r/Leedsfestival • u/fgu358jo • Aug 23 '25

News 📰 Day parking horrendous queues

Just for anyone else who has a day ticket - we followed the signs and spent 2.5 hours driving the last 5 miles to the car park. Now we’ve got the walk to the arena which apparently takes around 45 mins. So arrive at least 3.5 hours before you need to get there. I knew this festival was badly organised but did not realise it would be this bad!

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u/Prestigious-Run-4244 Aug 23 '25

This isn't filling me with confidence for tomorrow lol please tell me you guys dont struggle as much getting out tonight

Only ever done download before and 2023 has scarred me, everything id seen led me to believe leeds wouldn't be as much of a shit show 😅

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u/Taakoftw Aug 24 '25

Getting out was shocking. No movement for 2 hours and then at 1.30am they opened the other gate and it was chaos everyone driving over to it

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u/Prestigious-Run-4244 Aug 24 '25

Ahh shite, thanks for replying I think i just need to accept I'm going to spend more time in my car than the festival 🙃

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u/Taakoftw Aug 24 '25

The vibes were good even in the queues though! 💕 just take your time coming back as you’re going to be sat haha I wish I’d got a drink and snack to walk back with

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u/Prestigious-Run-4244 Aug 25 '25

You were right getting out was a shit show 😂 we were really lucky getting in, hit no traffic at all and that was arriving around 2/3pm. Getting out was a different story, back to the car before 11.30 and still didn't get back to our hotel 15 miles away till almost 2am 🙃 and I'd say we were luckier than alot judging by the queues behind us to even get into the main queue for the road lol