Student Castle York sits at 80 Walmgate, inside York's medieval city walls, postcode YO1 9TL, and its location places residents on one of the city's most historically significant streets. As a student accommodation in York, it offers residents the unusual opportunity to combine modern university living with the atmosphere and heritage of the city's historic centre. Walmgate has roots stretching back to the Viking Jorvik period, when it served as an important industrial and commercial route into York. By around 1200, the street had developed into a major thoroughfare lined with four churches, while nearby Walmgate Bar, whose origins date to before 1155, later played a role during the Siege of York in 1644. Few student residences in England can claim such a deep historical setting right outside their front door. 

Student Castle York sits at 80 Walmgate, inside York's medieval city walls, postcode YO1 9TL, and its location places residents on one of the city's most historically significant streets. As a student accommodation in York, it offers residents the unusual opportunity to combine modern university living with the atmosphere and heritage of the city's historic centre. Walmgate has roots stretching back to the Viking Jorvik period, when it served as an important industrial and commercial route into York. By around 1200, the street had developed into a major thoroughfare lined with four churches, while nearby Walmgate Bar, whose origins date to before 1155, later played a role during the Siege of York in 1644. Few student residences in England can claim such a deep historical setting right outside their front door.