Serviced Apartments York

SilverDoor Serviced Apartments in York

Do you want the convenience of a hotel combined with the comfort of your own home? Then serviced apartments are for you. Coming fully furnished with a kitchen and living area, serviced apartments in York offer the ease of a maid service with the luxury of your own space, providing you with everything you need for a home-from-home stay. Working out up to 30% cheaper than staying in a hotel, the serviced apartments York has to offer are ideal for the business traveller requiring short-term accommodation. Find out more about what serviced apartments have to offer.

With a range of sizes, styles, prices and locations, SilverDoor will be able to find serviced accommodation in York to suit your requirements.

SilverDoor offers self-catering accommodation in the centre of York. Serviced apartments in York are perfect for travellers who want the comfort and space of their own apartment, whilst still enjoying the luxuries of a hotel.

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About York

York is an historic walled city sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city is noted for its rich heritage and it has played an important role throughout much of its almost 2,000 year existence.

The city was founded as Eboracum in AD 71 by the Romans and was made the capital of Britannia Inferior. During the Roman period influential historical figures, such as Constantine the Great, became associated with the city. The entire Roman Empire was governed from York for two years by Septimius Severus. After the Angles moved in, the city was renamed Eoferwic, and served as the capital of the Kingdom of Northumbria. The Vikings captured the city in 866, renaming it Jorvik, the capital of a wider kingdom of the same name covering much of Northern England. Around the year 1000, the city became known as York.

Richard III wished to make York the capital of England, but before he could effect this he was deposed. After the Wars of the Roses, York housed the Council of the North and was regarded as the capital of the North. It was only after The Restoration that the political importance of the city began to decline. The Province of York is one of the two English ecclesiastical provinces, alongside that of Canterbury.

York's economy is based on the service industry with 87.1% of employment in the city in 2006 being in this area. The service industries in York include public sector employment, health, education, finance, IT and tourism that accounts for 10.9% of employment. Unemployment in York is low at 1.9% in 2007 compared to the United Kingdom national average of 3%.The three biggest employers in York are the City of York Council with over 6,500 employees, Norwich Union Life and North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust both with between 3,000 and 5,000 employees. Other major employers include Card Protection Plan, Nestle, Shepherd Building Group and British Telecom as well are a number of different railway companies.

Places of interest include York Minster, the second largest Gothic cathedral in northern Europe, which stands at the city's centre. York's centre is enclosed by the city's medieval walls, which are a popular walk. The entire circuit is about 3 miles (5 km), including a part where walls never existed, because the Norman moat of York Castle, formed by damming the River Foss, also created a lake which acted as a city defence. (This lake was later called the King's Fishpond, as the rights to fish belonged to the Crown.)

Clifford's Tower, a stone quatrefoil keep built on top of a Norman motte, was the site of a massacre in 1190 when the small Jewish community of York sought protection in the tower on the feast of Shabbat ha-Gadol. Many Jews took their own lives rather than face a violent mob in an event regarded as one of the most notorious examples of antisemitism in medieval England.

The majority of the serviced apartments York has to offer are near transport links of some kind.