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Big Green Coach is the OFFICIAL and EXCLUSIVE festival ticket + coach travel partner to the mighty Reading Festival 2018!

Big Green Coach is the ONLY coach company given access to the official coach station at the festival. Other unofficial coach companies all drop you off at a location 20 minutes away from the festival - you don't want that unexpected walk! Big Green Coach has exclusive use of the Official coach station in the heart of Reading Festival.

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Big Green Coach is the Official and Exclusive coach travel + festival ticket partner to Reading Festival.

Weekend return coach travel with or without your Official Weekend Festival ticket with Camping. Coaches arrive on either Wednesday, Thursday or Friday and depart for home on Monday.

Day return coach travel with or without Official Day Ticket. All coaches operate on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Picking up from 41 locations there will be a departure point close to you.

Weekend return coach travel direct to Reading Festival from: Ashford, Basildon, Basingstoke, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bridgend, Bridgewater, Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Canterbury, Cardiff, Chelmsford, Cheltenham, Cirencester, Colchester, Coventry, Crawley, Dartford, Exeter, Folkestone, Gillingham, Gloucester, Ipswich, London (Victoria), Luton, Maidstone, Milton Keynes, Newport (Isle of Wight), Newport (Wales), Northampton, Norwich, Plymouth, Poole, Portsmouth, Southampton, Southend, Swansea, Swindon, Taunton, Worthing and Wolverhampton.

Day return coach travel from: Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Crawley, London (Victoria), Newport, Portsmouth and Southampton. All operating on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the festival.

Don't worry about the driving, parking or taking it easy. Party hard and sleep all the way home on a Big Green Coach Official executive coach.

Exclusively with Big Green Coach.

Please note that Big Green Coach is the ONLY coach company who will have access to the official Reading Festival coach station at the festival - all private hire/unofficial coaches will be sent 20 minutes down the road and you will have to walk uphill with your bags. Don't risk going unofficial, only book with the exclusive coach partner to Reading Festival - Big Green Coach.

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Age Restrictions - all ticket types
No unaccompanied under 16's allowed on site Under 13's (12yrs and under) are admitted free, but must be accompanied by a paying ticket holder (18+) at all times.

Weekend Ticket - Event Information
Please note - You are booking tickets for Reading Festival - if you need these tickets for Leeds instead, please Click here.
Weekend Tickets are valid for entry from 8am on Thursday 23rd August 2018 (or 6pm on Wednesday 22nd August 2018 for customers who also have an early entry pass for priority access to the campsites).

Early Entry Pass - Event information
Early Entry Passes are not an Entry Ticket - valid only when presented with a Weekend Reading Ticket.
Early Entry Passes are valid for campsite entry from 6pm on Wednesday 22nd August 2018.
Early Entry Passes are not valid for use with Guest/Disabled Tickets.

Day Ticket - Event information
Please note - You are booking tickets for Reading Festival - if you need these tickets for Leeds instead, please Click here

Friday Day Tickets are valid for entry from 9.30am on Friday 24th August 2018
Saturday Day Tickets are valid for entry from 9.30am on Saturday 25th August 2018
Sunday Day Tickets are valid for entry from 9.30am on Sunday 26th August 2018

There is no camping allowed for Day Ticket holders
Day Ticket/wristband holders are not permitted to access the campsites and are not permitted to sleep in the carparks.
There is no readmission on a Day Ticket so once day ticket holders have exchanged their ticket for a wristband, they cannot leave the site and re-enter. Day ticket holders will not be able to leave temporarily to access their cars, or nearby shops etc
Day Ticket holders may only enter the festival via the Green Day Gate.
The coach drop off point is off Richfield Avenue, approximately a 10-15 minute walk to the Green Day Gate.
Day ticket holders should expect queues at the Green Day Gate. There is a short walk to the arena so day ticket holders should arrive with plenty of time in advance of the first act that they wish to see – no refunds will be given for acts missed.
3 individual Day Tickets (Friday, Saturday & Sunday) do not equal a weekend ticket and cannot be swapped or upgraded to include campsite access. The festival campsites are only accessible to weekend ticket holders.

Event Information - All ticket types
Tickets are not transferable and only valid when purchased from official agents of Festival Republic.
Lost & Stolen tickets will not be replaced - this also applies to tickets which have been left at home, lost or miss-delivered by Royal Mail, or lost at any point prior to being exchanged for a wristband, including in the queue lanes, either before or after the ticket scan point.
Refunds are only considered on major cancellation, substantial alteration or by special exception determined by Festival Republic.
Please adhere to published ticket limits. Persons who exceed the ticket limit may have any or all of their order(s) and tickets cancelled without prior notice by Big Green Coach in its discretion. This includes: orders associated with the same name, e-mail address, billing address, credit card number or other information.
You are booking tickets for Reading Festival in Reading, Berkshire, UK.
Once you have purchased these tickets, they are not refundable or transferable to Leeds Festival - please see terms and conditions for further information.
If you do not receive a confirmation e-mail within 12 hours of booking or your booking fails at any stage, please contact Big Green Coach to check whether your order was successful before attempting to rebook.

Accessible Tickets
Disabled access customers should first buy a Weekend or Day Ticket. You will then need to apply for access to disabled facilities and/or a free PA event ticket via www.readingfestival.com/information. Only buy your ticket if you are applying for a Carer/PA Ticket. If you are not offered a free ticket for a PA but you still wish to bring someone and the event has sold out by the time we inform you, we can make one ticket available to buy.
The application period is not yet open, but if you wish to be notified when it opens please send your name and contact details to accessuk@festivalrepublic.com and they will add you to the list. Once the application period is open they will send you their registration form.
Please Note: Only buy your ticket, do not buy a ticket for your PA as this will NOT be refunded if you are approved a PA ticket through the application. If you are not offered a free ticket for a PA but you still wish to bring someone, and the event has sold out by the time we inform you, we can make one ticket available to buy.
Telephone Number(s): Any queries regarding the registration process, please contact:
Email: accessuk@festivalrepublic.com
Telephone: Disabled Access Coordinator 0207 009 3487
Service Hours: office hours.

Ticket Terms and Conditions:
Weekend Ticket
Day Ticket

Stop Location Outward Departure Time Return Departure Time Fare
Wednesday 22/08/2018 Thursday 23/08/2018 Friday 24/08/2018 Saturday 25/08/2018 Sunday 26/08/2018 Friday 24/08/2018 Saturday 25/08/2018 Sunday 26/08/2018 Monday 27/08/2018
ASHFORD 13:00
 09:00
 11:30
 £53.00
BASILDON 09:45
 13:30
 £48.00
BIRMINGHAM 14:00
17:00
 06:00
08:00
11:00
 08:00
 08:00
 08:00
 23:59
 23:59
 23:59
 11:00
08:30
 £38.00
BOURNEMOUTH 07:30
10:30
 08:30
 £43.00
BRIDGEND 12:00
 07:30
11:00
 12:00
08:00
 £47.00
BRIDGWATER 13:30
 09:30
 09:00
 £56.00
BRIGHTON 13:00
 07:30
11:00
 08:00
 08:00
 08:00
 23:59
 23:59
 23:59
 08:00
 £41.00
BRISTOL 13:30
 07:30
11:00
 09:30
 09:30
 09:30
 23:59
 23:59
 23:59
 09:30
 £44.00
CAMBRIDGE 13:30
 09:30
 13:00
 £51.00
CANTERBURY 12:00
 08:30
 14:00
 £51.00
CARDIFF 12:45
 08:15
11:45
 08:00
 08:00
 08:00
 23:59
 23:59
 23:59
 08:00
12:00
 £45.00
CHELMSFORD 13:45
 09:45
 14:00
 £48.00
CHELTENHAM 09:45
 11:30
 £44.00
COLCHESTER 12:45
 08:45
 14:00
 £50.00
COVENTRY 14:00
 10:30
 10:30
 £48.00
CRAWLEY 14:00
 08:30
12:00
 09:00
 09:00
 09:00
 23:59
 23:59
 23:59
 08:00
 £36.00
DARTFORD (BLUEWATER) 14:00
 08:00
 09:00
 £46.00
EXETER 11:30
 07:30
 09:00
 £62.00
FOLKESTONE 12:30
 08:30
 11:30
 £57.00
GILLINGHAM 13:00
 09:30
 14:00
 £49.00
GLOUCESTER 09:00
 11:30
 £44.00
IPSWICH 12:00
 08:00
 14:00
 £53.00
LONDON (VICTORIA COACH STATION) 15:00
16:30
 07:30
10:00
11:00
13:00
15:30
17:30
 10:00
11:00
 10:00
 10:00
 23:59
 23:59
 23:59
 13:00
10:00
08:00
07:00
 £38.00
LUTON 14:00
 09:30
 09:00
 £46.00
MAIDSTONE 14:00
 10:00
 11:30
 £50.00
MILTON KEYNES 13:15
 08:45
 09:00
 £46.00
NEWPORT 13:30
 09:00
12:30
 08:45
 08:45
 08:45
 23:59
 23:59
 23:59
 08:00
12:00
 £44.00
NORTHAMPTON 12:30
 08:00
 09:00
 £51.00
NORWICH 11:30
 07:30
 13:00
 £51.00
PLYMOUTH 10:00
 06:00
 09:00
 £67.00
POOLE 07:00
10:00
 08:30
 £45.00
PORTSMOUTH 13:15
 08:15
 09:15
 09:15
 09:15
 23:59
 23:59
 23:59
 10:30
 £46.00
SOUTHAMPTON 14:15
 09:15
 10:15
 10:15
 10:15
 23:59
 23:59
 23:59
 10:30
 £40.00
SOUTHEND 08:45
 13:30
 £50.00
SWANSEA 11:00
 06:30
10:00
 12:00
08:00
 £50.00
SWINDON 14:30
 08:30
 09:30
 £44.00
TAUNTON 12:45
 08:45
 09:00
 £58.00
WOLVERHAMPTON 12:30
 09:00
 10:30
 £48.00
WORTHING 06:30
 08:00
 £46.00

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