Shaping the future through open conversations
The York Castle Museum Briefing Notes are drawn from the existing My Castle Gateway open brief for the whole Castle Gateway area along with input drawing on four workshops held in collaboration with York Museums Trust in October 2018. Each workshop was focused on the intersection between movement and meaning, and three of the workshops … Read more
As part of the wider Castle Gateway project York Castle Museum is also embarking on a major development which aims to interpret the histories of the site, enhance the existing buildings, offer porosity and visual and physical links between the river, the museum and the wider castle site, display better the museum’s collections and reach … Read more
Download the draft Clifford’s Tower: An open brief for development With the visitor building set within the mound now not set to proceed, English Heritage are keen to re-examine future possibilities for at Clifford’s Tower in collaboration with the wider community in York, as part of the wider Castle Gateway project. On 23rd October a … Read more
Introduction: Welcome to the open draft of the My Castle Gateway Brief. Drawing on the My Castle Gateway events, interviews and online archive of public contributions, we focus on what matters to people about the area and what they’d like to be able to do there. This document will inform the Masterplanners working on the … Read more
Opening Up Castle Gateway My Castle Gateway in collaboration with Coaching York 22nd July 2017 From 10.30am Drop in or sign up to be sure of your place Sign up here: 10.30am / 11am (accessible walk) / 11.30 / 12noon / 12.30pm / 1pm (accessible walk) / 1.30pm / 2pm / 2.30pm We invite you … Read more
Our last blog was in November after an Executive Meeting which considered the future of the Castle Gateway scheme. We wanted to update you on the work that has been done since that meeting and also about the next steps for the project. We hope that you find it helpful. Redesign of Castle Car Park … Read more
1. INTRODUCTION A planning application for a new public space at the Castle and Eye of York was submitted in February. You can view the planning application and responses to the statutory planning consultation via the Planning Portal quoting reference number 22/00209/FULM. The responses are currently being considered by the local planning authority. In response … Read more
The My Castle Gateway public conversation has shown that sense of place will be created both through changes in the built environment and through how we all use the new spaces and bring them to life. This event illustrated the plans for the new public spaces in the Castle and Eye of York by taking … Read more
1. INTRODUCTION Thank you to everyone who has engaged with the Castle and Eye of York planning application that has been submitted. We have received several comments and questions and we wanted to share answers to as many of them as we can in this blog. As well as reading this blog you can also … Read more
The planning application for the new public spaces in Castle Gateway and the Eye of York has been submitted. Join us to explore the designs. We have two events coming up – one online and one on the ground in the Castle Gateway area. The Castle Gateway Plans Online – Facebook Live 16th Febraury, 6-7pm … Read more