WHERE IS DOWNLOAD?

Donington Park, right next to East Midlands Airport Donington Park lies where the three counties of Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire meet. - The ley-lines of ROCK!!

In virtually the middle of the country it has excellent connections being only 3 miles from the major trunk routes of the M1/M42 and A50.

East Midlands International Airport is only two and a half miles away and has comprehensive domestic and European flight schedules.

The mainline Intercity railway stations are East Midlands Parkway, Derby, Nottingham and Loughborough are approximately anything up to twenty minutes drive away and Donington Park is well served by public transport and taxi services. Click here to see Donington on a MAP

For all you Sat Nav users, the postcode for Donington Park is DE74 2RP

NATIONAL EXPRESS

Coach and festival weekend camping ticket packages from National Express are now available.

National Express shall be operating routes into Download from up and down the UK direct into the festival site. Services will operate on Wednesday 9th, Thursday 10th and Friday 11th into Download. All departures will take place on the morning of Monday 14th.

GO GREEN!!!

Coach travel is the most environmentally friendly form of public transport and in 2006 an estimated 285,000 tCO2e were saved from using coach instead of car (data ECCM).  - This is equivalent to over 5 billion kettles boiling or 6.5 billion televisions powered for an hour.

So by choosing to use National Express instead of a car to get to Download, you really are reducing your carbon footprint.

TO BOOK YOUR TRAVEL TO DOWNLOAD, CLICK HERE

PLAN YOUR JOURNEY

DOWNLOAD LIFTSHARE

Are you going to be travelling to Download by car this year? Fancy saving a bit of mullah? Then use FestivalBUDi.com to find someone else travelling your way to save yourself some money, be kind to the planet and have fun travelling with other festival goers!

It’s free to register to use the service, and you don't need to own a car to sign-up as members can either seek or offer a lift.

As an added bonus, everyone who turns up to Download this year in a full car will be put into a draw to receive VIP upgrades to the festival!

Register at FestivalBUDi.com now to take part in the scheme

CARBON OFFSETTING

Trying to get to the festival in an environmentally friendly way, but still want to do more?  Donate a few pence to negate the carbon emitted by travelling to the festival and we’ll invest it all into environmental projects at local schools.

Climate change is a pressing global issue. Nevertheless, there are things that we can all do.

We are committed to encouraging and providing more sustainable transport options to Download Festival where possible, and would also like to offer customers the opportunity to negate their unavoidable carbon emissions associated with travelling to this event by investing in environmental projects in schools around Donnington Park.

If you would like to participate in this scheme, there is an option to add 50p to your order on the shipping page. Schools in the local area will be coming up with their projects for the funds, these will then be detailed on www.downloadfestival.co.uk and we’ll choose one to support.

Eco-Schools are an international award programme that guides schools on their sustainable journey, providing a framework to help embed these principles into the heart of school life.

For more information on Eco-Schools please go to www.eco-schools.org.uk

TRAIN SERVICES

SHUTTLE BUSES

Official shuttles from Derby and East Midlands Parkway train stations to take you to the festival direct. Shuttle buses will cost £7 return from Derby station and £5 return from East Midlands Parkway station.

Tickets cannot be pre-booked for this service, you can only pay when you get on the bus. Details of costs and times are below.

FLYING TO DOWNLOAD?

East Midlands Airport is the nearest airport to Donington Park, being practically at the end of the festival site!

If you are unable to fly in to East Midlands Airport, Manchester Airport is the next easiest to get to the festival. From there, take a train to Sheffield and change there for another train to Derby. Here you can catch the official shuttle bus services.

If you are flying in to Heathrow Airport, take the Heathrow Express to Paddington, then the tube to Kings Cross St Pancras, then a train to Derby. Here you can catch the official shuttle bus services.

If you are flying in to Gatwick Airport, take the First Capital Connect service to London St Pancras, then a train to Derby. Here you can catch the official shuttle bus services.

www.eastmidlandsairport.com

CAR PARKS

Car Park tickets are now off sale as we are unable to guarantee deilvery before the festival. They can still be bought on the day for £20.00 and they are valid for the entire festival.

The extra car traffic is one of the greatest impacts on the local area, one way to reduce the traffic is to share any spare spaces in your car. Check out the dedicated Download liftshare page: http://download.liftshare.org

If you are bringing a motorbike, you will need a car park ticket to park your bike on the hard standing area in the West Car Park.

RIP SHUTTLES

As part of your package you will have the option to use the hotel shuttle bus service that will pick you up and drop you off at your hotel at selected points during the day & evening.

Further information on this service will be sent to you with the rest of your RIP information.

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