York's Iconic Street Is Named In UK's 'Most Beautiful' Places To Visit

York’s capital city has been named in the top 15 most beautiful places in the UK. Well, a certain famous street has. The cobbled streets of The Shambles to be precise. That’s according to the travel writers at Time Out magazine.

Slotted in amongst 14 other places in the UK, the historic Shambles is the life blood of the historic city of York, that has managed to keep its ye olde charm unlike other UK cities which have been modernised. It’s Roman walls, huge 13th-century Gothic cathedral, York Minster and more are all other points of interest in York worth noting.

The Shambles give off an air of JK Rowling’s famous Diagon Alley and see thousands of visitors flock to them each to take in the magic of the historic street with its tiny independent shops with overhanging buildings, wooden crossbeamed buildings and more.

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Describing the City, The Shambles the Time Out writers wrote: “Peering down York’s Shambles in 2024, with the road’s overhanging buildings, rustic wooden crossbeams and characterful row of twee shops, you’d have no idea of the road’s grim past. The name ‘Shambles’ literally refers to an open-air slaughterhouse, which is what this York street was back in the 1300s.”

“These days all that blood and gore (and the street’s famed butchers, which stuck around until the 1800s) is long gone; leaving one of the UK’s best preserved medieval streets. There are few easier, more atmospheric ways to transport yourself back hundreds of years (without the iffy smells and sights) than a stroll down Shambles.”

Check out the top 15 most beautiful places in Britain, according to Time Out, below: