Last year was a hugely busy year at York Minster with the conservation and restoration of the Great East Window well underway and the opening in the spring of our refurbished Undercroft exhibition.

A ticket to York Minster lasts a whole year, the spokesperson added, and includes entry to the Undercroft Museum, along with exhibitions throughout the building.

"The plans to build on the site are just as ridiculous as if someone put a proposal to planning to take York Minster down to put a commercial development there." Rabbi Herschel Gluck and Howard ...