Venue
Make music in beautiful surroundings. In 2026, HISS 2026 returns for its ninth year at Bishop Burton College, near Beverley – one of UK's leading agricultural training centres, set in idyllic rural surroundings.
The college is set in 360 hectares of wonderful landscaped gardens, including a Victorian walled garden, a tree-lined walk, a large glasshouse and extensive grounds, walks and woods. At any point in the course, you can walk out across fields and among trees – but the classrooms are easily accessible in a compact block.
Before or after the course, you could explore Beverley, where Beverley Minster, a Gothic masterpiece bigger than most cathedrals, has the largest collection of medieval musical carvings in the world, showing more than 70 musicians with at least 20 different instruments. (Book extra nights direct with the college.)
Getting to HISS
By car:
Bishop Burton College
York Road
Bishop Burton
HU17 8QG
By public transport:
The nearest train station is Beverley. Trains run regularly between Beverley and stations including Hull and Sheffield.
You can get a taxi from the station for around £10, or arrange a shared taxi with other HISS participants (we’ll put you in touch).
Or walk to the bus station, where the X46 runs twice an hour to Bishop Burton College, with a five-minute walk to the campus.
Planning your journey
The final playthrough will end around 3pm. Allowing for a bit of milling around and packing up, and the taking of the group photograph, everything should be finished by 3.45pm.
If you plan to catch a train from Beverley station, we can find you a lift with someone and you should be able to comfortably get a train around 4.30pm with no problems (it's a twenty-minute drive).
If you don’t want to rely on a lift, check out the X46 bus service, which seems reliable: it stops at the bus station (or Walkergate), a few minutes’ walk from the rail station.
Our preferences form asks about offers of and requests for lifts so we can match people up.
Bishop Burton College campus
About the area
The market town of Beverley, with its historical buildings, cobbled streets, and small town charm, is about three miles away. The Georgian Quarter has architecturally fascinating streets, divided by the 15th Century North Bar, and contains a great number of listed buildings, and a wide variety of shops.
Accessibility
We are committed to making HISS as accessible as possible. The site is fully accessible. The rooms used for the course, dining hall, bar, and accommodation are all within a short walk of each other. The whole site is non-smoking. The teaching rooms are in the main building, grouped together, and those on the first floor are accessible by lifts, as well as stairs and all have natural light.