“A fantastic guide to the ins and outs of York’s mysterious cats and where they are hiding”
The Book
“No other book gives you as much information about so many cat sculptures, along with the stories of the two men who inspired and sculpted them.”
The Mystery Cats of York’ book is also available at the following York based stores:
Waterstones on Coney Street, Little Apple bookshop on High Petergate, York Gin shop on Pavement, The Cat Whiskers café on Goodramgate, Visit York on Museum Street, The Pyramid Gallery on Stonegate, Freckleface on The Shambles, The Cat Gallery on Low Petergate and Joseph Rowntree Theatre on Haxby Road.
The Mystery Cats of York- tells the story of 28 cat statues on buildings around York.
York’s interesting and varied streets and buildings can be even more engaging if one looks up, rather than straight ahead!
The Map in the book is invaluable in helping to find the cats and explore the streets around the city of York.
They are utterly unique to York….nowhere else has so many with so many stories to tell.
“In this book they are referred to as Mystery Cats, because many people notice them clinging to walls, sitting on or prowling along roof tops, but don’t know anything about them.
Why and how they got there is a mystery! Although in this book I tell as much as I know about each cat sculpture, how they are all unique and individually sculpted for that position and with a story of their own.”
Stan Young 2022
Where are they?
They sit on window sills staring down onto busy roads, watching us all as we rush along.
They are on shop fronts, pubs and café’s, each cat has been sculpted specifically for each place.
This book contains many exquisite photographs of the cats, a useful map, and an index of all the cats on the trail. There are informative sections written by Stan Young, who welcomes you to this special third edition of the book and introduces us to the unique tradition of placing cat sculptures in the cityscape of the historic City of York.
The book is an essential companion for family and friends who wish to explore the city for a free, fun activity!
Buy your copy online now!
Read about the Architect who revived this age old tradition, and the Sculptor who has created many of the Cat Statues that have become part of York’s heritage; they are introduced in the next pages.
