Important Road Traffic info

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If you have travelled to the festival by car before, please note that all of the routes to the festival have completely changed this year. Please travel to the A1, M1 or the A1 (M) whether you are coming from north, south, east or west and then follow the signs from the motorway.

Please note that the junction numbers on the A1 (M) that we are using changed a few weeks ago and online / printed maps, and sat nav systems do not yet reflect the correct junction numbering on the ground so follow the signage on the routes rather than check against a map. If you ignore the signage or the routes, by checking on a map, or using your sat nav, you will not be able to get to site. Not only will these routes not lead you to the festival gates, but they may well lead you to a road block. You won’t save any time at all and you will also threaten the success of the plan as a whole.

Remember that traffic levels on the routes to the festival will be heavy, so please act responsibly and drive carefully and very safely.

Please travel at a safe but reasonable speed. If every car hesitates or holds up the traffic for one more minute than is necessary, it would take us nearly a fortnight to get you all in. The volume of cars attending Leeds Festival means that the success of the plan relies on each of you helping us so please – follow the signs from the motorway, do not stop on the roads, park as directed and most of all travel to the festival safely. The access roads have temporary “no stopping” traffic orders on them and the police will be enforcing this. Remember to use the loo before you get near the site and please respect the environment and don’t drop litter on your way to or from the festival.

FROM A1 COMING FROM THE SOUTH

The route to the festival will be signposted from Junction 35 northbound

FROM M1 COMING FROM THE SOUTH

The route to the festival will be signposted from Junction 32 northbound

FROM M62 COMING FROM THE EAST

The route to the festival will be signed from Junction 33 westbound

FROM M62 COMING FROM THE WEST

The route to the festival will be signed from Junction 29 eastbound

FROM A1/ A1(M) COMING FROM THE NORTH

The route to the festival will be signed from Junction 46 southbound

There is absolutely no access to Leeds Festival from the A64 travelling eastbound out of Leeds and you will meet a roadblock. There is no access to Leeds Festival from any of the old routes, ie Junction 46 of the M1, or from the ring road, or from the A58.

Once onsite, please follow the instructions of the traffic marshals and park where they direct you to park. You can get to all of the campsites from all of the car parks. The car parks are filled in a particular order to maximize the volume of cars coming into site at peak periods. If you arrive via Brown Gate it does not follow at all that you will be parked in the Brown car parks. It completely depends on your time of arrival. There are many new car parks this year onsite and therefore if you have been before, don’t try and head for a previous favourite parking space, but follow the directions of the marshals - all of the car parks are within reasonable reach of a campsite gate.

If you are dropping someone off or picking someone up, please again follow the normal signage from the A1 (M). You can access the drop off point inside the festival site from any of the gates that are in operation at the time so just follow the normal “weekend parking” or drop off signage.