York

:This article is about the historic English city. For other meanings, see York (disambiguation).

Modern York

As well a tourist destination, modern York is a centre of communications, education and manufacturing. It is a major railway junction, situated on the East Coast, Cross Country and Transpennine mainlines.

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York is also a major venue for horse racing at York Racecourse in the Knavesmire area.

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Horse racing - York Racecourse - Knavesmire

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Two large factories make chocolate, (Nestlé Rowntree and Terry's), while another refines sugar. York is the home of KitKat, Smarties, the Chocolate Orange and the eponymous Yorkie bar. However, in April 2004, Terry's announced their intention to close their York-based operations.

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Chocolate - Nestlé - Rowntree - Terry's - Sugar - KitKat - Smarties - Chocolate Orange - April - 2004

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The city has one of the country's leading universities (the University of York) — ranking second in the 2001 Daily Telegraph university league table — a higher education college (York St John College) and a branch of the College of Law. The City's football team (York City) was relegated from the Football League to the Nationwide Conference at the end of the 2003/4 season. York also has a rugby league side, York City Knights. The York area is served by a local newspaper, the Yorkshire Evening Press.

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Universities - University of York - Daily Telegraph - York St John College - College of Law - Football - York City - The Football League - Nationwide Conference - Rugby league - York City Knights - Newspaper - Yorkshire Evening Press

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York is also noted for its wealth of pubs. The York area is said to contain one pub for every day of the year, although this is a little exaggerated. It is said, with perhaps a touch of poetic licence, that there is no point within the city walls where one can stand and not be able to see at least one pub and at least one church.

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Pub - Poetic licence - Church

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The city is prone to severe flooding from the River Ouse, and has an extensive (but not always effective) network of flood defences. These include walls along the Ouse and a barrier across the Foss (see River Foss). Much land within the city has always been too flood-prone for development. Partly as a result of this, there is an unusual amount of green space. The ings are flood meadows along the River Ouse, while the strays are scattered around the city in marshy, low-lying places; another such area is the Knavesmire. In summer, when they are drier, these areas are used for recreation, and some are grazed by cattle.

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Flooding - River Foss - Knavesmire - Cattle

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