York Maze

An excellent day out. And make no mistake, it is a whole day out here — the maze is massive and takes some considerable skill (and luck!) to navigate. We cheated and looked at the map you can buy beforehand, and even with a map we got lost once or twice. But there’s a whole lot more to do than just the maze — there was plenty to keep our two kids (aged 3 and 5) occupied all afternoon, and we certainly felt we got our money’s worth. The only downside was that it was rather pricey — but then bearing in mind how much you got for your money, perhaps it’s a little harsh to complain.

First of all the Yorkmaze is realy easy to get to as it’s situated just off the A64, it’s best to go by car as there isn’t much in the way of public transport to the area — but there is plenty of car parking space!
Once you’re in theres a number of different activities you can do aswell as the maze. The maze itself is huge, but don’t worry — you do have the option of taking a map! When I visited my daughter was in a pushchair which was quite hard going over the bumpy bits so I would advise if you have one of the 3 wheel rough tarrain style buggies, take one!
There are several different ‘check’ points along the way where you can climb up and see where you’ve been, and half way round theres refreshments and picnic tables — a good job too by this point you’ll need a rest!
The other activities include miniture golf, and a very exciting optial illusion maze which is well worth a look!
I wouldn’t recommend going in bad weather — but this is a lovely place to take the kids on a warm summers day!

It was a hot day when we visited the York Maze and it was absolutely stifling inside the maze, outside wasnt much better because there was no shade anywhere at all. There is a café, but it was impossible to keep an eye on the children properly from there.
The maze is large, but we actually preferred the smaller maze of illusion better, I think after 15 minutes of walking around just seeing maize the children found the bigger maze rather dull.
The play area is excellent and the water bomb fight arena was a great idea for cooling down on a hot day.
Interesting and unusual gifts in the shop, many relating to the maze of illusion.

Claims to be the largest Maize Maze and the world and is certainly big. You have to go around the maze to find big sculptures and solve clues. Great fun for all the family but wear suitable footwear, if its been raining it will be muddy. Great play areas, sand and climbing things for little kids, big wooden play structure for big kids. They also do pig racing in the farm area which is great fun. Good shop, café and toilets. Not easy to get to by public transport so you really need a car but parking is free.