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Halloween in York is Saturday 31 October, the last night of Ghost Week: free ghost hunts, Hallowscream for 16s and over, and adults-only ghost evenings.
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Events
What's On in York: Marathon 18 Oct, Ghost Week, Hallowscream
The Yorkshire Marathon on 18 October, Ghost Week from the 24th, Hallowscream nights and the Christmas Market from 12 November: 40 York dates, with times.
What's on
Ruby Rae's XL: Newcastle Country Festival on 23 October
Ruby Rae's, the country bar that opened in York this summer, takes six tribute acts to Times Square in Newcastle on Friday 23 October, 5pm to 11pm.
Planning
Stockton Lane Garden Village: 360 More Homes Proposed
Up to 360 more homes are proposed at York's ST7 garden village site, three months after an inspector overruled the council to allow 380. Decision due 6 October.
Parks
Glen Gardens Play Area Opens, Designed With Heworth Pupils
Glen Gardens' rebuilt play area in Heworth is open, with a wheelchair-accessible roundabout and embankment slide chosen with pupils. Court and fencing are next.
Things to Do
York, 26-27 Sept (Past): Tom Bailey, Jeremy Bowen, Walks
Now past: what was on in York on 26 and 27 September: Tom Bailey and Blancmange at the Barbican, Jeremy Bowen at the Grand Opera House, and two free guided walks.
Christmas
Santa in York 2026: Four Grottos From £7, Dates and Prices
Where to see Santa in York this Christmas: Winter Wonderland from £7 a child, Murton Park's train and grotto, York's Chocolate Story, and the Air Museum's Dakota.
Remembrance
York Remembrance Sunday 2026: Sunday 8 November, Parade Times
York's Remembrance Sunday is 8 November 2026. Last year the parade left Clifford's Tower at 10.20am for the City War Memorial, with the silence at 11am.
Christmas
York Minster at Christmas 2026: Tree Festival, Carols, Tickets
York Minster's Christmas Tree Festival runs 28 November to 5 January, free for York residents. Carol service tickets, concert prices and Christmas Day times.
House Prices
York House Prices £310,781: Up Just £3,397 Since 2023
York's average home gained £5,394 in a year to £310,781. Measured from January 2023 the gain is £3,397, and flats are worth £7,042 less than they were then.
Licensing
Sky Blue York Licence Revoked After Home Office Review
Councillors revoked Sky Blue's licence on 24 September after two immigration raids, the third revocation at 16 Barbican Road since 2020. Appeals have 21 days.
Council
York Warm Places Grants: £5,000 Each, Apply by 4 October
York groups can apply for up to £5,000 to run a Warm Place this winter. The £40,000 fund closes at midnight on Sunday 4 October. 28 won grants last year.
Council
York Children's Services Picked to Help Other Councils
York has been made a Children's Social Care Improvement Team by the Department for Education. Its services were rated Requires Improvement as recently as 2022.
The Ouse and the Foss set the rhythm of a lot of life in York. So does the boundary of a single unitary council that reaches well past the walls, out to Haxby and Wigginton, Strensall, Dunnington, Wheldrake, Copmanthorpe, Bishopthorpe and Poppleton, and takes in Acomb, Clifton, Heworth, Fulford and Dringhouses on the way.
City of York Council decides what happens to all of that: what gets built and what gets refused, what the bins cost, where you can park, which streets are closed and when. It publishes the evidence in registers that almost nobody reads. We read them and write down what is in them, with a link to the document every time, and we keep the reference pages accurate for the days you just want an answer.
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