York by munki-boy
York
Shopping in York
Bath Plaza Village of Bath, Town of Bath
Bath Plaza retail park
Local History around York
There are some historic monuments around including:
Medieval stone town house known as The Norman House to the rear of Nos 48 and 50 StonegateMerchant's Hall, FossgateSt Mary's AbbeyFulford cross, 200m south west of the barracksStanding tower and below ground remains of St Lawrence's Church and associated burial groundCity 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, AldwarkSiwards How, south east of the water tower, Heslington HillRoman camp on Huntington South Moor, 300m east of Huntington GrangeRoman camp on Clifton Moor, 275m NNE of Moor FarmSt George's medieval chapel 120m south of York CastleSt Mary's Abbey precinct wallsRoman camp on Bootham Stray, 450m north east of Moor FarmWorld War II bombing decoy 500m east of Bland's PlantationYork Minster cathedral precinct: including Bootham Bar and the length of City Walls extending round the precinct up to Monk BarSouth angle tower of Roman fortressSt Peter's Hospital, part of undercroft beneath the Theatre RoyalCold War period Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters, Howe HillNether Poppleton medieval moated site, fishponds and earthworks around and associated with St Everilda's ChurchLamel Hill (Anglo-Saxon tumulus)York Castle: motte and bailey castle, tower keep castle (including Clifford's Tower), and site of part of Romano-British fort-vicus and Anglian cemetery.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) |
