Shaping the future through open conversations
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
‘We already know we’re a museum which is loved. But the Castle Gateway project has helped us see it not just about us being a fantastic museum, it’s about how we can play a part in creating a place’ (Reyahn King, Chief Executive, York Museums Trust). Last week we released the vision for the new … Read more
The Castle Precinct – a proposal by York Tomorrow Background In the Inspectors report following the 2002 Public Inquiry into the proposed commercial development on the Castle site it was made clear that here was a cultural asset of the highest importance. Both the dominant Clifford’s Tower, the buildings surrounding the “Eye” of York, and … Read more
9:00pm Saturday 14th October 2017 Six of us gathered for the night walk, slightly concerned that it was a race weekend and the town might be full of unavoidable drunkenness. In the event the over-riding feeling was of emptiness – public spaces were generally quiet and under-used. It didn’t feel particularly dangerous and where people … 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
On 16 November 2023, the Council’s new Executive met to receive an update on Castle Gateway and agreed a number of actions to progress the project in an affordable way. A summary of the project and the decisions made are included below. You can also watch a webcast of the meeting. 1. Background The Castle … Read more
An update on the regeneration of the Castle Gateway area and the next delivery stages was reported to the council’s Executive on 16 June 2022 (a webcast of the meeting is also available). A summary of the decisions made are outlined within this blog. 1. Castle and Eye of York Earlier this year, the council … 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
The planning application for the new public spaces in Castle Gateway and the Eye of York has been submitted. You can read the application at the Planning Portal (Ref:22/00209/FULM) – we’ve also got events coming up to explore the designs in more detail. In this blog we explore the relationship bewteen the planning application and … Read more
By the end of May 2021 the My Castle Gateway design process was at a level of detail where we could suggest how different parts of the Castle Gateway area will feel and work. For the May events and social media discussions we shared the design thinking so far, showed how the design ideas were … Read more