York and its district, the City of York, has many distinct localities, suburbs and villages.
Centre Squares
York's squares are: St Sampson's Square, the old market square at the head of Parliament Street; St Helen's Square, anchored by York Mansion House and St Helen's Church on opposing ends of the square, it also links to York Guildhall which is behind the mansion house overlooking the River Ouse; King's Square, anchored by York's Chocolate Story; Shambles Market Square, developed in the 1950s, the current market square; Queen Elizabeth Square, a planned square at Duncombe Place next to the Minster, name in honour of the late Queen Elizabeth II; Coppergate Shopping Centre square, developed in the 1980s and anchored by the Jorvik Viking Centre and St Mary's Church museums. Exhibition Square, it is anchored by the York Art Gallery and Bootham Bar, it is surrounded by defensive walls from the city wall's differing alignments through history.
Middle
Parliament Street is wide, pedestrianised, and lined with large London planes. It is the city centre's main street, central to the network of gates, snickelways and squares. It was created in the early Victorian Era merging two marketplaces, St Sampson's Square and Pavement.Parliament Street (Monuments 300–305),
York Castle is to the north of a peninsula formed by the Foss flowing into the Ouse. It is an area with multiple parts such as the Eye of York green, Clifford's Tower, Tower Gardens, the crown court and York Castle Museum.
North West
North west of the centre is the walled Museum Gardens, the Hospitum, St Olave's Church and ruins of St Mary's Abbey. North west of the gardens is Bootham. The city's medical facilities are concentrated at Bootham with Bootham Park Hospital and York Hospital. The latter hospital borders Bootham Stray and Bootham itself borders Clifton.
North east
North-east from Foss Bridge to Bootham Bar is a quieter area of the city. On the Bootham Bar end is Petergate with the green space of Dean's Park, York Minster and the Treasurer's House. North east of this, outside the walls, is York St John University's Campus.
Halfway down is Goodramgate with shops on the gate and on Monkgate, other streets in the area are for housing. The walls end at Layerthorpe, King's Fishpool formerly existed here, this meant that walls in the area were not needed.
Near the bridge is Fossgate. Apart from Fossgate, the area is high density housing and offices, including the Government's DEFRA. The DIG centre is based here.
South east
The walled centre's area east of the River Foss is centred upon Piccadilly, Walmgate; after the walls Fishergate and Lawrence Street. Walmgate and Lawrence Street have small shops on both sides creating a main shopping thoroughfare through the area while Piccadilly has hotels.
From just north of Walmgate bar, the area outside the walls is light industrial with a number of supermarkets. From Red Tower to the Layerthorpe, along the Foss, the city walls have been removed. Near Fishergate Bar is York Barbican.
The centre reaches from Walmgate Stray to Monk Stray; neighbouring Fulford, Heslington, Osbaldwick and Heworth.
South west
Bishophill is the walled centre's area west of the River Ouse. The area is residential to the south, Micklegate is the main thoroughfare for trade and offices are found along the Ouse (off Skeldergate) and north of Micklegate (off Toft Green and Tanner Row).
North and east of Bishophill is Bishops Fields. The north of Bishophill and Bishops Fields are dominated by the railway; multiple offices, and the National Railway Museum.
Micklegate becomes Blossom Street which goes towards the Micklegate Stray, which includes the Knavesmire. This part of the centre neighbours Holgate, Dringhouses, South Bank, Clementhorpe and Middlethorpe.
Outer
The York Built-up area is defined by the Office for National Statistics for census purposes. Placename Council ward Parliament Population (2001) Population (2011) Postcode AcombAcomb, WestfieldYork Central21,41922,215YO24 BishophillMicklegateYork Central YO1 BoothamGuildhallYork Central YO30 CliftonClifton, Rawcliffe & Clifton Without (part)York Central12,01713,548 YO30 Clifton WithoutRawcliffe & Clifton WithoutYork Outer5,1135,246YO30 DringhousesDringhouses & WoodthorpeYork Outer10,73311,084YO24 EarswickStrensallYork Outer819876YO32 FishergateFishergateYork Central7,9219,844YO10 FulfordFulford & HeslingtonYork Outer2,5952,785YO10 GrovesGuildhallYork Central YO31 HeslingtonFulford & Heslington (part), Hull Road (part)York Outer4,1224,792YO10 HeworthHeworth, Heworth Without (part)York Central (part), York Outer (part)13,72515,434YO31Heworth WithoutHeworth WithoutYork Outer2,2832,191YO31 HolgateHolgateYork Central11,56412,832YO24 HuntingtonHuntington & New Earswick York Outer9,2779,371YO31 LayerthorpeHeworthYork Central YO31 New EarswickHuntington & New EarswickYork Outer2,8122,737 YO32 OsbaldwickOsbaldwick & DerwentYork Outer2,7262,902 YO10 RawcliffeRawcliffe and Clifton WithoutYork Outer5,4076,511 YO30South BankMicklegateYork Central YO23 Tang HallHeworthYork Central YO31 WoodthorpeDringhouses & WoodthorpeYork Outer YO24 York City CentreGuildhall, MicklegateYork Central YO1
District
The individual areas of the City of York are all within the Unitary Authority area as defined by the Fifth Periodical Report, Volume 4, "Mapping for the Non-Metropolitan Counties and the Unitary Authorities as published by the Boundary Commission For England", specifically on pages 106–109. Population details are taken from the UK Census of 2001 and 2011. Some areas that have a population for 2001 are taken from local ecclesiastical parish information and has not been updated for 2011. Other areas without any population information is due to a lack of ecclesiastical parish information, mostly because the area has never been one and is included only due to it being an identifiable and distinct area according to Ordnance Survey maps. Placename Council ward Parliament Population (2001) Population (2011) Postcode Acaster MalbisBishopthorpeYork Outer578669YO23 Askham BryanRural West YorkYork Outer582564YO23 Askham RichardRural West YorkYork Outer273351YO23 BishopthorpeBishopthorpeYork Outer3,1743,237YO23 CopmanthorpeCopmanthorpeYork Outer4,2624,173YO23 Crockey HillWheldrakeYork Outer YO19 DeightonWheldrakeYork Outer308291 YO19 DunningtonOsbaldwick & DerwentYork Outer3,1943,230YO19 ElvingtonWheldrakeYork Outer1,2121,239YO41 Haxby (town)Haxby & WiggintonYork Outer8,7548,248YO32 HessayRural West YorkYork Outer181265YO26 HoltbyOsbaldwick & DerwentYork Outer152166YO19 KexbyOsbaldwick & DerwentYork Outer194231YO41 KnaptonRural West YorkYork Outer222 YO26 MiddlethorpeBishopthorpeYork Outer YO23 MurtonOsbaldwick & DerwentYork Outer423668 YO19 NaburnWheldrakeYork Outer470516 YO19 Nether PoppletonRural West YorkYork Outer2,0772,141 YO26 RufforthRural West YorkYork Outer560 YO26 SkeltonRural West YorkYork Outer1,6401,549 YO31 Stockton on the ForestStrensallYork Outer1,2611,214 YO32 StrensallStrensallYork Outer3,815 YO32TowthorpeStrensallYork Outer1,967 YO32 Upper PoppletonRural West YorkYork Outer1,9611,997 YO26 WheldrakeWheldrakeYork Outer1,9092,107 YO19 WiggintonHaxby & WiggintonYork Outer3,1743,160 YO32
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