Cost of residents’ YorkCard due to rise by £1

9:36am Wednesday 27th February 2013 in News

THE price of a card which allows York residents free entry to the city’s museums is set to rise by £1.

The combined YorkCard and library card currently costs £2 for adults, who can then also gain discounts for cultural and sporting activities, but will expire tomorrow after being first issued two years ago.

City of York Council’s cabinet member for leisure, culture and tourism, Coun Sonja Crisp, will today be asked to approve increasing the price of the card to £3, although it will remain free for under-18s.

Residents will also be able to renew it annually on an individual basis rather than at a fixed time, and leaflets will be issued explaining the discounts offered by the card.

If the increase is approved, residents will have until the end of June to renew their cards and all income will go into York’s library service.

A council report said the £3 cost of a YorkCard would be recouped four times over by one visit to the Yorkshire and Castle Museums through a combined ticket, and it also offered a number of other discounts.

Comments(17)

whitehorse says...
9:58am Wed 27 Feb 13

Worth every penny.

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MrsHoney says...
10:01am Wed 27 Feb 13

I didn't even know you needed to renew your card. I assumed it was for life!

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Pastiche530/4 says...
10:04am Wed 27 Feb 13

MrsHoney wrote:
I didn't even know you needed to renew your card. I assumed it was for life!
Yes I too did not realise they had an expiry date on them.

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MouseHouse says...
11:30am Wed 27 Feb 13

Nor me... how do we renew? Online?

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Ignatius Lumpopo says...
11:45am Wed 27 Feb 13

So it's not free entry, then.

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Thoughtfulsilver says...
1:47pm Wed 27 Feb 13

whitehorse wrote:
Worth every penny.
I couldn't agree more. Apart from free entry to museum sounds as if there will be other benefits as well.
Equates to 0.57p per week if renewed yearly!!

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Older Sometimes Wiser says...
1:47pm Wed 27 Feb 13

Mine has an expiry date of Jan 2017, I assume that they will honour this?

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Candy Cupcake says...
2:19pm Wed 27 Feb 13

Question? where does the money for these cards go? obviously there is costs too cover the issue of the card, but my question refers to the profit... who keeps it or where is it spent?

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Tim Cronin says...
3:42pm Wed 27 Feb 13

They`ll be charging us to come into York soon. i`m glad i live in Selby!!!

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dodgydavereturns says...
5:30pm Wed 27 Feb 13

Tim Cronin wrote:
They`ll be charging us to come into York soon. i`m glad i live in Selby!!!
...And so are we!

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Elle says...
10:49am Thu 28 Feb 13

Most museums are free entry in the UK. York card gives reduced entry price on some other things (eg swimming)

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NotMaryWhitehouse says...
12:29pm Thu 28 Feb 13

Weren't they free until a couple of years ago? I think you can probably still opt for the free card - as it also acts as a library card. Unless anybody knows different? I don't know why they would leave this out of the article, but hey ho!

£3.00 is not a lot, I agree, but I've found in the past that most attractions who let local people in for free are happy with a drivers licence or bill - so those who don't want to pay can probably still visit places for free without feeling that CYC are trying to extract more money from us all!

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Yorkiebear says...
12:31pm Thu 28 Feb 13

From experience I know the card gives free entrance to the Castle Museum (not free entry) and I have been told York Minster also as it is proof of York residence.

My card says that it will expire on the 28 February 2013 and I had not noticed. It is in mega small print.

It might be commercially worthwhile to e-mail this reminder.

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HTC says...
12:34pm Thu 28 Feb 13

Candy Cupcake wrote:
Question? where does the money for these cards go? obviously there is costs too cover the issue of the card, but my question refers to the profit... who keeps it or where is it spent?
"...and all income will go into York’s library service."

penultimate paragraph.

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yorkborn66 says...
6:18pm Thu 28 Feb 13

York Minster allows free entry to York residents with a photo driving licence. Done it a few times.

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Magicman! says...
4:28am Fri 1 Mar 13

Quick question.... a card you PAY for gives FREE access to attractions - am I missing something here, a sort of wierd joke perhaps??

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spiritink says...
2:54pm Fri 1 Mar 13

Another badly researched Press article. The cards that say 'Feb 28th 2013' on the back have been automatically extended until late Spring. The increased charge hasn't been agreed yet, apparently. And, when you consider that one single visit to the Castle Museum will save you around nine quid with a York Card, I think they're MORE THAN worth it.

So, in short, don't bother going to library to get your card renewed until later on in the year because they'll tell you it has been extended.

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