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York’s unofficial car parks, number 1: Exhibition Square

Thu 2 Feb

A beautiful spot to park… Photographs: Gwen Swinburn

Thu 2 Feb 2023  @ 7:09pm
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When you look at Exhibition Square in York, what do you think?

What a wonderful example of public realm, complete with its fountain, art gallery and statue of artist William Etty?

What a great family-friendly place to relax, enjoy an ice cream and gaze at York Minster peeking over Bootham Bar?

Or… what a cracking place to stick the old motor for free?

That last thought seems to be the one that occurred to these drivers, who all dumped their cars in Exhibition Square yesterday (Wednesday).

Resident Gwen Swinburn spotted at least five cars parked around the fountain, and another three stuck next to the city walls in Exhibition Square.

A beautiful spot to park… Photographs: Gwen Swinburn

She tweeted York council about it, saying: “This has to stop – one of our only squares being used as a free car park.

“It’s time that we had bollards up here, it’s a free for all… parking madness.”

Her pictures were the perfect way to launch our occasional new series, York’s Unofficial Car Parks.

Have you spotted an unofficial York car park, where people are leaving their vehicles where they shouldn’t? Send your pix to [email protected], via WhatsApp or on our social media channels.

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