Sunday, 6 August 2017

Start of Walk - Bootham Bar

As Mark W Jones explains the best way to walk the Snickelways is to start at Bootham Bar, The oldest bar / gate into York.


Snickelway 1

The first one was a real surprise as I had walked down Petergate many times passed the Hole in the Wall pub, not realising there was a snickelway just to the left of the sign. And it lead to a quiet square with a super view of York Minster


Snickelway 2

Just around from the first alleyway is Dean's Court, which kind of counts as a Snickelway, either way it is a super sanctuary right next to the Minster

Snickelway 3

The next stop was the National Trust property - the Treasurer's House. Again, I had passed this building many times (on my way to the old Archbishop's palace for Zen sits), but I had never gone in there (despite being a NT member). Even tough the Snickelways book says do not stop the walk (and suggests going back later), I decided that this was the time to check it out and I was impressed. So after about 1/2 hour wandering around the rooms and talking to the very helpful NT guides there, I continued with the walk with snickelway 3:
This is the view from around the corner rom the snickelway to Ogleforth (called chapter house street). This non descript street was once the main Roman route (Via Decumana) to the NE.

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