Travel
Everything you need to know about travelling to Greenbelt.
Everything you need to know about travelling to Greenbelt.
How you travel to and from the festival is the biggest contributing factor to Greenbelt’s carbon footprint. That’s why we encourage all Greenbelters to take public transport.
If you’re travelling by train, we have a FREE shuttle bus to take you from Kettering Station straight to the festival site. The shuttle bus can take wheelchairs.
Greenbelt takes place in the beautiful, landscaped grounds of Boughton Estate, three miles from Kettering town centre. Kettering sits neatly on the main west-to-east road across central England, the A14.
It takes one hour to reach Kettering by train from London St. Pancras. There are also direct trains to and from Leicester, Nottingham, Sheffield and Leeds.
By bicycle:
If you are arriving by bicycle please approach the festival by the car route. There are places onsite to lock your bike by the box office.
Car share: We encourage anyone travelling by car to lift-share using GoCarShare. You can use it to either request a lift, or offer a space in your car.
By car:
Boughton House Estate is private property. The area of the estate being used by Greenbelt will be accessible to festivalgoers from 10.00 am on Friday 26th August only.
The Festival Village (where the programming, venues, caterers and traders are located) is separate from the Campsite and will open by 16.00 on Friday 26th August.
The Programme will then begin at 17.00. At the end of the festival, the Festival Village will not be accessible to wristband holders on the morning of Tuesday 30th August.
The Campsite will close at 12noon on Tuesday 30th August.
Accessibility
We open the site slightly early for those with access needs to enjoy quiet entry to the site, but this needs to be booked with Access Team. If you need any support getting onto / off site then please contact our Access Team ahead of the festival. Golf buggy-style taxis are available on site for anyone with access issues. For any other access queries, please contact our Access Team.
Permits:
If you’re bringing a caravan, motorhome, camper van or trailer tent to the festival, you’ll need a campervan field permit. You can purchase these via our box office and the permit will be emailed to you as an e-ticket to print out.
There are two Campervan Field ticket options, depending on what you’ll be bringing with you.
Please display this permit in the windscreen of your car (or camper van / motorhome) on arrival so that the stewards can direct you to a pitch in the designated caravan area of the campsite. Once you’ve positioned your caravan or trailer tent, please move your car (keeping the pass displayed in the windscreen) promptly to the official car park.
On site buggies
We run buggies between the car parks and the festival village entrance. See the below table for the timings these run.
Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue |
10:00 – 23:30* | 09:00 – 23:30* | 09:00 – 23:30* | 09:00 – 23:30* | 09:00 – 11:00 |
*Limited service will run from 23:00 – 01:00 each night.
Parking
If you’re driving in and out of site each day, please head to the Day Parking area. This will give you easier access at the beginning and end of each day. A weekend parking pass will cover you for 2 or more days (regardless of which days these are).
Timings
The Box Office is open from 10:00 – 22:00 on Friday and 08:30 – 18:00 Sat through to Monday.
Entrance to site
If you’re arriving to site in a taxi or being given a lift, please follow the signs to the ‘Shuttle bus’ area. This will take you a different route to general parking, but is the easiest way to be dropped off and you will end up right next to the box office.