If you are lucky enough to have bagged yourself a Glastonbury ticket, you may feel like one in a million. The event sold out in record time, as it seems to every year, with the event set to take place at the end of June.
Rod Stewart, Charli xcx, The 1975 and The Prodigy are just some of the mega star names on the bill playing live.
Come the special weekend, which actually commences on a Wednesday - June 25 - it will be queues galore as more than 200,000 people embark on Worthy Farm. If you are travelling from London, here are your best bets to get there:
How to get to the site
Worthy Farm is in the middle of the British countryside, so the area gets majorly backed up in the days leading up to the event.
Festivalgoers are encouraged to "travel green" by making eco-friendly journeys, with more than a third of ticket-holders expected to travel via public transport. Here’s how.
Train
Castle Cary is the closest railway station to Glastonbury. From there shuttle buses are on hand to help you travel the seven or so miles straight to the entrance.
London Paddington and London Waterloo put on extra trains during this time. From Paddington the direct train takes one hour 37 minutes. The journey is also direct from Waterloo, but takes longer at two hours 46 minutes.
Train company GWR says taking the train is 67% less polluting than driving. It is the main train operator serving Castle Cary station – the closest to the Glastonbury Festival site.
Great Western Railways are putting on extra services from London to Somerset for the event and will operate in total more than 55 trains from London Paddington to Castle Cary to get people to the Glastonbury Festival.
The operator says that from the Wednesday to Friday of the festival, it will provide 37,000 seats on trains from London Paddington, and more than 16,000 seats for the return on Monday.
A further 25 trains will also operate for the return journey towards London Paddington on Monday July 1 following the end of the festival.
Travellers are warned booking is essential as the trains are expected to be the most heavily used form of transport for the event.
Times and prices will vary massively, and prices are likely to rise as we get closer to the event so book early.
Coaches
Coach travel is another way to get to the site direct, with the coach network having a number of starting points from London to Worthy Farm.
Croydon, London Stratford, London Victoria and London Wembley are the starting areas where you can jump on a coach, but again these services must be booked in advance.
Coaches for this year start as early as Tuesday, and can be a cheaper option. You will also be driven directly to the site, meaning that once you are on board, you can relax until the moment you arrive.
To look at timetables, prices and dates for when you want to travel, please check the National Express’ website.
Car sharing
Glastonbury organisers have encouraged people to use public transport wherever possible to think of the environment, but if driving makes more sense for you, why not carshare?
You can split the cost, and the emissions guilt, by teaming up with other festivalgoers who live near to you or on the way.
There is even a Festival Liftshare website where you can search for perfect passengers to pick up.
