York Residents Festival 2012 – Fishergate Postern Tour

The Friends of York Walls will be offering a Fishergate Postern Tour on Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th January, from 11am to 3pm.

Visit the Fishergate Postern Tower, located near the junction of Piccadilly and Fishergate, for a free talk and an inspection tour lead by The Friends of York Walls.

Enjoy a brief history and tour of the tower before hearing about the plans for its development, and the work of The Friends of York Walls.

Information from 01904 337308

Pre-booking is not required

Safety (speed) camera locations between 11 and 17 January 2012

North Yorkshire Police will be carrying out mobile safety camera enforcement on the following roads between 11 and 17 January 2012.
•A61, Green Lane, Brearton
•Crowberry Drive, Harrogate
•Woodfield Road, Harrogate
•B6163, Thistle Hill Road, Calcutt
•A61, Green Lane, Brearton
•A59, Beamsley Hill, Harrogate
•Jennyfields Drive, Harrogate
•Skipton Road, Harrogate
•King Edwards Drive, Harrogate
•A61 Leeds Road, Harrogate
•A59, High Street, Starbeck
•Silver Street, Barton
•Leeming Lane, Catterick Village
•A6108, Darlington Rd, Richmond
•A66, Gilling West
•A684, Aysgarth
•A6108, Middleham
•Gatherley Road, Brompton

The mobile safety cameras will be in operation at the above sites at various times during the dates stated. Cameras will not be in use on the above routes all day, every day. The above locations were accurate when this news release was produced.

Cornlands Park Project – meeting tonight

We understand that the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust are holding a meeting tonight to discuss whether food might be grown on part of the Cornlands Park. There hasn’t been much publicity – nor any consultation – on this project so far.

It is unlikely to be a success unless the security and Public Right of Way issues are resolved first.
Plans to divert the public footpath which crosses the park have been under discussion for nearly 2 years without any resolution. The intention had been to secure the park after dark as a counter to the anti social behaviour which sometimes takes place there.

There may be some scope for some sort of allotments on the site but the first priority should be to secure the boundary.

NB. Residents signed an electronic petition on the Councils web site recently asking for action to control access to the park at night.

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