Yorkersgate
Malton, Yorkshire
Delve into Malton’s History
Yorkersgate is one of Malton’s oldest roads, dating back to Roman times - so it’s no surprise that it’s steeped in history, connecting visitors to Malton from the city and the coast by road and rail too. You’ll find everything here from restaurants to estate agents, hairdressers to travel agents, and even the town’s cinema and museum can be found here!
Yorkersgate Suggestions
Yorkersgate is one of the busiest and oldest routes into Malton connecting it with the nearby city of York, and, like the rest of Malton, it is proud to celebrate its variety of independent shops and businesses.
The street boasts everything from luxurious accommodation at The Talbot, a beautiful seventeenth century coaching inn to the Brass Castle Brewery and accompanying tap-house at the other end.
The Beecham Weigh is an institution in itself providing a range of natural health services from vitamins and supplements, to organic foods, eco-refills and so much more.
Looking for a bite to eat? Then look no further! Not only can you eat delicious hearty food at The Talbot, you’ll also find a wide selection of foods at Florio’s family friendly Italian Pizzeria , TUI’s Thai Cuisine and the recently opened Kerala Restaurant which serves Southern Indian cuisine.
Just off Yorkersgate is a lesser-known street called Chancery Lane which is also home to Malton’s very own art-deco cinema, The Palace, which was built in the nineteenth century, originally as the town’s corn exchange. In 1915, it was then turned into a picture hall, later being converted into a cinema in 1934.
It is also said that the accountants building across the way from the cinema, was the inspiration for Scrooge’s Counting House, in the famous novel “A Christmas Carol”. Charles Dickens is known to have regularly visited his friend, Charles Smithson, a resident of Malton whose office was in Chancery Lane.
If you take a walk in a westerly direction along Yorkersgate, you’ll soon find the Malton Museum. The Museum has a range of artefacts on display showing what Malton and the surrounding area was like all the way back to the Roman occupation, when Malton was known as “Derventio”.
