For Your Convenience
For the last few years, within the city of York, the Council supported the ‘Take a Seat’ scheme where partner businesses provided seating for customers and visitors who have a disability, a long-term health condition or frailty, without the need to make a purchase.
In 2024, the council carried out a consultation about wider accessibility improvements across the city and feedback on the ‘Take A Seat’ Scheme was that it wasn’t visible enough and people requested that it included information around accessibility of the partner locations.
Based on that feedback and following a recent audit of all partner locations, we have made improvements to the Take a Seat scheme and are now calling it ‘For Your Convenience’ as we feel this better reflects the facilities the new scheme provides.
For Your Convenience
The audits provided better insight on accessibility improving information to customers so they can what partner locations meets their access needs.
These improvements now indicate:
- Access: is there step free access
- Seating: whether any seating has arms or not
- Toilets: whether any toilets are accessible for wheelchair users
- Baby Changing: whether there are baby changing facilities
New window stickers
It is now easier to recognise a partner location with the newly designed and easier to see window stickers that will look similar to the one below. What is shown on the sticker will depend on what facilities that partner location can provide.
All window stickers have a QR code which will direct people to this page so they can view all our partner locations if the one they are currently at doesn’t meet their requirements, for example there are steps, and the customer uses a wheelchair or needs an accessible toilet.
Catalogue
Below is a list of all current partner locations. You can also download this catalogue (in PDF format).
The document has quite a few pages due to the number of partners we have on the scheme.
If you have any questions or you are a business who would like to sign up to the scheme, please contact the CYC Access Team: cycaccessteam@york.gov.uk
List of partner locations and what facilities they provide
Please note that opening times are available on the linked websites and may change, due to bank holidays etc, please check with the business if you are unsure.
| No. | Venue | Access | Toilets | Seating | Baby Change | Link to shop |
| 1 | Boots – City Branch 43 Coney St York YO1 9QL |
 Step Free Access |
No |  Seats with no arms |
No | Boots |
| 2 | Hobbs 15 Daveygate York YO1 9QL |
Step Free Access |
No | Seats with no arms |
No | Hobbs |
| 3 | HSBC Bank - City Branch 13 Parliament St York YO1 8RS |
Step Free Access |
No |  Seats with arms |
No | HSBC |
| 4 | Charles Clinkard 10 Coppergate Walk York YO1 9NT |
 Step Free Access |
No | Seats with arms |
No | Charles Clinkard |
| 5 | The White Company 26-28 Stonegate York YO1 8AS |
Step Free Access |
No | Seats with arms |
No | The White Company |
| 6 | Jigsaw 37 Stonegate York YO1 8AW |
 No Step Free Access |
No | Seats with arms |
No | Jigsaw |
| 7 | York Theatre Royal St Leonard's Place York YO1 8AW |
Step Free Access |
 Accessible Toilet |
Seats with arms |
 Baby Change |
York Theatre Royal |
| 8 | TSB Bank 25 Parliament St York YO1 8RS |
Step Free Access |
No | Seats with arms |
No | TSB York |
| 9 | Morrisons – Foss Islands Foss Islands Rd York YO31 7UR |
Step Free Access |
Accessible Toilet |
 Seats with no arms |
Baby Change |
Morrisons - Foss Islands |
| 10 | St Leonard’s Hospice Shop 20 Colliergate York YO1 8BN |
Step Free Access |
No | Seats with arms |
No | St Leonards Hospice |
| 11 | Oxfam 7 Goodramgate York YO1 7LJ |
No Step Free Access |
No | Seats with no arms |
No | Oxfam |
| 12 | The Block 54 Goodramgate York YO1 7LF |
No Step Free Access |
No | Seats with no arms |
No | The Block |
| 13 | Tullivers 1-2 Colliergate York YO1 8BP |
 No Step Free Access |
No | Seats with no arms |
No | Tullivers |
| 14 | Bath House 64 Low Petergate York YO1 7HZ |
Step Free Access |
No | Seats with no arms |
No | Bath House |
| 15 | Cross Keys 34 Goodramgate York YO1 7LF |
No Step Free Access |
No | Seats with arms |
Baby Change |
Cross Keys |
| 16 | FortyFive Vinyl Café 29 Micklegate York YO1 6JH |
Step Free Access |
Accessible Toilet |
Seats with no arms |
Baby Change |
FortyFive Vinyl Café |
| 17 | Oxfam Bookshop 46 Micklegate York YO1 6LF |
No Step Free Access |
 Toilet (No Accessible Toilet) |
Seats with no arms |
No | Oxfam Bookshop |
| 18 | Barley Hall Café 2 Coffee Yard York YO1 8AR |
No Step Free Access |
No | Seats with no arms |
No | Barley Hall Café |
| 19 | JORVIK Viking Centre 19 Coppergate, York YO1 9WT |
Step Free Access |
Accessible Toilet |
Seats with no arms |
Baby Change |
JORVIK Viking Centre |
| 20 | DIG St Saviour Church, St Saviourgate, York YO1 8NN |
Step Free Access |
Toilet (No Accessible Toilet) |
Seats with no arms |
Baby Change |
DIG |
| 21 | The Spurriergate Centre Spurriergate York YO1 9QR |
Step Free Access |
Accessible Toilet |
Seats with arms |
Baby Change |
The Spurriergate Centre |
| 22 | All Saints Shrine and Parish Church North St, York YO1 6JD |
Step Free Access |
Accessible Toilet |
Seats with no arms |
Baby Change |
All Saints Shrine and Parish Church |
| 23 | York Gin Group 12 Pavement York YO1 9JP |
Step Free Access |
No | Seats with no arms |
No | York Gin Group |
| 24 | City Screen Picturehouse St Martins Courtyard, 13-17 Coney St, York YO1 9QL |
Step Free Access |
Accessible Toilet |
Seats with arms |
Baby Change |
City Screen Picturehouse |
| 25 | Abraham Moon 33 Stonegate York YO1 8AW |
No Step Free Access |
No | Seats with no arms |
No | Abraham Moon |
| 26 | Mayfair Chinese Medical Centre 12 Gillygate, York YO31 7EQ |
Step Free Access |
No | Seats with arms |
No | Mayfair Chinese Medical Centre |
| 27 | Deichmann 22 Davygate York YO1 6RJ |
Step Free Access |
No | Seats with no arms |
No | Deichmann |
| 28 | Lakeland 9 High Ousegate York YO1 8RZ |
Step Free Access |
No | Seats with arms |
No | Lakeland |
| 29 | Barnitts Ltd 24-32 Colliergate York YO1 8BW |
Step Free Access |
No | Seats with no arms |
No | Barnitts |
| 30 | Boyes 35 Goodramgate York YO1 7LS |
Step Free Access |
No | Seats with arms |
No | Boyes |
| 31 | Marks and Spencer Parliament Street York YO1 8NB |
Step Free Access |
Accessible Toilet |
Seats with no arms |
Baby Change |
Marks and Spencer |
| 32 | Centre for Voluntary Svs 15 Priory St York YO1 6ET |
Step Free Access |
Accessible Toilet |
Seats with arms |
Baby Change |
Centre for Voluntary Services |
| 33 | Primark Monks Cross, Huntington, York YO32 6JR |
Step Free Access |
No | No | Baby Change |
Primark |
| 34 | TK Maxx Unit 10a, Monks Cross York YO32 9GX |
Step Free Access |
No | Seats with no arms |
Baby Change |
TK Maxx |
| 35 | Boots – Huntington 7, Monks Cross York YO32 9LF |
Step Free Access |
No | Seats with no arms |
No | Boots |
| 36 | Marks and Spencer Unit A – Vanguard York YO32 9AE |
Step Free Access |
Accessible Toilet |
Seats with no arms |
Baby Change |
Marks and Spencer |
| 37 | New Earswick Folk Hall Hawthorn Terrace York YO32 4AQ |
Step Free Access |
Accessible Toilet |
Seats with no arms |
Baby Change |
New Earswick Folk Hall |
| 38 | Rawcliffe Bar Park & Ride Shipton Rd York YO30 5XZ |
Step Free Access |
Accessible Toilet |
Seats with no arms |
Baby Change |
Rawcliffe Bar Park & Ride |
| 39 | Askham Bar Park & Ride Askham Bar York YO23 2BB |
Step Free Access |
Accessible Toilet |
Seats with arms |
Baby Change |
Askham Bar Park & Ride |
| 40 | Designer Outlet Park & Ride Designer Outlet York YO19 4TB |
Step Free Access |
No | Seats with arms |
No | Designer Outlet Park & Ride |
| 41 | Rrimston Bar Park & Ride Grimston Bar York YO19 5LA |
Step Free Access |
Accessible Toilets |
Seats with no arms |
Baby Change |
Rrimston Bar Park & Ride |
| 42 | Monks Cross Park & Ride Martello Way York YO32 9JU |
Step Free Access |
Accessible Toilets |
Seats with no arms |
Baby Change |
Monks Cross Park & Ride |
| 43 | Poppleton Bar Park & Ride Roman Road York YO26 6QF |
Step Free Access |
Accessible Toilets |
Seats with arms |
Baby Change |
Poppleton Bar Park & Ride |
| 44 | Hayley Owen Funerals 169-171 Boroughbridge Rd Acomb, York YO26 6AN |
Step Free Access |
Accessible Toilets |
Seats with arms |
Baby Change |
Hayley Owen Funerals |
| 45 | Morrisons – Acomb 4 Front St, Acomb York YO26 3BZ |
Step Free Access |
Accessible Toilets |
Seats with no arms |
Baby Change |
Morrisons – Acomb |
| 46 | Mindful Memorials The Gatehouse, 49 Cemetery Rd York YO10 5AJ |
No Step Free Access |
Toilet (No Accessible Toilet) |
Seats with no arms |
No | Mindful Memorials |
| 47 | Tesco Extra – Askham Bar Tadcaster Road York YO24 1LW |
Step Free Access |
Accessible Toilets |
Seats with no arms |
Baby Change |
Tesco Extra – Askham Bar |
| 48 | Home Instead Clifton Moor Business Village 10 James Nicholson Link York YO30 4XJ |
Step Free Access |
Accessible Toilet |
Seats with no arms |
No | Home Instead |
| 49 | Shopmobility - York Coppergate Centre, Level 2 Piccadilly, York YO1 9NX |
Step Free Access |
Accessible Toilet |
Seats with no arms |
No | Shopmobility |
| 50 | Age UK York – Bishopthorpe Rd 19 Bishopthorpe Road York YO23 1NA |
No Step Free Access |
No | Seats with no arms |
No | Age UK |
| 51 | Age UK York - Fossgate 49 Fossgate, York YO1 9TF |
No Step Free Access |
No | Seats with no arms |
No | Age UK |
| 52 | Age UK York - Haxby 24, The Village Haxby, York YO32 3HT |
No Step Free Access |
No | Seats with no arms |
No | Age UK |
| 53 | Age UK York – York Office St Edmunds House, Margaret Street York YO10 4UX |
Step Free Access |
Accessible Toilet |
  Seats with arms and no arms |
No | Age UK |
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