To begin the walk cross the street towards the river, into the city centre park named Tower Gardens. This was originally part of the area known as St George’s Field. It was separated from the rest of St George’s Field with the building of Skeldergate Bridge in 1881. Tower Gardens became York’s first public park, planted with lawns and shrubs, and fitted with seats and its intersecting walkway. A small section of the city walls runs down to the River Ouse with Davy Tower at the end of it.