Basingstoke town centre is located just off junctions 6 and 7 of the M3 and also accessible via the A339 from Newbury and Oxford and A33 from Reading. If you are travelling by train, you can catch direct trains from London Waterloo, Winchester, Reading, Oxford, Southampton and Portsmouth. The train and bus stations are within walking distance Basingstoke town centre ready to enjoy the festival.

By bike

If you’re local, travelling on foot or by bike is a great way to travel sustainably to Basingstoke town centre. The town centre is well equipped with safe, secure and well-lit cycle parking in the form of Sheffield Stands, Secure Cycle Storage (Cages) and (red) Streetpods. The cycle cages require you to provide your own padlock to secure the cage. All facilities are free to use. Find out more here: https://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/cycle-park

By car

There are several car parks in Basingstoke town centre. If you are enjoying performances at The Top of the Town the closest car parks include Joices Yard, Central Car Park and Castons Yard. You will find disabled parking bays in all of these.  If you have an electric vehicle then Feathers Yard is dedicated to electric vehicle parking only.  Details of other electric charging places can be found here.

If you are heading to the Festival Hub or the Amphitheatre by Festival Place then there is ample parking in the Festival Place carpark, including electric charging units and a car wash service.

The following AccessAble guides are available for arrival to Basingstoke town centre.

Arriving at Basingstoke Bus Station

Basingstoke bus station AccessAble guide

Arriving at Basingstoke train station

Baingstoke train station AccessAble guide

Arriving by car to Festival Place

• Festival Place shopping centre AccessAble guide
• Festival Place Car Park – Blue Zone | AccessAble
• Festival Place Car Park – Purple Zone | AccessAble
• Festival Place Car Park – Green Zone | AccessAble

Arriving by car to the Malls Shopping centre

• The Malls Shopping centre AccessAble guide

There are a number of other AccessAble guides available to help you plan your visit to Basingstoke town centre and the Festival Locations, including Festival Square and Eastrop Park.

Basingstoke Festival performances take place in several locations across Basingstoke town centre over the three Festival weekends.

Location 1 Amphitheatre, Festival Place
Green space behind The Angel and Vue Cinema, Basingstoke RG21 7BB
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Location 2 Cross Street
Basingstoke RG21 7DJ
What3Words///olive.pest.reader

Location 3 Eastrop Park
Eastrop Lane, Basingstoke RG21 4QB
What3Words///boats.fans.action

Location 4 Festival Place
Basingstoke RG21 7LJ
What3Words///raves.rail.drank

Location 5 London Street (by the Triumphal Gates)
Basingstoke RG21 7NU
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Location 6 London Street (by the United Reformed Church)
Basingstoke RG21 7NU
What3Words///amuse.cheer.demand

Location 7 War Memorial Park
Hackwood Road, RG21 3AE
What3Words///pinch.lively.shakes

Location 8 Winchester Street
Basingstoke RG21 7DY
What3Words///look.level.seats

Location 9 Next to the Wote Street Club
2 Seal Road, Basingstoke RG21 7NG
What3Words///yappy.fits.tuned

Updated map coming soon.

Not only can you experience the fantastic outdoor performances in Basingstoke town centre, but you will also now find several performances taking place across the borough during the three festival Sundays at the following locations. Check the programme page to find out which shows are taking place on which days.

Beggarwood Park
53 Broadmere Road, Basingstoke RG22 4FP
What3Words///spends.score.clays

Bishop’s Green
Outside Bishop’s Green Village Hall
Beech Road, Bishops Green RG20 4AD
What3Words///pave.sugars.cheered

Kempshott, The Walled Garden
Down Grange Sports Complex, Pack Lane, Basingstoke RG22 4ET
What3Words///juicy.strides.motivates

Oakridge Hall for All
Forsythia Walk, Basingstoke, RG21 5RL
What3Words///skills.hope.sang

Tadley Library
Mulfords Hill, Tadley RG26 3JE
What3Words///nicer.snails.received

Penwood, Outside Woodlands Stores
42 Woodlands, Newbury RG20 9EU
What3Words///whizzing.tells.noisy

Popley, Chineham Park Splash Pad
Chineham Park Ct, Basingstoke RG24 9BL
What3Words///speak.silly.thank

South Ham, Russell Howard Park
St. Andrews Road, Basingstoke RG22 6PT
What3Words///feel.glove.shapes

For more information on getting to and around Basingstoke and Deane visit the Love Basingstoke website’s guide to getting around. AccessAble has produced an accessibility guide for arriving at Basingstoke and Deane train and bus stations.

Find out more about access at Basingstoke Festival by clicking this link : https://www.basingstokefestival.co.uk/access-at-basingstoke-festival/

See our FAQs for more information or send us an e-mail at festival@basingstoke.gov.uk.

Be prepared! This is an outdoor arts festival and we can never predict the weather so don’t forget your sunnies, hats and suntan lotion and an umbrella!

Basingstoke Festival is part of Without Walls, a network of organisations bringing innovative outdoor arts to towns and cities across England. Find out more on withoutwalls.uk.com.