Festival venues
York Festival of Ideas takes place in a wide variety of venues throughout York city centre and on the University of York campus.
Venues in the city
All venues are wheelchair accessible unless otherwise stated.
- Acomb Explore Library, Front Street
- All Saint's Pavement, Pavement (Please call 01904 324119 for details on wheelchair access)
- Barley Hall, Coffee Yard, off Stonegate
- Black Swan Inn, Peasholme Green
- Bootham School, 49-57 Bootham
- City Screen Basement, 13-17 Coney Street
- Cycle Heaven, Hospital Fields Road (no wheelchair access)
- De Grey Court, York St John University
- Duke of York Pub (no wheelchair access)
- Eagle and Child Pub, High Petergate (no wheelchair access)
- Fairfax House (Please contact the venue for details on wheelchair access 01904 655543)
- Folk Hall, New Earswick
- Friargate Theatre, Lower Friargate (no wheelchair access)
- Hiscox Building, Peasholme Green
- Holgate Windmill, YO26 4TX (no wheelchair access)
- King's Manor, Exhibition Square (no wheelchair access to K/133)
- The Mansion House, St Helen’s Square
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall, Fossgate
- The Mount School, Dalton Terrace
- National Centre for Early Music, Walmgate
- Parliament Street
- St Helen's Church, St Helen’s Square
- St Martin's Church, Coney Street (wheelchair accessible with assistance)
- St Olave's School, Queen Anne's Road
- St Oswald's Church Hall, Main Street, Fulford
- St Peter's School, Clifton
- Tang Hall Community Centre, Fifth Avenue, YO31 0UG
- Tempest Anderson Hall, York Museum Gardens
- Temple Hall, York St John University
- The Centre @ Burnholme, Mossdale Avenue
- Three Hagges Woodmeadow, Escrick
- Whip-ma-whop-ma-gate
- York Army Museum, Tower Street
- York Art Gallery, Exhibition Square
- York Castle Museum, Eye of York
- York Cold War Bunker, Monument Close
- York Explore Library, Library Square, Museum Street
- York Minster, Deangate
- York St John University Allotments, Haxby Road
- York St Mary's, Castlegate
- Yorkshire Museum, Museum Gardens