It's not just the buildings that make a place, but the spaces between them, and in particular those green places that encourage wildlife, and benefit stressed-out humans looking for a place to sit or to wander.

Witch hazel, Museum Gardens

The Museum Gardens – home to trees with champion girth, buildings spanning many centuries, busy litter-pickers, and once home to peacocks
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Rowntree Park

Rowntree Park – a Rowntree gift to the citizens of York. By the riverside, off Terry Avenue, on one side of town

 
Homestead Park

Homestead Park – also a Rowntree gift to the citizens of York. By the river in Clifton, on the other side of town

 
Pergola, West Bank Park

West Bank Park – an interesting park with a royal presence, in Holgate/Acomb

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