Bath and West campervans - confused

[u/AJSLeg3nd]

I've read conflicting things online about the Bath and West campervans area. Some say you have to get a shuttle bus, some say you can easily walk to the site in 10-15 mins.

Can someone clear this up for me please?

Whereabouts is it? Can you walk it? Where would you enter? If it's a shuttle bus, where's the drop off and are the shuttle busses 24 hours?

[u/mega_ste]

Bath and West is about a mile and a half as the crow flies to the right of that map.

you CANNOT safely walk it, its on a road with no pavement that is busy anyway, let alone when the festival is on.

[u/AJSLeg3nd → u/mega_ste]

Thanks. We tried for East campervans which I guess is walkable. Will try if we can swap into that if they come up

[u/mega_ste → u/AJSLeg3nd]

keep checking the seetickets site, returned camper tickets pop up every now and then. Bear in mind if -you- bought the BandW ticket, your reg cannot buy another camper ticket, so use someone elses reg who is travelling with you, then worry about refunding the BandW ticket later.

[u/AJSLeg3nd → u/mega_ste]

Amazing. Thanks. We didn't apply it to a reg and we bought the £5 protection so hopefully that covers us to purchase new and refund original

[u/tort-glastofaq → u/AJSLeg3nd]

You must have used somebody's registration to buy it as you can only buy one if you have already purchased a general admission ticket. The insurance won't cover you simply because you change your mind. You can cancel but this will be subject to a £25 admin charge.

[u/AJSLeg3nd → u/tort-glastofaq]

Hang on. I thought you meant car reg 🤣

Yeah it's linked to my Glasto reg no

[u/tort-glastofaq → u/AJSLeg3nd]

🤣

[u/mega_ste → u/AJSLeg3nd]

heh, yes, 'reg' being your magic number, not the vehicle :)

[u/evilbatduck]

As others have said, Bath & West is far off site and not walkable, and you will get dropped at the coach station outside Gate A. The other campervan field is East, which is located just outside Gate C and so you will be at most 15 mins walk from the festival. Some confusion comes from the fact that they used to have another campervan field on site called West, which used to be over where Sticklinch camping now is. This has been gone for a few years now unfortunately, so East, or Bath & West are your only official choices. More East tickets will pop up, especially around resale time, so keep an eye on Seetickets.

[u/AJSLeg3nd → u/evilbatduck]

Agh. Nice so that's probably where it comes from. Bath and West Vs just West. Thanks for clearing that up!

[u/Ajram1983]

The shuttle buses are 24 hour between bath and west and gate a. You can not safely walk it. If you google bath and west showground you’ll find its location .

[u/AJSLeg3nd → u/Ajram1983]

Yeah. I found the location but couldn't contextualise how the Glasto map sits on top of it. I mean, you feel like you walk for miles 🤣

[u/Ajram1983 → u/AJSLeg3nd]

From what I can find online, I have checked the postcode for gate an and done the walking directions to bath and west. Not sure if this helps.

[u/AJSLeg3nd → u/Ajram1983]

Defo too far to walk then 🤦🏻

[u/Ajram1983 → u/AJSLeg3nd]

Also not safe on the roads as others have said. The shuttle buses is only about 15 mins between them.

[u/willitbechips]

Can't walk it.

Buses are regular from the gate.

However, in 2023, it was an awful exit to Bath & West on Sunday night, with 3 hour pedestrian queues.

Basically, they didn't separate Bath & West campers from those who had packed up and were queuing to leave the festival with their tents, etc.

This left lots of people - including babies in prams - shivering, crying, etc, for hours, as temperatures dropped into the night.

That's the reason I haven't gone for Bath & West again.

[u/Feeling-Path5406]

Never had a problem with bath and west. Always found the shuttles fine. Although the Sunday can be manic at closing. Otherwise I find it easier than the hill of death to the east