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🎄 The York Christmas Gift Guide 2025 is Here🎄

Calling all local businesses! Feature in our 2026 Visitor Centre Guide and reach visitors & locals alike. Choose from a free listing or upgrade to a paid package for greater exposure. Submit your booking form by 4:00pm, Friday 5 December 2025 to avoid missing out.

November is packed with events in York! From markets, York Cup, and live music there's something for everyone to enjoy.

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The canola is out in York and looking spectacular, perfect for that golden selfie 🌼📸

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We’re thrilled to announce that York is a finalist in the 2025 7NEWS Top Tourism Town Awards — and we need your help to take out the top spot!

With so much to see and do in York WA, use this handy 3-day, 2-night itinerary to plan your trip away from the city.

This year there is a full program of free activities for the York community to share and enjoy on Sunday 26 January 2025.

The Shire of York is proud to introduce York 2035, our new Council Plan. Click here for more information.

The App is a mobile visitor information service with attractions and business listings to support the York Visitor experience. 

TRANSWA BOOKING INFORMATION The York Visitor Centre is now the local booking agent for all Transwa travel enquiry and booking needs. Located inside the York Town Hall, the Visitor Centre is open 7 days a week from 9.30 am to 4.00 pm.

In the latest round of Community funding, the Shire committed funding to the Flour Mill Emporium to assist with developing the art space to showcase local and emerging artists.

Witness the intricate machines in operation every Tuesday and Wednesday and watch in awe as your made to order merchandise is put together right in front of you!

Experience some good old fashioned country living with fresh air, sunshine and dark starry nights at Lavendale Country Retreat

The Shire of York has completed the development of a mobile application 'Experience York' to support visitor information in York.

Will you brighten the day of a visitor by sharing your smile and knowledge once a week?  Then become a Visitor Centre Volunteer! Volunteers are needed from across the York community in the York Visitor Centre during busy festival and tourism seasons.

The Shire of York regrets to advise that Yorkids 2019 will not be going ahead this year.

The Shire is trialling additional safety strategies this year including a multi-lingual canola information flyer, availability of biosecurity signage for farming properties and peak weekend ranger patrols. More information on these strategies is available from the Shire office or the York Visitor Centre.

Free entry. Fun for the whole family.

If you’ve never heard of Wara Art, that is all about to change. While some rural communities have their scarecrows and The York Festival has its sculpture competition the Hay Bale Challenge, Japan has Wara Art – a spectacular example of a highly creative use of straw.

York Cycling Festival returns on 1 & 2 September 2018.

This long weekend in June will come alive with a new event called YORKids – A Winter Adventure. The event will run from 11 am – 5 pm Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 June throughout the Town Centre.