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Facilities and Access

Visitor Centre

Facilities

In addition to over 500 acres of landscaped grounds for the display of open-air sculpture, YSP has four indoor galleries: the Underground, Longside, Bothy and Garden, open during exhibitions.  YSP's Centre and entrance is a landmark building, designed by Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects that offers a restaurant, shop, Community Resource area, auditorium and conference spaces, in a vibrant and contemporary setting. An outdoor workshop site and an indoor classroom are available for visiting schools. YSP also has facilities for coach groups and travel organisers. 

Access

Access Sculpture Trail is a sensory landscape area of YSP, designed particularly to be accessible to everyone - including pram and wheelchair users. Planting here focuses on scent, touch, sound and texture, and the paths around the site have varied surfaces.

YSP is a 500 acre site within a listed historic landscape. Some areas of the Park are difficult to access with certain kinds of wheelchair, although we are working toward the site being as accessible as possible. We have introduced some specialist pathways in the Park to allow for easier wheelchair mobility, however due to the nature of the landscape including undulating and steep gradients, some visitors may still find access to these areas difficult. Free electric scooters are available for use by visitors with mobility difficulties - please ask at the Centre or call 01924 832631 for further information or to book in advance of your visit. All YSP galleries are accessible to wheelchair users.

There is parking for blue badge holders in the main car park. Toilets are wheelchair accessible and baby-changing facilities are provided.

Please note: 

The steps on the Oxley Bank route to Longside Gallery will be closed from the 15 February to 28 May 2010 to enable artist David Nash to create a site-specific work as part of his exhibition, opening at YSP on 29 May. The work will comprise a new set of steps made from charred wood and coal. There will be an alternative route available but as this is quite steep, visitors are advised to make their way to Longside via the Cascade Bridge route which is well sign-posted.