Bestival Travel and Directions

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Travel to/from Bestival

Ferry Travel:
If you do not live on the Island and you haven't bought a travel and ticket package from one of our ferry operators, you will need to book your ferry crossings to and from the Island. Please do this as soon as possible through one of the following:

Red Funnel: www.redfunnel.co.uk/bestival / 0844 844 9988

Wightlink: www.wightlink.co.uk/bestival / 0871 376 1000

Hovertravel: www.hovertravel.co.uk / 01983 811000

Wightlink foot passenger \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'FastCat\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' runs from Portsmouth Harbour to Ryde Pier Head in around 15 minutes. Wightlink car and passenger ferries run from Portsmouth to Fishbourne and Lymington to Yarmouth in approx 35 minutes.
Red Funnel passenger/vehicle ferries go from Southampton to East Cowes. The crossing takes approx 50 mins and sailings connect with shuttle buses to the festival. Foot passengers can also travel on the \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Red Jet\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' service from Southampton to West Cowes which takes approx. 20 mins.
Hovertravel takes 10 minutes to reach the Isle of Wight. Its foot-passenger hovercraft departs Southsea seafront in Portsmouth and travels to Ryde town on the Island.


Coach Travel (inc. Ferry Ticket):
Big Green Coach offer what is probably the greenest form of transport to Bestival - a coach from the town of your choice direct to the festival site. All travel is inclusive of your ferry ticket. So your journey will be hassle free - no more worries about making connections, queueing for shuttle buses, missing ferries, lugging your rucksacks on and off buses, trains and ferries! Simply jump on a Big Green Coach and let them take the hassle out of getting to Bestival. And with 48 other really excited Bestival goers to keep you company, the festival atmosphere starts the moment you get onboard!

All coaches arrive on site on Thursday 10th and return on Monday 14th September. Head over to www.biggreencoach.co.uk for more info and to book.

Train Travel:
South West Trains operate services to Portsmouth Harbour, where you will be metres away from the Wightlink \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'FastCat\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' service, and to Southampton Central where a courtesy bus will take you the short journey to Red Funnel\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Red Jet\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' and passenger/vehicle service. More info and train times available from South West Trains - www.southwesttrains.co.uk or www.nationalrail.co.uk / 08457 484950.

Shuttle Buses:
During the festival the island\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s bus company Southern Vectis will be running special shuttle services and extra late buses on their normal routes to make it as easy as possible for you to get to the Bestival site (and back) from the Island\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s ferry ports and towns. Click here for more info.

Car Travel / Sharing / Parking:
It\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s especially important to pre-book your Ferry travel if you are travelling to the Isle of Wight by car.

Why not get involved in our Car Sharing scheme and help save the environment from that extra pollution... & save some of your own money in the process! In 2008 the people who used our Liftshare service saved 368,778 miles of car travel, 113 tonnes of CO2, 37,588 trees and ?36,878 of their own money. Head over to www.liftshare.com for more info & to sign up.

Car Parking at Bestival will cost ?10 per car for the weekend, payable in cash on arrival.

Coach Travel to Bestival

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Bestival info
What:	Bestival
When:	Thu 6th Sep 2012
Where:	Robin Hill Country Park, Isle
How Much:	£120-£180
Lineup:	2012 Lineup
Tickets:	Bestival Tickets
News:	Bestival News
Travel:	Bestival Travel
Hotels:	Bestival Hotels

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