The Friends of York Cemetery have produced a series of Self-Guided Walking Trails enabling visitors to the cemetery to follow them at their leisure.
Below are links to the Trails, in PDF format, which can be either printed off or downloaded onto mobile devices. Laminated copies of the Trails may also be borrowed free of charge from the cemetery office during the week or the Harriet Centre at weekends.
For your own safety, please ensure you remain on the designated paths at all times when following the self guided trails.
Military Trails
- York Cemetery – 19th Century Military Trail (Jan 2023)
- York Cemetery – 1st World War Military Trail (Jan 2023)
- York Cemetery – 2nd World War Military Trail (April 2023)
- York Cemetery – Remembering the Victims of Baedeker Raid Trail (May 2022)
Environment
- York Cemetery – Nature Trail (September 2024)
- York Cemetery – The Historic Landscape of York Cemetery (Nov 2021)
- York Cemetery – Geology Trail (Dec 2017)
- York Cemetery – Snowdrops in the Cemetery (Mar-2026)
- York Cemetery – Butterflies in the Cemetery – Leaflet (May 2022)
Social & Local History
- York Cemetery – Listed Monuments & Their Makers (Feb 2022)
- York Cemetery – Public and Second Class Graves Trail (Dec 2017)
- York Cemetery – Lord Mayors 1 Trail (Jan 2017)
- York Cemetery – Lord Mayors 2 Trail (Jan 2017)
- York Cemetery – Shopkeepers of Kirkgate Trail (Jan 2020)
- York Cemetery – Some Industrialists of the City of York (Sept 2019)
- York Cemetery – Accidental Deaths – Not a Good Way to Go (Jan 2020)
- York Cemetery – Accidental Deaths – Victorian (Jan 2019)
- York Cemetery – Accidental Deaths – When Your Time is Up (Feb 2022)
- York Cemetery – Some Clients of GW Milburn – Sculptor (June 2026)
Please note: dogs are not permitted in the cemetery, except for assistance dogs – we thank you for your understanding.