How to find us

The festival site is a 5 minute car drive and a 20 minute walk from Ely town centre. A free shuttle bus will run from 2pm on Friday approx. every 15-20 minutes from Market Street in the town centre to the festival site stopping at the day visitors car park at Ely Community College from 4.30 on Friday.

Site location map

 Click here to see a more detailed map (courtesy of multimap.com).

Arriving by Car - From the South

Follow the signs on the A10 for Ely, and then follow signs for Kings Lynn/Downham Market as you actually approach Ely - don't go into the city centre. After the Little Chef roundabout (junction of A10/A142) continue along the A10 for approx half a mile until the next roundabout, and if you are camping on site turn left for Little Downham (the B1411).

After joining the Little Downham Road take a left after 50 yards. Follow the sign for the Golf Course, which is part of a Sports Complex and includes the football club where the festival site is based.  You will be met by festival stewards who will check your camping passes and direct you to your campsite area.  Please follow their instructions.
  If you are not camping on site please turn right at the roundabout and follow the signs to the festival car park. Stewards will be on hand to direct you once you reach the College grounds. The shuttle bus will ferry you across to the festival site

Arriving by Car - From the North

Follow signs for Cambridge on the A10. Once past Littleport continue for approx 5 miles along the by-pass until you come to a roundabout.
If you are camping on site take a right for Little Downham (the B1411) - don't go into the city centre. After joining the Little Downham Road take a left after 50 yards. Follow the sign for the Golf Course, which is part of a Sports Complex and includes the football club where the festival site is based.  You will be met by festival stewards who will check your camping passes and direct you to your campsite area. Please follow their instructions.

If you are not camping on site please turn left at the roundabout and follow the signs to the festival car park. Stewards will be on hand to direct you once you reach the College grounds. The shuttle bus will ferry you across to the festival site.

Arriving by Train

 Ely railway station is based on the other side of the town but the festival shuttle bus will make regular trips to the station between 2pm and 8pm on Friday 10th July. If you are arriving after that time and need to be picked up please telephone Festival Information line and efforts will be made to divert the bus to collect you.  Train timetable is available here  http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/

goCarShare

For those of you who can't make it by bus, or who are coming from further afield, there is a solution... goCarShare. Car sharing will allow you to find fun people to share the journey with whilst sharing the cost of travel and minimising the effect on the environment.

The process is simple ... you log in via facebook; if you are planning on driving, just post a car share request to Ely with any specifics such as the contribution you need for petrol, and then sit back and wait for someone to contact you about sharing a lift.

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