This page links you to basic information about the Friends.
A lot of basic information is on the free leaflet we print each year. This leaflet also shows the sorts of thing we do to help people enjoy York’s city walls.
Here is the link: 2024 FOYW Leaflet with Map & FPT open dates (Issue 1 January 2024)
See also the Friends of York Walls entry at Visit York
If you want more detail of what we do, and have done, please go to: 3) FOYW newsletters, etc..
If you want more detail of volunteering with us please go to: 7) FOYW volunteering.
Brief history of FOYW:
The Friends of York Walls was formed in early 2011 by a group of five of York’s residents who felt that “The Walls” needed more support and promotion. The “friends” now number over 600, and in November 2014 the Friends of York Walls Community Group became a registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation = Friends of York Walls CIO – Charity Number 1159300
How it is organised:
Friends of York Walls CIO is governed by a group of Trustees. Only the Board of Trustees have full voting rights at any AGM or EGM. Operations are run by a Management Committee + Sub-committees and Task Groups. All are volunteers. The Management Committee meets monthly, The Trustees meet every three months, and an “Annual Friends Meeting” is held every March. Registered members are referred to as the “Friends of York Walls”. For more detail please go to ‘about us’ from ‘about’ in the menu/list across the top of the home page of the website.
To join us:
To join us and get news of our events and monthly Newsletters, please complete the On-line Google application form HERE (Its FREE) Alternatively, use links below to find out more about us and join.
What we do:
The following links give a taste of a few things we have done. The first is our map of the city walls for those who can’t manage the steps that go up to the wall-walk along the top of the walls.
- MAP – City Walls Trail at Ground Level
- York Walls Festival 2019 – A Review and Report
- Friends of York Walls Flickr Group – Scene from the Walls 2013
- Friends of York Walls Flickr Group & photo share
If you find any errors with these links or have any similar interesting links you think we should add then please email websitefeedback@yorkwalls.org.uk
Updated 09/01/2024 AF
