Fishergate is the southern approach into York, centred on the long road of the same name that links the city with its southern suburbs and gives good access to the riverside. The ward is a mixed urban area of Victorian terraces, newer apartment conversions and pockets of student accommodation, with a high street feel made up of independent shops, cafés, pubs and small local businesses serving residents and visitors heading to York city centre and York railway station.
There’s a quiet historic character here too: the name recalls the area’s medieval connections with river trade and markets along the River Ouse, and several former industrial sites have been repurposed into housing and creative spaces. Socially the ward is diverse - families, students and long‑standing communities coexist, supported by active local groups and a calendar of small neighbourhood events rather than big tourist attractions.
Postcode districts covering Fishergate
Most populated places nearby
- Leeds 21.9 miles
- York 1 mile
- Harrogate 19.5 miles
- Castleford 19.2 miles
- Pontefract 20.1 miles
- Selby 11.5 miles
- Lofthouse and Robin Hood 22.8 miles
- Goole 18.5 miles
- Horsforth 24.5 miles
- Thorne 23.4 miles
- Ripon 22.8 miles
- Kippax 17.4 miles
Neighbouring places
- Micklegate Ward 0.9 miles
- Heslington Built-up area 1 mile
- York Built-up area 1 mile
- Hull Road Ward 1.3 miles
- Guildhall Ward 1.3 miles
- Fulford Parish 1.3 miles
- Fulford & Heslington Ward 1.4 miles
- Heworth Ward 1.6 miles
- Osbaldwick Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Holgate Ward 1.8 miles
- Clifton Ward 1.9 miles
- Dringhouses & Woodthorpe Ward 2.1 miles
Example postcodes in Fishergate
YO10 3EY, YO10 5AY, YO10 4DX, YO10 4QX, YO10 4AR, YO10 4FZ, YO10 4BJ, YO10 5BL, YO10 3HZ … See all
Transport links
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 24.7 miles
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport 32.2 miles
- York Railway Station 1.2 miles
- Murton Lane 2.7 miles
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Schools in Fishergate
- Fishergate Primary School Primary
- St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy Primary
- St Lawrence's C of E Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Wentworth College College 0.5 miles
- University of York University 0.7 miles
- York Racecourse Recreation 1.3 miles
- National Railway Museum Museum 1.4 miles
- Bootham Crescent Stadium 1.7 miles
- Yorkshire Museum of Farming Museum 2.6 miles
- Sand Hutton Hall Estate 6.6 miles
- Nun Appleton Hall Estate 7.4 miles
- Nun Appleton Priory Historic site 7.4 miles
- Wetherby Racecourse Recreation 12 miles
- Castle Howard Estate 13.6 miles
- Castle Howard Country house 13.8 miles