AXV Maps

Daytime Locations and the Grand Promenade on Monday

This map shows the main locations for the daytime content at AXV.

On Friday the event takes place at the County Assembly Rooms and the Methodist Church which are both on Bailgate, and Westgate Academy which is on Westgate. On Saturday onwards we will also be in the castle and in the area known as St Paul in the Bail.

All of these areas are accessible with a festival wristband. The only places in the castle that you can't access with a wristband are the Victorian Prison, the Magna Carta and the Wall Walk (but none of those places have any steampunk content in them).

Also shown in yellow is the route of the Grand Promenade on Monday. The muster point will be at the back of the prison and alongside the Heritage Centre in the area marked bottom left in this picture.

Accommodation partners, the Engine Shed and Lincoln Arts Centre

The main daytime locations for AXV are around the castle area which is marked with a yellow star. Some of the evening events will be at the County Assembly Rooms which is close to the castle. Other evening events including performances by Abney Park and Steam Powered Giraffe will take place at the Engine Shed which is marked by the lower yellow star. Next to the Engine Shed you will find the Lincoln Arts Centre where the Variety Show will be taking place on Saturday night.

Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU) is marked by the upper red star. It is in the upper part of the city, a level walk of about 15 minutes to the castle.

Lincoln University also has student rooms available during AXV. The Lincoln Uni. accommodation is in the lower part of the city, but close to the Engine Shed, so very convenient for the biggest of the evening events. It is marked by the middle red star on this map.

The International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) is indicated by the lower red star. This is where the campsite for campervans, caravans and tents will be located.

What 3 Words

The Asylum is a very busy place to be. In some of the busiest areas it can be tricky to move, not just because there are so many people, but because so many of them are fabulous, friendly, and you want to talk to them - or if you don’t, the person in front of you does. Or they want to take a photo on their mobile phone.

The whole experience is beyond wonderful, but at the same time it can be a bit daunting. And nobody wants to get separated from their friends or family or lost.

If you don’t know about the amazing App ‘what3words’, this would be the perfect time to download it onto your phone. The App divides our home planet into 3 metre squares and assigns each one a combination of three words. Once you have the App you can use it to send your precise location to another person to arrange to meet up, or you can use it to find places with much much greater precision than using a postcode or even an address.

Here are some locations you might find useful over the weekend;

Bailgate Methodist Church - saving.resist.cafe

Castle Square - icons.windy.wedge

Castle Banjo top - pulse.types.fake

Castle Gate West - preoccupied.acute.kind

Castle Gate East - traded.hook.script

County Assembly Rooms - supply.frog.debit

Engine Shed - strong.area.descended

Heritage Centre - audit.pine.bound

Heritage Centre car park - scuba.string.drop

Lincoln Arts Centre - fever.dragon.hurray

Steep Hill - bucks.shift.costs