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2007 Visitor Entry Prices
Published: on 1st March 2007 by Alix Peacock in Press Releases
From Friday 9th March 2007, the Minster will be introducing new entry prices, which will include a better value visitor ticket to enter all areas of the Minster. The entry prices for visitors to the Minster itself will be £5.50 for an adult and £4.50 for a senior citizen or student, children and residents of York continue to have free entrance to the Minster. These new prices are 50p higher than current prices.
The opportunity is being taken to introduce a new Do Everything ticket which will include entry to all three areas open to the public: the Minster, Undercroft and Tower. This ticket will be £9 for adults, £7.50 for a senior citizen or student and £3 for a child. This new ticket reduces the total price of visiting all of these areas by at least £1 and is better value.
The Dean and Chapter regrets that it is necessary to charge visitors an entry price at all. However, visitor entry prices account for over one third of all income and without it, the Dean & Chapter would simply be unable to sustain the life and work of the Minster. The Dean & Chapter receive no assistance from any outside agencies, except for grants for which application needs to be made. Otherwise, all funds to sustain the Minster need to be raised by the Dean & Chapter.
The following groups are unaffected by these visitor entry prices. Admission continues to be free of any charge for:
· Anyone attending a service of worship, coming into pray or light a candle. There are no circumstances in which worshippers attending a regular service can be charged for entry.
· Children and young persons under the age of 16 to the Minster itself. (Visitor prices do apply though for entry to the Tower and Undercroft.)
· Local people. York residents and parishioners in the Diocese of York will continue to be admitted free of charge on production of a York Minster Pass. (These can be obtained by sending a stamped addressed envelope to: York Minster Visitors Department, St William’s College, College Street, York, YO1 7JF; or by taking along a proof of address to the Minster and picking one up there.)
All visitors to the Minster can make their ticket last a year. The Dean and Chapter encourage Visitors can then use the same ticket to visit the Minster as often as they wish within the next year.