Friends of York Walls are pleased to announce that the book “A Walking Guide to York’s City Walls” by Simon Mattam is now available. Order from amazon.co.uk at £5.99.  Available to buy at FoYW “open days & events”.  Also stocked by local York outlets including VisitYork, Waterstones, WH Smith.  For enquiries about bulk supply and discounts please contact Eboru Publishing at www.eboru.com.

Book Description :-
Make the most of your visit to York by walking along England’s finest remaining city walls. This detailed walking guide takes you on a tour of historic York’s 700 year old city walls. As well as giving step-by-step guidance on the route and what you can see along the way, it is filled with stories of the history, events and people that have played a part in York’s long and colourful past. See York from a new angle and make sure you don’t miss what others walk straight past! • find your way with detailed hand-drawn maps of each section • ensure you know what you are looking at with numerous photographs throughout • read about York Minster and the beautiful gardens the Walls overlook • suggestions for places to stop for refreshment breaks throughout • detours from the Walls to places of interest nearby are suggested throughout. ISBN-13: 978-0992900205

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The full text and maps of “On The Walls – Guide To York City Walls Trail”, can be seen here. This is the fourth issue (dated 24/04/2014) and is the text for a major new publication.

An A5 sized “pocket guide” book in b&w, including maps drawings and photos, is now being published and will be available very soon. Watch for availability announcements on the FoYW website at :- https://yorkwalls.org.uk/ Follow the Friends of York Walls – on their website, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/yorkwalls and on Twitter at https://twitter.com/yorkwallsfriend where more details of this project will be posted.

If you have any comments, corrections, or suggestions related to the text then please get in touch by sending an email to walks@yorkwalls.org.uk. Comments or corrections will always be considered. The text is copyright to Simon Mattam and The Friends of York Walls. No part of the document may be reproduced in any form without the permission of the author, and then by giving him full acknowledgement for the work.

You are however welcome to print a copy of all or parts of the text for personal use only. No commercial use must be made of this text.

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The Friends of York Walls will be holding their Annual General Meeting on Saturday 22nd March 2014, starting at 2:00pm – at St Clements Hall, Nunthorpe Road, York YO23 1BW Tel: 01904 466086

Notice of any motions for the inclusion in the Agenda of the Annual General Meeting must be submitted in writing to the The Secretary (sec@yorkwalls.org.uk) within twenty one days of posting this notice.

Should any member of The Friends of York Walls wish to have their names deleted from the membership database please contact The Secretary at sec@yorkwalls.org.uk.

Dated 27th February 2014

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