York Festival of Ideas
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.
- All Saint's Pavement, Pavement
- Barley Hall, Coffee Yard
- Betty's Tearoom York, St Helen’s Square (no wheelchair access)
- Castle Museum, Eye of York (Please contact the venue for details on wheelchair access 01904 687633)
- De Grey Building, York St John University
- De Grey Rooms, York Theatre Royal, St Leonard's Place
- Duke of York, King’s Square (no wheelchair access)
- DIG, St Saviourgate
- Eagle and Child Pub, High Petergate (no wheelchair access)
- Exhibition Square
- Explore York Library Learning Centre, Library Square, Museum Street
- Fairfax House (Please contact the venue for details on wheelchair access 01904 655543)
- Fibbers, Toft Green (Please contact the venue for details on wheelchair access 01904 405550 - 12pm to 6pm)
- The Guildhall, St Helen's Square
- Holgate Windmill, YO26 4TX (no wheelchair access)
- King's Manor, Exhibition Square (no wheelchair access to K133 and K/159. K/111 has limited access)
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall, Fossgate
- Museum Gardens, Museum Street
- National Centre for Early Music
- National Railway Museum, Leeman Road
- Parliament Street
- Quad South Hall, York St John University
- St Helen's Church, St Helen’s Square
- St Michael le Belfry Church, High Petergate
- St Nicks Environment Centre, Rawdon Avenue
- St Oswald's Church Hall, Main Street, Fulford
- St Peter's School, Bootham
- Tempest Anderson Hall, Museum Gardens
- Temple Hall, York St John University
- Waterstones, Coney Street
- York Archaeological Trust Store YO31 (Please contact the venue for details on wheelchair access 01904 615505. No parking)
- York Art Gallery, Exhibition Square
- York Barbican, Paragon Street
- York Castle Museum (no wheelchair access)
- York Medical Society, Stonegate
- Yorkshire Museum
- York Railway Station
Venues at the University of York campus
Heslington East
- Computer Science Building
- Ron Cooke Hub
- Law and Management Building
- Department of Theatre, Film and Television (TFTV)
Heslington West
- Alcuin College
- Berrick Saul Building
- Biology Building
- Derwent College
- Exhibition Centre
- National Stem Learning Centre
- Physics Exhibition Centre
- Rymer Auditorium
- York Science Outreach Centre
Getting to campus by bus
The 44 and 66 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. Please note that for access to venues on Heslington East, you will need to access the campus via Field Lane - there is no access off the Grimston Bar Park and Ride. 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 Field Lane. There is no access from Grimston Bar Park and Ride. 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.