Getting To The Festival
GravesPark, Hemsworth Road (Animal Farm entrance), Sheffield, S8 8LL (post code not exact - please see map below)
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Yellow = Main Entrance (Cobnar Road)
Blue = Pre-bought Tickets Entrance (Charles Ashmore Road)
Pink = Trade Entrance (Animal Farm)
Check out the Sheffield City Council pages for Graves Park
And also the How To Find Us pages of the Graves Park Website (parts of which are copied here).
PARKING
There will be car parking at the event. The cost will be £3 per car.
ROADS
Check out the state of the roads with AA roadwatch or more locally via webcams all over Sheffield.Here's a website dedicated to car sharing, with a specific page set up for CliffhangeFirst Buses services 97/98 provide a frequent link to/from Sheffield Centre.
SatNav: You can use the postcode for the Animal Farm (S8 8LL) to locate the park, but be aware that this is a few hundred metres from the main public entrance at Cobnar Road - please see the map above.
Graves Park is easy to find by car from both Sheffield City Centre and Chesterfield. The park has two car parking areas the main one being located at the Buntings Nook entrance. This page provides directions to this car park. You can use our route finder to get door to park directions from any postcode.
From Sheffield City Centre (and the north) - Follow the A61 towards Chesterfield, at the traffic lights just after Homebase (which you will pass on the left) turn left onto Scarsdale Road. Follow Scarsdale Road into Derbyshire Lane and continue for about three quarters of a mile. The park will now be on your right, continue along Hemsworth Road until you reach some traffic lights the entrance to the park is on the right just before Bunting Nook.
WALK / CYCLE
Graves Park is approximately 3 miles from Sheffield City Centre. There are plenty of fences to lock your bike/s to at the event. Here are a couple of websites that you might find useful in planning your walk or cycle routes to the event: Walkit and Cyclestreets.
CAR SHARING
If you fancy car-sharing to the Festival, websites like Liftshare can help you get in touch with others either offering a ride or needing one. New for 2011 is goCarShare, which helps you find a car share using your Facebook account.
When car-sharing, make sure you know the identity of the person or persons you are sharing with. Take a note of their home telephone number and leave details of the lift-share, the driver and passenger's number(s) and home address if possible with friends and/or family. Take your mobile phone with you. If you are at all uncomfortable with any arrangements, or the condition of the vehicle being used, then make other plans. If a vehicle is not taxed it is possible the driver has no driving license, no insurance and no MOT.
All arrangements which you make are private arrangements between you and other sharers. The Festival does not arrange lift-sharing or have any liability to or for lift sharers.
BUS
The following bus services run past Graves Park:
Services 20 and 20A provide a service every 10 minutes along Derbyshire Lane and Hemsworth Road, these will provide easy access to the animal farm, rose garden cafe, and east side of the park.
Services 25, 25a, 53 and 75 provide a frequent service from the city centre through Woodseats to the park. These services travel out of Woodseats along Meadowhead and serve the west side of the park providing easy access to the Cobnar Road play area, golf and bowling facilities as well as Cobnar Woods.
For details of bus times and routes contact Yorkshire Traveline on 0870 608 2 608 or visit http://www.travelsouthyorkshire.com.
The majority of bus services are operated by First South Yorkshire and Stagecoach Sheffield
TRAIN
The nearest railway station to the park is Dore, the station is served by First Trans-Pennine Express and Northern services on the Sheffield-Manchester route, there are no bus services from the station to the park but taxis can be booked (see below).
Sheffield railway station connects the city to most other major UK cities. The station is a 20-30 minute bus journey away (route 53 serves the station).
For train times contact National Rail Enquiries on 08457 484950 or visit www.nationalrail.co.uk.
TAXIS
A taxi from the city centre to the park will cost between £6 and £8, taxi ranks can be found at the train station and through out the city centre.
TRAVEL CARDS
The South Yorkshire Day Tripper travelmaster ticket (£5.80) allows travel to/from Graves Park from all over South Yorkshire, by Bus, Train or Tram, for one day.
The First Buses Day Saver ticket (£4.30) allows travel to/from Millhouses, by First Bus company buses, for one day.
Both tickets can be purchased from the driver on the bus.
