How To Get Here
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Address: The Food Museum, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1DL
Using What3words? Find our front entrance at ///consoles.today.shuttling
Museum Phone Number: 01449 612229
Did you know that 80% of the carbon emissions generated by festivals are due to travel? We want to make Primadonna as green as we can, so we’re partnering with Lift Share so you can offer and accept lifts with other ticketholders (or locals), saving on the number of cars making the journey.
To see if this option will work for you, join the Festival Liftshare community – part of the Liftshare network (not just liftshare.com). Scroll down to the bottom and join the main Festival Liftshare community, where you can offer or search for a lift to Primadonna.
Liftshare is free-to-use, you can arrange to share costs, and you can post your journey as either a passenger, driver or both.
Have a look and see if it will work for you.
The nearest train station is Stowmarket, which is a ten minute walk from the festival. There will be a regular shuttle bus running from the station to Iliffe Way (just across the car park to the Museum) from midday until 4pm on Friday.
For timetables and tickets see Greater Anglia: routes go from London (Liverpool Street) via Peterborough, Norwich, Cambridge and Ipswich.
For travel from further afield check out Trainline.
Local bus routes are operated by Suffolk On Board and Ipswich buses.
There is a bike rack at the museum which will be available to festival guests. Bikes will be parked at the owners’ risk, but will be within the festival site’s perimeter.
Walking onto site is the easiest way to get straight into the action. In the event you need to walk onto or offsite at night then please wear reflective clothing or something bright and highly visible.
To get here on foot: Use map directions to ASDA supermarket, IP14 1SL. The museum’s main entrance is opposite.
Parking is very limited – if you are toying with another transport method, we would recommend this.
Ticket-holders have exclusive use of the carpark on Iliffe Way, right next to the venue (Iliffe Way Car Park, Stowmarket, IP14 1PN – location 747203. Use postcode IP14 1PW to Finborough Road, then turn in to Iliffe Way). It also has 10 electric vehicle charging points. Look out for signage when you arrive on Iliffe Way. It’s just a couple of minutes’ walk to the entrance of the Food Museum (the festival site).
This carpark runs a cashless payment system – visit MiPermit. There is a special offer set up for Primadonna ticket-holders: on Friday 26th and Saturday 27th, it will cost £2.50 to park for the day and on arrival you can pay for the full weekend. It is free on Sunday. Look out for details on arrival.
If you are a day visitor on Saturday 27th, you can also park (at your own risk) at Halo Service Solutions (Halo House, Gipping Way, Stowmarket IP14 1GJ) – our friends there have kindly let us use their private car park for the day. Please ensure that you park responsibly and that the house at the end of the car park has access at all times. This is free. It is a 5-minute walk to the festival site.
If you are a day visitor on Sunday 28th, you can also park at Milton Road Car Park (IP14 1EJ) – this is free. It is a 7- minute walk to the festival site.
A small car park is located in the grounds of the museum for visitors with access needs only. This car park can be accessed via the museum entrance. You MUST pre-book if you require a space (they will not be available on the day). Spaces are limited and they are not guaranteed – we advise booking as soon as you can. If you require a space, you must show your disabled badge at the entrance and keep it displayed in your car at all times.
Our official taxi partner is Avenue Taxis.
You must pre-book by telephone and arrange for a driver to collect you. It is unlawful for a private hire vehicle to take you unless you have booked them in advance.
Private hire vehicles also are identified from an external plate to the rear and an internal plate on the windscreen. The driver will also have a badge on his/her person.
Please ensure you ask the fare to be charged when you make the booking, if you are happy to accept that charge you have entered into a contract and it cannot be altered when you are collected.
If you are not using our partner taxi company, it is advisable to get quotes from different companies to ensure you are fairly charged.
Are you camping?
If you’ve booked a camping pass for a tent, please arrive at our main entrance where one of the brilliant team will welcome you and direct you up to the camping field. Cars are not allowed on site so please use local public car parks if arriving by car. We will have trolleys available for use from the entrance to help you in taking your tents and equipment up to the top field.
If you’ve booked a campervan pass, please make your way to the Lockington Road entrance to the Food Museum (use IP14 1BQ for satnav – the entrance is at the very end of the road) where one of the brilliant team will let you in directly to the camping field. If no one is on the gate when you arrive, it’s because our stewards are busy siting campers like you, so please be patient. If you’re arriving later than planned, you can call the number on the gate sign so that you can be buzzed in. Parking for campervans / caravans is directly ahead and then to the left.
More information on camping can be found in our festival FAQs.
