Driving to Leeds..

[Welshyyy]

I live in Huddersfield (fairly close to Leeds) but i've only ever go past the Leeds Festival site once while we was going on the motorway (i'm a newbie to Leeds Festival)

anyone got any tips to get there? we'll be leave about 12ish on the Wednesday due to having early birds so any shortcuts if theres traffic?

thanks

[Bradders]

I took us 15 minutes from leaving my house (Hyde Park in Leeds), to parking up in the carpark last year. So yes there's a shortcut I just can't remember the name of the town we went though!

[kev1664]

I live in Huddersfield (fairly close to Leeds) but i've only ever go past the Leeds Festival site once while we was going on the motorway (i'm a newbie to Leeds Festival)

anyone got any tips to get there? we'll be leave about 12ish on the Wednesday due to having early birds so any shortcuts if theres traffic?

thanks

[soundrevolution]

if you're driving yourself you'll just have to queue for the carpark behind red/orange/green. If you can get somebody to drive and drop you off then follow the taxis, brings you out at yellow drop-off where there shouldn't be any queues.

Edited August 12, 2010 by soundrevolution

[Welshyyy]

I'm driving me and my mate :| A1(M)? down towards York i'm guessing? will it be sign posted or?

[Dave The Hedgehog]

Driving all the way from Burton on Trent here.

It's not relevant to this thread but my options are either head out towards Coalville and join the M1 there and drive on that all the way up to Leeds, merging into the A1 - OR, go up the A38 towards Mansfield and then head onto the M1 before the MacArthur Glen outlet village. Either way, I end up on the M1 and I'll be using it probably because I've heard it's the only way to actually get to the festival and is also probably the easiest/most direct.

Another tip I've gathered from 'reliable sources' would be to avoid using a SatNav as 9 times out of 10 all of the shortcuts and diversions are closed anyway so as to relieve congestion for the locals. If it was me (if I lived in Huddersfield), I'd aim for the M62 and then go along that until you get to junction 29 and then go on the M1. Then drive on that until you get to the A1 and it should be sign-posted after that.

Somebody told me that you have to go onto the A64 at some point as well but I'm not sure if this is a shortcut. In fact, I'm pretty sure the Leeds Festival website tells you to avoid using the A64.

[kev1664]

I'm driving me and my mate :| A1(M)? down towards York i'm guessing? will it be sign posted or?

[Englishdragon]

Ive drove 4 times and every year i used to go M62, A1m North, A64 (ie the opposite way to the que) then quick u turn into the campsite, used to knock hours off the journey

This year thats the way they are sending everybody this year so I dont really have a tip

http://media.livenation.co.uk/fido/publishing/content/z/x/l/Leeds%20road%20map_2010_2.pdf