The 3* Holiday Inn Express York is just 2.5 miles from the city centre and 2.8 from York University and has ample free parking. The hotel is also just 0.5 miles/2 minutes drive from the A64, so an ideal stopover for business travellers or visitors touring Yorkshire. One mile from the hotel is the Park & Ride bus service for York, home to the National Railway Museum, which is free to enter. Visitors to York should also make a visit to The Shambles an Elizabethan Street with many tearooms and unusual shops. It was also the inspiration for Harry Potter`s Diagon Alley. The hotels location means that the seaside towns of Scarborough and Whitby are less than an hour`s drive away. More Info.