The urban fox stopped people in their tracks as it trotted along Piccadilly on Tuesday, taking a quick detour into the NCP car park before darting between stunned shoppers to cross the road.
Press journalist Nadia Jefferson-Brown captured this video of the York city centre fox trot.
A cyclist carefully negotiated the four-legged jaywalker as it headed towards the Merchant Adventurers’ Hall and disappeared from view within the gardens by the medieval guildhall.
The spectacle of urban foxes has become more commonplace in York in recent years, but they are usually more active – and visible – at dawn or dusk.
Paul Greenwood captured this mother and her cub in January.
The Yorkshire Wildlife Trust previously said the creatures would normally spend their days in sheltered spots above or below ground with York’s railway, waterways and disuses railway routes providing them with a good network to move around.
The RSPCA says that foxes often live where houses have large, enclosed gardens as there’s usually plenty of available food, and places to shelter, such as under sheds or decking.
Mark Coates captured this fox in a city centre car park in September 2025.
Foxes have frequently been seen on Walmgate, in city centre car parks, as well as outlying residential streets including Stockton Lane, Windmill Rise, and by York Railway Station.
Members of The Press Camera Club – including Paul Greenwood, Angie Pitcher, Garry Hornby, and Sheena Jackson – have captured some great photos of ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’ and shared them on the Facebook page, including mothers and their cubs visiting people’s gardens.
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