York Festival of Ideas
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.
- All Saint's Pavement, Pavement (Please call 01904 324119 for details on wheelchair access)
- The Basement, City Screen, 13-17 Coney Street
- Bootham School, 49-57 Bootham
- Briar House, Club Chambers, Museum Street
- Cycle Heaven, Hospital Fields (no wheelchair access)
- De Grey Building, York St John University
- Duke of York Pub (no wheelchair access)
- 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)
- Fossgate Restaurants, cafes and shops (Not fully wheelchair accessible)
- Friargate Quaker Meeting House, Lower Friargate
- Holgate Building, York St John University
- Holgate Windmill, YO26 4TX (no wheelchair access)
- Joseph Rowntree Theatre, Haxby Road
- King's Manor, Exhibition Square (no wheelchair access to K133)
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall, Fossgate
- National Centre for Early Music, Walmgate
- New Earswick Folk Hall, Hawthorne Terrace
- The Old Palace, Dean's Park (no wheelchair access)
- Parliament Street
- Quad South Hall, York St John University
- The Retreat, Heslington Road
- St Helen's Church, St Helen’s Square
- St Mary's Church, Castlegate
- St Michael le Belfry Church, High Petergate
- St Nicks Environment Centre, Rawdon Avenue
- St Olave's School, Queen Anne's Road
- St Oswald's Church Hall, Main Street, Fulford
- St Peter's School, Clifton
- Tempest Anderson Hall, York Museum Gardens
- Temple Hall, York St John University
- Walmgate Ale House, 25 Walmgate (no wheelchair access)
- York Archaeological Trust Store, 421 Huntington Road YO31 (Please contact the venue for details on wheelchair access 01904 615505. No parking)
- York Army Museum, Tower Street
- York Minster, Deangate
- Yorkshire Museum, York Museum Gardens
- York Racecourse, Tadcaster Road
- York Hospital, Wiggington Road
- York Theatre Royal, St Leonard's Place
Venues at the University of York campus
Campus East
Campus West
- Alcuin College
- Berrick Saul Building
- Borthwick Institute for Archives
- Derwent College
- Heslington Hall
- JB Morrell Library
- National STEM Learning Centre
- Physics Exhibition Centre
- Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York
Getting to campus by bus
The 66 and 66a 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.