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York

Created: 29  March  2019  Edited: 29  November  2023

York

Shopping in York

Local History around York

There are some historic monuments around including:

York Castle: motte and bailey castle, tower keep castle (including Clifford's Tower), and site of part of Romano-British fort-vicus and Anglian cemeteryCity Walls, gates, posterns (not including the section from Bootham Bar to Monk Bar, N of the Minster, now part of National Monument No 13280), moats, mounds, Bayle (or Baile) Hill, St Leonard's Hospital and Merchant Taylor's Hall, AldwarkSt Mary's AbbeyRoman camp on Bootham Stray, 450m north east of Moor FarmWorld War II bombing decoy 500m east of Bland's PlantationSt George's medieval chapel 120m south of York CastleSiwards How, south east of the water tower, Heslington HillLamel Hill (Anglo-Saxon tumulus)Standing tower and below ground remains of St Lawrence's Church and associated burial groundSt Mary's Abbey precinct wallsCold War period Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters, Howe HillYork Minster cathedral precinct: including Bootham Bar and the length of City Walls extending round the precinct up to Monk BarMerchant's Hall, FossgateFulford cross, 200m south west of the barracksNether Poppleton medieval moated site, fishponds and earthworks around and associated with St Everilda's ChurchMedieval stone town house known as The Norman House to the rear of Nos 48 and 50 StonegateRoman camp on Clifton Moor, 275m NNE of Moor FarmSt Peter's Hospital, part of undercroft beneath the Theatre RoyalSouth angle tower of Roman fortressRoman camp on Huntington South Moor, 300m east of Huntington Grange.

Wildlife in and Around York

Birds found in York

There have been 141 species of birds recorded in the york area.

Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

Tap here for more birds found in and around York

Brett Gregory is an award-winning filmmaker based in Bolton whose production company, Serious Feather, is currently making a documentary about autism and poetry.

As a part of this production, Landscape Britain was asked to advise with regards to the location of specific areas of outstanding natural beauty throughout the region.

Visit www.seriousfeather.com for further information.

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