Site Visit to York Minster Centre of Excellence (Joint Venture with RICS)

JOINT COLLABORATIVE EVENT BETWEEN RICS AND CIOB TO VISIT THE YORK MINSTER CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE

The Centre of Excellence is a first-of-it's-kind project and is cruicial in helping to secure the environmental, finance and heritage sustainability of York Minster for many years to come.

The Centre of Excellence for Heritage Craft Skills and Estate Management has established the York Minster Precinct as a world class campus facility for research, education and training in traditional craft skills. It is creating capacity to allow our world class stonemasons to undertake commissions for other ecclesiastical institutions and heritage estates utilising our state-of-the-art cutting technology.

Through the £9.3m project, two sites have been developed: The Heritage Quad and The Works and Technology Hub. The project was underwritten by the York Minster Fund, who led a major fundraising campaign to support this vital project for the future care of the fabric of York Minster.

THERE ARE NO PPE REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS VISIT

AGENDA

1pm - Presentation

1.30pm - Tour of the Heritage Quad and Works & Technology Hub

4pm - Finish

Members: gain 2 CIOB CPD points when you reflect on the ethical aspects of your learning from this activity.

PARKING AND TRAVEL

PARKING

Unfortunately there is no parking available at the cathedral.

You can park for free at one of the six Park and Ride sites around the city with the nearest stop a few minutes’ walk away in Museum Street. Full details for the York Park and Ride service is available here.

The nearest pay and display car parks are a short walk away at Monk Bar (YO31 7QR), Union Terrace (YO31 7ES) and Bootham Row (YO30 7BP) and further details about opening times and charges are available here.

BY TRAIN

York Minster is a ten minute walk from York Railway Station, which is in Station Road, York, YO24 1AB.

BY BUS

Several bus services make stops in the city centre, with the nearest stop in St Leonard’s Place. To plan your journey, visit the iTravelYork website.

Contact

Please contact Maggie Simons should you have any questions or concerns.

Email: MSimons@ciob.org.uk

Tel: 07425649830