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)
- Askham Bar Park & Ride
- The Belmont Room at Bettys, St Helen’s Square (no wheelchair access)
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Biorenewables Development Centre, 1 Hassacarr Close, Chessingham Park, Dunnington (no wheelchair access)
- Bootham School, 49-57 Bootham
- City Screen, 13-17 Coney Street
- Cycle Heaven, Hospital Fields Road (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)
- Fairfax House (Please contact the venue for details on wheelchair access 01904 655543)
- Hiscox Building, Peasholme Green
- Holgate Windmill, YO26 4TX (no wheelchair access)
- Holy Trinity Goodramgate
- Holy Trinity Micklegate
- King's Manor, Exhibition Square (no wheelchair access to K/133)
- King’s Square
- The Mansion House, St Helen’s Square
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall, Fossgate
- Millennium Bridge
- National Centre for Early Music, Walmgate
- Parliament Street
- St Helen's Church, St Helen’s Square
- St Martin, 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
- Walmgate Bar
- York Archaeological Trust Store, 421 Huntington Road YO31 (Please contact the venue for details on wheelchair access 01904 615505. No parking)
- York Art Gallery, Exhibition Square
- York Army Museum, Tower Street
- York Castle Museum, Eye of York
- York Explore Library Learning Centre, Library Square, Museum Street
- York Medical Society, Stonegate (Please call 01904 324119 for details on wheelchair access)
- York Minster, Deangate
- Yorkshire Museum, York Museum Gardens
Venues at the University of York campus
Campus East
Campus West
- Alcuin College
- Berrick Saul Building
- Biology Teaching Laboratories
- Borthwick Institute for Archives
- Centre for Immunology and Infection
- Clinical Simulation Unit
- JB Morrell Library
- Physics Exhibition Centre
- Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York
- Spring Lane Building
- The Jack Birch Unit
- Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories
- York JEOL Nanocentre
- York Plasma Institute and Laboratories
- York Structural Biology Laboratory
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 Campus 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.
Campus East
Access to parking for Campus 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.