First time driving

[Monty Pythagoras]

Planning on driving down from the North West for the first time this year. Usually get National Express but a mixture of wanting to take more, leave when I want and usually taking the Sunday quite easy means I'll drive down this year.

 

Any advice for best car parks to aim for and the postcodes?

Usually like to arrive on site for gates opening (in at 9:30 last year) so we can get an Oxylers spot - what time am I best arriving/entering the queue to get in?

[Crazyfool01]

@parsonjack is pretty helpful with driving knowledge 

[parsonjack]

51 minutes ago, Monty Pythagoras said:

Planning on driving down from the North West for the first time this year. Usually get National Express but a mixture of wanting to take more, leave when I want and usually taking the Sunday quite easy means I'll drive down this year.

 

Any advice for best car parks to aim for and the postcodes?

Usually like to arrive on site for gates opening (in at 9:30 last year) so we can get an Oxylers spot - what time am I best arriving/entering the queue to get in?

For Oxlyers you'll be best heading to West car parks, so Orange/Pink in order to avoid a loooooong trudge across site from East side.

 

Unfortunately there's little way to influence whether you get Orange or Pink as both can only be entered by approaching from the West and Glastonbury town direction via the A361.  To get you there from North West I'd suggest heading to Glastonbury town and then following the signage (or all the other traffic....).  A reasonable postcode to use would be BA6 8DB, which is the Rifleman's Arms just outside Glastonbury town on the A361 heading towards Pilton.  Just be careful to ensure your satnav takes you there from the West of Glastonbury town rather than approaching from the East! 

 

If you're keen on getting that Oxlyers spot then heading down on Tuesday for car park opening at 2100 and getting in the gate queue as soon as you can will be essential.  Although you may still be plonked into either of Pink or Orange the slight bonus is that you have a choice of either Gate A or Gate D, the former without the addition of the coach folks who won't start arriving until after gates open on Weds.

 

I'm not certain how early you'll need to be in the gate queue itself though (maybe someone else can advise?) but be prepared to join it in darkness and have several hours wait.  Once you're in then Oxlyers will be around a 10-15 minute slug from either gate.

 

Hope this helps.  Have a great festival.

[Monty Pythagoras]

17 hours ago, parsonjack said:

For Oxlyers you'll be best heading to West car parks, so Orange/Pink in order to avoid a loooooong trudge across site from East side.

 

Unfortunately there's little way to influence whether you get Orange or Pink as both can only be entered by approaching from the West and Glastonbury town direction via the A361.  To get you there from North West I'd suggest heading to Glastonbury town and then following the signage (or all the other traffic....).  A reasonable postcode to use would be BA6 8DB, which is the Rifleman's Arms just outside Glastonbury town on the A361 heading towards Pilton.  Just be careful to ensure your satnav takes you there from the West of Glastonbury town rather than approaching from the East! 

 

If you're keen on getting that Oxlyers spot then heading down on Tuesday for car park opening at 2100 and getting in the gate queue as soon as you can will be essential.  Although you may still be plonked into either of Pink or Orange the slight bonus is that you have a choice of either Gate A or Gate D, the former without the addition of the coach folks who won't start arriving until after gates open on Weds.

 

I'm not certain how early you'll need to be in the gate queue itself though (maybe someone else can advise?) but be prepared to join it in darkness and have several hours wait.  Once you're in then Oxlyers will be around a 10-15 minute slug from either gate.

 

Hope this helps.  Have a great festival.

 

Thanks for the advice!

[Someoni]

9 hours ago, Monty Pythagoras said:

 

Thanks for the advice!

Where in the NW are you heading from mate?

[Monty Pythagoras]

11 hours ago, Someoni said:

Where in the NW are you heading from mate?

Liverpool

[Someoni]

1 hour ago, Monty Pythagoras said:

Liverpool

Probably a similar commute time to us in North Wales then mate!

[Monty Pythagoras]

26 minutes ago, Someoni said:

Probably a similar commute time to us in North Wales then mate!

Whats your entry plan? Do you usually drive?

[Someoni]

31 minutes ago, Monty Pythagoras said:

Whats your entry plan? Do you usually drive?

Yep driven down every time I've been. Usually campervan it and motorhome this year, will drive down  same route as normal, M6, then M5 till J23 then come across. 

It avoids Bristol which can be rough when the festival is on

[spirit.sky]

I've been told that Orange is a good one to aim for for Oxlyers.

[parsonjack]

On 13/03/2025 at 17:23, spirit.sky said:

I've been told that Orange is a good one to aim for for Oxlyers.

Being on the festival side of the A361 heading east then Orange is best for all camping on the west side of the site.  The problem is that you won't have any choice of whether you get into Orange or Pink as the stewards will direct you in line with a policy or algorithm that to date no-one (except the stewards themselves...) understands or has managed to decipher.

[gooner1990]

Be warned....

 

We arrived at 6.40am in Pink 49 car park last year and got put in a queue for PGA rather than our preferred PGD as the queue was already stretching back to the road. 

 

Didn't get through the gates till gone 12 as PGA car queues have to give priority to PGA coach arrivals. 

[UPB]

Information on website re: driving

https://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/info/#getting-to-glastonbury--by-car