What it’s worthwhile to know

Reading Festival is happening from Thursday 21 August to Sunday 24 August.

More than 90,000 individuals attended final 12 months’s pageant, and this 12 months’s is about to host main acts together with Chappell Roan, Hozier and Travis Scott.

Plenty of street closures and different methods might be used to handle the variety of individuals, in response to Reading Borough Council.

Here’s every little thing it’s worthwhile to know as a festivalgoer or a neighborhood resident.

The council has suggested residents eager to journey into or across the city centre between Wednesday 20 and Friday 22 August to plan their journeys upfront, go away early, and be ready for longer journey occasions – significantly on Thursday.

Close to regular journey occasions are then anticipated on Saturday and Sunday, however roads are anticipated to be very busy once more on Bank Holiday Monday as festivalgoers go away the positioning.

Plenty of street closures and different visitors administration schemes are set to be in place in the course of the pageant.

• The Thames Path between Scours Lane to the far finish of Thameside Promenade might be closed from 19:00 BST to 06:00 from Thursday 21 to Monday 25 August
• Richfield Avenue might be closed from 23:30 to 01:00 on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday, in order that the 30,000 day ticket holders can go away

There are additionally two different potential visitors administration programs, which can depend upon congestion ranges. They are:

• Northbound closure of Cow Lane between Portman Road and Cardiff Road, between 07:00 and 15:00 on Bank Holiday Monday – residents are being strongly suggested to keep away from this space
• There is also momentary visitors administration on the Napier Road/Vastern Road roundabout, additionally on Monday

The council has mentioned there might be restrictions – together with no stopping for decide ups – across the Richfield Avenue website, and that residents ought to keep away from the realm until completely essential.

Hills Meadow Car Park, with a postcode of RG4 8DH, would be the solely devoted space for decide up and drop off, the place festivalgoers can both stroll to the positioning or use the free shuttle boat service.

There are two automotive parks for these attending the pageant who’ve parking passes:

• Mapledurham, the place a pedestrian bridge has been constructed direct to the positioning
• Kings Meadow, the place there’s an official, free-of-charge pageant boat service to the positioning

From Reading Station, the council mentioned the quickest strolling route could be through the northern aspect of the station. People arriving by prepare also can get a hackney carriage to the positioning, or use the shuttle bus service.

There will even be a brief taxi rank on Tessa Road, reverse the Rivermead Leisure Centre. The leisure centre might be closed from 05:30 on Wednesday to 22:00 on Monday.

The council mentioned sound checks would happen on Thursday night, and on every day previous to the stay reveals.

There’s a hotline for residents with questions or feedback in the course of the occasion, which might be answered between 09:00 and 17:00 on Wednesday after which 24 hours a day from 09:00 on Thursday to fifteen:00 on Monday.

The quantity is 020 8080 1518, and residents also can e-mail [email protected].