getting around the festival
getting around the festival
the maw MAP
Middlesbrough Art Week, the North East’s leading contemporary art festival, returns for its eighth edition with an ambitious programme of artist and community exhibitions, performances, workshops, talks, and public interventions happening across the town from September 25th to October 4th 2025.
MAW25 will see 50 artists exhibiting across 13 venues in Middlesbrough. Don’t miss a thing with our MAW Map, find the locations for all events, key venues, places to eat and drink, and the sights of the ‘Boro.
This year's festival hub is located at The Auxiliary Project Space.
Click here to view the MAW Map.
Middlesbrough is perfectly positioned between the North Yorkshire Moors and County Durham.
As the heart of the Tees Valley, it boasts great transportation links to the rest of the UK.
ROAD – The A19 and A66 are the major road routes into the town, North and South from the A1 (M). You can park opposite The Auxiliary Project Space at Station Street Car Park, which costs £2.60 from Monday to Friday between 09:00 and 18:00; parking is free outside of these hours.
COACH – Middlesbrough bus station in the centre of town has well-connected coach routes which connect to all corners of the UK.
RAIL – Middlesbrough railway station is located in Middlesbrough’s historic quarter, and connects to the whole of the UK. Trains run direct to Manchester, and every part of the Tees Valley is easily accessible by train. Edinburgh and London can be reached by connecting trains at Darlington.
BUS - You can reach Middlesbrough by bus from towns and cities across the Tees Valley and the north east. To plan a journey by bus, visit Traveline North East. The bus station is based at the heart of the town and is also served by a taxi rank directly outside via the entrance/exit onto Newport Road.
TAXI - Most MAW venues are less than a ten-minute walk from the rail station. The taxi rank at Middlesbrough Train Station is located outside the Bridge Street West entrance of the station.