Locations

Festival venues

The 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 St
Aldborough Roman Site, YO51 9ES (limited wheelchair access, please contact the site for more details 01423 322768)
Barley Hall, Coffee Yard, off Stonegate (limited wheelchair access, please contact the venue for more details 01904 615505)
Betty's Tearoom York, St Helen’s Square (no wheelchair access)
Castle Howard, YO60 7DA
Castle Museum, Eye of York
Clifford's Tower, Tower Street (no wheelchair access)
Duke of York, King’s Square (no wheelchair access)
DIG, St Saviourgate
Fishergate Postern Tower, Fishergate (no wheelchair access)
Institute of Physics & Engineering in Medicine (IPEM), Fairmount House, Tadcaster Road (please contact the venue for details on wheelchair access 01904 324778)
King's Manor, Exhibition Square (no wheelchair access to K133 and KG07. KG33 is fully accessible)
Kirkham Priory, YO60 7JS (good wheelchair access, although manual wheelchair users may wish to bring an assistant)
Merchant Adventurers' Hall, Fossgate
National Centre for Early Music
National Railway Museum, Leeman Road
Novotel, Fishergate
Parliament Street
Quad South Hall and Foyer, York St John University
Quilt Museum, Peasholme Green
St Helen's Church, St Helen’s Square
St Mary's Church, Coppergate
St Peter's School, Bootham
St William's College
Temple Hall, York St John University
Theatre Royal
The Chapel, York St John University
The Foss, Foss Islands Road to Fossgate
The Mansion House
The New School House Gallery
The Red Tower, Foss Islands Road
York Cold War Bunker
York Medical Society
York Minster
York St John University
Yorkshire Museum

Venues at the University of York campus

Heslington East

Heslington West

Getting to campus by bus

The 44 and 4 buses run from the city centre to campus approximately every 10 minutes during the day. The journey takes around 20 minutes.

Driving to campus

We recommend drivers approach the University from the junction of the A64 and A1079 on the east of the city, from where the University is signposted. See the maps below for an overview of our location.

Parking is limited and visitor parking is on a pay and display basis (see the interactive campus map for locations). The machines only accept coins. Parking is charged at a rate of £1 per hour or £6 per day, and is free at weekends and between 6pm and 8am.

There are disabled parking spaces in all University car parks.

Heslington East

Access to parking for Heslington East, including the Ron Cooke Hub, is via Grimston Bar Park and Ride on Hull Road. There is no access from Field Lane. Parking for longer than 45 minutes is on a pay-on-foot basis at the end of your stay.

Satnav

For satnav users, the main University postcode is YO10 5DD. For Heslington East we recommend using YO19 5LA, which will take you to Grimston Bar Park and Ride; vehicle access to Heslington East is clearly signed from there.

Additional parking information