Parking

[ianmak]

After last years traumatic experience of leaving the Download car park on a Sunday night (2 hours) and getting stuck in traffic jams for another hour or two, I wondered if anyone had (I assume they have), parked in the Derby/East Midland Parkway train station car parks and got the shuttle bus instead?

It will end up costing more than the already extortionate Download parking costs, but I wonder if this is worth doing instead, and if it makes getting home on a Saturday night (this time) and back home south a lot easier.

Grateful for any help and advice!

[gard]

I am really struggling to understand your issue here... So you want to go to a festival with about 120k capacity and get free parking that you leave in 5 minutes?

Ok, good luck with that...

Sorry if this isn't very helpful but there are some pretty stupid statements there, if you don't like paying the parking fees or the waiting for other people then leave your car at home, funnily enough, that tends to be what happens when a lot of people do the same thing at the same time, you wait...

[ianmak]

The issue is I'm taking my 14/15 year old stepson and two of his mates to encourage their love of all things Metal and keep the dream alive. We're only going for the day as their parents won't allow them to camp all weekend, plus it costs a fortune and I'd have to keep them in check for all of that.

Download charge £25 to park for the day. We're travelling up from Kent in the morning, and will come back the same day. Train is not an option as there aren't any from London to Kent, and last year we got home around 6am, which I don't want to repeat.

I don't expect anything for free, however other festivals don't charge that for parking.

The question I asked was, has anyone used the shuttle bus to and from the festival to the train station.

I didn't want to get into any debates, but will happily do so if required.

[cornucopia]

The issue is I'm taking my 14/15 year old stepson and two of his mates to encourage their love of all things Metal and keep the dream alive. We're only going for the day as their parents won't allow them to camp all weekend, plus it costs a fortune and I'd have to keep them in check for all of that.

Download charge £25 to park for the day. We're travelling up from Kent in the morning, and will come back the same day. Train is not an option as there aren't any from London to Kent, and last year we got home around 6am, which I don't want to repeat.

I don't expect anything for free, however other festivals don't charge that for parking.

The question I asked was, has anyone used the shuttle bus to and from the festival to the train station.

I didn't want to get into any debates, but will happily do so if required.

[gjammer]

On another note it looks like there is another entrance to the campsite this year on the West carpark side...looks like it will cut out an hours walk getting in on Weds morning ...yippee. Friend has e mailed and been told it will be open....

[ianmak]

Thankyou, that's good to know!

The shuttle bus is ideal. We get it every year from Derby train station to the arena. I believe it goes to another train station also. It's about 8 - 10 quid return.