Bestival - Practical Info

Introduction

Bestival 2010 takes place between Thursday 9th and Sunday 12th September 2010 at Robin Hill Countyside Adventure Park near Newport on the lovely Isle of

Some Important Timings

The following times are based on our 2009 timings and may be subject to change...Thursday 9th Sept: The car park will be open from 9am. The box office

Bestival 2010 Demo Entry

Much like last year, we have created a system that will allow us to listen to all of your great unsigned music to see if any of it might bring something

Keep It Green

Bestival was a very proud recipient of an 'Outstanding' Greener Festival Award in 2009, one of only 13 festivals worldwide to achieve this top level

Getting To The Isle Of Wight

Ferries: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

Coach Travel

Great value for money door-to-door Coach Travel packages are now available from Southern Vectis. Their coaches will pick you up from 25 towns and cities

On Island: Shuttle Buses & Taxis

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

On Island: Car Travel & Parking

Once on the island, please follow these directions from the ferry ports to the Bestival site (Robin Hill Country Park) and car park:From East Cowes ferry:

Car Sharing

The greatest negative environmental impact of any festival is caused by transport, mostly by cars. In fact approximately 80% of a festival's carbon footprint

Campervans

You can hire one of these or just bring your own! There will be a separate campervan area next to the General Camping Area.Your Campervan must be specially

Tangerine Fields Tent Hire

Leave your tent at home...Imagine no lugging tents and camping gear. No struggling to put up a tent in the dark. No calling for your mates across the campsite.

Alternative Camping (Tipi Field)

Alternative camping options return to Bestival 2010 in the form of Tipis, Yurts, Squrts, Cloudhouses, Yurtels, PodPads, BellePads and Gypsy Caravans -

Hearthworks Tipis & Yurts

Now booking for Bestival 2010...Hearthworks have been supplying Bestival with their beautiful Tipis and Yurts for the last six years. If you'd like to

Eve's Tipis

Now booking for Bestival 2010...Eve and her trusty gang will also be bringing their beautiful Tipis to Bestival 2010. If you'd like to hire one of these

Yurts, Squrts & Cloudhouses

Now booking for Bestival 2010...Justine and Simon set up Yurts and Squrts in 2007. After making and selling yurts for several years they decided that creating

Podpads & Bellepads

Now booking for Bestival 2010...'podpads' are cosy little lovingly built and decorated wooden huts. They have a solid floor, fitted carpet, shelving, interior

Yurtels & Belles

Yurtels (pictured top) are spacious 14ft yurts with a wooden lockable door that come carpeted and with a king size / twin bed and a real mattress, sumptuous

Disability Access

Bestival is committed to make the event as accessible as possible and great efforts have been made to achieve this where reasonable. However, Bestival

Volunteering / Stewarding

We are extremely pleased to be welcoming Oxfam back to both Bestival and Camp Bestival to take charge of our Stewarding.By volunteering to work for Oxfam

Site Map

The 2009 Bestival site map is ready and available to download by clicking here.You will need Adobe Reader to view it. If you don't have it, it's available

Lock Ups / Welfare

Leaving valuables in your tent can be risky so please make use of the lock ups situated alongside our Welfare Area (at junction of Main Arena and 24 Hour