door time, luggage rules and arrival before making reservations. This full-day block is reserved time, not a timetable. Move the following day if your journey needs longer.

Day 6
  • 09:30120m
    Beaumont St, OX1 2PH

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  • 12:0030m
    Oxford

    Estimated transfer allowance between visits (0.34 km straight-line distance, not road distance). Check walking, transit, ferry or taxi options before travelling; allow a meal break before the 15:00 visit.

  • 15:00120m
    Broad St, OX1 3AZ

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  • 18:0075m
    Dining
    100 Cowley Rd, OX4 1JE

    Sushi, curry. Community guide highlights this restaurant’s food or dining experience positively. Suggested dining time, not a booking. Confirm service days, availability, dietary needs and current menu prices before travelling. Guide-listed service: Mon-Thu noon-3PM, 5:30PM-10:30PM; Fri-Sun noon-10:30PM. Recheck with the restaurant. About 1.3 km straight-line from the preceding stop; allow transit or taxi time as needed, not a measured walking route. Approximate map pin; confirm the entrance. Dining source: Wikivoyage contributors, https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Oxford (checked 2026-10-30). Guide recommendations are not live customer star ratings. Wikivoyage revision 5408006; selection and timing adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Day 7
  • 09:30120m
    Parks Rd

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  • 12:0030m
    Oxford

    Estimated transfer allowance between visits (0.13 km straight-line distance, not road distance). Check walking, transit, ferry or taxi options before travelling; allow a meal break before the 15:00 visit.

  • 15:00120m
    South Parks Rd

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  • 18:0075m
    Dining
    110 Cowley Rd, OX4 1JE

    Restaurant meal; ask about house specialties. Community guide highlights this restaurant’s food or dining experience positively. Suggested dining time, not a booking. Confirm service days, availability, dietary needs and current menu prices before travelling. Guide-listed service: Sun-Thu noon-2:30PM, 5:30-11:30PM; Fri Sat noon-2:30PM, 5:30PM-midnight. Recheck with the restaurant. About 1.6 km straight-line from the preceding stop; allow transit or taxi time as needed, not a measured walking route. Approximate map pin; confirm the entrance. Dining source: Wikivoyage contributors, https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Oxford (checked 2026-10-30). Guide recommendations are not live customer star ratings. Wikivoyage revision 5408006; selection and timing adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Day 8
  • 09:30120m
    Rose Lane and the High St

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  • 12:0030m
    Oxford

    Estimated transfer allowance between visits (0.39 km straight-line distance, not road distance). Check walking, transit, ferry or taxi options before travelling; allow a meal break before the 15:00 visit.

  • 15:00120m
    Oxford

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  • 18:0075m
    Dining
    109 Magdalen Road, OX4 1RQ

    Dumplings. Community guide highlights this restaurant’s food or dining experience positively. Suggested dining time, not a booking. Confirm service days, availability, dietary needs and current menu prices before travelling. Service hours need confirmation. About 1.7 km straight-line from the preceding stop; allow transit or taxi time as needed, not a measured walking route. Approximate map pin; confirm the entrance. Dining source: Wikivoyage contributors, https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Oxford (checked 2026-10-30). Guide recommendations are not live customer star ratings. Wikivoyage revision 5408006; selection and timing adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Day 9
  • 09:3090m
    Oxford

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  • 12:0030m
    Oxford

    Estimated transfer allowance between visits (3.24 km straight-line distance, not road distance). Check walking, transit, ferry or taxi options before travelling; allow a meal break before the 15:00 visit.

  • 15:00120m
    Great Clarendon St, OX2 6DP

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