The well-known view of the Minster from Low Petergate is described by the City of York Council as "excellent".

The main deviation from the Roman route is around its junction with Grape Lane, and this has been associated with destruction occurring when the Great Heathen Army entered York in 866.

[3] The current property boundaries largely date from the 10th century, and the street has always been a desirable area, with its junction with Stonegate a particularly high-status location.

[4] In the 18th- and 19th-centuries, parts of the street were rebuilt, and buildings around the front of York Minster were demolished, to open up access to it.

Immediately beside the walls is the grade-II listed building at 2–2A High Petergate, built around 1840 and today occupied by The Fat Badger inn.

The next junction is with Stonegate and Minster Gates, past which the street continues as Low Petergate.