Selby Park.

The small municipal park in Selby is a gem. One thing I like about Selby is that it is compact; within less than a square mile are; the rail station, bus station, the park, Selby Abbey, the market place, lots of shops (mostly small-scale) in close-by streets and alleys, a department store, the River Ouse, […]

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Green Places 36.

I am going to conclude this series of blogs/posts under the heading of Green Places with a mention of the Humber Forest Project. Begun in 1990 the project is one 15 community forests in England with four being in the Northern Forest which stretches from Liverpool across to Kingston upon Hull. This description, which generates

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Green Places 35.

Continuing east along the south bank of the Humber Estuary from the Lincs. Trust building (see blog 33) and passing under the Humber Bridge the ‘Point’ is arrived at, this being the Humber Bridge viewing area with seating, car park and cafe. Just inland a footbridge crosses Barton Haven (see above), the boatyard being on

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Green Places 34.

As good a place as any to record another return visit to Doncaster. Another scene inside the 1920s themed Earl of Doncaster hotel and restaurant, not far from the Racecourse where Benetthorpe, Roman Road and South Parade merge. The rear windows of the hotel overlook Roman Rd. and Elmfield Park beyond, this now in its

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Green Places 32.

The walk alongside the Humber bank from South Ferriby to Barton on Humber is, without doubt, one of the finest walks in the Humberside region for views, landscape and flora and fauna. If not walked from South Ferriby, the walk can be accessed at a point known locally as Pebbly Beach (although the beach is

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