Leeds Festival 2026 travel guide including car parking, pick up and drop off, coach and train details

Leeds Festival 2026 will see thousands of people travel to Bramham Park for the massive party.

The headline acts for Pepsi MAX presents Reading and Leeds Festival 2026 include Charli xcx, Chase and Status, Dave, Florence and The Machine, Fontaines DC, Kasabian and Raye. Many other big names have also been announced for Bramham Park.

Leeds Festival 2026 will be running between Thursday, August 27 until Sunday, August 30. If youd love to go, you can find out ticket information here.

There will be many big names performing across the bill alongside the headline acts listed above. We are bringing you everything you need to know about Leeds Festival 2026.

This includes set times, banned items from the grounds and gossip about Leeds Festival 2026. In this article, you will find details of all the key travel information youll need to get to and from Bramham Park.

There are a number of different ways to travel into Leeds Festival this year, including the Liftshare programme, which sees you share a ride with other festival goers.

Big Green Coach

Big Green Coach will be running a number of different services throughout the festival. The weekend return coach will bring people in on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, returning on Monday.

The day return coach will travel on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. It will drop people off before the music starts and return people to their pick-up locations after the headline act.

A Leeds-exclusive Thursday day-return service is also running to see Kasabian.

In addition, the three-day travel pass will take people to and from their pick-up locations every day.

Trains

The nearest train station to the festival is Leeds Railway Station, and the festival bus will take people from the station to Bramham Park, which is a 30 minute drive away. The shuttle bus will operate from Sovereign Square Park to the festival from Wednesday to Monday.

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Pick up and drop off

There will be a dedicated pick up and dropp off zone off of the A64 York Road at the festival. There will be no pick up drop off zone near to Yellow Gate.

The dedicated area will have signs marking zones A-J, which will open and close depending on the volume of people and traffic. A one-way system will be in place on the A64.

A section of the A64 between the Fox and Grapes and the A1(M)/A64 roundabout will be closed in the eastbound direction from 4am on August 26 to 3pm on August 31.

In addition, a vehicle pass system will be in place around Thorner Village, with the following timings:

1. Northern part of Mangrill Lane
2. Carr Lane (very close to the A58)
3. Thorner / Skeltons Lane
4. Skeltons Lane / ELOR
5. Thorner / Milner Lane (next to the green triangle)
6. Wothersome corner (west of junction of Thorner Lane / Thorner Road)
7. Thorner / Holme Farm Lane and Bramham Lane

Aberford Village will also be closed, with no through access. The junction of Main Street with the A65 to the west of the junction 44 roundabout will be closed from 4am on Wednesday to 3pm on Monday.

Vehicles parked in restriected areas will be towed, and there is no parking, stopping, or waiting on the A64 of along the White and Brown vehicle routes.

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Taxis

The designated taxi rank for the festival is at Red Gate 1 this year. There, Leeds Hackney Carriages and Private Hires will be waiting.

Car

Parking is included in the price of your ticket to the festival. Travel to the A1, M1, or A1(M) and follow the signs along the mororway.

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