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Festival Venues
York Festival of Ideas takes place at a variety of venues throughout York city centre and on the University of York campus. Below you can find a handy list.
All venues are wheelchair accessible unless otherwise stated.
Venues in the city
- Acomb Explore Library, Front Street
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Barclays Bank, Parliament Street
- Bootham School, Bootham
- Clements Hall, Nunthorpe Road
- Dean’s Park, Minster Yard
- Explore York Haxby and Wigginton Library
- Explore York Hungate Reading Cafe
- Eye of York (lawn outside York Castle Museum)
- Fairfax House, Castlegate
- Heslington Hall, University of York
- Hull Road Park, Millfield Avenue
- King's Manor, Exhibition Square (limited wheelchair access - for detailed accessibility information email yorkfestivalofideas@york.ac.uk; no parking)
- King’s Staith Landing
- Knavesmire
- Lendal Bridge Landing
- Main Hall, Priory Street Centre
- Minster Yard (Constantine the Great statue)
- National Centre for Early Music, Walmgate
- Parliament Street
- St George’s Graveyard, Lead Mill Lane
- St Oswald's Church Hall, Main Street, Fulford
- The Memorial Hall, St Peter’s School, Clifton
- St Sampson’s Square
- St Saviourgate York
- StreetLife Hub, Coney Street (StreetLife accessibility information)
- Tang Hall - The Centre @ Burnholme, Mossdale Avenue
- Tempest Anderson Hall, Yorkshire Museum, Museum Gardens
- The Guildhall, St Helen's Square
- The Merchant Taylors’ Hall, Aldwark
- The Mount School York, Dalton Terrace
- Three Hagges Woodmeadow, Escrick
- Walmgate Bar, Foss Islands Road
- York Explore Library, Library Square, Museum Street
- York Minster, Deangate
- York St John University - Chapel
- York St John University - Creative Centre
- York St John University - De Grey Court
- York St John University - Foss Building
- York St John University - Health Simulation Lab
- York St John University - Holgate Student Centre
- York Theatre Royal, St Leonard’s Place
Venues at the University of York campus
Campus East
- Institute for Safe Autonomy
- Piazza Building
- Ron Cooke Hub
- School of Arts and Creative Technologies - Theatre, Film, Television and Interactive Media Building
- York Sport Village
Campus West