Wonderwood on the Farm is located at Valiants Farm, Lancaster Road, Preston, PR3 6BL.
The 5,000 capacity former equestrian centre is located 30 minutes from Preston city centre. However the location of the venue is remote so please read the following travel information. This includes information on the Wonderwood shuttle bus services to and from Preston city centre set up specifically for the event.
Please ensure you plan your travel to and from the venue in advance to make your day and night run as smoothly as possible.
GETTING HERE BY CAR
Valiants Farm is located around 9 miles outside of Preston city centre. There will be a very limited amount of on site parking for Wonderwood Festival located adjacent to the venue.
The postcode for the venue is PR3 2BL. However please turn off your sat nav when getting close to the site and follow the event specific road signage which has been set up for your convenience.
Charges will apply for all parked vehicles and MUST be pre booked and paid for in advance. If you do not pre book your parking, you will be unable to park on site. Once all parking is sold out, there will be no parking available on site.
There will also be parking restrictions around the site, with traffic wardens and recovery vehicles present to give you a ticket and remove illegally parked vehciles. Please do NOT park in unauthorised areas or you will be in for a surprise when you return after the event.
If you are planning on driving to the event and on site parking is no longer available we advise parking at Preston Bus Station and catching the event shuttle bus to and from the venue. Parking at Preston bus station can be found at Tithebarn Street, Preston, PR1 1YT.
Wonderwood will be operating event shuttle buses direct to and from the Valiant’s Farm venue from Preston.
The Wonderwood shuttle bus service,operated by event travel experts Big Green Coach, will run throughout the day with the first departure to the venue setting off from Preston Bus Station at 1,30pm.
Shuttle bus tickets MUST be preordered to guarantee your seat on the shuttle bus using the link below. For more information on shuttle bus pick up & drop off locations, pricing and timings, click on the link below.
Direct coach travel to and from the event site will be operated by Big Green Coach from a host of towns and cities around the region. Prices shown below are for return travel to and from the site.
All coaches are scheduled to arrive on site for the gates opening and will depart from the event once the music has finished. Tickets for regional coach travel MUST be purchased in advance and will be on a first come, first served basis, so if you are planning on traveling to Wonderwood on the Farm via coach, please book your tickets in plenty of time ahead of the event.
If the city you are travelling from is not listed above, please fill out the form below to register your interest.
GETTING HERE BY TRAIN
Choo! Choooo! The nearest train station with frequent services from most major UK cities as well as easy access to the Wonderwood Shuttle bus service is Preston railway station.
Blackpool and Poulton Le Fylde are located nearer to the event site, however they do operate less frequent services, plus the Wonderwood shuttle bus does not operate from these stations.
For more information on train times, prices and to book train tickets, please visit thetrainline.com. They also have an app and it's rather good.
Check you jetsetter! If you’re living the high life or travelling just a bit too far to hack the regular means of travel (peasants!), the closest airports to Wonderwood on the Farm are Manchester Airport and Liverpool Airport which are both just over 60 miles aways and around 1 hour away by car, much much more on foot.
HOTELS
Don’t travel, stay Foreverrrrrrr! Or at least a night at one of the few select hotels not far from Preston Bus Station for you to relax and recharge before and after you’ve stepped on or off the Wonderwood shuttle bus to and from the event site. Click the hotel name to visit their website (prices correct at time of typing).
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