But as we toured the Jorvik Viking Centre we time travelled ... to stay at the family-friendly Novotel York Centre hotel. After leaving our car, we wandered into the centre to begin exploring.

Jorvik Viking Centre is one of over 200 attractions around the UK that Blue Peter badge holders can get into for free. To gain free entry, each child must have a Blue Peter badge, a valid Blue ...

The band may have been a decorative edge, or the beginning of a red-coloured leg of a longer stocking. This object is on display at JORVIK Viking Centre.

and don’t miss the procession from the imposing York Minster cathedral to the Jorvik Viking Centre for the spectacular grand finale show.

I’d like to raise a tankard of mead to toast the Jorvik Viking Centre in York as our pioneering visitor attraction celebrates its 40th anniversary this week. I hesitate to call Jorvik a museum.