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title: "How many steps up York Minster central tower? 275"
description: "275 steps up York Minster central tower in York, United Kingdom. Open to climb. What that count reaches, the height climbed, and how it compares."
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# How many steps to the top of York Minster central tower?

**Steps to the top of York Minster central tower: 275**

Reaching the top of the central tower, at 70 m · open to climb

The 275 steps are a single spiral, and it is one of the few cathedral climbs with a strict one-way system enforced by timed tickets, because the stair genuinely cannot accommodate two people passing. The top gives the best view of York's medieval street plan and the city walls. The central tower collapsed in 1407 and was rebuilt; the current lantern tower is the largest of its kind in England. Minimum age and a health warning apply.

## The numbers

- **Steps:** 275
- **Reaches:** the top of the central tower, at 70 m
- **Public access:** Open to climb
- **Where:** York, United Kingdom
- **Height climbed:** 70 m — 230 ft
- **Average rise per step:** 255 mm

## What the climb is like

About 20 minutes. Timed one-way tickets; the spiral is 275 steps with no rest platform.

> Published counts for the same structure routinely disagree by five to ten per cent, and nearly always for one of three reasons: whether intermediate landings count as steps, whether the final platform step counts, and where the climb is deemed to start. The figure here says what it reaches.

## How it compares

*Only the ones marked open to climb can actually be walked.*

- Sacré-Cœur dome: 300 steps
- Bunker Hill Monument: 294 steps
- Arc de Triomphe: 284 steps
- York Minster central tower: 275 steps
- Batu Caves: 272 steps
- Saint Isaac's Cathedral colonnade: 262 steps
- Cape Hatteras Lighthouse: 257 steps

*York Minster central tower ranks 45 of 56 here by step count.*

| Structure | Steps | Reaches | Access |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sacré-Cœur dome | 300 | the dome gallery at 83 m above the basilica floor, 200 m above sea level | Open to climb |
| Bunker Hill Monument | 294 | the observation chamber at 67 m | Open to climb |
| Arc de Triomphe | 284 | the roof terrace at 50 m | Open to climb |
| York Minster central tower | 275 | the top of the central tower, at 70 m | Open to climb |
| Batu Caves | 272 | the Temple Cave, in a limestone hill above Kuala Lumpur | Open to climb |
| Saint Isaac's Cathedral colonnade | 262 | the colonnade walkway around the dome, at 43 m | Open to climb |
| Cape Hatteras Lighthouse | 257 | the gallery below the lantern room, at 63 m | Open to climb |

## Common questions

### How many steps to the top of York Minster central tower?

275, reaching the top of the central tower, at 70 m.

### Can the public climb York Minster central tower?

Open to climb. About 20 minutes. Timed one-way tickets; the spiral is 275 steps with no rest platform.

### How high is that climb?

70 m, about 230 ft, which averages 255 mm per step.

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