Venue, Accommodation and Travel

Venue: School of Arts and Creative Technologies

School of ACT (TFTI building)

Our venue is the School of Arts and Creative Technologies, the University of York's creative hub and home to research and teaching of music, theatre, film and television, creative industry management and creative technologies.

Accommodation

York has accommodation options for a range of budgets. Delegates are asked to make arrangements themselves. As well as the ubiquitous hotel and B&B platforms (e.g AirBnB, booking.com, etc), the following sites may be useful:

Visit York

The Visit York site offers a range of accommodation options

Travel

Getting here - York

By train

York is easily accessible by train, with fast connections to London Kings Cross (1h55), Newcastle (1h) and Edinburgh (2h35), via the East Coast Mainline; Liverpool (2h), Manchester (1h40) and Manchester Airport (2h), and Leeds (20m) via the Transpennine service; and Birmingham (2h), Bristol (3h45) and the southwest via the Crosscountry service. Trains to Hull (1h) offer access to ferries to Rotterdam and Zeebrugge.

By road

York can be reached from the M1 motorway via the A64.

By air

York is well-served by nearby regional airports, including Leeds Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle and Robin Hood Airport (Doncaster).

Getting here - University of York, Heslington East Campus

The University is spread across two campuses in the village of Heslington, just south-east of the city centre. The School of Arts and Creative Technologies is situated on the newer Heslington East site. The University of York transport pages have more information.

By bus

The east campus is served by regular buses from the city centre, including the U1, U2, U3, U4 and #6 routes. Alight at Campus East Interchange.

By car

Pay and display parking is located at Field Lane and Kimberlow Lane. A number of accessible parking spaces are located next to the School - please contact the organisers for more details.

For more information see the University of York's travel information pages

Access

All conference rooms are accessible to wheelchair users.

There are gendered, gender neutral, and fully accessible toilets in the TFTI building and next door Ron Cooke Hub.

Seminar room 111 (first floor of TFTI) is a quiet breakout space for anyone to use during the conference, and we also encourage you to take advantage of the green spaces and lakeside walks.

There is an all-gender, multi-faith prayer room located on the second floor of the Ron Cooke Hub (RCH241). The room is accessible 24/7.

Please also consult the University’s webpages on inclusive facilities and AccessAble’s guides to the University of York. You can also use the interactive map to search for your requirements.

Do contact us with any queries: british.shakespeare.conference[@]gmail.com

Security

Call 999 for all emergencies

Call +44 (0)1904 32 3333 if it's urgent but not dangerous

Call +44 (0)1904 32 4444 for general security and safety questions

For more information, see York’s security webpage

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