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You can drive onto the UEA Campus and park your car close to the Sainsbury Centre, where there is a small car park.

On entering the campus, head down to the bottom of the hill (Chancellors Drive) and turn left at the roundabout there.  Drive all the way past the Sainsbury Centre building. The entrance to the car park is round a further corner to the left. There is an overflow car park on campus, called P5, on Chancellors Drive.

Make a note of your registration number, to give to staff at the reception desk.

To exit the car park, turn left and follow the one-way system along Norfolk Road. Turn left again to drive underneath some campus buildings and turn right back onto Chancellors Drive to leave the UEA, or left and left again for the overflow car park.

Four disabled parking spaces are located within a short walk of the building. what3words: ///cape.spends.cowboy and ///watch.motor.shot

There are tables and chairs inside the main doors to the building. There are gender neutral toilets and lockers to the left of the doors, and a cloakroom to the right.

The reception desk is opposite the main entrance doors. Here, you can get your universal entry ticket and register your vehicle for the car park. There may be a short queue at the reception desk at busy times.

We invite visitors to pay if and what they want for a universal ticket. You will be given a selection of prices, from Free Entry up to £20 per ticket. You can pay whichever amount you feel able to; everyone will get the same access to our exhibitions.

The Sainsbury Centre is cashless. You will need to pay by card at reception and in our cafés.

You can also collect maps and guides from here and The Visitor Experience Team will be able to answer any questions you have about your visit.

The ground floor of the gallery is called the Living Area. This is a big, open space broken up by screens and plinths holding artworks from the Sainsbury Centre collection. There is a high ceiling. Natural light comes from large windows at the ends of the building and in the Terrace Café. The light levels are kept low to protect the artworks.

The Living Area can get busy during the school day and at other times during special events. If you wish to visit at a quiet time, please call ahead and the Visitor Experience Team will be able to advise you when the galleries are most likely to be quiet.

Many of the artworks at the Sainsbury Centre are protected by glass cases. Objects without this protection may have low barriers in front of them. Please respect any signs that ask you not to touch the artworks.

The displays downstairs and on the Mezzanine change twice a year. These exhibitions will look and feel different each season. Please check the website for more information about temporary exhibitions.

Spiral staircases are used to gain access to the temporary exhibition spaces. The stairs to the lower galleries are near the main reception desk. Stairs to the Mezzanine are at the other end of the building, near the Modern Life Café. There are lifts available for those who would find it difficult to use the stairs.

The Terrace Café is in the gallery near the reception desk and the shop. It serves hot and cold drinks and light food. Seating is available inside and outside.

The Modern Life Café is bigger than the Terrace Café and serves hot and cold food and drinks. Order food and drinks from the counter.

Both cafés can get busy at peak times and weekends.

Toilet Facilities in the Sainsbury Centre

There are toilets inside both entrances to the building, and also downstairs. They are in small individual rooms, accessed from a corridor. The toilets by the main entrance and reception desk are gender neutral. Baby changing facilities are available in the toilets near the other entrance doors, and downstairs.

Each toilet has a sink. Some of them have hand driers.

There are accessible toilets at the end of each corridor. There are nearby Changing Places toilets, with more space and facilities.

The Changing Places toilet on UEA Campus

There is a Changing Places toilet nearby in the UEA New Science Building. The visitor experience team will be able to give directions. These facilities are about 5 minutes from the Sainsbury Centre.

The Sculpture Park surrounds the Sainsbury Centre building at the UEA campus. Set within the 350 acres of parkland, it is open daily during daylight for all visitors to enjoy.

Maps of the Sculpture Park are available at the Reception Desk.

Terrain in the Sculpture Park includes grassy meadow, open water and woodland. Paths are mainly bare ground, gravelly or grassy. They can get muddy on wet days.

Away from the paths, the ground can be uneven with mole hills and rabbit holes.

There is a room that some schools use when they are visiting the Sainsbury Centre.

We go down a slope near the main entrance to get the this room. There is a sliding door at the bottom of the slope.

This room has carpet on the floor and big windows along one side. There is space to put coats and bags. We might have our lunch here.

We might see people who work at the Sainsbury Centre here, but it is not open to other visitors.

There is a shop at the Sainsbury Centre, behind the reception desk selling exhibition merchandise, post cards, art supplies and gift items.

Please note that the Sainsbury Centre is cashless.

Image Credits: Andy Crouch, Pete Huggins, Kate Wolstenholme and Rach Anstey-Sanders.

Please note that while the images featured represent the Sainsbury Centre building and its environs accurately, exhibitions and art installations change regularly and may look different on your visit