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York Community Woodland is a site managed by Forestry England near to Knapton in York, England. The site covers 78 hectares (193 acres), and by its opening in 2024, 210,000 trees had been planted. The site is owned by the City of York Council, and offers an open space on the western side of the City of York. Spare land has been allocated on the eastern side for a possible ring road expansion, and when the landfill site to the west is remediated, provision has been made for the woodland to expand over that area.
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Knapton, York
Knapton is a village in the civil parish of Rufforth with Knapton, in the City of York unitary authority area and ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is 3 miles (5 km) west of York and is bounded by the village of Acomb to the east, the B1224 to the south, the A59 to the north and the A1237 York Outer Ring Road to the west.
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Rural West York
Rural West York is one of the outer wards of the unitary authority of City of York, England.
The ward is situated to the west of the city and includes the villages of
Askham Bryan, Askham Richard, Hessay, Knapton, Nether Poppleton, Rufforth, Skelton and Upper Poppleton.
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Acomb, North Yorkshire
Acomb , is a village and suburb within the City of York unitary authority area, in North Yorkshire, England, to the western side of York. It covers the site of the original village of the same name, which is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. It is bordered by the suburbs of Holgate to the east, Clifton to the north and Woodthorpe to the south. The boundary to the west abuts the fields close to the A1237, York Outer Ring Road.
Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Acomb was incorporated into the City of York in 1934.
Formerly a farming village, Acomb expanded over the centuries to become a dormitory area for workers in heavy industry, such as rail engineering, in the 19th and 20th centuries and more recently for a more diverse workforce. Though it no longer has any large-scale manufacturing, it does have a diverse retail centre. There are at least 19 Grade II listed buildings within its boundaries. It was made a conservation area in 1975, with the historic area along Front Street and the Green retaining its village character. It is also an Area of Archaeological Importance under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.
Acomb comprises two wards of the City of York: Acomb and Westfield. At the 2011 census of England and Wales, it had a population of 22,215, the largest of all areas of the city. There are six primary schools and one comprehensive school. There are also a variety of sporting clubs and one public sports centre.
Acomb was recently famous in York for having a very high concentration of street bollards. These were installed in an upgrade in 2023 and have since prompted great controversy among residents due to their vast numbers and variance from the original proposed plans for the area. However, after successful campaigning by residents, the number of bollards was reduced in late 2024 as part of other street improvements.
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Poppleton railway station
Poppleton is a railway station on the Harrogate Line, which runs between Leeds and York via Harrogate. The station, situated 2 miles 72 chains (4.7 km) west of York, serves the villages of Nether Poppleton and Upper Poppleton, City of York in North Yorkshire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
The line is double track between Poppleton and Skelton Junction in York. West of Poppleton, the line is single track as far as Hammerton.
The station has a nursery (horticultural), which used to supply plants across the stations in Yorkshire pre-privatisation. A two-foot gauge railway still operates around the nursery.
In 2022-2023, the destination with the most journeys was York, with 36,554 journeys (50.7% of journeys).