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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 campuses. Below you can find a handy list.
All venues are wheelchair accessible unless otherwise stated.
Venues in the city
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Bar Lane
- Belfrey Hall, Stonegate (No wheelchair access)
- Bennett's Cafe & Bistro, High Petergate
- Bootham School, Bootham
- Castlegate House, Castlegate
- City Screen, Coney Street
- Clements Hall, Nunthorpe Road
- Creative Centre, York St John University
- De Grey Court, York St John University
- Eye of York, Tower Street
- Foss Islands Chimney, Layerthorpe
- Friargate Quaker Meeting House, Friargate
- Friargate Theatre, Lower Friargate (No wheelchair access)
- Heworth Green Gate
- Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate
- Joseph Rowntree Theatre, Haxby Road
- King's Manor, Exhibition Square
- King's Staith Landing
- Knavesmire
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall, Fossgate
- Merchant Taylors' Hall, Aldwark
- Museum Gardens
- National Centre for Early Music, Walmgate
- National Railway Museum, Leeman Road
- North South Cafe Bar, Bootham
- Parliament Street
- Quad Hall South, York St John University
- St George’s Graveyard, Lead Mill Lane
- St Helen's Church, St Helen's Square
- St Lawrence Church Hall, Lawrence Street
- St Lawrence Parish Church, Lawrence Street
- St Nicks Environment Centre, Rawdon Avenue
- St Oswald's Church Hall, Main Street, Fulford
- St Saviourgate York
- Sliding Waters, Marygate
- Southlands Methodist Church, Bishopthorpe Road
- Tempest Anderson Hall, Yorkshire Museum, Museum Gardens
- The Angel on the Green, Bishopthorpe Road
- The Black Swan Inn, Peasholme Green (no wheelchair access to upstairs room)
- The Guildhall, Coney Street
- The Hiscox Building, Peasholme Green
- The Place, Bramham Road
- Thin Ice Press: the York Centre for Print, Peasholme Green
- University Boathouse, Fulford Ings
- Walmgate Bar, Foss Islands Road
- York Army Museum, Tower Street
- York Explore Library, Library Square, Museum Street
- York Mansion House, St Helen's Square
- York Medical Society, Stonegate (Enquire at the front door for wheelchair access)
- York Minster, Deangate
- York Minster Library, Dean's Park
- York Racecourse
Venues at the University of York
Campus East
- Campus East Gazebo
- Institute for Safe Autonomy
- Law and Sociology Building
- Piazza Building
- Ron Cooke Hub
- School of Arts and Creative Technologies (ACT) - Theatre, Film, Television and Interactive Media Building
Campus West