Follow The Foss - 2 - Castle Museum Corner to Piccadily

Continue from the corner of the Castle Museum along Tower Street along the side of the Law Courts

Corner of Castle Museum

Tower Street by the Law Courts towards Friargate

Turn right when you can see Clifford's Tower and head towards the Castle Car Park

 

As you walk across the car park the line of trees mark the line of the river. Head to the left as you reach the trees.

Behind the Coppergate Centre

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Former St. Mary's Church

St. Mary's church is one of the City centre mediaeval churchs that has become redundant as a church and is now used as an art exhibition centre. It mainly puts on Installation Art Pieces see my earlier blog for the Memory Of Place exhibition.

As you walk alongside the Coppergate Centre beside the River Foss there is a Caroline's Rainbow Foundation memorial stone to Caroline Stuttle. Caroline was murdered in Bundaberg, Australia whilst backpacking. Caroline's Rainbow Foundation was set up by her mother to provide help and advice to young people going on backpacking trips around the world.

Buskers - Coppergate Centre

Two of the better buskers you can see around York playing folk music. Stuart and Paul also often turn up to the Friday night session at the Tap and Spile in Monkgate. Note the little yellow ticket in the fiddle case, this shows that they are approved by the city council to perform as buskers in York.

Decaying Building - Piccadily

Not all of York is pristine and well kept, this building in Piccadily just next to the River Foss beside the Coppergate centre is suffering from proposed redevelopment being blocked by various protesters that rightly want the redevelopment to be sensitive to it's surroundings and proximity to Clifford's Tower. So whilst the debate goes on the building is deteriorating in the beleif that it is not worth doing anything with it as it will be demolished sometime.