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Areas of York

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York and its district, the City of York, has many distinct localities, suburbs and villages.

Centre

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Squares

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Exhibition Square

York's squares are:

Middle

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Parliament Street in Winter

Parliament Street is wide, pedestrianised, and lined with large London planes. It is the city centre's main street, central to the network of gates, snickelways and squares. It was created in the early Victorian Era merging two marketplaces, St Sampson's Square and Pavement.[3]

York Castle is to the north of a peninsula formed by the Foss flowing into the Ouse. It is an area with multiple parts such as the Eye of York green, Clifford's Tower, Tower Gardens, the crown court and York Castle Museum.

North West

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The Hospitium

North west of the centre is the walled Museum Gardens, the Hospitum, St Olave's Church and ruins of St Mary's Abbey. North west of the gardens is Bootham. The city's medical facilities are concentrated at Bootham with Bootham Park Hospital and York Hospital. The latter hospital borders Bootham Stray and Bootham itself borders Clifton.

North east

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Treasurer's House

North-east from Foss Bridge to Bootham Bar is a quieter area of the city. On the Bootham Bar end is Petergate with the green space of Dean's Park, York Minster and the Treasurer's House. North east of this, outside the walls, is York St John University's Campus.

Halfway down is Goodramgate with shops on the gate and on Monkgate, other streets in the area are for housing. The walls end at Layerthorpe, King's Fishpool formerly existed here, this meant that walls in the area were not needed.[4]

Near the bridge is Fossgate. Apart from Fossgate, the area is high density housing and offices, including the Government's DEFRA. The DIG centre is based here.

South east

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The Barbican Centre

The walled centre's area east of the River Foss is centred upon Piccadilly, Walmgate; after the walls Fishergate and Lawrence Street. Walmgate and Lawrence Street have small shops on both sides creating a main shopping thoroughfare through the area while Piccadilly has hotels.

From just north of Walmgate bar, the area outside the walls is light industrial with a number of supermarkets. From Red Tower to the Layerthorpe, along the Foss, the city walls have been removed. Near Fishergate Bar is York Barbican.

The centre reaches from Walmgate Stray to Monk Stray; neighbouring Fulford, Heslington, Osbaldwick and Heworth.

South west

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Lower Priory Street

Bishophill is the walled centre's area west of the River Ouse. The area is residential to the south, Micklegate is the main thoroughfare for trade and offices are found along the Ouse (off Skeldergate) and north of Micklegate (off Toft Green and Tanner Row).[5]

North and east of Bishophill is Bishops Fields. The north of Bishophill and Bishops Fields are dominated by the railway; multiple offices, York station and the National Railway Museum.

Micklegate becomes Blossom Street which goes towards the Micklegate Stray, which includes the Knavesmire. This part of the centre neighbours Holgate, Dringhouses, South Bank and Middlethorpe.

Outer

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The York Built-up area is defined by the Office for National Statistics for census purposes.[6]

Placename Council ward Parliament Population (2001) Population (2011) Postcode
Acomb Acomb, Westfield York Central 21,419 22,215 YO24
Bishophill Micklegate York Central YO1
Bootham Guildhall York Central YO30
Clifton Clifton, Rawcliffe & Clifton Without (part) York Central 12,017 13,548 YO30
Clifton Without Rawcliffe & Clifton Without York Outer 5,113 5,246 YO30
Dringhouses Dringhouses & Woodthorpe York Outer 10,733 11,084 YO24
Earswick Strensall York Outer 819 876 YO32
Fishergate Fishergate York Central 7,921 9,844 YO10
Fulford Fulford & Heslington York Outer 2,595 2,785 YO10
Groves Guildhall York Central YO31
Heslington Fulford & Heslington (part), Hull Road (part) York Outer 4,122 4,792 YO10
Heworth Heworth, Heworth Without (part) York Central (part), York Outer (part) 13,725 15,434 YO31
Heworth Without Heworth Without York Outer 2,283 2,191 YO31
Holgate Holgate York Central 11,564 12,832 YO24
Huntington Huntington & New Earswick York Outer 9,277 9,371 YO31
Layerthorpe Heworth York Central YO31
New Earswick Huntington & New Earswick York Outer 2,812 2,737 YO32
Osbaldwick Osbaldwick & Derwent York Outer 2,726 2,902 YO10
Rawcliffe Rawcliffe and Clifton Without York Outer 5,407 6,511 YO30
South Bank Micklegate York Central YO23
Tang Hall Heworth York Central YO31
Woodthorpe Dringhouses & Woodthorpe York Outer YO24
York City Centre Guildhall, Micklegate York Central YO1

District

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The individual areas of the City of York are all within the Unitary Authority area as defined by the Fifth Periodical Report, Volume 4, "Mapping for the Non-Metropolitan Counties and the Unitary Authorities as published by the Boundary Commission For England", specifically on pages 106–109.[7] Population details are taken from the UK Census of 2001 and 2011.[8][9] Some areas that have a population for 2001 are taken from local ecclesiastical parish information and has not been updated for 2011. Other areas without any population information is due to a lack of ecclesiastical parish information, mostly because the area has never been one and is included only due to it being an identifiable and distinct area according to Ordnance Survey maps.

Placename Council ward Parliament Population (2001) Population (2011) Postcode
Acaster Malbis Bishopthorpe York Outer 578 669 YO23
Askham Bryan Rural West York York Outer 582 564 YO23
Askham Richard Rural West York York Outer 273 351 YO23
Bishopthorpe Bishopthorpe York Outer 3,174 3,237 YO23
Copmanthorpe Copmanthorpe York Outer 4,262 4,173 YO23
Crockey Hill Wheldrake York Outer YO19
Deighton Wheldrake York Outer 308 291 YO19
Dunnington Osbaldwick & Derwent York Outer 3,194 3,230 YO19
Elvington Wheldrake York Outer 1,212 1,239[10] YO41
Haxby (town) Haxby & Wigginton York Outer 8,754 8,248 YO32
Hessay Rural West York York Outer 181 265 YO26
Holtby Osbaldwick & Derwent York Outer 152 166 YO19
Kexby Osbaldwick & Derwent York Outer 194 231 YO41
Knapton Rural West York York Outer 222 YO26
Middlethorpe Bishopthorpe York Outer YO23
Murton Osbaldwick & Derwent York Outer 423 668 YO19
Naburn Wheldrake York Outer 470 516 YO19
Nether Poppleton Rural West York York Outer 2,077 2,141 YO26
Rufforth Rural West York York Outer 560 YO26
Skelton Rural West York York Outer 1,640 1,549 YO31
Stockton on the Forest Strensall York Outer 1,261 1,214 YO32
Strensall Strensall York Outer 3,815 YO32
Towthorpe Strensall York Outer 1,967 YO32
Upper Poppleton Rural West York York Outer 1,961 1,997 YO26
Wheldrake Wheldrake York Outer 1,909 2,107 YO19
Wigginton Haxby & Wigginton York Outer 3,174 3,160 YO32

References

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  1. ^ "York Minster to create 'Queen Elizabeth Square' to honour monarch". 17 May 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  2. ^ "York City Streets". Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  3. ^ Parliament Street (Monuments 300–305), An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York, Volume 5, Central. London: HMSO. 1981. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  4. ^ "The Walls: From Medieval Defence to Victorian Promenade" (PDF). Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  5. ^ "The history of Bishophill". Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  6. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – York Built-up area (E34005036)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  7. ^ "LocationDetails" (PDF). Fifth Periodical Report, Volume 4 Mapping for the Non-Metropolitan Counties and the Unitary Authorities. Boundary Commission For England. pp. 106–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  8. ^ "Census 2001". City of York 2001 Census Profile. City of York Unitary Authority. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  9. ^ "UK Census 2011". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  10. ^ "2011 UK Census - Elvington Parish". Retrieved 22 September 2013.