Berwick-upon-Tweed Station has the following Accessibility measures in place:

• Step-free access
• Passenger Assistance through the station, Passenger Assistance Meeting Points
• Embedded BSL interpretation on customer information screens
• Tactile maps and paving on platform edges
• Induction Loops at designated listening areas
• Wheelchairs and mobility buggies
• Accessible toilets
• Platform seating

Please visit our venues page to find more information about the accessibility of our Festival venues.

You can also download a PDF with images and detailed access information for each venue: VENUE ACCESS DOCS BFMAF 2025.

Northumberland County Council Public Toilets in Berwick-upon-Tweed:

• Castlegate Car Park, TD15 1JS. Accessible, RADAR Key required, 20p honesty box, babychanging facilities are located in the Female toilet
• Eastern Lane superloo, TD15 1AT. Fee 20p.
• Magdalene Fields Golf Club, TD15 1NE. Accessible, RADAR Key required
• The Promenade Spittle, TD15 1RN. Accessible, RADAR Key required, and babychanging facilities are located in the Female toilet
• Woolmarket, TD15 1DH

Detailed information is available at Accessable

We welcome Guide dogs, hearing and registered assistance dogs in all our venues.

We are aiming to have Descriptive Subtitles available for all dialogue across the Festival programme. Please check individual listings for further information.

What are Descriptive Subtitles?

Subtitles incorporating all of a film’s dialogue with descriptive elements (e.g. sound and music labels and speech identifiers). Primarily used by Deaf audiences for access purposes, descriptive subtitles are also widely used by neurodivergent viewers, people for whom English is their second language, and increasingly by fully hearing, native English speakers in various contexts. Descriptive subtitles are also known as captions, SDH, HoH.

All films in the cinema are recommended for audiences ages 15 years of age and older.

The Burr of Berwick Film Library exhibitions are suitable for all ages.

The Festival aims to be a safe and inclusive space, if you experience behaviour which makes you feel uncomfortable when using our facilities, please let a member of staff know.

Visitors are welcome to wear face coverings if they wish to in all of our venues.

We would love to have you attend the Festival and hope the following options may make visiting more financially viable for anyone who would like to attend.

Request a concession Festival Pass – if you are facing financial barriers, please email info@bfmaf.org to get further guidance on receiving a concessions pass.

For early-career filmmakers and artists, we have a limited number of free Festival passes and can advise on the cheapest accommodation options. These passes are reserved for unwaged or low waged guests who would otherwise not be able to attend. Contact us directly at info@bfmaf.org for more information.

Please do contact us directly at info@bfmaf.org if you have any individual requirements and we will do our best to assist.