travel arrangements for Leeds Festival

With Leeds Festival under a month away organisers Mean Fiddler have provided details on the easiest way to reach the festival, and are encouraging festival goers to respect the local environment and local residents and to leave their cars at home.

By Coach direct to the site

There are special National Express and See Coaches festival services running directly into the site from all over the UK. For more information call:

National Express
National Express website

See Coaches
0870 060 3775
www.seetickets.com

By Rail to shuttle bus services (Leeds and York Stations)

There are regular shuttle bus services to and from Leeds Railway Station, Leeds Bus Station and York Railway Station straight into site. For further information and timetables of the shuttle buses call 0113 263 9491. For further information on rail services call 08457 484950 or visit www.thetrainline.com.

The Lift Share scheme

If you have to bring your car, then please consider using the lift share scheme. Lift sharing is a great way to reduce traffic to the Festival and to save money, hassle and the planet at the same time. You can ask for a contribution to costs and save some money on your own travel, or maybe don't bring a car at all. It's also another great way to meet new people at the Festival and takes a lot of pressure off the local roads. If you have spare spaces in your car, or you don't really have to use your car then please consider lift-sharing. It definitely must be part of the future of private transport. Please visit www.liftshare.org or www.freewheelers.co.uk.

Road directions to the festival and handy suggestions

Major trunk roads and motorways in West Yorkshire are likely to be very busy over the August Bank Holiday as drivers head to Carling Weekend: Leeds Festival.

The festival which runs from 11.30am on Friday 25th August to 3am on Sunday 27th August and is taking place at Bramham Park which is east of Leeds, south of Wetherby and close to the A1 and A64.

Drivers are being advised to allow extra time for their journeys, and non-festival traffic is being advised to avoid the area if possible.

Peak traffic flows are likely on Thursday 24th August and on the morning of Friday 25th August as festival goers arrive on site. Most traffic is expected to depart the site late in the evening on Sunday 27th August and before noon on Monday 28th August. Organisers, Mean Fiddler, ask all festival goers to try and avoid these periods unless necessary to minimise congestion.

The organisers have been working closely with West Yorkshire Police, the Highways Agency and Leeds City Council to develop traffic management plans which aim to ease congestion around the site, minimise disruption to the road network and ensure regular road users are affected as little as possible. The police will monitor traffic congestion on the local road network and, if necessary, put into action agreed diversion routes where necessary.

Travelling to the festival:

• The routes to the festival will be well signposted and have been publicised by the organisers via promotional literature, the internet and in written information sent out with all tickets to the event.
• Those travelling from the South on the M1 will be directed onto the A63 to the Leeds ring road (A6120) and then eastbound onto the A64.
• Those travelling from the South and the North on the A1 will be directed to the A659 (westbound), to the A58 (southbound) to the Leeds ring road (A6120) and then eastbound onto the A64.

Alternative routes for all other traffic:

Regular users of the A64 are strongly advised to consider using alternative routes wherever possible and to allow extra time when using the M1, A6120, A63, A58 Southbound and A64 during the festival period and in particular on Thursday 24th August.

• Traffic that would normally use the A64 to access the A1(M) and East Coast should use the A63 and the M1 North.
• Traffic that would normally use the A64 Westbound to access Leeds City Centre and Leeds East should use the M1 (South).
• Traffic that would normally use the A64 Westbound and Ring Road A6120 to access Leeds North should use the A1 (North) and A58.
• Traffic that would normally use the Ring Road A6120 to access the A1(M) and the M1 (South) and the East Coast should use the A58 and the A1(M).

The Leeds Festival line-up includes Franz Ferdinand, Muse, Pearl Jam, Kaiser Chiefs, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Arctic Monkeys, The Streets, Feeder, Placebo, My Chemical Romance, Slayer, Primal Scream, The Raconteurs, Maximo Park, Dizzee Rascal, Coheed & Cambria, The Rakes, and loads more. For the full line-up to date, click here for Reading or here for Leeds.

Tickets are on sale, but all weekend tickets are sold out. There are still day tickets available for Friday and Saturday at a cost of £60 per day (no camping).

To buy, click here.

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