Parks and open spaces

Facilities and locations of parks, gardens, rivers, lakes, allotments and nature reserves in York.

In this section:

• Allotments
  There are more than a thousand plots on our allotment sites and another four hundred plots on sites run by parish councils or independent groups
• Church yards
  Information about church yards
• Grazing
  We arrange the grazing on Bootham Stray, Monk Stray, Walmgate Stray and Hob Moor. No grazing licences are available until 2021
• Memorials and donations
  Making a donation for a park bench, a tree or daffodil planting is a way to mark a memorable event such as a birthday, anniversary, wedding or to commemorate a special person
• Model boating
  A section of the lake at Rowntree Park, closest to the play area, is set aside for model boat use
• Nature reserves
  Find out about Local Nature Reserves in York
• Park Rangers
  Information about the work that the Park Rangers do across many of the parks and local nature reserves in the city
• Parks and open spaces in York
  Find out about parks, gardens and woods in York
• Rivers
  The city of York owes its existence to the Rivers Ouse and Foss. These natural barriers made it an ideal defensive site which was settled by the Romans in AD71. With reorganisation of local government in 1996 the River Derwent now forms part of the council's eastern boundary
• Sports pitches, tennis courts and bowling greens
  Locations of council run football pitches, basketball courts, tennis courts and bowling greens
• Play areas
  Details and locations of play areas in York
• Tree and hedgerow management
  We have some responsibility for trees and woodlands within York
• Treemendous York
  Treemendous York is a project with a mission to plant 50,000 trees in York.
• War memorials
  We are responsible for the care and maintenance of the War Memorial Gardens, Rowntree Park and four smaller memorials
• Wildlife
  Advice and land managment to maintain and enhance wildlife
• York in Bloom
  Working with, and recognising the efforts of many individuals, residents, businesses and other organisations in the community, York in Bloom helps to make York a clean, safe, green and healthy city