The White Horse benefits from a main road position in the Bootham area of the city centre, walking distance from all the city attractions. The pub has a welcoming traditional pub feel, a central bar serves a lounge area and additional seating and entertaining space.
The property has 5 en-suite letting bedrooms and an office, there is no living accommodation. There is a catering kitchen located on the first floor. There is a small outside area to the front right of the building.
With a successful candidate Thwaites will consider future investment to upgrade the letting bedrooms.
Located next to the York Art Gallery, York Museum and gardens and York Minster, the pub attracts tourists visiting the city. There is regular live entertainment, karaoke, open mic nights and live sport. The food is home-cooked and consists of bar snacks and pub classics.
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TULIP – Thwaites Unique Licensee Induction Programme.
Our TULIP course is a three day course, based at our Head Office in Mellor Brook for those new to tenancies.

TLC – Thwaites Licensee Connection.
Our one day introduction day to Thwaites and key support people.
The TLC day is for experienced operators who have held a recent tenancy with a pub company or brewery.
""The White Horse is a traditional Pub in Central York. It has a good following from locals and tourists and has gained a good reputation for good value, quality, food, drinks, and overnight accommodation. We are looking for an experienced operator who has had experience of managing a mutli-revenue stream businesses and understand the sales drivers in all three areas. We are open to discussions for operators who would consider taking the pub as it is now or for operators with the ambition for us to invest in the Pub to enhance to rooms to demand a more ‘boutique’ style experience." Julia Mitchell ABM"
Naturally, with a location like the centre of York, there are lots of chimney pots around the White Horse; 2,544 people within 500m and 14,625 within 1km. Also unsurprisingly, there is a broad range of consumer types and we see a bias towards younger, more trend-setter and social media influencers, which is unusual for an average area but very typical of a city centre location. However, many venues across York are targeting this type of consumer and the White Horse has seen success focusing more on other consumer types and for different occasions such as live TV sport and a food offer that compliments this with a more accessible price point.
