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Lots of signage on this route. Some directional and some informative.

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. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowntree_Park

Nice traffic free alternative. Nice also to escape thebheat

Great for a road bike. Quiet route. View on fields.

Crosses the racecourse. A good view of what the horse & jockey might see on a race day 👍

Watch out for the Sun marker and then ride the trail towards Selby and spot all the planets along the way. Tried to educate you on how big/small they are and how far away from the sun. Interesting 👍

Nice views from the bridge with quirky fisherman installation sat on top.

Nearby is Towton, the site of the War of the Roses battle, believed to be bloodiest in English history and which brought the Wars of the Roses to an end in 1461. Ten thousand men are said to have been killed and Cock Beck, the little stream which you cross to get to St Mary's, is said to have run red with blood.