B1227

Nessgate, York

The B1227 is one of the few non-pedestrianised roads in York city centre. The road meets the A1036 inner ring road at both ends.

Route

The road starts on the A1036 by the city walls, on a loop formed by Station Avenue and Station Road. At a set of traffic lights on the loop, the route runs roughly southeast along Rougier Street. This section is very busy with local buses and long distance coaches - due to the lack of a bus station in York, a lot of routes stop along here at a number of bus stops lining the road.

At the end of Rougier Street, the B1227 turns left at a set of lights and onto Micklegate. Passing over a signalised crossroads, the road enters Bridge Street and over the Ouse Bridge. At the end of Low Ousegate we reach another crossroads - however as the streets ahead and to the left are pedestrianised, we must turn right and onto Nessgate and then Clifford Street. Once the road reaches Clifford's Tower, it becomes a short dual carriageway that runs along the side of the castle's motte, and finally terminates on the inner ring road at a roundabout with the A1036 at Tower Street. We can only turn left here - traffic wishing to turn right towards Skeldergate Bridge must follow a one way system and loop back to the roundabout again.

The original route of the B1227

History

The designation B1227 had originally been given to the route between the A19 Fulford Road and the A64 Monkgate via Cemetery Road, Foss Islands Road, and St Maurice's Road. This was cut short when the A1036 York Inner Ring Road was put together, and later disappeared altogether into that number.

On the current route, Ouse Bridge was once part of the original B1225).