17 Activities
2 Day Viking Tour of Northern England
Starts from
Leeds
Transportation
By Car
Guidance
Self-Guided
Activities
17
Duration
2 days
Length
286 mi
Guide details
Starts from
Leeds
Transportation
By Car
Guidance
Self-Guided
Duration
2 days
Length
286 mi
- History and Culture
- Unusual Locations
Jack Parker
Travel Expert
- Visit a reconstruction of a viking village.
- Cross the Holy Land Tidal Causeway.
- Stand on the same ground as the first Viking raiders in Britain.
Visit some of the most important Viking sites in the country and stand on the same ground as the Norsemen who raided these shores centuries ago!
Over the 2 days you will visit the Jorvik Viking Centre in York - one of the most important Viking settlements - and see a reconstruction of a viking settlement! You'll then head up North to the last castle in Northumbria to fall to the Viking invasion before crossing the tidal causeway to the Holy Island where you will visit the monastery that was the site of the very first Viking raid in Britain!
Over the 2 days you will visit the Jorvik Viking Centre in York - one of the most important Viking settlements - and see a reconstruction of a viking settlement! You'll then head up North to the last castle in Northumbria to fall to the Viking invasion before crossing the tidal causeway to the Holy Island where you will visit the monastery that was the site of the very first Viking raid in Britain!
Categories
- History and Culture
- Unusual Locations
Visit some of the most important Viking sites in the country and stand on the same ground as the Norsemen who raided these shores centuries ago!
Over the 2 days you will visit the Jorvik Viking Centre in York - one of the most important Viking settlements - and see a reconstruction of a viking settlement! You'll then head up North to the last castle in Northumbria to fall to the Viking invasion before crossing the tidal causeway to the Holy Island where you will visit the monastery that was the site of the very first Viking raid in Britain!
Over the 2 days you will visit the Jorvik Viking Centre in York - one of the most important Viking settlements - and see a reconstruction of a viking settlement! You'll then head up North to the last castle in Northumbria to fall to the Viking invasion before crossing the tidal causeway to the Holy Island where you will visit the monastery that was the site of the very first Viking raid in Britain!
Jack Parker
Travel Expert
- Visit a reconstruction of a viking village.
- Cross the Holy Land Tidal Causeway.
- Stand on the same ground as the first Viking raiders in Britain.
Travel itinerary
8 Activities
Day 1
134 mi2 mi
Yorvik to Bamburgh
Day 1 will take you to the old Viking Capital of Yorvik, now known as York! Here you will stop in at the Yorvik Viking centre and see a reconstruction of a Viking settlement, before heading off to Valhalla Bar & Restaurant for some lunch! After leaving York, you will head up North to Bamburgh castle - the fall of which marked the Viking Victory in Northumberland!
9 Activities
Day 2
146 mi3 mi
The Holy Island
Today you will be visiting the site of the Viking's very first raid on Britain - Lindisfarne, better known as the 'Holy Island.'