Poppleton comprises the twin settlements of Nether and Upper Poppleton west of York, set on the Ouse below the wide Humber-bound floodplain where the river meanders through willow and alder-lined banks. Old orchard farmsteads survive in the village core and along the Newton-on-Ouse road, and the hawthorn on the Skelton and Rawcliffe-edge arable field margins gives bees a strong May flow. York and District Beekeepers serve this YO26 area, with collector response covering both villages and the surrounding lanes.
Collectors attend swarms in the Ouse riverside willows and alder from Poppleton Ings to the railway station, in the orchard-edge hawthorn on the Newton-on-Ouse road lane hedges, in the stone-built farm roof voids and outbuildings of the older village core on Main Street, and in the lime and sycamore of the village churchyard.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
YO19 5UF· approx. 9 km
Visit websiteYO61 3AG· approx. 15 km
LS25 6HH· approx. 20 km
Visit websiteAssociation data sourced from the British Beekeepers Association directory via SwarmBase.
Oilseed rape on the Vale of York arable fields around Dunnington, Poppleton and Skelton opens the season from early April. Hawthorn is dense on the field-boundary hedgerows all around the city fringe. York city centre is defined by its lime flow in June — Museum Gardens, Dean's Park, the Knavesmire lime avenue and the Victorian residential streets of Bishopthorpe Road and Bootham all contribute. Bramble is prolific on the railway embankment and Strensall Common edges; willowherb and himalayan balsam follow on the Ouse riverside. Bell heather on Strensall Common gives a modest but genuine late-July supplement. Ivy on the City Walls, churchyard walls and older suburban gardens closes the year.
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