Traditional county: North Yorkshire · Unitary authority: York · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore York, North Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the York map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers OS MAPS — Ordnance Survey Outdoor mapping and the OS Explorer 1:25 000 sheets — plus a labelled National Grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for York, North Yorkshire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of North Yorkshire or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of York and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
OS MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows OS Outdoor mapping — contours, footpaths, bridleways and access land. Explorer 1:25k shows the OS Explorer sheets themselves: the orange-covered 1:25 000 maps walkers, fell runners and mountain rescue teams use, with field boundaries, rights of way and open access land. The search box finds any British town, village or landmark by name, so you are not limited to York.
Reading the map like a paper Explorer sheet. Click Grid to overlay the OS National Grid, labelled along the edges exactly as a printed sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference such as NY 266 234 by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as an OS National Grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what mountain rescue and the coastguard work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need mobile coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your grid reference stays correct even where the map itself cannot load, which in the Lakes, the Dales and the Highlands is often exactly where you need it.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Place | York |
| Traditional County | North Yorkshire |
| Unitary Authority | York |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.962009 |
| Longitude | -1.083675 |
| Place Type | City |
York emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of the Vale of York like a deliberate interruption of history, where the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss dictates the flow of movement through its ancient, narrow veins. Moving through the streets, one feels the compression of time, as if the very air between the timber-framed buildings has thickened with the centuries, offering a cool, damp stillness that contrasts with the open, wind-swept fields surrounding the outskirts. The light here has a particular clarity, catching the grey limestone of the walls and turning the dusk into a soft, bruised purple that settles over the water. Whether wandering through the verdant, tranquil expanse of Museum Gardens or crossing the bridges that slice through the urban core, one senses that York is a place built not just for habitation, but for the endurance of memory. Founded by the Romans as Eboracum, York has functioned as a strategic anchor for northern England, shifting from a military garrison and Viking capital to a prosperous centre of medieval trade and ecclesiastical power. The economy, once defined by the harsh labour of the wool trade and the later, sweeter industrial legacy of confectionery giants like Rowntree’s and Terry’s, has transitioned into a modern hub of tourism, education, and high-tech research. While the clatter of machinery has largely faded, the city remains a magnet for regional commerce, balancing the weight of its administrative past with a forward-looking service sector. This evolution has preserved the prosperity of York, ensuring that its influence extends well beyond its walls, even as the nature of its work has drifted from the factory floor to the digital screen and the university laboratory. Cultural life in York thrives in the shadows of its grand architecture, supported by a vibrant intellectual community and a calendar punctuated by literature, jazz, and science festivals. The city claims a rich lineage of notable figures, from the pioneering astronomer John Goodricke to the acclaimed actress Judi Dench, whose early career was shaped by the local theatre scene. While York is not defined by a single professional football monolith, the passion for the game remains robust, and the city’s creative pulse is felt in the intimate venues where music and drama flourish. It is a place where the scholarly rigour of the University of York meets a deep-seated appreciation for the arts, fostering an environment where modern creativity is constantly in dialogue with the ghosts of poets and thinkers who once walked these same flagstones. Distinctive character is etched into the very masonry of York, most notably in the soaring, Gothic majesty of the Minster, which dominates the horizon with a gravity that commands silence from all who approach. The city possesses a singular architectural density, where the remains of St Mary’s Abbey offer a skeletal, haunting beauty that feels perfectly at home beside the functional, modern civic infrastructure. Narrow alleyways—the famous Shambles—and the intricate defensive walls provide a physical framework that forces a slower, more deliberate pace of life, rewarding the curious with glimpses of hidden courtyards and ancient stone carvings. York remains an outlier in the landscape of northern Britain, a place where the monumental scale of its past does not stifle the present, but rather provides a permanent, stone-hewn stage for the ongoing drama of daily life.
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Explore York, North Yorkshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.962009, -1.083675. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any British town, village or landmark by name; offers OS Outdoor and the OS Explorer 1:25 000 sheets as base layers; overlays a labelled OS National Grid so the map can be read like a printed Explorer sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as an OS National Grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the grid reference remains correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | September 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; OS Outdoor and OS Explorer 1:25 000 via the OS Maps API — contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights; magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |