Chalfonts Bear

Chalfonts Bear is a work of art in York, England. Chalfonts Bear is situated nearby to St Helen’s Rehabilitation Hospital, as well as near the grassland Little Hob Moor.

Type: Work of art
Artwork type: statue
Inscription: “Ministry of Housing and Local Government. Award for Good Design MCMLXIX”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Edward the Confessor’s Church, Dringhouses and Dringhouses Library.

St Edward the Confessor’s Church, Dringhouses

Church

Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Edward the Confessor's Church is an Anglican church on Tadcaster Road in Dringhouses, a suburb of York, England. During the medieval period, Dringhouses lay within the parish of Holy Trinity Church, Micklegate, although local parishioners preferred to worship at St Stephen's Church, Acomb, which was closer. St Edward the Confessor’s Church, Dringhouses is situated 1,600 feet south of Chalfonts Bear.

Dringhouses Library

Library

Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dringhouses Library is situated 2,000 feet south of Chalfonts Bear.

Knavesmire

The Knavesmire is one of a number of large, marshy undeveloped areas within the city of York in North Yorkshire, England, which are collectively known as Strays. Knavesmire is situated 2,900 feet southeast of Chalfonts Bear.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dringhouses and South Bank.

Dringhouses

Suburb

Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dringhouses is a suburb of York, in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is bounded by the Knavesmire, an open area of land on which York Racecourse is situated, to the east, Askham Bog and the A64 to the south, Woodthorpe and Foxwood to the west, and Acomb and Holgate to the north.

South Bank

Suburb

South Bank is a suburb in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. It is to the south of the River Ouse. It was home to the now-closed Terry's Chocolate Works.

Holgate

Suburb

Photo: Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Holgate is a suburb of York in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is located about 1 mile west of Micklegate Bar in the city walls. Holgate is also the name of an electoral ward in the City of York unitary authority.

Chalfonts Bear

Category: tourism
Location: York, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.94448° or 53° 56′ 40″ north

Longitude

-1.1054° or 1° 6′ 20″ west

Inception

1969

Open location code

9C5WWVVV+QR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7157147154

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=artwork

OpenStreetMap attribute

artwork_type=statue

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