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Did you know? The stone plinths Knowledge and Ideas for Everyone next to the Blue Bridge were originally to display cannons captured at the Battle of Sebastopol in 1855. Park to Park walking trail: The Kings Arms on King’s Staith is more commonly Homestead Park | Rowntree Park Homestead Park referred to as ‘The Pub that Homestead Park began life as the gardens of Floods’, given how close it is Homestead House, built in 1904 for the English to the River Ouse. socialist researcher, social reformer and industrialist Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree. Benjamin Seebohm was the son of Joseph Rowntree, the owner of Skeldergate Bridge Homestead Rowntree’s and Co Ltd. was the last of the As soon as Homestead House was first occupied, St Peter’s School, near three city-centre Park Rowntree placed an advert in the Yorkshire Gazette. Homestead Park, is the bridges across the He opened the field behind the house from the 18 fourth-oldest school Ouse to be built, and July 1904 as a playground for children attending in the world, and was was opened to the local elementary schools, providing them with founded in 627AD. public in 1881. donkey rides, swings, a merry-go-round, see-saws, sand heaps and games. Homestead Park has seen many changes over the St Martin Coney Street years. Local firm Backhouse and Son Ltd designed church was largely and constructed the pond and rock garden destroyed during a Second between 1911 and 1913; in 1936 the children’s World War bombing raid playground was relocated from the main lawn to its on 29th April 1942. A current position and in 1954 the rocking horse was church has existed on that purchased. site since the 11th century. The park now covers 14 acres and is owned, managed and maintained by the charity organisation, Joseph Rowntree Foundation. It includes a children’s playground, formal bedding displays, a pond and rock garden, woodland area, wildflower meadow, herbaceous borders, mediaeval Knowledge and Ideas for Everyone garden and tree-lined avenue. Rowntree www.exploreyork.org.uk Why not stop by our Reading Cafe and gazebo and experience it for yourself? @YorkExplore ExploreYorkLibrariesandArchives Park Park Park Walking Trail.indd 1 20/01/2017 14:41 S HIPTON ROAD E N A L ER AT W I Homestead W G Walking trail key: G I N T AD O O Park N R Walking route Y WATR D R B CFTO ork O X A A H Hopsital D Alternative route D A O R T E N E R O T T S G E IN C T N N E U R H A L C LO BOOTHAM RD M E A AT YO G R NK ’S O W M A K GILLYGAT ork LK N Rowntree Park BA E SS RP Minster FO HO Rowntree Park was designed by Fred Rowntree and Museum JE RT W YE BU A ardens P R L formally opened to the public on 16 July 1921. It ET Y ER GA was built as a memorial to the 200 men of the York ork xplore X TE ST chocolate firm Rowntree & Company who had been UM SE U STONEGATE C M LEN O DAVYGATE S killed in the First World War. The original memorial DA LL L H IE R R LendalLEEMAN O ABridgeD A C M G plaques are still visible underneath the park’s O PARLIAMENT A B T W N L O E E E B ISE Y STREET S E dovecot. R R T STON F S N O S FOSSGATE O TA IO U MEN T G T E S AV IE S P S P R U I RR S ork S I L ER E The park was specifically designed as a public park St artin’sT G T A A A TE RG PICCADILLY N OPPE D Station C C ’ Church L S and recreation ground. The pond was installed to I T F R E F O E O E A R T A R WALMGATE T G D provide immediate interest whilst the trees grew to E D S L CK N I S E E M T U R maturity, and overall the park realised the dream of Q E E Clifford’s the Rowntree family to provide space to promote the King’s Arms T TOWER ST Tower N health and wellbeing of the residents of York. T U S NN M ERY LAW SO LA RENC S NE E STREET The substantial iron gates onto Terry Avenue were LO ATE B ERG ELD added in 1954, as a memorial to those killed during SK BARBICAN ROAD FISHERGATE NT the Second World War. The park remains open U O M to the public and is now managed by City of York E TH Skeldergate Council. Today it features a children’s playground, Bridge tennis courts, bowling greens, basketball court and SCAR Blue Bridge CROFT ROA D D We anticipate that A skateboarding area. It also O D R D A A E P this walk will take aroundO O R R features a large lake and R R O E H Y T R ork 1-1½ hours to complete.S T E water cascade. A P T C E D O M Cemetery A H E Please note the lastT section C IS Our Reading Cafe is of the walk is not suitable for B housed in the original wheelchairs or large buggies. Rowntree ROAD FULFORD tearoom building, so why If you are travelling with a Park not stop by for coffee wheelchair or large buggy Walmgate or lunch and experience you may wish to use the Stray this beautiful park for alternative route illennium yourself? Knavesmire marked above. Bridge Park Park Walking Trail.indd 2 20/01/2017 14:41.