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

FAQs

Where’s my ticket/wristband?Ticketline will be sending out their tickets in batches starting on Monday 23rd August. Red Funnel, Wightlink & Southern

Site Map

The 2010 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

Key Timings

Here are the key timings for Bestival 2010Thursday 9th Sept: The car park will be open from 9am. The box office opens at around 11.30am and the campsites

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

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

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

On Island: Shuttle Buses (& Taxis)

During the festival the island's bus company Southern Vectis will be running special Bestival Shuttle services to make it as easy as possible for you to

On Island: Car Travel & Parking

IMPORTANT - NEW CAR TRAVEL INFO FOR BESTIVAL 2010We have moved the main camping car parks this year so please look out for and follow the ‘Camping

Coach Travel

Great value for money 'Bestival Direct' door-to-door Coach Travel packages are available from Southern Vectis. Their coaches will pick you up from 25

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

Boutique Camping

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

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

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

Mr. Trolley

Back this year, harder, faster and stronger is Mr Trolley, a trolley hire service to help you carry all your kit from your car to your camping spot and

Welfare Area

The Welfare Area is located at the cut through from the main Fantasy Field into the Boutique Campsite and towards the main campsites. It's the place to