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DIRECTIONS TO CARLING WEEKEND: READING 2007 - BY ROAD

Carling Weekend: Reading 2007 - Our address is:   Richfield Avenue, Reading .

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BY ROAD AND CAR PARKING

All festival car park passes must be booked in advance and passes are strictly limited.  Car Parking will be in nearby fields and a park and boat service will run between the Green and White car parks and the festival site.  
Only cars arriving at the car parks with an official car-parking pass will be allowed to park in the official festival car parks. 

We are assigning Ticket holders the best car park for your journey and are thereby working to cut traffic going through Reading town centre, Caversham, and down Richfield Avenue to the event itself.

See Tickets and Ticketmaster are set up so that people buying tickets from them will do the following:

- any vehicles coming from the West/M40 etc should go to Orange car park
- any vehicles coming from the East/London/M1/M25 etc should go to Green car park
- any vehicles coming from North West/Birmingham should go to White car park
- All campervans and caravans will go to white (not red anymore)
- all day ticket holders will go to Green car park

Follow the colour-coded signs to your car park. 

To book your car park pass go to Book Tickets section of website. 

Follow the signs below to the relevant colour car park (R = red, W= white, G= green and O= orange), an example below.

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LIFTSHARE

If you are travelling by car please visit the Carling Weekend: Reading 2007 Car Share Scheme www.liftshare.org operated by Liftshare. 

Car sharing will help save you money by sharing the travel costs, reduce the amount of congestion on the roads resulting in you arriving more quickly as well as being kind to our environment.

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SHUTTLE BOAT SERVICE

This year we have increased the amount of boats on the Green shuttle boats service.  This service runs from Kings Meadow car park (Green car park) and goes straight to and from site and takes about 5 mins on the river. It's free and the service starts on Wed when the campsites open and runs through until campsites close on Monday lunchtime.

 

On Wed the service runs til midnight.
On Thurs, Fri, Sat and Sun it runs from 8am til 1am. 
On Monday it runs til after lunch.
Last year we had two boats on at peak times and this year we will be adding a third to give an even better service. 

Last year we know that some of you experienced problems getting between the White car park/campsite and the main site.  We are currently working on a MASSIVELY improved system, as we know it caused problems last year, and so please watch this space as there will be more information to follow as we confirm it.  Rest assured that whatever we will do it will be very, very easy to get to and from White this year.

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COACH

The Official Travel partner, National Express is running direct services to Reading Festival 2007 from all the major cities and towns across the UK. The services take you right to the festival site. For travel bookings and more information click www.nationalexpress.com/readingfestival 

If you go by authorised coach you will be dropped off and picked up at the Rivermead Centre, by Red Gate.

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RAIL

For rail information, you can get a timetable from www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk or from railway stations. Train time details are available from National Rail Enquiries on 08457 484 950 or www.nationalrail.co.uk . Network Rail also have a helpline number which is 08457 11 41 41

 

Reading Station is 35 minutes by train from Paddington or 80 minutes by train from Waterloo. Main station is approx. 15 mins walk from the site. National Rail enquiries 08457 48 49 50 or visit their website at www.thetrainline.com

Tilehurst Station is approx. 25 mins walk from the site. Thames Trains run from Tilehurst to Oxford, Slough and London Paddington with stops or connections to many other destinations. For bookings call Thames Trains on 08457 300 700 or visit their website at www.thamestrains.co.uk.
CLICK HERE FOR LAST TRAINS FROM READING

Click here for National Rail Enquires website www.nationalrail.co.uk

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CAR PICK UP/ DROP OFF

The car  pick up and drop off point has changed and is now at red gate for coaches and by orange gate for cars, not at the Rivermead Centre anymore.  This will be signposted by AA and festival signs. 

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CAMPERVANS AND CARAVANS

Applications for Campervan and Caravan parking at Reading have now closed.

There will be a £10 charge for bringing your campervan to the festival Campervan passes will be strictly limited and the access to the site with a campervan will be via White Gate this year for the first time Campervans will NOT be permitted access into Red Gate, by the Rivermead Centre, this year The exact directions to White Gate will be on the back of the campervan/caravan pass that we will send you nearer the event and on the AA road signs.

Please note that we have revised the terms and conditions for access into the campervans field.

Click here for the T&Cs

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