Bridget Morris (right, executive director, The Rowntree Society), Julia Unwin (CEO, Joseph Rowntree Foundation) and Peter Addyman (York Civic Trust). Photo: Courtesy of the Rowntree Society.
Rowntree Walks go further
Rowntree Walks in York are to be expanded
The Rowntree Society has announced plans to expand its original ‘Rowntree Walk’ leaflet.
The new guide will be a twenty-page booklet containing five distinct walks in York, all of which have links to the Rowntree family.
The routes are: City Centre, Bootham and Clifton, Haxby Road, Heslington and Rowntree Park, and New Earswick. Each walk will contain basic facts and will point users towards interesting places and details, as well as inviting them to imagine aspects of the past (where they are not immediately visible today).
The booklet will include some new features, among them the blue plaque that marks the birthplace of Joseph Rowntree (see above).
The new guide is being developed to meet growing interest in the Rowntree heritage.
