Built in 71 AD, the City Walls remain one of York’s best-loved attractions. Boasting more miles of preserved Roman wall than any other city in England, York is a great place to soak up history and, with a little bit of imagination, transport yourself back to a time when Eboracum was a fortified settlement, with walls designed to keep invaders at bay.
Luckily, you won’t have to fight off pillagers and plunderers to enjoy this unique piece of our heritage – take a stroll on the Bar Walls today, and you’ll see tourists and residents alike traversing the city on elevated walkways, taking in stunning views along the way – with not a bow and arrow in sight!
While the Bar Walls have long been famed for their beauty and ingenuity, the ongoing York Walls in Bloom project has transformed their embankments (known as ‘ramparts’) into biodiverse, sustainable, colour-laden green spaces. Funded by the Green Corridors project and National Lottery Community Fund (inspired by the Tower of London’s Moat in Bloom project), York Walls in Bloom is designed to reinvigorate these oft-neglected ramparts with wonderful wildflowers, providing ever-changing displays of both native and non-native plants from springtime to autumn; varieties blossoming around the Walls include Field Poppies, Corn Cockle, Lesser Stitchwort, Common Vetch, and Corn Camomile.
This autumn, we’d advise all residents to undertake a walk on the Walls – spy an array of
wildflowers in vivid and vibrant colour, before the winter chill takes hold!
Visit www.york.gov.uk/york-city-centre/city-walls/5 to learn more about the York Walls in Bloom project. Head over to www.york.gov.uk/york-city-centre/city-walls/2 to find a walking map of the City Walls!
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