Reading Festival: What you have to know

The competition is a 15 to twenty minute stroll from Reading prepare station.

Reading Borough Council says the quickest strolling route is by way of the northern facet of the station. People arriving by prepare may get a hackney carriage to the positioning, or use the shuttle bus service by way of Reading Buses, external.

There can even be a brief taxi rank on Tessa Road, close to Red Gate, reverse the Rivermead Leisure Centre.

You can test prepare instances and repair suppliers on the National Rail website, external. There can be no CrossCountry prepare service from Reading on Monday due to industrial action, external.

GWR has advised, external travellers e book tickets upfront and permit further time for his or her journeys due to the crowds.

According to the organisers, the final trains leaving Reading prepare station are sometimes “incredibly busy” and don’t run late on Friday and Saturday night time. Festival goers are additionally suggested to provide themselves an hour to get again to the station from the competition website exit gate.

The peak exit instances are between 8:00 and 13:00 BST on Monday.

Various street closures and different methods can be used to handle the variety of folks over the weekend.

Big Green Coach, external is the competition’s official journey associate, a “carbon neutral coach” which arrives on the competition on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday, and returns on Monday.

There can also be a day return coach on Friday, Saturday, and/or Sunday.

You may journey to the competition by boat. Shuttle boats will run from Green Gate to Green Car Park and from Green Car Park to Green Gate, operated by Thames Rivercruise on the following instances:

Bearing in thoughts the general public transport choices, the organisers suggest revellers don’t journey by automotive to the competition, although there are two public automotive parks open similtaneously the campsites.

Colour-coded AA indicators cleared the path and automotive park passes have to be displayed.

Passes might be booked upfront by way of Ticketmaster UK, with day automotive park passes obtainable on the gate, topic to availability.

Alternative parking choices could also be obtainable at Q-Park Chatham Place, external and at Broad Street Mall Carpark, the place competition validation tickets might be bought from the workplace.