The Mitre

Wetherby Grange Park

Wetherby · 11 miles

A multi-purpose sports complex on the outskirts of Wetherby provides facilities for padel, rugby union, crown-green and flat-green bowls and junior football, making it the largest community sports site in the town. The park lies close to Junction 45 of the A1(M) and is a ten- to fifteen-minute walk from Wetherby bus station, with a car park accommodating roughly one hundred vehicles. The present layout dates from 1988, when the former cricket ground was replaced after the second Wetherby bypass – now the A1(M) – divided the pitch. Prior to the bypass the area had been the site of Wetherby Grange, a stately house demolished in 1962. The rugby club moved here from Loshpot Lane in Kirk Deighton, and a new clubhouse opened shortly afterwards; it was rebuilt between 2012 and 2013, retaining a single-storey form but offering larger bar and dressing-room spaces, as well as separate facilities for match officials. The bowling club maintains its own wooden pavilion adjacent to the greens, separate from the main clubhouse. Facilities include four rugby pitches to the south, two of which are flood-lit and a small grandstand added in the late 2010s; a single cricket pitch with practice nets behind the clubhouse; and two bowling greens – one flat, one crown – laid in 1987 and illuminated for night play. A children’s playground and a catering unit near the rugby pitches complement the sports provision. The site is shared by Wetherby Cricket Club, Wetherby RUFC, Wetherby Bowling Club and Kirk Deighton Junior Football Club, each using the designated areas.

Museum Gardens

Bootham · 1.9 miles

Ten-acre botanical Museum Gardens, around the Yorkshire Museum and set in the surroundings of the medieval ruins of St. Mary’s Abbey. Established in the 1830s by the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, these gardens are famous for their col

Robin Hood Tower

Bootham · 1.9 miles

Tower on the City Walls. There has been a tower here since at least 1370, but te present one was built 1888-89.

York Minster

Bootham · 1.9 miles

Cathedral and seat of the Archbishop of York. Mostly build during the 1200s - 1300s in Gothic style.

Treasurer's House

Bootham · 1.9 miles

Home of treasurers of York Minster until 1547, then a private house. Now a National Trust property with a collection of antique furniture, ceramics, textiles and paintings.

Roman Column

Naburn · 1.9 miles

Roman column found during 1969 York Minster excavtions. Comes from the Great Hall / Principia.