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Rowntree Park

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Rowntree Park

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Rowntree Park

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Location: York, Yorkshire And The Humber, England, United Kingdom

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1. New Walk Riverside Path, York – York Millennium Bridge loop from Acaster Malbis

19.6km

04:59

40m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. York Millennium Bridge – Ouse Bridge loop from York

17.6km

04:28

40m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. York City Walls – Historic Centre of York loop from Poppleton

21.0km

05:23

90m

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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troghalls

June 22, 2018

Rowntree park has a childrens playground, toilets and refreshments as well as picnic spots, nature walks and playing fields.

Jan

August 24, 2018

Beautiful park

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RichD

July 20, 2025

Don't visit in winter. Very good chance it will be under water, or sludge after the River Ouse floodwaters have receded. Bearing that in mind, YCC and the keepers do a pretty good job of maintaining the park.

The park was created in memory of employees of Rowntree's who died in the First World War, and was opened on 16 July 1921 by local entrepreneur and philanthropist Joseph Rowntree. Upon their purchase in 1919, the 17 acres of land cost £1,500. The park now covers an area of 25 acres, with it being extended in 1926/7 with the purchase of Clementhorpe allotments, and further in 2000 with the purchase of Butcher Terrace football fields.

The gates at the riverbank entrance are eighteenth-century and were given by the company as a memorial to the people of York who died in the Second World War. There are further commemorative plaques on the dovecote. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowntree_Park

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Location: York, Yorkshire And The Humber, England, United Kingdom

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Rowntree Park

1. New Walk Riverside Path, York – York Millennium Bridge loop from Acaster Malbis

2. York Millennium Bridge – Ouse Bridge loop from York

3. York City Walls – Historic Centre of York loop from Poppleton

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