York Nutcracker Trail returns!

We are excited to share that the York Nutcracker Trail is back this year!

York BID has partnered with local charities, schools and artist Sian Ellis to bring you 10 bespoke nutcracker statues, dotted around the city from 16th November 2023 – 4th January 2024.

Pick up your Nutcracker Trail leaflet from the Visit York Information Centre and find the names of all 10 nutcrackers for your chance to win a £250 York Gift Card. Once you’re finished, submit your entry at the Visit York Information Centre or pop it into Santa’s post box at Museum Gardens. What’s more, if you work out the link between all of the nutcracker names, you could win your own miniature nutcracker! (Ts & Cs on physical Nutcracker Trail leaflet).

Sian Ellis is a Yorkshire-based illustrator and mural artist, and has designed five of the nutcrackers herself. With the other five statues, she taken inspiration from the schools and charities to design and paint them.

• The York Mind nutcracker wears a blue and pink uniform to represent the charity’s brand colours, and celebrates a theme of Christmas in the city.
• The Changing Lives nutcracker’s design featuring robins on a sky-blue background, with snow falling for a peaceful winter landscape.
• The My Sight nutcracker is bright blue with white tactile snowflakes to represent My Sight’s brand colours.
• The Wigginton Primary School nutcracker celebrates the Christmas period. This nutcracker has a bright uniform and a crocodile-style hat with large white teeth.
• The St Wilfrid’s R C Primary School nutcracker design features vibrant colours and elements of playfulness, such as the statue sticking out its tongue.

You can see the Nutcrackers from 16 November 2023  until 4 January 2024!

You can collect Nutcracker Trail leaflets from the Visit York Information Centre.

For more information about the York Nutcracker Trail here.