Ignite your passion for places

Leaders from across the spectrum of place – designers, researchers, developers and disruptors – converge at Festival of Place for a day of visionary talks. Be part of it. From the talks to the learning; the walks to the networking, this one-day conference brings together 600 professionals working in the place-led regeneration, development, design, investment, policy, planning and stewardship of UK towns and cities. Drawn from across the public and private sector, what we share is a commitment to making a positive social and environmental impact. 

Festival of Place 2026 is on 10 June at Boxpark Wembley, London.
Fantastic atmosphere, refreshments and networking all day.

Be part of it. Our popular 2-for-1 early bird ticket offer is on now, bring a colleague or collaborator, share the learning and make new connections. Offer ends soon!

Ticket prices 

Post Festival special - £517.50 for 2 tickets

Super early bird - £575 for 2 tickets 
Early bird - £610 for 2 tickets - Book now
Advance - £610 per ticket
Regular - £650 per ticket
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Session Spotlight

Feminist cities: From ideas into policy

Dr Leslie Kern, author of Feminist Cities: Claiming Space in a Man-Made World sits down with representatives from the UK’s first feminist city, Cllr Holly Bruce and Head of Planning Sarah Shaw at Glasgow City Council, to discuss how we enshrine equality into policy and practice.

Active travel with Chris Boardman CBE

British cycling legend, Olympic gold medallist and founder of Boardman Bikes, Chris Boardman CBE became known for revolutionising sports performance through his focus on marginal gains. Now a prominent advocate for active travel, Boardman will be speaking about encouraging behaviour change towards walking and cycling in his role as Active Travel Commissioner for England.

NPPF and the principles of well-designed places

Well-designed places are at the heart of the draft NPPF which lays out key principles for future developments. The government’s Chief Planner and Head of the Planning Profession Joanna Averley joins Rachel Fisher, Chief Executive of the RTPI for a discussion of planning and the role of policy in shaping healthy and thriving places.

The autonomous industrial revolution

Cities change in response to industrial revolutions. Martin Prince-Parrott, architect, developer, author and tech founder, asks how the shape and function of a neighbourhood will change, from housing layout to power and data, in support of an autonomous, AI-powered future?

Case studies at The Pineapples stage

From Mayfield to Birmingham Smithfield, Stockport to Sloane Street, this stage features back-to-back projects all day long presented by developers, local authorities, housing associations, architects, designers and specialists.

The suburbanisation of poverty

Professor Nick Bailey from University of Glasgow has been studying how low-income households in private renting have been increasingly pushed to less central locations and explains why this needs wider consideration in this session chaired by award-winning journalist Peter Apps

And more…

Workshops, fishbowls, walking tours, an after party and other happenings.

 Speaker Announcement

• Holly Bruce, Scottish Greens Councillor for Langside, Glasgow City Council
• Mark Hall, Senior Programme Manager, Place-based impact investing, Institute of Impact Investing
• Shaun Holdcroft, Head of Affordable Housing, L&G
• Professor Nick Tyler, Professor, Civil Engineering, and Director, Centre for Transport Studies, UCL
• Joanna Averley, Chief Planner and Head of the Planning Profession, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government
• Selina Mason, Director of Masterplanning & Strategic Design, Lendlease
• Yẹmí Àlàdérun, Head of Development, Meridian Water
• Seren Hirons, Head of Place, Cadogan
• Abigail Barker, Events & Community Manager, Bruntwood Town Centre brands
• Henrietta Nowne, Development Director, Landsec
• Chris Boardman, Walking and Cycling Commissioner and Olympic cyclist
• Rachel Fisher, Chief Executive, Royal Town Planning Institute
• Dr Saira Ali, President Elect, Landscape Institute and Landscape Architect and Team Leader - Landscape Design and Conservation, Bradford City Council
• Professor Nick Bailey, Professor of Urban Studies & Social Policy, University of Glasgow
• Amy Corrigan, Haworth Tompkins, Associate Director
• Michael Clark, Design Director, Hadley Property Group
• Steve Sanham, Director, Common
• Martin Prince-Parrott, Founder & CEO, ROMULLUS
• Dr Leslie Kern, Author of Feminist City and Gentrification is Inevitable and Other Lies
• Eve Holt, Head of Policy & Implementation, Greater Manchester
• Lucy Musgrave, Founding Director, Publica
• Peter Apps, Journalist and author
• Sarah Shaw, Head of Planning, Glasgow City Council
• Anthony Kelly, Development Project Manager, Phoenix
• Ellie Buchanan, Regeneration Project Delivery Manager, Newark and Sherwood District Council
• Tom Mitchell, Architect, Metropolitan Workshop
• Cara Clarkson, Business Manager: Healthy Places, Newark and Sherwood District Council
• Katherine McMahon, Associate, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
• Jonathan Rose, Director, Prior + Partners
• Ella Flint, Architectural Lead, shedkm
• Caroline Jennings, Marketing and Communication Director, Cadogan
• Romy Rawlings, Director, DeepGreen

Many more to follow

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