Park Grove School clearing forest school

Improve the learning environment


Location
The Ackhorne
9 St. Martin's Lane,
York
YO1 6LR
Date and time
18:15 - 20:00
Monday, 5th of October 2026
Who this task will support
Friends of Rowntree Park

Welcome to GoodGym York 🙌

🏃‍♀️🏃We're a friendly and social group who combine exercise with helping out in the local community. Every Monday evening we meet to get active and do a physical task to help the charities or community organisations in our city.

TONIGHT'S TASK🌳 We will be heading to Park Grove School to help get their forest school back under control plus Lucy will take a smaller group to Rowntree park to help with an art installation

We'll be using hand tools, so please bring gardening gloves if you have them and you will also need a head torch as it will be dark.

WHERE WE MEET 🎒

We will be meeting outside the Ackhorne Pub on St Martin’s Lane, YO1 6LR (just off Micklegate). We can leave our bags and valuables in their office, which is secure. We then head along to the end of the lane (turn right with the pub behind you), where there is space for our warm up.

🚲There is cycle parking nearby on both Micklegate and at the Priory Street Centre (as you approach the centre a 10 bay covered cycle parking is to the left in the car park) On street parking is available on Priory Street. These are all only a couple of minutes walk to the new meeting point. Please be vigilant when locking up bikes and use a good lock. We recently had one stolen from the end of Martin’s lane.

RUNNING AND WALKING WITH US 👏

GoodGym is for everyone. We welcome runners and walkers of all abilities. Tonight there will be both a running and walking group.

👍We always have a back-marker too so nobody will get left behind - no matter what your pace is.

POST-RUN SOCIAL 🍻

We will finish the group session back at The Ackhorne Pub on St Martin's Lane so why not stay for some liquid refreshment and a good chat?

Who's going

  • Ed Woollard
  • Vicky Bushell
  • York runner

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Location
The Ackhorne
9 St. Martin's Lane,
York
YO1 6LR
Date and time
18:15 - 20:00
Monday, 5th of October 2026
Who this task will support
Friends of Rowntree Park
Walkable

You will be able to join a group walking to the task if you'd prefer not to run.

Options are available to run between 4km and 4km in total

Remember that we run/walk to and from the task, so you'll only be running/walking for half this distance in one go.

This is a standard GoodGym group run. If you're worried about any aspect of the session, contact us.

Ideal for beginners

The Ackhorne
9 St. Martin's Lane,
York
YO1 6LR


Ed Woollard
Led by Ed Woollard

Co-Area Activator for GoodGym York


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