Management of Verge and Open Spaces
Verges and grassland
Selected highway urban verges with less or targeted no-mowing
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Road |
Location |
Ward |
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1 |
A166 Hull Rd |
Grimston Bar to B&Q |
Hull Road and Osbaldwick & Dunnington |
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2 |
B&Q to end of Bus Lane |
Hull Road |
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3 |
end of Bus Lane Black Bull |
Hull Road |
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4 |
Field Lane |
Deramore Drive to B&Q roundabout |
Hull Road |
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5 |
A1036 Tadcaster Rd |
Inbound - in front of Tesco |
Dringhouses & Woodthorpe |
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6 |
A1036 Tadcaster Rd |
Outbound – Simbalk Lane area |
Dringhouses & Woodthorpe |
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7 |
Moor Lane |
Woodthorpe |
Dringhouses & Woodthorpe |
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8 |
A19 (North) Rawcliffe |
Shipton Road |
Rawcliffe and Clifton Without |
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9 |
Monks Cross |
Jockey Lane |
Huntington and New Earswick |
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10 |
A1237 |
12 Roundabouts |
N / A |
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11 |
Heslington Road |
Heslington |
Heslington and Fulford |
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12 |
Horseman Lane / Horseman Drive |
N/A |
Compmanthorpe |
Selected grassland areas with less or targeted no-mowing, and other beneficial wildlife developments
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Location |
Ward |
Voluntary / community involvement |
What |
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1 |
Millennium Bridge – Fulford side |
Fishergate |
St Nicks leading on site management and development |
Mix of landscape with less mowing areas with recent supplementary tree planting |
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2 |
Rowntree Park |
Micklegate |
Friends / part of Green Corridors project |
Mix of mowing regimes to reflect the formal and informal nature of the park |
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Victoria “stray” – Scarborough Bridge to Clifton Bridge
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Holgate |
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Mixed mowing regime to reflect the formal and informal recreational needs of the area. Supplementary tree planting on outer area |
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4 |
Riverside near St Peters |
Clifton |
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On holding pending new maintenance requirements of flood bank |
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5 |
Rawcliffe Country Park |
Rawcliffe and Clifton Without |
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On hold pending the completion of Environment Agency work. |
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6 |
Rawcliffe Lake |
Rawcliffe and Clifton Without |
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Long standing mix of mowing regimes |
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7 |
West Bank Park |
Holgate |
Friends of West Bank Park |
Long standing “meadow area” |
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8 |
Hull Road Park |
Hull Road |
TCV / St Nicks / Friends of Hull Road Park |
Ideas to be tested with Friends autumn 2025 |
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9 |
Clarence Gardens |
Guildhall |
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Old Bowling greens sown with meadow mix in 2024, see main report for pictures |
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10 |
Scarcroft Green |
Micklegate |
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Mix of mowing regimes to reflect the formal and informal nature of the area |
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11 |
Little Knavesmire |
Micklegate |
sports clubs, Green Corridor project |
Area alongside Albemarle wall to be left long for first time in 2025 |
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12 |
Main Knavesmire |
Micklegate
Impacts on Dringhouses and Woodthorpe |
York Racecourse & Yorkshire Wildlife Trust . |
Possible test of longer grass area on southern end of site.
Recent tree and hedge row planting as part of Greenstreets project |
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13 |
Monk “Heworth” Stray – |
Heworth Without |
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More diverse grassland species mix sown along route of recent Yorkshire Water pipeline work |
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14 |
Batchelor Hill |
Westfield |
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Long standing mixed mowing regime “meadow area” |
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15 |
Poppleton Road Memorial arch area |
Holgate |
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Area cut using the power scythe by the Environment and Community Officers |