PART of York's historic city walls will be open after dark to visitors across three days this week.

The ‘Twilight Walls’ event will see a stretch of the ancient monument open tomorrow (Wednesday, October 20), Thursday and Friday, evenings this week for ticket holders.

It will give visitors the opportunity to walk around the section of the Bar Walls, between Bootham Bar and Monk Bar at night, from 7pm to 8pm.

The event is being held to raise funds for next year’s York Walls Festival.

All three evenings will also host a special bat-detecting session, ‘Bat Experience’, each lead by the North Yorkshire Bat Group - a bat conservationist group concerned with furthering public understanding of bats in North Yorkshire.

There will also be guide-lead sessions on tonight and tomorrow night, lead by local professional guide, Ian Tempest, who does community volunteering at the Red Tower on the Walls, starting at Robin Hood Tower which borders Lord Mayor's Walk.

On all three evenings, there will also be plenty of time for visitors to enjoy the views from the walls at night and take their own photographs.

The York Walls Festival will commence next year from Saturday, April 30 - Monday, May 2.

As with the festival, this event is both ran and organised by volunteers.

Tickets cost £8, with all the proceeds going towards next year’s festival.

York Walls Festival organisers would like to thank City of York Council, North Yorkshire Bat Group, and the charity Friends of York Walls for making this fundraising event possible.

To purchase tickets, search ‘Twilight Walls on Eventbrite, or https://yorkwallsfestival.org/.