10 minutes | Friday, 2 October 2026
York is officially unlocked! The annual 'York Unlocked' event on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th of October gives you the chance to see inside a huge number of buildings around the city that are not usually open to the public.
Head of the York School of Architecture at the University of York, Professor Lorraine Farrelly, explains why York should be proud of the city's amazing range of special buildings and reveals which ones she'd choose to visit...