Leeds Festival 2010 info, advice & tips guide

The Leeds Festival is one of city’s popular weekends in the events calendar and at My Life in Leeds we want to help out those of you who are visiting the city or the festival for the first time. We’ve covered tips on around Bramham Park, camping advice, and our own Leeds festival survival tips.

No matter if you’re a seasoned festival goer or new to the festival scene there will be some tips for you in our Leeds Festival 2010 survival guide.

Hotels near Bramham Park, Leeds

Nearest hotels for Leeds festival at Bramham Park [approx number of miles from venue]

3.4 miles – Hazlewood Castle
3.5 miles – Ramada Wetherby
3.6 miles – Wood Hall Hotel Spa
4.9 miles – Days Inn Wetherby
5.4 miles – Bridge Hotel

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Around the Festival site

• Remember flags aren’t allowed in the main stages
• Have a meeting point to rendezvous after acts, phone networks can get very busy
• Stay away from any trouble, i.e. fights, you don’t want to ruin your weekend getting involved
• Keep a look out for the welfare tent, its open 24 hours and offers assistance
• Think about renting a locker form the main site for important items
• Moving between stages is tough and takes awhile. If you have a good spot, consider staying there.
• Don’t stress and plan on seeing everything, choose one or two main acts to see and go with the flow.

Camping at the Festival

• Arrive early, preferably a day before so you avoid the traffic and get a good tent pitch
• Make your tent stand out from the crowd
• Choose a spot away from the main festival ground, you’ll sleep better
• Buy a cheap popup tent, easy to put up
• Take a torch it’s a nightmare trying to find your tent in the dark
• Don’t take any bags with wheels, it’s a nightmare wheeling it around
• Don’t take a gas stove, buy a cheap disposable bbq
• Don’t camp too close to the toilets, a change in wind direction can make all the difference
• Make sure you sleep with your feet by the tent door and have all valuables behind your head
• Could be a good idea to take some earplugs for when you do want to get some sleep
• Empty out your backpack into your tent, it makes it harder for thieves to just grab your bag and run.
• Bring ziplock bags. They’ll keep your phone and other valuables dry if it rains.

Personal health and safety

• Stick together with your friends, don’t wander around alone
• Don’t take any expensive items like iPhone or expensive jewellery
• Don’t keep all of your money in one place
• Take some sun cream and make sure you don’t spend all day in the sun
• Buy plenty of water and don’t throw the bottles away, reuse them at the water taps
• Drink water throughout the day and stick to alcohol just in the evening
• Don’t accept drinks from strangers unless they are unopened and labeled
• Leave anything you don’t want to lose at home
• Don’t take all cash, they are cash machines on the site and nearby
• Let your hair down but do not be tempted to buy drugs onsite

Festival survival tips

• Take some waterproofs and spare clothes
• Take a cheapo mobile phone to keep in touch with friends or family
• Take a toilet roll, you’ll regret it if you don’t
• Buy some wellies or good boots to get around in the mud
• Take lip cream, baby wipes, and a fresh pair of underwear and socks for each day
• Take a few bin liners, you’ll know why when it’s raining
• If you look younger than 18 take age ID, i.e. passport, to get an over 18 wristband
• Be prepared to get wet and muddy and not sleep much, but smile and have fun

General festival tips

• Best to put alcohol like spirits in plastic bottles as they don’t let glass bottles in
• Take a disposable camera rather than your expensive one
• A supermarket is not far from the campsite, but be prepared to queue
• Plenty of places to eat onsite, it’s not cheap, but less hassle than carrying food from the supermarket
• Expect long delays getting out of the site, don’t rush there’s plenty of entertainment till the wee hours
• Have text message allowances. It will be hard to hear, you’ll be doing more texting than talking.

Important telephone numbers

Metro buses +44 (0)113 – 988989
Network rail hotline +44 (0)8457 – 484950
Leeds Tourist office +44 (0)113 – 2425242
Geldard coaches +44 (0)113 – 2639491

Leeds Festival Shuttle Bus timetables

Service X28 will start and finish at Leeds City Bus Station calling at Sovereign Street for Leeds Rail Station.
Service X29 will run between the Bramham and Tesco’s at Seacroft.
Service X30 will run between York and the festival site.

Useful information

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How to get to and from Leeds

Use our Ask a Local feature if you have any questions about Leeds or the Leeds Festival. We live in Leeds and know the area well and of course are happy to help you have a great weekend. We’ll update this page as we have more information about the lineup and advice on the festival.

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