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[Image taken 28.11.23] St George’s Field car park, Castle Mills Bridge, York. A fallen Tier hire (e-)cycle blocks access to the toast rack-style cycle parking in the car park, near the river and next to the public toilets. My cycle was … [more]
[Image taken 15.11.23] Railway Walk, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] Other image today and links: #199068. USER COUNT 15.11.23 Wednesday 07.55-08.25. Daylight, dry. Schools back. Students back. Observations: Very many … [more]
[Image taken 15.11.23] Railway Walk, the River Ouse end, with Earlsborough Terrace to the left, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location. Location approximate.] One of the diversion signs has fallen over. It is now useless and it is a … [more]
[Image taken 15.11.23] Railway Walk, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location. Location approximate.] The people for whom the message on these signs are intended can’t see them. They are useless, clutter and the very slim profile makes … [more]
[Image taken 15.11.23] Railway Walk, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location. Location approximate.] The signs can’t be seen by people cycling on Railway Walk – they face the car park. They are nonsensical when viewed in this location. … [more]
[Image taken 15.11.23] Railway Walk, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location. Location approximate.] The diversion signs remain a hazard, clutter and useless. Notice the entire width of Railway Walk is covered in wet leaves. These are … [more]
[Image taken 15.11.23] Railway Walk, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] These temporary signs diversion signs for non motorised users are simply clutter. They are not doing their (any) job. They have been here since around … [more]
[Image taken 15.11.23] Railway Walk, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location. Location approximate.] Missing fencing. The uprights are sharp. Note also the wet – and therefore slippery - leaves. If you slipped on the leaves you could … [more]
[Image taken 15.11.23] Railway Walk, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location. Location approximate.] Damaged/missing fencing. Not only is this failing to protect Railway Walk users, it’s a trip hazard for anyone walking through the car … [more]
[Image taken 15.11.23] Railway Walk, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location. Location approximate.] Damaged fencing. Other image here today and links: #199068.
[Image taken 15.11.23] Railway Walk, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location. Location approximate.] Missing fencing. Note also the leaves. They are wet and very slippery. They are a hazard for all users. Other image here today and … [more]
[Image taken 15.11.23] Railway Walk, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location. Location approximate.] Note the damaged fencing. Other image here today and links: #199068.
[Image taken 15.11.23] Railway Walk, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location. Location approximate.] I couldn’t get my fingers between the front of the vehicle and the fencing. I concluded the car was touching the wood. Context: … [more]
[Image taken 13.11.23] Railway Walk/Marygate car park, York. [NOTE: No street view at this exact location. Location approximate.] A pedestrian who was passing as I took this photo, stopped. He said, “That vehicle’s been here the past few … [more]
[Image taken 13.11.23] Marygate car park, York. [NOTE: No street view at this exact location.] Vehicles of this size do not fit into the spaces allocated. They also extend into the routes alongside: #199039. Other image today and links: … [more]
[Image taken 27.10.23] Railway Walk, York. [NOTE: Location approximate. No street view at this location.] Earlier in the week I’d noticed much of the fencing on this side of Marygate car park was damaged. This evening it was all a stage … [more]
[Image taken 27.10.23] Railway Walk, York. [NOTE: Location approximate. No street view at this location.] To and from where? Context and links: #198830. Other image here today and links: #198829.
[Image taken 27.10.23] Railway Walk, York. [NOTE: Location approximate. No street view at this location.] It was darker than my image shows - yet none of the car park lighting was on. This sign [see: #198831, context: #198756, side-on, is: … [more]
[Image taken 27.10.23] Railway Walk, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] Other images here today: #198830, #198831, #198832. Other image today and links: #198825. [Image taken 27.10.23] Railway Walk, York. [NOTE: No street view … [more]
[Post-foliage cutting images from 8.10.23: #198242, #198243.] NETWORK RAIL RESPONSE 4.10.23: "Your request has been passed to our local maintenance protection co-ordinator for the York area. He has advised that this area has been cut … [more]
[Image taken 9.7.23] Marygate Lane, (northern end of Marygate car park), York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] Other image here today and links: #195930.
[Image taken 9.7.23] Marygate Lane, (northern end of Marygate car park), York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] Other image here today and links: #195930.
[Image taken 9.7.23] Marygate Lane, (northern end of Marygate car park), York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] Context and links: #195931.
[Image taken 9.7.23] Marygate Lane, (northern end of Marygate car park), York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] Context and links: #195931.
[Image taken 9.7.23] Marygate Lane, (northern end of Marygate car park), York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] Vestigial greenery. The rest has been ripped out. Presumably there were no active birds nests. … [more]
[NOTE: On 17.7.23 I saw the obstruction here had been cleared.] [Image taken 9.7.23] Marygate Lane, (northern end of Marygate car park), York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] There wasn’t any advance notification this NMU route … [more]
[Image taken 9.7.23] Marygate car park, entrance from/exit to Frederic Street, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] The owners of the trailer had pushed it like a buggy here today. However they explained they can also run and … [more]
[Image taken 27.04.23] Railway Walk, looking into Marygate car park, York. [Note: No street view at this location.] Context and links: #193437.
[UPDATE: On 6.5.23 I noticed the blocks had been removed.] [Image taken 27.04.23] Railway Walk, looking into Marygate car park, York. [Note: No street view at this location.] These sections of broken concrete appeared recently. Last week … [more]
[Image taken 11.4.23] Marygate car park, Railway Walk, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Railway Walk is an ‘all non motorised user route’. Different widths of user (machine), different speeds (including differing levels of … [more]
[Image taken 13.2.23] Marygate car park, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Context and links: #191063.
[Image taken 13.2.23] Marygate car park, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Desire line. The route to the left (not visible in image) and the one the other side of the broken (presumably vandalised) fencing/this side of the steps … [more]
[Image taken 28.12.22] Marygate car park, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Surface flooding makes getting to/from/through the gap between Railway Walk and the car park difficult without getting wet feet. The surface water at … [more]
[Image taken 28.12.22] Railway Walk, Marygate car park, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Despite reporting, in wet weather surface flooding continues to be a problem on this very well used route. This means wet feet for most … [more]
[Image taken 28.12.22] Railway Walk, Scarborough bridge, York. Despite repeated reporting, in wet weather water continues to collect here. (Context: #169471.) The next people who came down the slope was a family of four. The youngest child … [more]
[Image taken 25.10.22] Railway Walk, Marygate car park, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] No explanations in situ. This was in the Press today: … [more]
[Image taken 18.7.22] St Marys/Marygate Lane, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Context and links: #184899.
[Image taken 18.7.22] St Marys/Marygate Lane, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] There's a clear desire line to/from Marygate car park,. The fencing gets broken/removed and is repaired until someone creates a route through again … [more]
Image taken [18.7.22] Railway Walk, Marygate car park, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] The notice (see: #184896) is about resurfacing but the cobbles always remain… no matter who uses the route. Other image here today: #184896 … [more]
[Image taken 18.7.22] Railway Walk, Marygate car park, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Planning notice, warning sign and white paint. But how many users know what this all means? The foliage that is narrowing this very well … [more]
[Image taken 18.7.22] Railway Walk, Marygate car park, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Planning notice but what’s needed is a map. Other images here today: #184897, #184898, #184899, #184900. Other image today and links: … [more]
[Image taken 14.5.22] Railway Walk/Marygate car park direction of Frederic Street, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location] There are no signed entrances/exits between the car park and Railway Walk at its western end. Was this the … [more]
[Image taken 14.5.22] Railway Walk/Marygate car park direction of Frederic Street, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location] 'Gap three'. Context and links: #182594.
[Image taken 14.5.22] Railway Walk/Marygate car park direction of Frederic Street/Hetherton Street, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location] Two of the three 'formal' gaps (though they are hardly 'formal' entrances/exits) in the fencing … [more]
[Image taken 14.5.22] Railway Walk/Marygate car park direction of St Mary's, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location] Context and links: #182594. Railway Walk is usually busy (too busy at times, including at the start and end of the … [more]
[Image taken 14.5.22] View of Marygate car park, York from the eastern end of Scarborough Bridge. [NOTE: No streetview at this location] There are no signed entrances/exits between the car park and the infrastructure around it for people … [more]
[Image taken 13.5.22] Railway Walk, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] Marygate carpark without the hoardings. Looking north along Railway Walk my count square (see: #182580) is in the area there is light coming from the left at … [more]
[Image taken 13.5.22] Railway Walk (steeper of the two slopes between it and Scarborough Bridge), York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] The hoardings have gone from this end of Marygate car park and it feels safer. It's definitely … [more]
[UPDATE: On 9.6.22 after doing a count at the other end of the car park - see: #169470 - I saw the EV bay on the left in this image had been cleared and was presumably therefore usable. Though the blue paint was barely visible and the logo … [more]
[Image taken 17.4.22] Railway Walk, Marygate car park, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] Compare the gap (hatching, bollard) here with these: #181794. Other images today: #181783 and links.
[Later images: #182594] [Image taken 17.4.22] Railway Walk, Marygate car park, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] Drivers obstructing both gaps into/out of the car park that lead to river routes, the accessible Scarborough Bridge … [more]
NOTE: 9.2.22. The hoardings have gone. There is access again between Railway Walk/Earlsborough Terrace and the car park. This means people on cycles can ride through the car park as an alternative to adding to the crush on Railway Walk. … [more]
[Image taken 4.2.22] Marygate Lane (ahead), junction with Railway Walk (to right of camera), Marygate car park, York. Now the compound has gone, you can see the hedges have been massively cut back. Does this make it safer feeling at night? … [more]
[UPDATE: 1.2.22 I saw the compound/fencing had gone.] [Image taken 30.1.22] Marygate carpark, York, Frederic Street/Marygate Lane exit. [Note: No street view at this location.] This area of the city is rundown-looking: compounds, hoardings, … [more]
[Image taken 29.1.22] Marygate car park, York. [NOTE: No streetview this location.] Context: #178364 and links.
[Image taken 29.1.22] Marygate car park, Frederic Street, York. [NOTE: streetview does not yet show the existence of this ticket booth.] Context: #178363. The restricted width drop kerb leads into the ticket booth. This can be busy so it … [more]
[UPDATE: 1.2.22 I saw the compound/fencing had gone.] [Image taken 29.1.22] Marygate car park, Frederic Street exit/entrance, York. [Note: No streetview at this location.] Context: #178077. The fencing of the compound reduces the actual … [more]
[Image taken 29.1.22] Marygate car park, York. Context: #178357. The patched, uneven surface and those cobbles are no worse than those on Frederic Street (left) which also bounds the car park... and which has many disabled parking spaces on … [more]
[Image taken 29.1.22] Marygate Lane, Marygate car park, York. [Note: No streetview at this location.] Context: #178354 and links. Other image this restriction: #178358.
[Image taken 29.1.22] Marygate Lane, Marygate car park, York. Context: #178354 and links. The actual width reduces still further from 89cm (see: #178357) to just 72cm (see: #178360). The pavement is just 105cm – with a kerb on one side and … [more]
[Image taken 29.1.22] Marygate Lane/Frederic Street, Marygate car park, York. Context: #178354 and links. Just 89cm for anyone who can’t/shouldn’t use the pavement. But that’s the actual width. Table 5-3: Additional width at fixed objects … [more]
[Image taken 29.1.22] Marygate Lane/Frederic Street, Marygate car park, York. Context: #178354 and links. Other images today: #178352 and links.
[Image taken 29.1.22] Marygate Lane junction with Railway Walk, Marygate car park, York. [Note: No streetview at this location.] Context: #178077. The compound fencing has been moved to widen the gap between it and the kerb - compare with … [more]
[UPDATE: 1.2.22 I saw the compound/fencing had gone.] [Image taken 27.1.22] Marygate carpark/Frederic Street junction with Marygate Lane, York. Context: #178222 and links.
[UPDATE: 1.2.22 I saw the compound/fencing had gone.] [Image taken 27.1.22] Marygate carpark/Frederic Street junction with Marygate Lane, York. No exit for anyone: mobility scooter users, wheelchair users, people with buggies, people on … [more]
[UPDATE: #178354.] [Image taken 24.1.22] Marygate Lane junction with Railway Walk (to the right), York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] Image taken to the show space limitations for all users the temporary compound creates; the … [more]
[Image taken 24.1.22] Marygate Lane junction with Frederic Street (to left), York. Steps to St Mary's/St Mary's Lane to the right of the bollard. Context and links: #178077.
[UPDATE: See: #178222] [Image taken 24.1.22] Marygate Lane junction with Railway Walk (to the right), York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] Steps (with cycle runner) to St Mary's at first opening. Works signs last week: #177853. … [more]
[Image taken 16.1.22] St Mary’s to Marygate Lane/Marygate car park, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] Note the cycle runner. Note the cobbles at the lower level on the left. Context and links: #177760.
[Image taken 13.1.22] Marygate car park, from Railway Walk, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] All the EV bays except the one with the fencing in it have now been marked. Context: #177544. Concerns: #177543. Other images today: … [more]
[Image taken 11.1.22] Marygate car park, from Marygate Lane, York via desire line through the fencing. [NOTE: NO streetview at this location.] Mud and leaves cleared to back (not 'cleared up' or 'cleared away') to make way for EV symbols as … [more]
[UPDATE See: #177554.] [Image taken 11.1.22] Marygate car park, from Railway Walk, York. [NOTE: NO streetview at this location.] The hatching is the space available (if motorists respect it when parking) for all users to enter, exit and … [more]
[Image taken 11.1.22] Marygate car park, York from Frederic Street/Marygate Lane pedestrian entrance/exit. [NOTE: NO streetview at this location.] View of the location and extent of the EV bays. Four have already been marked with the … [more]
[Image taken 11.1.22] Marygate Lane, York. Looking towards Frederic Street. [NOTE: NO streetview at this location.] Steps to/from St Mary's with cycle runner in the opening on the left. Muddy desire line immediately opposite through low … [more]
[Image taken 11.1.22] Marygate Lane, at base of steps to/from St Mary's/St Mary's Lane, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] Context: #177537. Other images today: #177526 and links.
[Image taken 11.1.22] Marygate Lane looking towards the underpass to Bootham Terrace, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] Context: #177537. Other images today: #177526 and links.
[Image taken 11.1.22] Marygate Lane, York, looking towards Railway Walk and the tunnel under the York-Scarborough rail line to/from Bootham Terrace. Steps to/from St Mary's in second gap on right (beyond the bollards) see: #177541. [NOTE: … [more]
[Image taken 11.1.22] York: Marygate Lane junction with Railway Walk (to the right). The tunnel to Bootham Terrace under the York-Scarborough rail line is behind the camera position. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] Steps (with cycle … [more]
[Newer image: #178807.] [Image taken 11.1.22] Marygate car park, Frederic Street/Marygate Lane pedestrian entrance, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] The works for which the compound and that lime-green two-storey prefab support … [more]
[UPDATE A reply from CYC dated 20.9.23 to a FoI from me dated 28.12.21 says: "The date the EV bays went live to the public was 22/04/2022."] [Image taken 10.1.22] Marygate car park, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] The hatched … [more]
[UPDATE: 23.12.21. The temporary - inaccurate - signage here has been removed. (And the 'footway' is open.)] [UPDATE: 21.12.21 This sign 'Footway Ahead Closed' is still in situ. And still inaccurate. I got an immediate reply from the … [more]
[Image taken 17.11.21] Railway Walk, Marygate car park, York. [Note: No street view at this location.] Cutting foliage has improved sight lines in all directions for and of all users. Context: #175981 and links.
[Image taken 17.11.21] Railway Walk, Marygate car park, York. [Note: No street view at this location.] Cutting foliage has improved sight lines. Context: #175981 and links.
[Image taken 13.7.21] Railway Walk, Marygate car park, York. [Note: No street view at this location.] Hedges have now been cut back. Compare with: #171941. Other images here today: #175982, #175983. Other images today: #175971 and links.
[Image taken 13.11.21] Railway Walk junction with Earlsborough Terrace, Marygate car park, York. [NOTE: streetview shows the location pre-hoardings.] Context and links: #175873
[Image taken 13.11.21] Railway Walk, Marygate car park, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] The hoardings are around the compound connected with the Museum Gardens flood defence works … [more]
[Image taken 13.11.21] St Mary's from Marygate car park, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] Context and links: #175871.
[Image taken 13.11.21] Railway Walk, Marygate car park, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] This lamp on St Mary's is one of the two sources of light near: #175869 and #175870. But it does not reach that junction. Other images … [more]
[Image taken 13.11.21] Railway Walk, Marygate car park, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] Context see: #175869, and links.
[Image taken 13.11.21] Railway Walk, Marygate car park, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] This junction – used by people on foot, on cycles, on scooters, in wheelchairs - is unlit after dark. It is very narrow and hugely … [more]
[Image taken 13.11.21] Railway Walk, Marygate car park, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] Context: #175867, and links.
[UPDATE: 15.11.21. "A ticket has been raised for this." [Image taken 13.11.21] Railway Walk, Marygate car park, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] This light was out 12.11.21. The cycle-ped-wheelchair routes, including to the … [more]
[Image taken 12.11.21] Marygate car park, York. [Note: No streetview at this location.] The bush has gone. The foliage in the drainage channel remains. Context: #173642. Other images today: #175797 and links.
[Image taken 29.9.21] Scarborough Bridge, York, less steep slope from Railway Walk. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] Unchecked foliage growth (weeds) in drainage channel. Other images today: #174547 and links.
[Image taken 29.9.21] Railway Walk, Marygate carpark, Scarborough Bridge, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] I saw today this face of the sign is blank. Other images today: #174548, #174549, #174550, #174551, #174552, #174553, … [more]
[Image taken 26.9.21] Marygate car park, York. [Note: No street view at this location.] The only exit on this side of the car park to/from Railway Walk is now being made narrower, less safe-attractive feeling by this briar. This route … [more]
[Image taken 26.9.21] Frederic Street junction with Earlsborough Terrace, Marygate car park, York. If I come this way there is often someone who is lost/confused. Unsurprisingly. From afar your route looks obvious: #174421 so if you head … [more]