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In-Town Guest Accommodation

3.5 star property
Travelers find their perfect balance of relaxation and connection at this Bootham guesthouse, where comfort meets convenience in a peaceful setting

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In-Town Guest Accommodation provides a quiet retreat in the Bootham area. Guests can stay connected with reliable in-room WiFi while enjoying the benefits of a completely smoke-free environment that enhances the restful atmosphere.

Reviews

8.0 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Free WiFi

Room options

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Tiny Double Room | Blackout drapes, free WiFi, bed sheets

Tiny Double Room

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(3 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed
  • Free WiFi

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Large Double | Blackout drapes, free WiFi, bed sheets

Large Double

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed
  • Free WiFi

Double with Courtyard

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed
  • Free WiFi

About the neighborhood

Bootham, a neighborhood in York, is home to In-Town Guest Accommodation. Notable landmarks in the area include York Minster and Shambles. Looking to enjoy an event or a game while in town? See what's happening at York Barbican or LNER Community Stadium. Visit our York travel guide
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21 Gillygate, York, England, YO31 7EB

What's nearby

  • York St. John University
    York St. John University
    3 min walk - 0.2 miles
  • Yorkshire Museum Gardens
    Yorkshire Museum Gardens
    3 min walk - 0.2 miles
  • York Minster
    York Minster
    3 min walk - 0.2 miles
  • Shambles
    Shambles
    6 min walk - 0.4 miles
  • York Theatre Royal
    2 min walk - 0.1 miles

Getting around

  • York Station
    11 min walk
  • Leeds (LBA-Leeds Bradford)
    55 min drive

Restaurants

  • Bootham Tavern
    2 min walk
  • Brew & Brownie
    4 min walk
  • Eagle & Child
    2 min walk
  • York Explore Library
    4 min walk
  • Costa Coffee
    4 min walk

About this property

In-Town Guest Accommodation

Guesthouse near York Minster
Located close to Shambles, In-Town Guest Accommodation has plenty to offer. Stay connected with free in-room WiFi.
You'll also enjoy the following perks during your stay:
  • Smoke-free premises
Room features
All guestrooms at In-Town Guest Accommodation offer amenities such as free WiFi.
More amenities include:
  • Free tea bags/instant coffee and electric kettles
  • Bathrooms with showers and free toiletries
  • 24-inch Smart TVs with digital channels
  • Heating and housekeeping

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (on request)

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • 4 steps to reach entrance
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only

More

  • Smoking not allowed

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 24-inch smart TV with digital channels

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle
  • Tea bags/instant coffee

More

  • Heating

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 10 PM
Minimum check-in age: 16

Check-out

Check-out before 10:30 AM

Special check-in instructions

There is no front desk at this property
Guests planning to arrive outside of normal check-in hours must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions and an access code; your host will greet you
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property ahead of time using the information on the booking confirmation
If you are planning to arrive after 10 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation
For any questions, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Access code, host will greet you

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
This property's policy is to refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, including pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties

Frequently asked questions

Is In-Town Guest Accommodation pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

What time is check-in at In-Town Guest Accommodation?

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 10 PM.

What time is check-out at In-Town Guest Accommodation?

Check-out is at 10:30 AM.

Where is In-Town Guest Accommodation located?

Located in Bootham, this guesthouse is steps from Bootham Bar and York Minster. York Art Gallery and De Grey Rooms are just steps away. York Station is 11 minutes by foot and York (QQY-York Train Station) is 11 minutes.

Can I cancel my reservation for free and receive a full refund?

Yes, this property offers free cancellation on select room rates, because flexibility matters! Please refer to the property cancellation policy on our site for more details about any exclusions or requirements.

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Reviews

In-Town Guest Accommodation Reviews

8.0

Very Good

8.4

Cleanliness

9.6

Location

7.6

Staff & service

7.6

Property conditions & facilities
Rating 10 - Excellent. 16 out of 44 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 15 out of 44 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 8 out of 44 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 44 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 44 reviews

Reviews

Verified

10/10 Excellent

nicole

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
very quiet, short walk from town centre, nice room with self check in
Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Theo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean, had everything you need and in a good location, walking distance from the main attractions in York's city centre.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great stay

Stayed here last weekend for 3 nights Very cute little place. Cozy, quiet and clean. Close to the centre of town.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Jayne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

What a wonderful find!

Absolutely loved our stay here. Great location, lovely room. Everything you need on your doorstep. Would definitely recommend and will definitely be back!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

William

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

When in town

Very clean, tidy, very comfortable. Central location, two minutes walk to the Shambles and all the major tourist attractions are within a short walk.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Laurie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

In Town Guest house

Great little guest house, situated extremely conveniently for everything you wish to do and see in the centre of town. Great communication from the owners, definitely recommended and great value for money. Thanks very much for a pleasant stay x
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Verified

8/10 Good

Simon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great York location

Great location just outside York walls & close to York art gallery & York museum. Clean & comfortable room with modern wc & shower. WiFi details & additional tea/coffee sachets available on ground floor.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Olaia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Straight in the city centre which was what I wanted, very clean, bed very comfortable host very good. I couldn't open the room's window for fresh air, but not a problem. Thank you 😊
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Leanne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Birthday trip to York

Me and my fiance stayed here for 3 nights for his birthday. Brilliant location, close to the centre and all the tourist attractions. The room had all the essentials, everything was clean and the bed was comfy, only downside was that the bed frame is very squeaky so was very loud turning over. Self check in was easy and the code for the lock box was given in plenty of time before check in. Brilliant price compared to other places in york, will definitely be back and would recommend!
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Barbara

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Brilliant location

The location of the property was excellent. The lady who ran the property was lovely. My room was small but cute, and perfectly adequate for me travelling solo. There was a bit of a smell in the bathroom that seemed to be the drains. I hope they'll have a look at this and sort it. Your can hear other guests occasionally as the walls are very thin but it didn't really bother me. I'd definitely stay again.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Jane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely comfortable bed with own en-suite shower room, only 5 minutes walk from York Minster, two minutes from the Art Gallery and its fantastic evening light display to music, and the town centre round the corner, so everything on your doorstep. Towels, kettle, tea and coffee provided, hairdryer, handsoap and shower gel also. Very good value, considering how close to town it was. Highly recommended. Lovely landlady who brought me a heater on the first night in case I was cold, but the room wasn't at all. Would have stayed longer if I didn't have to get back for work!
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

JOHN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a wonderful l little place right near the town. You can walk to everything you need. It’s unusual with a living area across the hall from the sleeping quarters but it was a good experience overall.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2022
Verified

6/10 Okay

Genesis

It was good
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023
Verified

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Convinient

We got there an hour after checking in and still didnt recieve a code to get the key until another hour later. So we got the code 2 hours after when we were supposed to and had no updates about what was happening to the point where we nearly booked somewhere else last minute. We called the number supplied on here and it doesnt work, it just hangs up instantly so we had no way of contacting the property. We tried to leave our room and the door knob came off, the screws came right out the door. The bed screamed like a banshee if you moved on it just a millimetre, sqweakiest bed in the world. The room was clean. The building is in a good spot, very close to all the shops you'd want to go to. There just needs to be more communication from the property about getting the keys and they need to change the contact information on Hotels.com
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022
Verified

8/10 Good

Douglas

Liked: Cleanliness
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Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2024
Verified

4/10 Poor

Philip

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

STAY CLEAR of this Guest House

I will start by saying I was not expecting any form of luxury at the price of this guest house. The check in didn't start well and yes the earliest check in was advertised as 14:00, however by 13:45 no code had arrived as detailed, so I tried to ring the owner on the number provided, "The number was unobtainable" so I rang Hotels.com, again they could not reach the owner on their contact number. Hotels.com, did they would comeback to me within 30 mins and advise the next step. Whilst one the phone with the Customer Service a text message came in with the code (@13:56), So not a great start. The room was OK, it was clean and presentable, so was what I was expecting, storage is minimal, the free bottled water was a glass water container with Tap Water (Stretching the term "FREE BOTTLED WATER") The room was tepid at best and the heating was never on in the full 3 day / 2 Night stay. The bottom of the stairs which is the only fire exit was full of stored bedding and a vacuum cleaner with 2 electric oil heaters ( Maybe that was the heating if you wanted it. Electrical sockets are in short supply with an extension cable supplying one side of the bed. The refrigerator in the room did not work so was nothing more than a flat surface to place items on. If the owners expect oil heaters to be used (None of which had any PAT Testing certificates on them - (Mandatory Electrical Safety Tests) Then they should be electrically tested every 6 months or they are a fire hazard.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022
Verified

8/10 Good

Neil

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Perfect location
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2021
Verified

4/10 Poor

Saeed

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Better try else were. would be a last Resort

On Arrival Day1, The Tv did not work, Wi-Fi would not Connect. The Sink was Tiny unable to fill the kettle with water easily or wash your face. Bed was okay (in the first room) No curtains on the window only blinds. Day Two Sunday Morning, Knock on the door, the owner said we need to change our room cos the room needs maintenance done, We had to pack and move rooms Just before we were getting ready to go out for the day!. We were inconvenienced, and the owner did not seem to be appreciative about us changing rooms!. It looked like he had another booking and used the excuse of work to be done on a Sunday as an excuse for us to change rooms. 'Wait there's more'. We had to leave our stuff, We didn't shower and had to go out because the room move wasted so much time!. we left our belongings in the Lounge room that came with our room, (That TV in their did not work either, no aerial). When we returned later at night, No Glasses, No Cups for a hot drink, The tray that the cups and tea bags were in had spilt tea dried in the tray. We only had one towel for the two of us and there was no shelf above the tiny sink and no were to put hand wash. I phoned the owner on his mobile , left him a message to call me regarding no cups or glasses But I had no reply or contact from the owner, we used the empty teabag Jar and Coffee Jar as cups to have a hot drink, luckily we found some tea bags from the entrance hall. Disappointed with our stay and would not recommend this place to anyone.
Tv had no signal, Ariel not connected for even normal TV channels.
Tea Bag Jar and Coffee Jar We used as cups for a hot drink!
We only had one towel for the two of us !
The Tiny Sink was so small we could not get water into the kettle easily. The second room had no shelf above the sink, hand wash had to go below the sink. difficult to wash your face in.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021
Verified

6/10 Okay

Selina

Liked: Staff & service

It was ok

Well. It was ok. I wouldn’t stay again. It was small. Shower was stuck on hot, and not very good either. So if the water didn’t take your skin off the corners of the bed would more than make up on the pain front.... who gets a bed frame that sticks out in such a small room...? If neither of those got you, you could guarantee the Tv would. I’m not large. I’m 5.4” and 9 stone... if you still have your legs intact and skin on, get ready for the constant running water from the toilet and other noises all the time. If you’ve survived all that. Prepare yourself for the smallest sink ever, with a 3 inch mirror right above it so you can headbutt that when you try to spit the toothpaste in the sink.... higher would have been better. Fun. Not so fun.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021
Verified

8/10 Good

Margaret

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Comfy and convenient

Excellent location and easy check in/check out. The place was tidy but the bathroom wasn’t super clean (razor and soap left in there). The walls are very thin but I’d stay there again. Comfy and convenient.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020
Verified

8/10 Good

Stuart

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great , central place to stay, 5 mins walk from the station. The rooms are warm, clean and if you're off exploring the City it's perfect place to base yourself. Only grumble would be that the t.v. didn't work and the sink in the bathroom is very small. But that wouldn't stop me staying again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020
Verified

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Fine for last minute/good location

We booked our trip last minute and this was a fine place to stay. The location was very good and central and we did receive check in information ahead of time since we let the managers know we would be arriving after 10pm. The room was quite small and the wifi did not work reliably (maybe 20% of the time).
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019
Verified

8/10 Good

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Late minute booking

A nice en-suite room for the weekend although the tv has no signal so couldn’t watch it at all. Nice apart from that.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Mike

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great return stay

Returned to In Town Guest House and were not disappointed, same high standard of accommodation as before.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019
Verified

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
We didn't receive the email with access instructions so had to ring the mobile number pinned to the front door... After that access was easy enough. We were advised to leave our bikes in the secure car park behind the accommodation which we did so (locked to the bike storage), but one of the bikes was stolen overnight. The room was fine and clean although shampoo+conditioner weren't provided and the cleaner had left their mobile in the room so we had to sort that out. So overall not the best stay and in our opinion overpriced for what it was.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019