Pedestrian Gate D

[Franky]

24 minutes ago, kerplunk said:

Don't do what I did in 22 - got pointed up the hill where everyone was queuing by the stewards, so dragged my heavily laden barrow all the way to the top and then realised the snake went all the way along the top of the field, and then having traversed the top of the field saw that it went all the way back down the hill again. I was so annoyed I sacked it off and went and joined the Gate A queue which was about 50m from where my car was parked

Yeah that’s painful. 

[VisionOfLove]

were arriving to bronze early hours so going to chance gate D as should be there before the queue gets shut off. what's the best walking round to join D queue? looking at the map looks like you can snake through bronze / orange parking - is that doable? or is there a set route you could be sent to?

[Twagenaar7]

4 of us leaving Frome at 7am tomorrow. Aiming to camp park home ground/oxylers/paines area. Pretty flexible. Looking at PGD but looks like we should aim for PGA if D is gna be closed? Will there be space in these campsites at that time? 

[Brad_92]

My coach is arriving at 6am, my mates are gonna be at Gate D from 3am onwards.

 

How easy is it gonna be for me to walk around there and join them in the que?

 

Thank you pls

[Crazyfool01]

3 minutes ago, Brad_92 said:

My coach is arriving at 6am, my mates are gonna be at Gate D from 3am onwards.

 

How easy is it gonna be for me to walk around there and join them in the que?

 

Thank you pls

I’d go in gate A as you’ll be prioritised on a bus and walk across onsite you’ll likely be in a fair few hours in front . People might not like you walking past them in the queue 

[jfandrs]

On 6/23/2025 at 11:01 AM, Magic Toaster said:

 

 

Okay - my times were a little bit off, but not by much.

 

But I'll reconstruct the timeline according to my WhatsApp history

 

10:13: "Parked in pink. Traffic wasn't terrible"

10:59: "We're nearly at the front!"

11:13: "And we're in!"

12:01: I sent a photo from my tent with a (slightly warm) cider in my hand

 

Tbf, that was the quickest I've ever moved through a queue. It might have been a fluke, but I hope to reproduce it this year.

 

None of our group has trolleys, and we're fast walkers, so there was no faffing around once we'd arrived.

 

Last year I parked up in Orange at 07:31, queue at 07:53, in at 09:40, setup by ~10:00 for another point of reference!

 

2023 was way worse as the gate D queue ended up having a bunch of different splits, so some people who arrived hours later were actually ahead of us in the queue which was frustrating.

[WforWill]

I will be coming from the east, so will go thru pilot and meet gate a first, if d is open will they let me through?

[kerplunk]

2 hours ago, VisionOfLove said:

were arriving to bronze early hours so going to chance gate D as should be there before the queue gets shut off. what's the best walking round to join D queue? looking at the map looks like you can snake through bronze / orange parking - is that doable? or is there a set route you could be sent to?

 

You can walk from bronze into orange - there's a narrow bridge to go over which is a pinch point if there's vehicles going over it but you should be ok. I did just that 2023

 

 

Edited June 24, 2025 by kerplunk

[AvalonFinder]

6 hours ago, VisionOfLove said:

were arriving to bronze early hours so going to chance gate D as should be there before the queue gets shut off. what's the best walking round to join D queue? looking at the map looks like you can snake through bronze / orange parking - is that doable? or is there a set route you could be sent to?

Is bronze not hospitality parking?

[airwaves]

What t f is this about? 

Getting into orange car parking is my usual go-to for accessing Ped Gate D!!! 

[Crazyfool01]

5 hours ago, AvalonFinder said:

Is bronze not hospitality parking?

Yes it is 

[Aragorn]

Not many at gate D around 10:30pm

[Franky]

How’s it looking now ?

[Pinhead]

Told it's a little under 1k at D now queueing.

[Franky]

Gate D closed! 

[Franky]

44 minutes ago, Franky said:

Gate D closed! 

Luckily. I’m at the back of the queue for D 👍

[TheDayman]

Seems like it was a 2/2:30 close this year, wild. We were diverted to A at around 03:00

 

PGA far busier than last year too. We’re around the same position in the queue as our 4:30/5:00 arrival last year

Edited June 25, 2025 by TheDayman

[Franky]

14 minutes ago, TheDayman said:

Seems like it was a 2/2:30 close this year, wild. We were diverted to A at around 03:00

 

PGA far busier than last year too. We’re around the same position in the queue as our 4:30/5:00 arrival last year

About the same time as us then. 
 

I managed to blag my way in again 😂

[Pinhead]

Lol - we've only just been told peeps are being redirected to A now.

[Franky]

8 minutes ago, Pinhead said:

Lol - we've only just been told peeps are being redirected to A now.

Tis what it is. Also hearing people are being told to wait in Pink Car Park for the time being. 
 

And that gates aren’t opening until 9am but I don’t believe that 😂

[kalifire]

So arriving at PGA on public transport currently gets you redirected to the driver’s side, which is also being filled by PGD now. Whoop. 

[Magic Toaster]

Damn that's gotta be a record for closing time

[Franky]

Yep

[Harold1666]

Ped Gate D defo not closed roughly 15 mins ago. Waltzed right in.

 

Snake section got shut off a couple of minutes after we got in to them. So, may be closed now?

[Magic Toaster]

What I find funny about the queue threads every year is the amount of seemingly contrary information in them 😂