If you set off from central London on a Friday evening, after two hours you will probably still be stuck on the M25 in gridlock. However, hop on the train and in the same time you can be in York. There you can drink in its ancient city walls, G&T in one hand, smug Instagram shot-taking in the other, with no bags to lug because your hotel has already whisked them away from the station in a rickshaw.
That’s the great thing about No.1 by Guest House York – one of York’s most stylish boutique hotels, housed in a handsome 19th-century building with a 150-year history (formerly a homeless shelter, a launderette and flats) – it’s just a skip away from the hubbub of the city.
