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As we enter the post-Christmas Day season of queuing at the local tip, overwhelming recycling centres and providing an abundance of wrapping, packaging and upgraded possessions for our refuge collection […]

York Civic Trust is pleased to share the latest in our ongoing series of Sustainable Communities Case Studies, produced in collaboration with residents, stakeholders, and policymakers from across the city. […]

Tensions in the North Sea have dominated recent headlines, with Russian vessels edging into British waters. It’s a sharp reminder that danger can sit far nearer than we choose to […]

York Civic Trust has recently worked with the York BID and the University of York to launch a new public art trail across seven of the city’s historic snickelways, celebrating […]

NEWS that the RIBA Stirling Prize for Architecture last month went to a modern reimagining of the traditional almshouse in Southwark, London, has resonance for our fair city. York holds […]

We are delighted to announce that York Civic Trust’s museum, Fairfax House, has been awarded the 2025 Historic Houses Collections Award, sponsored by Dreweatts. The annual award was introduced in […]

Ask most York residents what they value about the city, and they’ll mention its medieval walls, Minster, or rich street pattern. Yet just as important, though less often celebrated, are […]

ANDREW MORRISON sheds light on the history beneath our feet – and why we should continue to take pride in the city’s paving.   WALK anywhere in York’s city centre and […]

York Civic Trust is deeply saddened by the passing of Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Kent.  As Patron of the Trust since 1966, the Duchess offered decades of steadfast […]

Approved plans are set to turn the former Tourist Information building on Museum Street into a Topping & Company bookstore. Set to be “the country’s largest independent bookshop”, it’s quite […]