Foss

The River Foss was historically very important to York. The city is built where the Foss meets the Ouse. But today, whereas the Ouse still looks like a real river, the Foss is for the most part a bit of a ditch. Except for here, where the Rowntree Wharf stands. It was here that boats that had come up the Ouse and onto the Foss unloaded their cocoa cargo. Nowadays it has been converted to flats [a friend lives at the top of the tower].