The University of Warwick grounds are open all year round. It is free to come here and everyone is very welcome. You don't need to book or have permission. We hope you enjoy your visit.

For enquiries about the artworks you can contact the Curatorial team. Our email address is artcollection@warwick.ac.uk 

How to get to the University and Warwick Arts Centre

University of Warwick website with full details of how to get here. Getting Here Link opens in a new window
The page has information on different forms of transport and there is also information on car parking.

If you are coming in the car we would advise that you park in Cryfield Village car park. Spaces closest to the entrance are the ones that are furthest from Warwick Arts Centre - park at the other end of the car park if that's where you are going. Useful information about parking and payment for parking can be found on the Warwick Arts Centre websiteLink opens in a new window

The following link takes you to the University's campus map page that shows you the main areas on campus. Campus Map Link opens in a new window

If you are new to campus and would like Sculpture Park maps, copies of different trails, information about the sculptures in Braille, or other directions and information, please come to Warwick Arts Centre Box Office.

Accessibility 

Gradients and kerbs

The University campus is generally accessible to wheelchair users and people with mobility impairments. There is a fairly steep gradient on the pathway and road between the Main Campus and Gibbet Hill Campus where Biological Sciences and Warwick Medical School are located, but this is the only gradient of any significance on the site. Pavements have dropped kerbs with tactile paving at crossing points.

Lifts

Most teaching blocks have lift access to all floors and we are careful only to site works where there is lift access.

Parking

Registered Disabled Blue Badge holders have the same rights on the University campus as they have on the public highway. Parking on campus is free for blue badge holders and blue badge holders may use a standard bay which has not been reserved. We would advise that if you can, you use Cryfield Village Car Park and park in a space that is at the other end of the car park to the entrance. A 5 metre wide, bonded aggregate path leads to a crossing point on Gibbet Hill Road and to Warwick Arts Centre. This distance is approximately 800 metres. Alternatively, there may be spaces at the back of Senate House or along Health Centre Road on central campus but these are fewer.

Loan of wheelchairs

For visitors to the campus, two power wheelchairs are available on loan. Please contact Warwick Conferences on 024 7652 3222 or conferences@warwick.ac.uk for additional information.

To prepare for your visit you can take a look around our Arts Centre on our Accessibility page. The page also contains lots more information and everything you need to help make your visit as easy as possible.
Warwick Arts Centre Accessibility pageLink opens in a new window

Explore the artworks

We hope you will come and explore the artworks we have here on site. Works are installed in most buildings and you are welcome to walk in. Some buildings, like University House, have card access only but you can enter by the reception desk. Everyone in uniform that you meet will help you to see the artworks.

Buildings that have open displays include:

The Faculty of Arts Building on Main Campus. It currently has on display an exhibition called Witness. Witness includes photography, painting and prints. Works are installed around the central stairwell on floors 1-5. There is lift access to every floor.

The Oculus on Main Campus. It has a display of prints and paintings that address ideas about light and nature. It is free and you are welcome to enter and go up to the first floor to see the works. There is lift access here.

Sculpture Trails

We have created sculpture trails which you can use to explore our sculptures across campus. Booklets of the trails which contain activities can be collected from Warwick Arts Centre leaflet racks by the Mead Gallery and from inside the Mead Gallery. Find out more on our dedicated Sculpture TrailLink opens in a new window page and for families on our Family FunLink opens in a new window page.

Special tours and trails for you

If you contact the curators in advance of your visit we can create a special trail for you. We also offer special guided tours of the collection three times a year for groups. The tours are advertised on our Mead Gallery Exhibitions and Events Calendar and on the Warwick Arts Centre websiteLink opens in a new window. The Art Collection Curator can be contacted by email artcollection@warwick.ac.uk 

Working with our Creative Learning Team, we offer trails for schools and colleges. Most trails are centred on the sculptures but we can arrange bespoke tours for GCSE and A' Level groups to look at works that address key themes that recur in examinations.