Festival Venues

York Festival of Ideas takes place at a variety of venues throughout York city centre and on the University of York campuses. Below you can find a handy list.

All venues are wheelchair accessible unless otherwise stated.

Venues in the city

Acomb Explore Library, Front Street
Belfrey Hall, Stonegate (No wheelchair access)
Biomedical Science Laboratory, York St John University
Bootham School, Bootham
Browns, Back Swinegate
City Screen, Coney Street
Creative Centre, York St John University
De Grey Court, York St John University
De Grey House, St Leonard's Place (Wheelchair access to the Council for British Archaeology Open Day event on the first floor only. Please email events@archaeologyuk.org)
Doe Bakehouse, 43 Layerthorpe
Eagle & Child Pub, High Petergate
Eye of York (Lawn outside York Castle Museum)
Fishergate Postern Tower, Piccadilly (Partial wheelchair access - ground floor only)
Friargate Quaker Meeting House, Friargate
Fountains Learning Centre, York St John University
Herbert House, Pavement (No wheelchair access)
Heslington Church, Field Lane
Heworth Green Gate
Holgate Windmill, Windmill Rise (No wheelchair access)
Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate
Hull Road Park, Melrosegate entrance
Hungate Reading Cafe, Bellerby Court
King's Manor, Exhibition Square (No wheelchair access to K133; no parking)
Knavesmire
Landing Lane, Fulford
Marygate Landing Tower
Merchant Adventurers' Hall, Fossgate
Merchant Taylors' Hall, Aldwark
Micklegate
Museum Street
National Centre for Early Music, Walmgate
New Earswick Folk Hall, Hawthorn Terrace
North South Cafe Bar, Bootham
Parliament Street
Ripon Wing, York St John University
Shepherd Hall, Queen Anne's Road, St Peter's School, Clifton
St George’s Graveyard, Lead Mill Lane
St Helen's Church, St Helen's Square
St Lawrence Parish Church, Lawrence Street
St Oswald's Church Hall, Main Street, Fulford
St Saviourgate York
Tempest Anderson Hall, Yorkshire Museum, Museum Gardens
Temple Hall, York St John University
The Black Swan Inn, Peasholme Green (No wheelchair access)
The Hiscox Building, Peasholme Green
The Memorial Hall, St Peter’s School, Clifton
The Mosaic Map, Museum Gardens
The Mount School, Dalton Terrace
The Old School House, Peasholme Green
Walmgate Bar, Foss Islands Road
West Offices, City of York Council
York Army Museum, Tower Street
York Cold War Bunker, Monument Close
York Explore Library, Library Square, Museum Street
York Minster, Deangate

Venues at the University of York

Campus East

Campus West