WOMAD

Charlton Park is located just outside the historic abbey town of Malmesbury in North Wiltshire, and is easily accessible by road and rail.

Festival Address

Charlton Park, Malmesbury,Wiltshire,SN16 9DG

By Road

Charlton Park is situated just off the A429 between Cirencester and Chippenham, close to Malmesbury. The site is 7 miles from Junction 17 off the M4, approximately 100 miles from London, 80 miles from Birmingham, and less than 30 miles away from Bath, Bristol and Swindon. Please follow the yellow AA signs for WOMAD.

• From the North: Exit M5 J11a, take first exit A417 towards Cirencester. Before Cirencester take A429 southbound towards Malmesbury. Turn left onto B4040, follow signs into the festival.
• From the West: Exit M4 J17, take A429 north towards Cirencester. Turn right onto B4040, follow signs into the festival.
• From the East: Exit M4 J17, take A429 northbound signposted Malmesbury. Turn right onto B4040, travel for around half a mile and follow signs into the festival.
• From the South: Take A350 northbound towards Chippenham. At the M4 J17 roundabout, take second exit A429 northbound towards Malmesbury. After Malmesbury turn right onto the B4040, travel for around half a mile and follow signs into the festival.

Car-Share Scheme
Freewheelers is a great online service which allows you to offer or request lifts to and from the festival. Sharing lifts helps to reduce traffic jams, pollution, travel costs and you can meet fellow festival-goers in the process.

So if you have a space in your car or are happy to leave yours at home and join someone else for the journey, please visit Freewheelers to WOMAD and sign up.

Please note that all lifts offered or accepted are private and WOMAD cannot accept responsibility for any arrangements made.

Buses
Andybus will be running special coach services directly to WOMAD from London Victoria coach station and Bristol.
A return ticket from London costs £25 per adult and £15 per child.
A return ticket from Bristol costs £18 per adult and £10 per child.

The timetable is as follows:
Buses will be going from London Victoria station and Bristol city centre (bus stop h,e) Lewins Mead (BS1). Please be at your station of departure, ready to get on the bus 30 minutes before departure.

FROM	TO	DATE	DEPARTS	ARRIVES
London	WOMAD	Thurs 23 & Fri 24 July	13:00	15:10
Bristol	WOMAD	Thurs 23 & Fri 24 July	14:30	15:30
WOMAD	London	Mon 27 July	09:30	11:40
WOMAD	Bristol	Mon 27 July July	09:30	10:30

For more information and to book your bus ticket please contact Andybus
T: 01666 825 655
E: ajcoaches@andrew-james.co.uk

If you are travelling from anywhere else in the UK and would like to see a bus service going from there to WOMAD in 2010, please let us know either by emailing WOMAD at info@womad.org or Andy Buses on
T: 01666 825 655
E: ajcoaches@andrew-james.co.uk
If we have enough interest shown for that area we may be able provide a service for WOMAD 2010.

Shuttle Bus Service between Malmesbury Somerfield, via Malmesbury Town Centre, & WOMAD

There is a shuttle bus service between the festival, Malmesbury Town Centre and Malmesbury Somerfield, which operates on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

The timetable is as follows:

FROM	TO	DEPARTS
WOMAD	Malmesbury Town Centre & Somerfield	9:15, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45, 11:15, 11:45, 12:15, 12:45, 13:15, 13:45, 14:15, 14:45, 15:15, 15:45, 16:15, 16:45, 17:15, 17:45, 18:15, 18:45, 19:15, 19:45, 20:15
Malmesbury Town Centre	WOMAD	9:20, 9:50, 10:20, 10:50, 11:20, 11:50, 12:20, 12:50, 13:20, 13:50, 14:20, 14:50, 15:20, 15:50, 16:20, 16:50, 17:20, 17:50, 18:20, 18:50, 19:20, 19:50, 20:20
Malmesbury Somerfield	WOMAD	9:30, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00, 11:30, 12:00, 12:30, 13:00, 13:30, 14:00, 14:30, 15:00, 15:30, 16:00, 16:30, 17:00, 17:30, 18:00, 18:30, 19:00, 19:30, 20:00, 20:30

The journey will take roughly 15 minutes and will cost £1 each way.

All pick-up and drop-offs at the festival site will be made at the Pick-Up Point. (Please see the downloadable site map on the WOMAD Charlton Park Overview page)

All pick-up and drop-offs in Malmesbury Town Centre will be made at the Malmesbury X Hayes car park, close to the library, and for Malmesbury Somerfield it is the bus stop directly outside the store.

Local Buses
Andybus run a number of scheduled services that stop near to the festival. Service 31 runs from Swindon Bus Station to the Milbourne Lane stop, right on the edge of the festival site and costs £2.40 single/£3.85 return. Service 92 runs from Chippenham Rail Station to the Malmesbury X Hayes stop, which is a 15-minute walk (approx)from the festival site and costs £2.30 single/£3.70 return.
Please visit www.andybus.co.uk for more details and timetables.

Bicycles Anyone cycling to the festival can leave their bicycle securely in the Campers Lock-Up in the campsite. There is a charge of £1 per item for this service. PLEASE bring your own bike locks.

Taxis All drop-offs and pick-ups must be made at the Garden Centre just outside the festival site. The Information Tent will have details of local taxi firms.

By Rail

Travel by train is another easy option, with the local stations at Chippenham and Kemble and First Great Western offering a frequent service and value.

Which Station? Customers travelling from the Cheltenham & Gloucester direction, including those from the Midlands and the North, should travel to/from Kemble Station. Customers travelling from London, the Home Counties, South East England, South West England and Wales should travel to/from Chippenham Station.

Station-to-Site Shuttle Bus Service
Andybus are providing a dedicated shuttle bus service between Kemble Train Station, Chippenham Train Station and the festival site. The cost for these station to the festival services is £5 each way for an adult and each way £3 for a child.

The timetable is as follows:

FROM	TO	DATE	TIMES
Chippenham	WOMAD	Thurs 23 & Fri 24 July	9:15, 10:15, 11:15, 12:15, 13:15, 14:15, 15:15, 16:15, 17:15, 18:15, 19:15, 20:15, 21:15
Kemble	WOMAD	Thurs 23 & Fri 24 July	9:30, 10:30, 11:30, 12:30, 13:30, 14:30, 15:30, 16:30, 17:30, 18:30, 19:30, 20:30, 21:00
WOMAD	Chippenham	Sun 26 July	14:00, 15:00, 16:00, 17:00, 18:00, 19:00, 20:00, 21:00
WOMAD	Kemble	Sun 26 July	14:00, 15:00, 16:00, 17:00, 18:00, 19:00, 20:00
WOMAD	Chippenham	Mon 27 July	08:00, 09:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00
WOMAD	Kemble	Mon 27 July	08:00, 09:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00

Saturday and Sunday Services

There will be no shuttle bus service form the trains direct to the festival operating at all on Saturday. There will be no shuttle bus service from the stations to the festival site on Sunday.
Andybus service 92 will be running this scheduled service which will take you from the Chippenham train station to Malmesbury Town Centre where you can catch the WOMAD Shuttle bus for £1.
Click here to return to the Shuttle bus timetable for times of when they leave the site.
Click here for the timetable of Andy Bus Service 92.

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Please go to Malmesbury Tourist Board for further information on the area and accommodation available.