Reading Festival 2010

Directions to Reading Festival

Our address is Richfield Avenue, Reading.

Do not attempt to drop off or pick up anywhere near Richfield Avenue. Follow the AA road signs to the pick up/drop off point. Once at Kings Meadow you should follow the signs to the boats and get the free shuttle boat service to the site.

Private hire drop off/pick up is now on Cremyll Road, off Tessa Road. 

Hackney Carriages/black cabs drop pff/pick up -  is in Tessa Road

Parents/friend drop off/pick up is at Kings Meadow.

Garrard Street NCP car park, opposite Reading Train Station, is available for weekend parking (price tbc) You can then use the shuttle bus that leaves from outside the train station.

If at all possible please travel by public transport or arrange a lift share.  People arriving by public transport get quicker and immediate access to the campsites as the car parks are not immediately adjacent to the main site.

Coaches

If you go by authorised coach you will be dropped off and picked up at the Rivermead Centre, by Red Gate.



For information on See Tickets coach packages, please call 0871 230 7140.
The services take you right into the festival site.

This package includes a 2010 Festival Weekend & Camping Entry Ticket, Early Entry Ticket and Return Coach Travel. Travelling on Wednesday 25th August and returning on Monday 30th August. (Please ensure you are available to travel at any point during these dates)

One of the easiest ways of getting you and your friends to the show! Also by choosing to travel by coach you will be helping to not only reduce congestion but carbon emissions, ensuring an environmentally friendly method of travel. We strive to use carbon neutral coaches that contribute to a greener way of transporting you there and back.

The coach pick up points and the time of your pick ups will be printed on your coach ticket.

For this package it is MANDATORY that you travel on the coach!

www.seetickets.com/readingandleeds 



National Express, the UK's number one coach company, is proud to be the Official Coach Partner to Reading Festival.  With more than 30 years experience taking hundreds of thousands of people to festivals and events, travelling with National Express will make sure you arrive at Reading ready to enjoy your weekend. 

Dedicated coach services will take you direct to Reading from many destinations across the UK. There's plenty of space in the luggage hold for your supplies and the National Express coach park will get you closer to the campsite than any other form of transport!  
 
We all care about the environment and your coach journey will generate at least TEN TIMES less CO2 emissions than a person driving in a car alone to the festival.

www.nationalexpress.com/Reading

Trains

Train times, prices and availability are available from the following sources –

1.       CrossCountry trains on www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk

Train times, prices and availability are available from CrossCountry trains on www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk 

Train tickets to Reading are on sale now. Book your tickets from any station to Reading in advance at crosscountrytrains.co.uk to get the best deal, plus there's no booking fee! Make the most of your weekend and save your cash for the beer tent.



2. National Rail Enquiries on 08457 48 49 50 or www.nationalrail.co.uk .  We suggest that you use National Rail to ask about any planned engineering works too.

3.       First Great Western on 08457 000 125 or www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk

4.       South Eastern Railway on www.southeasternrailway.co.uk.

5.       Virgin Trains on www.virgintrains.co.uk or 08457 222 333.

For more local information, you could also get a timetable from your local railway station. Network Rail also have a helpline number 08457 11 41 41

For those coming from the South East, Reading Station is 25 minutes by train from Paddington or 80 minutes by train from Waterloo.

Rail and Bus Plus Scheme

See also information on the Plus Bus scheme whereby you can buy your bus ticket at the same time that you buy your train ticket - http://www.plusbus.info/

By Road and Car Parking

Please note that our car parks are on grass fields, some with metal trackway approach roads and some parts have unmade road approaches that may not be suitable for all car suspensions.  If you have any doubts about bring a very precious car then maybe re think your plans.

Car parking is limited and will be in nearby fields and a park and a free shuttle boat service will run between the Green car park and the festival site.  There is a pedestrian bridge that will easily get you from the white car park to the main site.

Only cars arriving at the car parks with an official car-parking pass will be allowed to park in the official festival car parks.  

We are assigning ticket holders the best car park for your journey and are thereby working to cut traffic going through Reading town centre, Caversham, and down Richfield Avenue to the event itself.

Frixo is a road traffic reporting site which provides users with live traffic information and gets updated every 3 minutes using various road sensors. www.frixo.com

The Highways Agency displays the latest traffic information for your journey to Reading. www.highways.gov.uk

See Tickets and Ticketmaster are set up so that people buying tickets from them will do the following:

- Any weekend vehicles coming from the West/M40, North West/Birmingham etc should go to white car park
- Any weekend vehicles coming from the East/North East/London/M1/M25 etc should go to Green car park
- All campervans and caravans will go to white
- All day ticket holders will go to Green car park

You will be sent your car pass nearer the time and the directions will be printed on it for you.  Follow the colour-coded signs to your car park.

To book your car park pass go to www.seetickets.com/readingandleeds .

Garrard Street NCP car park, opposite Reading Train Station, is available for weekend parking (price tbc) You can then use the shuttle bus that leaves from outside the train station.



Find someone travelling your way to save yourself some money, be kind to the planet and have fun travelling with other festival goers.

Visit our Liftshare partner Festival Budi and go together
www.liftshare.com/

Car Parking

Tickets for the car park will be £5 in advance and can be purchased through Seetickets.  Car parking tickets will be £10 if purchased on the gate at the festival.

White passes are for those travelling from the N/NW, Green passes are for those travelling from the S/SE.

Liftshare

If you must bring your car, please consider the following in the interests of the environment and also to reduce congestion:

•  Transport as many people as possible with you
•  Travel at off peak times (the peak time for arriving onsite is 08.00 to 14.00 on the Thursday)
•  Consider car sharing.

Find someone travelling your way to save yourself some money, be kind to the planet and have fun travelling with other festival goers.

Visit our Liftshare partner Festival Budi and go together: http://www.liftshare.com

Remember to travel safely. Please read this practical safety guide on liftsharing put together by A Greener Festival: www.agreenerfestival.com/Lift_Sharing.pdf 

• Please note that all arrangements which you make are private arrangements between you and other sharers. The Festival does not arrange lift sharing or have any liability to or for lift sharers.
• Make sure you know the identity of the person or persons you are sharing with.
• Having a home telephone number is sensible precaution and make sure you leave details of the lift share, the driver and passenger's number(s) and home address if possible with friends and/or family.
• Take your mobile phone with you.
• If you are at all uncomfortable with any arrangements, or the condition of the vehicle being used, then make other plans.
• If a vehicle is not taxed it is possible the driver has no driving licence, no insurance and no MOT.
• Safety first: trust your instincts and use common sense.

Shuttle Buses

Reading Shuttle Buses

READING - CAVERSHAM ROAD  [98 Service]

£1 single fare.

Please click here to view the timetables for Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Monday.

Please see their website for further information  - www.Reading-buses.co.uk

Pick up/drop off point

Do not attempt to drop off or pick up anywhere near Richfield Avenue. Follow the AA road signs to the pick up/drop off point. Once at Kings Meadow you should follow the signs to the boats and get the free shuttle boat service to the site.

Private hire drop off/pick up is now on Cremyll Road, off Tessa Road.

Hackney Carriages/black cabs drop pff/pick up -  is in Tessa Road 

Parents/friend drop off/pick up is at Kings Meadow.

Garrard Street NCP car park, opposite Reading Train Station, is available for weekend parking (price tbc) You can then use the shuttle bus that leaves from outside the train station. 

Orange Gate

Campervan & Caravan Permits

FOR STANDARD TICKET HOLDERS
Campervan/caravan permits will cost £20 in advance, and £30 on the gate. We have written new terms and conditions for anyone planning to bring a campervan or caravan to the event to sleep in. It basically means that you can only bring proper sleeping vehicles to the event to sleep in. No white vans or any other vehicle that simply has a mattress in will do!

All campervans and caravans will be going into the white campsite again this year, not red.  Your vehicle may be searched and disallowed items confiscated.  Please see our confiscation policy.

Click here to read T&Cs and ensure your vehicle complies

Book online at www.seetickets.com/readingandleeds

No fires including small campfires are allowed in the Campervan Fields.
All people within the campervan must have a weekend ticket.


FOR GUESTS & DISABLED CUSTOMERS:
All caravans / campervans require a pass which you will need to purchase from us in advance. Please email guestcampervans@festivalrepublic.com 

Click here for Campervan & Caravan Terms and Conditions

Private Coaches

The deadline to apply to park a private coach at Reading Festival has now passed.

Please note all persons must have valid standard tickets.

It is free to bring a coach to Reading Festival. You will be sent further routing and gate information nearer the event via email.

Private Coaches will park in a public car park and should arrive at gate - TBC

Shuttle Boat Service

Travel Impact

REDUCE YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT

Do you know that the biggest CO2 impact on festivals is simply through the audience travelling to get there? In 2008 37% of people travelled to Leeds festival by Bus or Train. We want to try and increase this number. Our shuttle buses from the train stations are really convenient. Leave your car at home and let the party start the moment you board the train!

Emissions: If you travel alone to the festival by car, you are emitting approximately TEN TIMES the amount of CO2 than if you travelled to the festival by bus and three and a half times as much as if you travelled by train.

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Figures for these calculations were taken From DEFRA July 2007 Report: Passenger Transport Emissions Factors. http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/business/envrp/pdf/passenger-transport.pdf

Car Travel (average sized petrol car)
- 335 gram C02 per mile (1 passenger)
- 167.5 grams CO2 per passenger mile (2 passengers)
- 83.75 grams CO2 per passenger mile (4 passengers)

Train Travel (National Rail diesel trains – average passenger numbers per annum)
- 96.32 grams per passenger mile

Coach Travel (Annual average figures of coach types and carriageways)
- 32.88 grams CO2 per passenger mile.