Everything you need to know about getting to and from Leeds Festival 2025
Leeds Festival 2025 is kicking off this week with early-bird ticket holders arriving from Wednesday, August 20(Image: Danny Lawson/PA Wire)
Leeds Festival is taking place this weekend with headline performances from Chappell Roan, Travis Scott and Hozier.
The festival, sister to Reading Festival which takes place at the same time, is set to kick off on Friday, August 22, with the site opening to early-bird campers from Wednesday, August 20.
Across the weekend at Reading and Leeds Festival, other performers include Limp Bizkit, Bring Me The Horizon, D-Block Europe, Becky Hill, AJ Tracey, and The Kooks among more big names.
Last year, headliners for the UK festival included Liam Gallagher, Lana Del Rey, Blink 182 and Fred Again.
Leeds Festival, which takes place at Bramham Park, opens to early-bird ticket holders at 12pm on Wednesday, and to weekend ticket holders from Thursday. The arena, which is home to the stages, will be open from 5pm on Thursday.
Tickets are still available for the festival that takes place over August bank holiday weekend, with day tickets costing £125, and a full weekend costing £325.
Leeds Festival is taking place this weekend at Bramham Park(Image: PA)
There are various different ways to travel to and from Leeds Festival including the Big Green Coach, which is the official travel partner, and has pick up locations in 52 UK areas.
Another way of getting to the festival is by using the shuttle bus service which goes from Sovereign Street in Leeds City Centre to the festival and continues throughout the weekend.
You can park at Leeds Festival, and all tickets actually include parking. Or you can be picked up or dropped at the site.
Here is everything you need to know about getting to and from the festival this week.
How to get to and from Leeds Festival
Big Green Coach
Big Green Coach is offering carbon-neutral services directly to the festival’s coach park from 52 UK pick-up locations.
WEEKEND RETURN COACH: Choose to arrive on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday and return on Monday, hassle-free. You can view the timetable here.
DAY RETURN COACH: Travel on Friday, Saturday, and/or Sunday. Your carbon-neutral coach will arrive at the festival gates before the music starts and return to your pick-up location after the headliners. View the timetable here.
Chappell Roan and Travis Scott are among the headliners at Leeds Festival 2025(Image: Danny Lawson/PA Wire)
Train
The nearest train station is Leeds Train Station. There are regular trains from major cities across England into Leeds including Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and London. Take the festival bus from Leeds train station direct to Bramham Park.
Leeds train station is about a 30-minute drive from the festival site and a shuttle bus operates between Leeds Train Station, from Sovereign Square Park, to Leeds Festival for the duration of the festival.
To book shuttle buses please visit First Bus website. And for further information, please visit NationalRail.co.uk.
Shuttle bus
Festival goers can secure tickets for the Leeds Festival shuttle bus using the First Bus App. Here’s the instructions:
- Download the First Bus App.
- Select ‘Tickets’, then press ‘Buy’.
- Choosing a region: Select Leeds.
- Select Promotions
- Then choose what ticket is required
- Insert the number of passenger tickets required and go to checkout.
- Follow the payment instructions.
- The ticket then is transferred to your Wallet and is activated on the day of arrival to the festival.
A single ticket costs £12 and a return is £18.
Taxi
The designated Taxis Rank is based at Red Gate 1 this year where you will find Leeds Hackney Carriages and Private Hires waiting to pick up festival-goers.
The fare from Leeds City Centre will be in the region of £25 – £40 in a hackney carriage car depending on the route taken and traffic levels.
By car
For those driving, travel to the A1, M1 or the A1(M) whether you are coming from the North, South, East or West and then follow the signs from the motorway.
All routes to Leeds Festival start from the A1(M). Please note that the junction numbers on the A1(M) that we are using changed a few years ago and out of date printed maps, and old sat nav systems may not reflect the correct junction numbering on the ground so follow the signage on the routes rather than checking against a map.
FROM A1(M) COMING FROM THE SOUTH:
The route to the festival will be signposted from Junction 41 Northbound
For traffic coming from the South, continue along the A1(M) Northbound to follow the Brown Route to site. Continue along the A1(M), exiting at Jct 45 onto the Grange Moor / Wattle Syke roundabouts. Follow signage onto West Woods Road, turning left onto Thorner Road and right onto Paradise Way where you’ll take a left to enter the site via Brown Gate.
FROM M1 COMING FROM THE SOUTH:
The route to the festival will be signposted from Junction 42 Northbound
For traffic coming from the South along the M1, continue Northbound joining with the A1(M) at Jct 47. Follow the A1(M) Northbound on the Brown Route to site. Follow signage along the A1(M), exiting at Jct 45 onto the Grange Moor / Wattle Syke roundabouts. Follow signage onto West Woods Road, turning left onto Thorner Road and right onto Paradise Way where you’ll take a left to enter the site via Brown Gate.
FROM M62 COMING FROM THE EAST:
The route to the festival will be signed from Junction 33 Westbound
For traffic coming from the East, follow the M62 Westbound joining the A1(M) Northbound at Jct 32a. Following the Brown Route, continue along the A1(M) and exit at Jct 45 onto the Grange Moor / Wattle Syke roundabouts. Follow signage onto West Woods Road, turning left onto Thorner Road and right onto Paradise Way where you’ll take a left to enter the site via Brown Gate.
FROM M62 COMING FROM THE WEST:
The route to the festival will be signed from Junction 29 Eastbound.
For traffic coming from the West, follow the M62 Eastbound joining the A1(M) Northbound at Jct 32a. Following the Brown Route, continue along the A1(M) and exit at Jct 45 onto the Grange Moor / Wattle Syke roundabouts. Follow signage onto West Woods Road, turning left onto Thorner Road and right onto Paradise Way where you’ll take a left to enter the site via Brown Gate.
FROM A1/ A1(M) COMING FROM THE NORTH:
The route to the festival will be signed from Junction 46 Southbound
For traffic coming from the North or from the direction of York along the A64, the White Route must be followed. The White Route starts on the A1(M), exiting via Jct 44 and turning left to join Paradise Way. Traffic will then enter the site, on a left turn, via White Gate.
Parking is included within the price of all Leeds Festival tickets.
Pick up / drop off
If you plan on being dropped off at Leeds Festival, or picked up when you are ready to leave, you will need to use the dedicated Pick Up and Drop Off zone, located off York Road (A64). There is no pick up/drop off facility near to Yellow Gate this year.
This area will have dedicated signage with zones A-J along with better lighting to improve public safety. Please do not pre-arrange to meet at zones as some will open/close dependent on volumes of people and traffic.
A64 ONE WAY SYSTEM: The one-way system on the A64 will this year be in place for the duration of the festival. From 04:00hrs on Wednesday 20th August to 15:00hrs on Monday 25th August, the A64 between the Fox and Grapes public house and the A1(M) / A64 roundabout will be closed to all traffic travelling Eastbound (i.e. from Leeds to York). Please note we will take the closures off as soon as possible.
NON-FESTIVAL DRIVER INFORMATION: Non-festival traffic is advised to consider alternative routes or allow more time for their journey.
THORNER VILLAGE CLOSURE: As in previous years Thorner Village will be closed at the below locations and will operate a vehicle pass system for the duration of the festival during the below 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 CLOSURE: Aberford Village will not be accessible to festival goers and there will be no through access throughout the duration of Rockstar Energy presents Leeds Festival. As per 2021, the junction of Main Street with the A64 just to the West of the Jct 44 roundabout will be closed from 04:00hrs on Wednesday 20th August to 15:00hrs on Monday 25th August.