Figures released in March 2023 by the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) reveal that York Minster welcomed 620,591 visitors for worship and tourism last year. That was up by 133 per cent on the figure of 266,183 in 2021 and not far short of the cathedral’s record visitor number of 706,484 in 2019. Taking photographs of the minster is prevalent.
The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, commonly known as York Minster, is the cathedral of York, North Yorkshire, England. York Minster is the largest gothic cathedral in northern Europe. It is famous for its incredible gothic architecture, with work starting in the 1200s and not finishing until the 1470s. Although it is by definition a cathedral, as it is the site of a bishop’s throne, the word ‘cathedral’ did not come into use until the Norman Conquest. The word ‘minster’ was what Anglo-Saxons named their important churches.
