Speakers' Corner

Speakers Corner - the 2015 Public Speaking Competition

“The happy contagion of Liberty”
 - Erasmus Darwin.

Speakers' Corner is located within the city centre, behind the waterfall just off Market Place.

The site is ideal for expressing personal opinions on any subject* close to your heart. The guidelines for the appropriate use of Speakers’ Corner, which should be applied to any public expression of political or religious views in the city centre, can be downloaded below.

Speakers' Corner Code of Conduct

Speakers’ Corner is your platform. You may use it to express any view, idea or opinion, so long as it is lawful. There are no rules but you are asked to observe the following code:

  • Please don’t use offensive language
  • Please respect alternative opinions
  • Please show courtesy to other speakers and members of the public
  • If others are waiting, please limit your time to a maximum of 10 minutes
  • Seek common ground rather than confrontation – you must not use hate speech or support extremist views
  • Please don't use amplification
  • Use this site to engage, inform and enrich opinion – and wherever possible, entertain!

Thank you

*People have the democratic right to express their political or religious views in public. We would ask that you consider using Speakers’ Corner, behind the waterfall in the Market Place, for such purposes.