Gain free entrance to this summer's Latitude Festival by joining our Campsite Assistant Teams (CATs).

Typical duties of a volunteer include:
• Assisting festival goes with directions
• Helping festival goers carry their belongings and pitch their tents
• Reporting back on any problems – such as litter and facilities

In return for their efforts all volunteers are provided with:
• A Crew Pass
• A CAT Pack
• A CAT Uniform
• A Secure Camping area
• Access to the Crew Café, Bar, Toilets, and Hot Showers!

All volunteers are welcome to enjoy the festival when they are off-shift.

To apply volunteers need to:
• Be 18 or over.
• Be available to arrive at the Festival site by 9am on Thursday 17th July 2008 – you are welcome to arrive from midday on Wednesday 16th. Please note that the shifts are allocated on a first come first served basis.
• Be available for a briefing at either 10pm on Wednesday 16th or 11am on Thursday 17th
• Be available to work 3 x 8 hour shifts at any time between 1pm Thursday 17th July and 2pm Monday 21st July
• Wear a CAT uniform when on-shift.
• Report in every two hours to your area supervisor, or immediately in the case of any problems.
• Supply photographic ID on arrival.
• Provide a refundable deposit of £185

The festival volunteers play a big part in creating a good atmosphere and helping all to get the most out of their festival. By being there helping people you will help us achieve this!

For more information please visit www.hotboxevents.com

Or you can email info@hotboxevents.com

 Click here for Site Map in PDF Format

PLEASE NOTE: Purple campsites are now renamed Family campsite.

Go here for the full information pack

Click below to print the Latitude Route



Please do not use your sat nav system to get directions to the festival as there are specific routings into site depending on which direction you are approaching from. Instead please follow our directions below and the temporary festival road signage that we put in place – thank you.

To read the Disabled Access Festival Guide 2008 (PDF) click here

To download the application form (PDF)  click here

When booking tickets for you and children under the age of 13 (i.e. 12 and under), you must select WEEKEND TICKET (FAMILY CAMPING),  then choose the number of adults attending (£130 each) AND the number of children under 13 attending (free). This ensures you will be sent both your Adult Family Camping tickets and Free Children's tickets when they are posted out. 

Although the Childs ticket is free you must book their places when purchasing your Adult ticket.

If you are planning to bring a Campervan please ensure that once you have chosen your tickets you then book your Campervan pass for the correct area (Family or General).

< Please see the Accommodation section for more information on Family Camping.

No unaccompanied under 16s. Under 16s must be accompanied by someone who is over 18.

To read the Disabled Access Festival Guide 2008 (PDF)  click here
To download the application form (PDF)  click here

If you wish to use disabled facilities, we ask you to contact us in advance. We cannot process applications at the event. The scheme and disabled facilities are not open to those with temporary injuries such as broken legs, pregnant customers and so on.

Via our 2-for-1 scheme, we provide many disabled ticket holders with a free ticket for an accompanying friend or PA. For all events: 

• Purchase your own ticket as normal
• Fill in the application form and attach a copy of a recent DLA letter
• Send them by post to the address shown below, to reach us by the closing date

Please post applications to:
Disabled Ticket Enquiry
Festival Republic Festival Office
35 Bow Street, Covent Garden
London WC2E 7AU

There are a variety of food stalls throughout the site. There will be additional food stalls in the campsites this year and the “Little Latitude Tuck Shop” in family camping. Many of the food stalls and the supermarket will be open 24 hours. The Little Latitude tuck shop will be open from 6am until 9.30pm.

At Latitude Festival this year we'll have a wide range of food vendors.

Most of the traders will be selling organic/fair trade produce (approximately 90% offer fair trade tea, coffee, hot chocolate):

- Goodness Gracious - offer an organic veggie burger and salad
- La Vache - offer organic (hand made locally where possible) farmed burgers
- Pukka - offer locally sourced vegetables and milk
- Smoothie Criminals - Fair trade fruit where possible
- Cornelius Cobb - Fair trade butter and cream, with home grown chives and hopefully if the weather has been good British corn!
- Funky Foods - will be selling jacket potatoes.
- Veggie Kitchen - Organic Veg and offers mixed salad and a bean salad
- Supreme Sausage - Supports British Farmers, British Free Range handmade sausages

 Click here for Site Map in PDF Format

PLEASE NOTE: Purple campsites are now renamed Family campsite.

Compost It at Latitude

When you buy food from the traders at Latitude Festival, everything your food comes in is biodegradable. You will notice many traders have plates, bowls and trays as pictured left. These are BioPak products made from waste material from the sugarcane industry. If it wasn’t used to make plates, this waste product would otherwise be land-filled or incinerated. 

Using plastic or polystyrene packaging is not sustainable – they’re not only oil based but polystyrene can’t be efficiently recycled, and plastic containers that aren’t washed out can’t be recycled either. So we’re going with sustainable packaging that’s also compostable. Our composting makes its way just up the road to Parham, where a fantastic in-vessel composting plant is waiting to take your leftovers. Please make sure NO PLASTIC goes into the compost bins as otherwise the whole load may be rejected.

Bins will be separated into three – 
Recycling for plastic bottles and aluminium cans, 
Compost for all food scraps, food plates, bowls, coffee cups, pizza trays, cutlery, paper napkins. 
Everything else goes into the Landfill bin.

Travel to the festival by everyone attending it is biggest contributor to CO2 emissions for the festival. We have put some excellent public transport options to get you to the festival without any fuss and with the minimum environmental impact as possible.

By Bike: Riding your bike to the festival will obviously put out the least amount of CO2 emissions. We have bike racks available onsite. See the Travel page for more details.

By Vehicle: If you want to come by vehicle, travelling by coach to the festival is by far the lowest impact way if you’re looking to reduce your carbon footprint. Train is the next best option in terms of CO2 emissions.

Emissions: If you travel alone to the festival by car, you are emitting approximately TEN TIMES the amount of CO2 than if you travelled to the festival by bus and three and a half times as much as if you travelled by train.

Congestion: Coming to the festival by coach or train will not only reduce total CO2 emissions, it will also help to reduce congestion in the carparks and on the surrounding roads.

Coach Is Best: Coaches are the greenest form of motor transport with each journey generating less than 10% of CO2 of those who travel by car. Not to mention a solution for congestion. For each coach full of people, it’s estimated that this is equivalent to 25 cars off the road.  So relax, let somebody else do the driving and do your bit for the environment.

Car Share: If you have to come by car because the bus and train just won’t work for you, please try and fill up all the seats in your car. As an example, if you’re driving an average sized petrol car, having four people in it will bring your impact down to just a bit more than travelling to the festival by train, and just under twice as impactful as travelling by coach. So it really does make a difference if fill up all the seats.

  

Please visit the Travel Page on the left hand menu to find all the info you need on how to get to the festival by public transport.

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Figures for these calculations were taken From DEFRA July 2007 Report: Passenger Transport Emissions Factors. http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/business/envrp/pdf/passenger-transport.pdf

Car Travel (average sized petrol car)
- 335 gram C02 per mile (1 passenger)
- 167.5 grams CO2 per passenger mile (2 passengers)
- 83.75 grams CO2 per passenger mile (4 passengers)

Train Travel (National Rail diesel trains – average passenger numbers per annum)
- 96.32 grams per passenger mile

Coach Travel (Annual average figures of coach types and carriageways)
- 32.88 grams CO2 per passenger mile

 Click here for Site Map in PDF Format

PLEASE NOTE: Purple campsites are now renamed Family campsite.

Travelling by public transport can save you time and money, is stress free and sociable and is by far the greenest option. Please consider leaving your car at home.



Travelling by coach to the festival is by far the lowest impact way to travel if you are looking to reduce your carbon footprint in association with attending the festival. Train is the next best option in terms of CO2 emissions. If you travel alone to the festival by car, you are emitting approximately ten times the amount of CO2 than if you travelled to the festival by bus and three and a half times as much as if you travelled by train. Coming to the festival by coach or train will not only reduce total CO2 emissions, it will also help to reduce congestion in the carparks and on the surrounding roads. 

We have joined up with Anglian Bus and National Express to offer you a variety of convenient and good value public transport options. Please note that National Express East Anglia now run the trains into Halesworth and Ipswich formerly run by One Railway.

If you have spare seats, then please consider lift sharing. 

Please read this practical safety guide on liftsharing put together by A Greener Festival: http://www.agreenerfestival.com/Lift_Sharing.pdf

 
Click here for Lift Share website          Click here for PickupPal website



Click here for freewheelers website

The campsites will be divided into coloured zones (Yellow, Red, Green and Family) and each zone will have its own facilities including toilets, water points and fire towers.

Zone Managers will be working 24 hours in each zone and will be based near the Fire Tower. There are also teams of security and Campsite Assistance Teams (CATs) in each zone who are there to help you, so please use them. Inside the arena, Helpful Arena Teams  (HATs) will also be around, so ask them if you need to!

As you enter the campsites, if you would prefer to camp in less crowded areas, the gate stewards can advise you where to go. If a campsite zone is full, they will direct you to an alternative campsite. There is plenty of space in the campsites for the capacity attending and so you should be able to find a space which is comfortable for you. Try to note where you camp in relation to a numbered sign or other fixed point or mark your camp with a flag so that you can find your way back to your tent. Say hello to your neighbours to build a community feeling and provide greater security. Look out for each other. 

You cannot drive into the campsites at any time due to fire regulations but there will be some wheelbarrows available to help you transport your belongings from the car parks to the campsites. Look out for the wheelbarrow sheds in the car parks.

You can also ask the CATs inside the campsites if you need help with something.

Facilities such as showers, food traders cash points, the supermarket, left luggage, lockers, welfare tent and first aid are available in the Village next to the Yellow Campsite.

THERE IS A STRICT CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS. WE ARE UNABLE TO PROCESS LATE APPLICATIONS OR APPLICATIONS MADE ON SITE.
FRIDAY 20th JUNE 2008

• If you are not offered a free ticket for a PA, and the event has sold out by the time we inform you, we will make one ticket available to buy
• Disabled customer tickets are the same as everyone else’s, and there is no separate allocation of tickets or ticket booking arrangements for disabled customers. Please be aware some events sell out quickly.
• We don’t send out free tickets in advance: they are issued in person at the event.
• If you don’t wish to apply for a free ticket, but would like access to the disabled facilities, please fill in the application form stating your reasons, and we will try to assist you.
• All applications are at the discretion of Festival Republic and we reserve the right to alter or withdraw arrangements
• Applications are not first come first served. We send all confirmation letters 3 to 4 weeks before the event, with maps & car passes – please be patient and wait to hear from us!

Once we have all your details, we will acknowledge your application. At least 5 weeks before the event we will write to advise you either:
• We can offer you one free ticket for an assistant and use of the disabled facilities
• We cannot offer you a free ticket but can offer use of the disabled facilities
• We cannot offer a free ticket or access to the facilities

FURTHER ENQUIRIES PRIOR TO THE EVENT:
The best place for regularly updated information is at www.festivalrepublic.com
Click FAQs at the bottom of the home page for venue/festival info.
National and Regional music press and the internet provide a wealth of information.

Unfortunately we are unable to accept telephone enquiries, but you can call 020 7009 3000, leave your details and we will call you back. Events sell out quickly, so you may wish to buy your ticket immediately. We can arrange a refund if you change your mind about attending after hearing back from us.

PLEASE NOTE:
The scheme and disabled facilities are not open to those with temporary injuries such as broken legs, pregnant customers and so on. There are medical and welfare facilities on site which are open to all customers, but use of the disabled facilities and campsite are strictly regulated.


IMPORTANT!
Our offices close completely for up to one week prior to the start of each event, as staff relocate to site, so we cannot respond to phone enquiries/emails at this time.

National Rail Enquiries: 08457 484950
London Underground, DLR and London Buses: 0207 222 1234 (24hrs)
National Express Coach Service: 08705 808080

Shuttle buses run from Ipswich and Halesworth Stations. We recommend that you travel via Ipswich as Halesworth has very limited capacity. Shuttle buses will meet all trains at Halesworth and will run from Ipswich all afternoon Thursday until 7pm and all day Friday until 7pm. Shuttle buses will return to Halesworth throughout the weekend and to Halesworht and Ipswich on Monday morning. For full timetables please visit www.latitudefestival.co.uk

Shuttle bus tickets can be prebooked via www.LatitudeBuses.co.uk. The shuttle buses will bring you into site at Green Gate 2. Please ask a steward at the bus station to direct you to the Guest List box office. There is around a 15 minute walk to the Guest List box office, Guest camping and Guest Area from the bus station. Go the perimeter of the campsite and turn left and follow the fence line.

National Express are running coach services to and from London to the Latitude Festival site.

Campsite
Opens: 2pm Thursday 17th July
Closes: 12pm Monday 21st July

Arena
Thursday - approx 5pm
Friday - approx 10am
Saturday - approx 10am
Sunday - approx 10am

INFORMATION LINE 020 7009 3001

Compost It at Latitude 

FOOD SCRAPS, PLATES, BOWLS, COFFEE CUPS, CLEAR CUPS, CUTLERY, NAPKINS, PIZZA BOXES, CHIP CARTONS

When you buy food from the traders at Latitude Festival, everything your food comes in is biodegradable. You will notice many traders have plates, bowls and trays as pictured left. These are BioPak products made from waste material from the sugarcane industry. If it wasn’t used to make plates, this waste product would otherwise be land-filled or incinerated.

Using plastic or polystyrene packaging is not sustainable – they’re not only oil based but polystyrene can’t be efficiently recycled, and plastic containers that aren’t washed out can’t be recycled either. So we’re going with sustainable packaging that’s also compostable. Our composting makes its way just up the road to Parham, where a fantastic in-vessel composting plant is waiting to take your leftovers. Please make sure NO PLASTIC goes into the compost bins as otherwise the whole load may be rejected.

Recycle It.
PLASTIC BOTTLES, ALUMINIUM CANS, NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, CARDBOARD.

Landfill It.
CRISP PACKETS, COFFEE CUP LIDS, STRAWS, PLASTIC SHOPPING BAGS







Overall Waste Strategies.

Our goal is to minimise the amount of waste going to landfill and to maximize recycling and composting. We do this by:

• Separating recyclables and compostables from general waste which will go to landfill.
• Composting biodegradables. All food packaging, including plates, bowls, cups, containers and cutlery are biodegradable.
• Staffed Litter Points are in the campgrounds to help festival goers with recycling and composting separation.
• Wandering staff onsite pick up recyclable waste.
• Camper’s Waste Kits will be supplied so you can separate your waste at your tent during the festival and then bring it to the campsite Litter Points.
• Green Messengers will be at the bins in the arena to assist in waste separation.
• Resource recovery to salvage reusable items, both in the campgrounds and back of house in the production areas.
• A waste audit will be carried out to measure volumes recycled, composted and going to landfill.

Charity number: 202918

Oxfam Festival Stewarding: you will be able to apply to steward with Oxfam at a number of music festivals during the Summer from 31st March 2008 and this year all applications will be taken on-line.

To steward you must be 18 or over and willing to work 3 x 8 hour shifts. In return, we will provide you with full training, a separate camping area with toilets and showers, a meal ticket per shift, chance to make new friends and the opportunity to help raise £900,000 for Oxfam.

To apply go to www.oxfam.org.uk/stewards, or call 0870 010 8553

The CATs are new this year and are volunteers based in the festival campsites. CAT volunteers are there to help you get the most out of the festival 24 hours a day. If you're having trouble putting up your tent, need directions, are concerned about a group or an individuals behaviour, need a UV pen to mark your belongings, would like to complain about a build-up of litter, or let us know about facilities which require attention – please contact a CAT volunteer – they'll do their best to help!

You can contact the CAT volunteers – head towards your nearest fire tower or catch them as they patrol around. 

If you're interested in volunteering to be a CAT please visit:

www.DCSiteServices.com/CATs/

Or email CATs@DCSiteServices.com

When you arrive onsite, you will be given your Camper’s Waste Kit. These kits consist of;

- Clear Plastic Bag - for recycling.

Put plastic bottles, aluminium cans, food tins, general plastic containers, newspapers, magazines, flyers & brochures, cardboard and beer cases.

- Ecover Biodegradable Bag – for compostables.

Put your food scraps and leftovers, takeaway food packaging, coffee cups, and those lovely plastic looking juice cups which are made from PLA (corn starch).

- Black Bin Bag - for general rubbish.

In this go crisp packets, scrappy bits of plastic, straws, coffee cup lids and all other rubbish. Try and minimise this as everything in this bag goes to landfill.

When you’ve filled up your bags, bring them to the Recycling Points in the campgrounds and hand them in. You’ll be met there by the lovely folk from Bright Green. Bright Green are an environmental social enterprise and not-for-profit organisation. Bright Green works with communities, businesses and in partnership with other organisations to raise awareness of environmental issues, provide training and education programmes and research & develop projects. www.brightgreen.org.uk

THE “ONE DEGREE EAST” SUPERMARKET WILL OPERATE 24 hours opening at 2pm on Thursday 17th July and closing at 12pm on Monday 21st July. The supermarket will also operate an express till selling the most popular items from 8am to 8pm Friday to Sunday.

Credit and debit cards can be accepted at the supermarket and a cash back facility will be available.

STOCK LISTING (more may be added – and will be updated here)
FRESH BREAD – Sliced and Uncut Loaves, Rolls, Baguettes, Bagels, Croissants .Baked Locally, Delivered Daily. Organic Available.
BREAKFAST AND MORNING GOODS – Cereals, Cereal Bars, Smoothies, Fruit Juices etc inc Organic and Fairtrade Produce.
DAIRY PRODUCTS – Milk, Cream, Butter and Spreads, Free Range Eggs, Yoghurts and Local Produced Cheeses – organic variants offered.
FRESH FRUIT & VEGETABLES – Local Produce, Delivered Daily.
NEWSPAPERS/MAGAZINES – available from 0600 each morning. Daily newspaper reservation system will operate. Puzzle Books And Children’s Magazines Stocked.
CAKES AND BAKERY CONFECTIONARY – Baked Locally.
TOILETRIES, FIRST AID & PHARMACY, HEALTH/HYGIENE AND CLEANING PRODUCTS – Sun Block, After Sun, Toothpaste & Brushes, Soap, Shampoo, Plasters, Ibuprofen etc, Insect Repellent, Gaviscon, Beechams Products, Children’s Medicines, Hayfever and Allergy Relief, Condoms, Cough and Cold Medicines, Rennies. Toilet and Kitchen Roll, Wipes, Male & Female Deodorants, Razors, Bin Liners, Bleach, Tissues, Washing-Up-Liquid
FOR BABY  – Organic Baby Food and Milk, Nappies, Baby Oil, Talc Powder, Baby Wipes, Cotton Wool.
CHILLED DRINKS – Water, Red Bull, Milk Drinks, Flavoured Drinks, Kids Drinks, Coke etc, regular and ‘diet’ variants. 250ml – 2 litre. Large ‘Fairtrade’ and Organic offering.
‘FILL-YOUR-OWN’ DRINKS – Tea, Coffee, Soup and Hot Chocolate.
SELF-SERVE DELI’ – Pre-Packaged Meats, Olives, Dried Fruits, Pasta Salads, Coleslaw and Dips, Rice Salads, other prepared Salads, Bacon, Sausage, Pre-Cooked Chicken, Sliced Meats, Quorn Products, Vegetarian and Vegan Products, Pasties and Pies (in bio-degradable packaging),Pates and Spreads. Organic Quiches.
‘BBQ READY’ PRODUCTS – Burgers, Steaks, Chicken, Kebabs, Seasoned/Marinated.
GROCERY – Pasta, Biscuits, Tea, Coffee, Drinking Chocolate, Sugar, Sauces, Pickles and Relishes, Cooking Oils, Salt, Herbs & Spices, Soups, Tinned, Jarred and packaged Meat and Fish branded goods – organic and ‘Fairtrade’ variants available.
ALCOHOL – Bitters, Aspall Cider, Carlsberg Lagers, Wines and Spirits (inc. Organic)
CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO – Marlboro Product Cigarettes and Cigars.
BRANDED CONFECTIONARY – For Big and Little Kids.
PIES, PASTIES – Meat and Vegetarian variants. Eat cold or heat up in our Microwaves.
SNACKS – Pot Noodles (hot water urns available for customer use), crisps, nuts etc.
READY MEALS – Use our Microwaves to heat up your meal.
SANDWICHES – Meat and Vegetarian. All supplied in bio-degradable packaging.
NON-FOOD AND CAMPING ACCESSORIES – Batteries, Torches, Candles, Tin Openers, Corkscrews, Firelighters, Disposable BBQs, Playing Cards, Ball Game Packs, Pens & Pencils.
CARD PAYMENT, CASHBACK AND E-TOP UP – Cash or Credit/Debit Cards Accepted. Cashback available (max of £50.00 per transaction). E-top up electronic mobile phone facility.

Bars, Cash Points, First Aid and Paramedics, Food and Non Food stalls, Information Tent*, Left Luggage*, Lockers including phone recharging facilities*, Merchandise, Showers*, Welfare Tent,  Firewood stall*

*not available to day ticket holders.

Train services into the nearest station, Halesworth, are limited in capacity and  frequency and festival goers travelling to site on the Thursday afternoon or Friday during the day or back home Monday morning, are advised to travel via Ipswich instead to pick up one of the shuttle buses that we are running from Ipswich.

For further information on rail services or to book tickets call 08456 007245 (National Express East Anglia) or 08457 484950 (National Rail Enquiries) or visit www.nationalexpresseastanglia.com 

National Express East Anglia have agreed to honour train tickets to and from Halesworth on Ipswich trains if Halesworth trains are too busy. 

National Express East Anglia have organised 2 special trains that will travel non stop from Halesworth to Ipswich where they will connect with London services leaving Halesworth at 10.05 and 12.45 on the Monday.

 

                                      Thursday 17/07 Friday 18/07 Saturday 19/07 Sunday 20/07
                                          First     Last      First    Last        First   Last     First   Last
Halesworth>Lowestoft   07:43  23:11    07:43  23:11     07:46 23:11   10:46 22:46
Halesworth>London       06:03   21:30    06:03  21:30    06:30 21:30    08:37 20:37
Ipswich > London           05:23   22:42    05:23  22:42     05:42  22:42  07:42 22:42 
London >Halesworth      07:38   21:00    07:38  21:00     07:38 21:00   08:30 20:30
London > Ipswich            06:00  23:30    06:00   23:30     05:30 23:30  08:02 23:30

Family Camping is only open to those that have 16 or unders present.
Children aged 13, 14, 15 or 16 who want to camp in Family Camping will need Full weekend Family camping tickets [£130]. 
Those with their families that do not wish to stay in the Family Campsite, you will only need the Standard Weekend Camping Ticket.

If booking tickets for you and children under the age of 13 (age 12 and under), you must select WEEKEND TICKET (FAMILY CAMPING),  then choose the number of adults attending (£130 each) AND the number of children under 13 attending (free).
This ensures you will be sent both your Adult Family Camping tickets and Free Children's tickets when they are posted out. Although the Childs ticket is free you must book their places when purchasing your Adult ticket.

If you are planning to bring a Campervan please ensure that once you have chosen your tickets you then book your Campervan pass for the correct area (Family or General).

Click here to buy Campervan/Caravan permits

Click here for Campervan & Caravan Terms and Conditions (PDF)

  
Family camping will be in Family Camps A and B and Family Campervan zones. There will be a Zone Manager specifically for the Family Campsite.

Family camping will have its own toilets and water point as well as the Little Latitude Tuck Shop selling essential items for you as well as a food trader.

Early morning activities will be provided for children to keep them entertained before the main entertainment starts in the arena. Breakfast foods will be available inside the family campsite. You are also of course able to visit the Village for further options.

Family camping doesn't have its own car park but there will be wheelbarrows available to use to transport your things from the car to the campsite. You can get to family camping from entering via either red or green campsite entrances. Ask the CATs to direct you. You cannot drive any vehicle, into family camping due to fire restrictions.

Family Camping has its own arena entrance ensuring that the walk from the campsite to the arena is as short as we can make it for you. Please note though, that this route will not take you past the Village where facilities such as showers, cash points, the supermarket, left luggage, lockers, welfare tent, and the hospital are located. To reach the Village from Family camping, there is a short walk (around 10 minutes) along the fire lane through Yellow Camp C. Please ask the CATs to direct you if you need any help finding it.

Although the permanent Hospital is in the village, there are mobile first aid patrols who can come to you should you need help in family camping. If you need any assistance, don’t hesitate to ask any member of staff and they will contact the medics.

In general, no fires including small campfires are allowed in Family Camping. There will be one small area within Family Camping where you will be allowed a small campfire.

This year we have teamed up with Lockerhouse to make sure you can keep your belongings safe at Latitude Festival. You get to keep a souvenir branded padlock after the event too! Book now, and be sure to keep your stuff safe all weekend. The lockers also have mobile phone charging facilities, which require you to bring a 12v Car adapters/charger. They are available in the Village 24 hours.

IMPORTANT! - PLEASE NOTE: the locker sizes are 25cm wide x 15.5cm deep x 10cm high - so they are the right size for small valuables (mobiles, wallets, cameras). The Locker is used at Hirers own Risk

Lockers are only available to Weekend Camping ticket holders.

Buy here

Families wishing to bring their campervans into the family campervan area will need to have registered their children and their desire to camp in the family campsite by buying a family campervan ticket priced at £10 which will need to displayed in your vehicle window so that we can direct you to the right place onsite once you arrive 

Click here to buy a family campervan ticket 

No fires including small campfires are allowed in the Family Campervan Field

 

Click here for Campervan & Caravan Terms and Conditions (PDF)

Shuttle buses run by Anglian Bus will leave regularly from both Ipswich and Halesworth train stations and will travel straight through the gates into site to the festival bus station. Please note that the capacity of trains into Halesworth is limited and if you are travelling on Thursday, Friday or Monday you are advised instead to travel by train via Ipswich and pick up the shuttle bus from Ipswich to the festival site and vice versa.

Using public transport and the shuttle bus is the best way to arrive at Latitude Festival. The shuttle buses run regularly, the operation should be smooth and hassle free and there will be enough shuttle buses to meet the demand.

The shuttle buses will pick you up and drop you off right outside Halesworth and Ipswich railway stations and it is likely that you will not have to queue as long to get on a shuttle bus as you would in a car to get to or leave the car park at peak times. Plus you can make friends on the way, enjoy a drink and feel good about your reduced impact on the environment. The fares for this year's shuttle bus service are being held at the same price as last year to encourage you to use it.

The bus station onsite is via Green Gate 2 on the A145 and is next to the Old Stables. When you arrive at the bus station, follow the signage to the weekend campsite entrance or day ticket holder entrance.

The Old Stables is a large red brick building with a clock tower.

Please note that National Express East Anglia have asked us to discourage festival goers to bring their bikes onto the trains as space is limited.

SHUTTLE BUS 603 – Halesworth Station – Latitude – Halesworth Station

Journey time is around 15 minutes and the bus ticket price is £2 one way. From the station platform, follow the signage to the shuttle bus stop. Buy tickets on the bus.

Please note the service runs in both directions.

All of the above buses return from site to Halesworth throughout the weekend so the timetable summary is relevant in reverse travelling back from site to Halesworth.

Thurs 17th July – departs Halesworth after meeting every train from 13.45 until 23.15
Fri 18th July – departs Halesworth after meeting every train from 10.05 until 23.15
Sat 19th July – departs Halesworth after meeting every train from 09.20 until 21.55
Sun 20th July – departs Halesworth after meeting every train from 09.50 until 20.55
Mon 21st July – departs Latitude site regularly from 0700 until 1300

SHUTTLE BUSES – Ipswich Station /Latitude/Ipswich Station

Anglian Bus will be running a shuttle bus service to and from Ipswich Rail Station to the festival site. A shuttle bus service will run every 15 minutes at peak times and the bus ticket price is £5 per person one way (in advance. £6 on day) for a one hour journey to site. Please note the service is both directions when running but there is no service on Saturday and Sunday.

From the station platform, follow the signage to the shuttle bus stop. Buy tickets in advance for priority queuing www.latitudebuses.co.uk

Thursday 17th July – depart Ipswich approximately every 15 minutes from 13.00 until 19.00
Fri 18th July – depart Ipswich approximately every 15 minutes from 08.00 until 19.00
Saturday  19th July – NO SERVICE, TRAVEL VIA HALESWORTH
Sunday 20th July – NO SERVICE, TRAVEL VIA HALESWORTH
Mon 21st July – Depart Latitude approx. every 15mins from 0700 until 1300.

Tickets can be bought on the day, but we would encourage advance purchase to speed up loading times and give pre paid ticket holders priority boarding. You can purchase tickets or online at www.LatitudeBuses.co.uk or telephone 01502 711109 for more information.

Local Bus Services

Anglian Bus are running a special bus from Southwold to the Latitude Festival bus station via Wangford, Reydon and Blythburgh in the morning and early afternoon returning between 23.10 and 23.50 each night:
602 Southwold - Latitude Festival


You can also connect to the Latitude Festival shuttle buses by local bus services:

601 Halesworth - Southwold - Lowestoft
Lowestoft/Pakefield/Kessingland/Wrentham/Wangford to Southwold, then catch Southwold Shuttle bus (through tickets available)

588 Halesworth - Bungay - Poringland - Norwich
Norwich to Halesworth, then catch Halesworth Shuttle bus (through tickets available)

Reusable Beer Cups

In 2007 Latitude Festival and Workers Beer Company introduced a highly successful and innovative way of drastically reducing our waste by having reusable beer cups. In 2008 they’ll be back again. You’ll need to pay a £2 deposit, which you’ll get back when you return your cup to the bar. The cups will be washed and reused, and have a life of up to 100 washes. If you want to keep your cup as a souvenir, that’s not a problem! At the end of the festival we’ll have return points to put your cup in if you’d like to donate the £2 to charity.

Limiting the amount of STUFF you kit yourself out with the come the festival really help reduce the overall environmental impact of the festival...especially if you are going to throw out your STUFF after the event.

Before you buy anything for the festival (or even in everyday life), please take the time to watch this 20min film The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard.

www.storyofstuff.com

'From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20 minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns.' 

Booking Fees apply to all standard tickets. There are no Booking Fees on child tickets. Tickets can be purchased face value for cash at selected outlets. Please see agents list for details.

There is a charge of £10 to bring your campervan to Latitude Festival.

Click here to buy a campervan ticket.
No fires including small campfires are allowed in the Campervan Field

 Click here for Campervan & Caravan Terms and Conditions (PDF)

The Information Tent is open until 1am each day and is located in the Village Area inside the same tent as Left Luggage. The Information Tent handles a large variety of queries from festival goers, runs a message board and feedback book and has details of all local transport services etc. The latest information on the running order is also available at the Information Tent.

Information is also available from your Zone Manager in your campsite (based by the Fire Towers) or from Campsite Assistance Teams (CATs) or Helpful Arena Teams (HATs). There are also large information boards around the site which will include a site map, and any details on running order changes.

Anyone wanting to bring their private coach to the Festival email the following details to coaches@latitudefestival.co.uk  :

- Name and Address
- Vehicle Registration
- Number of people attending.

Please note all persons must have valid standard tickets.

It is free to bring a coach to Latitude Festival. You will be sent routing and gate information directly via email.

DEADLINE FOR EMAIL APPLICATIONS: June 1st 2008

Beware of unauthorised ticket agencies including eBay, buying from them can be a lot of trouble - You are likely to pay over the odds for a ticket that will have never existed or might never materialise.

Info on Authorised agents
Info on UNauthorised agents
Info on Ticket Touting

Most notable of these unauthorised sites are:
SOS Ticketmaster (not to be confused withTicketmaster who are the real agent)
readingfestivaltickets.co.uk
leedsfestival.net
Westminster Events, Get Me Tickets , Splendid Tickets, Herts Box Office
Click For Tickets, London Ticket Shop, anyworldwideevent.com
ticketssoldout.co.uk, TicketSolutions, Tickettout.com, TicketUK.com
Double 8 Tickets, London Ticket Shop, Ebay,Gumtree, Viagogo, Seatwave, Stubhub,BritishConcerts.com, GetMeTickets,Tickettout.com, No1soldoutevents.com ,Westminster Events, Splendid Tickets, Sold Out Events, Any Worldwide Events, Tickets Sold Out, Tickets UK, Ticket Solutions, Click for Tickets , Herts Box Office, XclusiveTicket.com, Summer Festival Tickets.com, Corporate Box Office, Ticket 4-you, Euro team,Everysell.com, Anyticket.com, Getmein.com,showtime, Tickco.com, London Ticket Express, paperticket.co.uk, bookmetickets.com, euroteam.net, swickets.com, euroticketfinder.co.uk

Additional Unauthorised Sites:
Anyone advertised on Readingfestival.org - this is not an authorised site.

More tout info from Office of Fair Trading - please read

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We are currently looking into companies selling 'touted' tickets and we are doing what we can to stop fraudulent activity.

FURTHER INFORMATION & CONTACTS: 
If you feel a victim of these companies we suggest a number of actions:

1.Call the police; if your money has been taken and no product delivered, this is theft.
2.Report the company to the Trading Standards
3.Contact the BBC's watchdog programme
4.Contact the websites' Internet Service Providers as they have obligations to 
ensure they are not publishing fraudulent and illegal activity.

HELPFUL LINKS:
Trading Standards website customer accounts of GetMeTickets 
Easynets Acceptable use policy, Service provider of GetMeTickets 
BBC Watchdog 
Get Safe Online

Full Festival Republic PDF information on Unauthorised Ticket Agents

All market traders adhere to strict packaging, recycling and composting protocols for the festival. These include:

• All food stalls must use fully compostable food packaging.
• Composting and recyclable waste generated by stalls is placed in appropriate bins
• Plastic bags discouraged.
• Cardboard collection service.
• We encourage stall holders to use of chemical free cleaning products.
• We encourage stall holders to use fair trade and organic products.

Who are Trees For Cities?
Trees for Cities is an independent charity working to improve the environment in urban areas by involving local people in community tree planting, training and landscaping projects.

They manage projects across London, in Brighton, Bristol, Leeds, Manchester and Reading as well as internationally in Addis Ababa, Nairobi and Ica, Peru. All of their community greening projects are supported by extensive community consultation and involvement programmes that incorporate local residents, schools and community groups. 

As well as educating local people about our projects, in London they also run a series of horticulture, arboriculture and woodland management courses specialising in developing and up-skilling the long-term unemployed.



Festival Republic and Trees for Cities
Festival Republic have been supporting Trees for Cities’ projects in the UK and further afield since 2006. Festival Republic fund planting projects in Bristol, Leeds, London and Manchester, as well supporting our greening activities abroad, including Nairobi in Kenya and Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, where young people are employed to care for the trees they plant and fruit from the trees is sold to generate income for the project.



Win Win Win a dedicated tree
Enter the TfC competition to win a tree dedicated to you – a prize that will keep on growing for years to come. Trees For Cities are giving away trees in our UK project sites to 5 lucky winners. To enter the competition, email info@festivalrepublic.com with the following details Name, Address, Email and Telephone Number marked 'TfC Comp'

By entering this raffle you are consenting to Trees for Cities contacting from time to time you about our work greening the urban environment. We will never pass your details to other organisations. You can opt out at any time. 

Thanks for your support!

There are toilet blocks throughout the campsites and arena. We are working hard to improve the standards of the toilets this year. At most toilet blocks, there will be a toilet service attendant based there permanently. If you notice any toilets that need servicing, please let the toilet service attendant know or if you cannot find an attendant please tell the CAT teams in the campsites or the HAT teams in the arena. All toilet paper supplied is made from recycled toilet paper. Any additives used in the toilets are biological and are not harmful to the environment.

Disabled toilets are available at each toilet block in the arena, at each stage viewing platform, in the disabled / guest campsite and in the hospitality area.

The shower tent is situated in the Village and will be increased in size compared to 2007. The showers will be open from 6am to 1pm and from 7pm to 12.30am each day.

Green Alternatives…

Composting Toilets
Take a trip into the woods and discover our new compost toilets. They are being tested out this year and if you like them we’ll look at having more next time. Let us know what you think!

Solar Showers
If you’re camping in the family campground you’re in for a sun shower. Navitron Solar Showers are providing 12 000 litres of hot water every day… and if the weather’s good it will be heated to 40 degrees entirely with solar energy. The showers have twenty banks of solar evacuated tubes pulling heat from the sun. In case of bad weather, the water will be heated using a wood burning stove. The showers are all-in, so bring your swimming costume if you’re modest! They also have some great home solutions for solar showers, so have a chat to them.

These showers can run for 6 hours a day and the plan is to run them in the morning from 7am to 10am and in the afternoon from 5pm to 8pm. Hours may change slightly depending on the sun and the demand. So please keep an eye on the signs at the showers to let you know when they’ll be open. The Navitron team will be happy to talk you through how the system works, it really is quite remarkable.  Again, we’d appreciate your feedback on this. Is hot water on tap when ever you want it important, or are you happy to be a little flexible and have a shower heated by the sun?

Ecover Body Wash
Our friends at Ecover are again providing ecological shower gel. The waste water from our showers is treated through a soak away system, so we need you to ensure you only use Ecover, or your own ecological body wash and shampoo.

National Express is providing a dedicated service to Latitude from London Victoria Coach station making it even easier to travel to the Suffolk coast.

With over 1000 destinations across the UK linked to London Victoria Coach station, it simply could not be easier to get to Latitude. Best of all, your journey will generate TEN TIMES less CO2 emissions than a person driving in a car alone to the festival.

Coaches leave London Victoria Coach station on

- Thursday 17 July - 12.30pm
- Friday 18 July - 10.00am

and depart Latitude Festival on Monday 21 July at 9.30am

Tickets cost £29 return from London. Simply click on the National Express logo to book your travel or call 08717 81 81 81 (£1 booking fee applies)

We have created a "day ticket holder campsite" for any day ticket holders who are unable to get home after the main entertainment finishes. There will no charge for this campsite this year. Please note that there is limited capacity and no facilities in this campsite other than a water point and toilets. You will be able to pitch a tent when you arrive. You will only be able to stay in the day ticket holders campsite overnight on the night after your day ticket is valid.
At the end of the entertainment, please return via the gate that you entered the arena through (the day ticket holder entrance / exit) and the day ticket holders campsite is at the top of the hill on your right.

On Saturday morning the first shuttle bus to Halesworth is at 8.55am, on Sunday it is at 10am and on Monday it is at 7am.

The shuttle bus station is near Green Gate 2 next to The Old Stables (large red brick building with clock tower) quite near to the Day Ticket Holders campsite. Please ask a member of staff to direct you.

The ground breaking Latitude Festival returns to the sunrise coast in Suffolk for its incredible third year. Nestled in the historic and beautiful surroundings of Henham Park Estate, Southwold, and taking place on 17th – 20th July, organisers Festival Republic are promising another truly spectacular event.

Teaming up with London’s Arcola Theatre, Latitude are working towards a greener festival. With environmental issues at its core, Latitude are pleased to announce that this year’s Theatre Arena will be the worlds first fuel cell powered festival stage. Arcola will be providing state of the art low energy LED lighting and a Hydrogen Fuel Cell to power the stage. The fuel cell operates almost silently and will produce nothing but electricity and clean water.

This ground-breaking advancement in technology will bring down the carbon footprint of the festival and lessen the event’s impact on its immediate surroundings and the world’s climate as a whole.

The Arcola Theatre is a converted factory in East London and one of the UK’s leading independent venues.  This partnership with Latitude is part of Arcola Theatre’s extensive range of sustainability activities, collectively referred to as the Arcola Energy project which in partnership with the Greening London Theatre Initiative is driving the eco-cultural frontier.

Over the weekend Theatre Arena at Latitude is a buzzing hotbed of creativity and inspiration, hosting a wealth of bespoke productions and performances exclusive to the festival. Some of the biggest names in contemporary, physical, classical, performance and local theatre, including The Royal Court, the Bush Theatre, nabokov, and Paines Plough, are coming to the Theatre Arena. It really has something for everyone; provoking thought, emotions, laughs and entertainment all weekend long. As well as powering the arena The Arcola Theatre will present their series of short but perfectly formed writer-led plays The Miniaturists. Each piece is no longer than 15 minutes, and the dizzying mix makes every event as various and unpredictable as life itself.

Latitude and Arcola will be supported by the London Hydrogen Partnership, Thomas Engineering & ETC.

Anglian Bus will be putting on dedicated services direct to the Latitude Festival bus station from London Victoria Coach Station on Saturday and Sunday. So sit back, relax and let the festival atmosphere begin!

Coaches depart Saturday 19 July and Sunday 20 July at 8.30am. There is a late night service back to London Victoria leaving after the headline act finishes each night at 11.30pm on Friday 18th, Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th July.

Tickets MUST be booked online in advance and cost £20 single or £35 return, via www.LatitudeBuses.co.uk. Information on services online or by calling 01502 711109

The timetable will be published here as soon as it is available. The cost will be £20 single, £35 return.

If you are travelling to and from London please consider using the National Express and Anglian Bus/Coach services or travelling via Ipswich by train since the capacity of the trains coming into Halesworth is limited.

Customers must exchange their ticket for a wristband as soon as possible after arriving on site. 

The main Wristband Exchange is in the Village near to the Hospital. Ask a member of staff to direct you. There is also a family wristband exchange in the family campsite. The wristband exchange for day ticket holders is situated by the day ticket entrance.

Re-admittance to the site is only possible once you have been wristbanded. Entrance to the arena is only possible with a valid wristband, tickets will not be allowed through at this point.
Wristbands removed from the wrist or tampered with will be rendered invalid and will not be replaced.

To avoid any disappointment we advise all ticket holders to leave plenty of time to get their wristband and allow time to walk between the campsites and the stages to avoid missing any of your chosen acts. 

We advise all day ticket purchasers to arrive early to avoid missing any of their chosen acts and to leave ample time to get from the entrances to the stages.

For details on hotel and bed & breakfast accommodation in the surrounding area please visit www.visit-sunrisecoast.co.uk

also call Southwold Tourist information centre on 01502 724729 or Lowestoft Tourist Information Centre on 01502 533600

email touristinfo@waveney.gov.uk

Festivals are full of young, fun loving and like-minded people but beware they are also an easy patch for career criminals and opportunists who know how festival goers tick, and the Latitude Festival is sadly no exception and so please read through the advice below and plan ahead for the event. Remember that it is impossible to make a tent secure. You can however make it difficult for a thief. Be vigilant and beware of thieves.

Festival Republic, Latitude Festival organisers, and Suffolk Constabulary have teamed up together to provide information to festival goers that may help those who will be attending the Latitude Festival this year.

We are all keen to ensure that the festival goers do what they can to prevent themselves and their new festival neighbours from becoming a victim of crime and we have compiled the following festival savvy tips for you: 

o Quite simply – please DON’T BRING THEM!    Ipods, MP3 players etc - you don’t need them here – there is enough going on for you to be entertained without them.
o If you have to bring valuables please use the lockers provided by Lockerhouse in the Village [The Locker is used at Hirers own Risk] - open 24hours, but only available to Weekend Ticket holders or the left luggage facility both found in the Village rather then store them in your tent. It is impossible to make a tent secure. Postcode your belongings – UV pens will be available from the Campsite Assistance teams.
o Don’t leave valuables in your tent. Remember that tents are very vulnerable, even zipped up.
o Split your cash and cards into two hoards so that if one lot goes – you have back up
o Don’t carry more money than you need on you – there are cash machines operating 24 hours in the Village and in the arena (during opening hours). There will be a surcharge of £2 per transaction. The Supermarket will also have a cash back facility.
o If you can’t store them in a locker (buy here) keep your valuables in different places under your pillow or zipped up in a pocket well inside your tent while you sleep rather than by the tent door
o To increase your chances of getting your mobile phone, ipod or digital camera back if you’ve lost it, or indeed, had it stolen, register it on the Immoblise Database. It takes a couple of minutes and is completely free. You can register anything with a serial number on it and every item recovered by the police or handed in, is checked against the database.
o Don’t carry anything in back pockets – especially at the stages, pockets with zips are better.
o Don’t leave anything valuable in your car – maybe go and check on your car during the show?  Leave your glove compartment empty and also open.
o If you have any concerns about your safety in the campsites, camp somewhere well lit, go near a fire tower or on the edge of an emergency access lane.
o Introduce yourself to campsite staff, show them where your tent is, stick a funny flag on it so it’s easy for them to see, and ask them to keep an eye out.  They will.
o Introduce yourself to your neighbours and set up a neighbourhood watch system, it may sound naff but experience shows that the best and friendliest campsites are the ones with people in that make the effort to do so.  More friends to party with too.
o Report anything or anyone suspicious to campsite staff – you can do this anonymously if you wish and that is what the staff are there for.
o Don’t put a padlock on your tent as this screams “I have something worth stealing in here”
o Don’t bury your valuables by your tent as someone is bound to be watching.
o Only bring the bank cards and keys that you need with you in case they get lost. Make a note of your bank card numbers and leave it at home to make cancellation easier if they get lost.
o Remember, by comparision with many day to day environments, the Latitude site is a very safe and friendly place. We have employed staff to be there for you. Be sure to help them to do what they are there for, to make this a safe and happy, crime free festival.

Make sure your mobile is charged up on a daily basis - in the early afternoon - so that it is ok for the night when it’s dark, the stages get busy and you are more likely to lose each other.  Orange will have a transmitter onsite to improve the signal. There are phone recharging points inside the lockers  provided by Lockerhouse (these require 12v car adapters/chargers [The Locker is used at Hirers own Risk]) in the Village and a trader onsite should be selling battery operated phone chargers if you need them.  Ask at the information tent in the Village for exact locations of the trader.

Keep your phone well hidden – how annoying would it be to lose all your contacts?

Stay in groups and be tolerant of friends slowing you down.

Arrange an easy meeting point with your mates before you get to the event. No one likes to be left to have fun on their own for long.

Security staff will be patrolling in the campsites 24 hours throughout the festival. They are there to help but are also watching for suspicious behaviour. There is also CCTV that is monitored by Security Control as well as theft spotters on the Fire Towers. We will do all that we can to prevent thieves from operating onsite, but remember that tents are impossible to secure and either don’t bring any valuables or use the lockers (buy here) or Left Luggage tent to store them and look out for each other.

If you do become a victim of crime – DO NO RESIST– give them what they want and make sure you get a good look at them or their clothes, so that when you report them we have a good head start.  Also, make a note of exactly where you are if you can – look out for loos, fire towers, unusual tents, what colour the bunting is and what the road name is etc

The Welfare tent is there for you in the Village, as is the onsite police surgery daily in the morning in the Left Luggage Tent in the Village.  These facilities are there to help you if you need it.

If you have an incident with a security guard, steward or any other member of our staff that you want to tell us about – please make a note of their tabard number, or the name on their pass.  Without this information we can do very little as identifying them without this number or name is very difficult. You can make a complaint via the Information Tent or through your Zone Manager and this will be passed straight on to the organisers onsite. Information coming in live helps us do something about it at the time, so please let us know about any problems as they happen, if they happen, which we hope they won’t.

Please don’t be alarmed by our advice – just be forewarned that it does happen to some people and we don’t want it to be you.  Plan ahead.

Oh, and have the most memorable festival of your life for all the right reasons!

It is free to bring a coach to Latitude Festival. Please note all persons must have valid standard tickets.

Please email coaches@latitudefestival.co.uk with the number of people attending and the size of your vehicle.

You will be sent routing and gate information nearer the event via email. 

Private Coaches will park in a public car park and should arrive at Green Gate 2.

The deadline has been extended to July 1st 2008.

Car sharing will help save you money by splitting the petrol costs, reducing the amount of congestion on the roads leading into the festival, and getting you onsite quicker. Of course by car sharing you’ll also be kinder to the environment by reducing fossil fuel use and CO2 emissions. If you have to come by car to the festival because the bus or train just won’t work for you, please try and fill up all the seats in your car.

So Double Up & Cut Down …  four people in your car will bring the per person CO2 impact down to less than travelling by train. Join forces with others and fill up all your seats.

Last year we had 290 liftshare matches and we’d like to try and reach 1000 this year.

Below are three schemes you can join. Have a look through them and see which one suits you.
   
 

SAFETY FIRST

Please read this practical safety guide on liftsharing put together by A Greener Festival: www.agreenerfestival.com/Lift_Sharing.pdf 

•           Please note that all arrangements which you make are private arrangements between you and other sharers. The Festival does not arrange lift sharing or have any liability to or for lift sharers.
•           Make sure you know the identity of the person or persons you are sharing with.
•           Having a home telephone number is sensible precaution and make sure you leave details of the lift share, the driver and passenger's number(s) and home address if possible with friends and/or family.
•           Take your mobile phone with you.
•           If you are at all uncomfortable with any arrangements, or the condition of the vehicle being used, then make other plans.
•           If a vehicle is not taxed it is possible the driver has no driving license, no insurance and no MOT.
•           Safety first: trust your instincts and use common sense.

Forget battling with pegs and poles and hunting for friends, book a ready pitched and fully equipped tent and let someone else do all that work for you.  A bit of extra festival luxury without burning a hole in your pocket. 

From only £52.50* per head for the whole weekend you have access to:
- Entrance to the Tangerine Fields 
- Exclusive use of hot showers and toilets...just for our customers
Our staff will be on hand over the weekend to help you with any problems
(*based on 2 persons sharing, does not include festival ticket.)

Choose from 2, 4 and 6 man tents and the sleeping essentials.  We're the most eco-option going.  Everything gets cleaned and re-used, except sleeping bags which are passed onto various local and national charities.

In the Tangerine Field, we'll also have tipis, Podpads and Yurts for hire if you’re looking for something a bit different for the weekend.  Visit www.tangerinefields.co.uk for more information and bookings for tipis.  Podpads will also be available for hire through www.podpads.com  and Yurtels on www.yurtel.co.uk

Voted 'BEST PLACE TO CAMP' at Glastonbury by the NME.

Set up in a bespoke village area (with security and private facilities/services) the ‘podpads’ offer that touch of luxury and style whilst at the same time taking away all the hassles of carrying, erecting and breaking down your camp when you’re there. Your ‘podpad’ is already built and furnished for your arrival and when you leave, just return the keys and drive away. It is the future of alternative accommodation for the discerning Festival-goer

Your ‘podpad’ comes decorated and a groundsheet, a fitted carpet, shelving, interior strip-light and additional 12v power socket on request, a vanity mirror and a lock on the front door. Single, double or twin beds (with airbeds) are standard for increased comfort, with useful storage space underneath. Three sliding tinted windows with curtains provide for ventilation and light, allowing you to look out whilst restricting vision in. 
 
Eco-friendly, the ‘podpads’’ are solar-powered by the fabulous iconic sunflower solar panels.

‘Podpads’ are weatherproof, relatively soundproof, secure, safe and cosy.

www.podpads.com

If you want a clean body and a clear conscience we’ve got good news for you.



Solar Showers 

Take a trip to the family campground for a sun shower. Navitron Solar Showers are providing 12 000 litres of hot water every day… and if the weather’s good it will be heated to 40 degrees entirely with solar energy. The showers have twenty banks of solar evacuated tubes pulling heat from the sun. In case of bad weather, the water will be heated using a wood burning stove. The showers are all-in, so bring your swimming costume if you’re modest! They also have some great home solutions for solar showers, so have a chat to them.

Ecover Body Wash

Our friends at Ecover are again providing environmentally sound body wash. The waste water from our showers is treated through a soak away system, so we need you to ensure you only use Ecover, or your own environmentally friendly, bodywash and shampoo.

A number of CACDP Level 3 BSL/SSE Communicators will be providing free support onsite.  


A minimum of one performance a day will be BSL Interpreted by an Interpreter qualified to a minimum of J.T.I. (Graduate Junior Trainee Interpreter) we may try to extend this.


In addition to this, a Deafblind manual Interpreter will be available to work with customers on specific performances.


Loop systems will be available in the Literary and Poetry Arena’s and at the booking in gate for those with a T setting on their hearing aids. Loop system access will be clearly displayed outside the Arena’s.


Registered assistance animals should be registered with the organisers before you arrive.

Details of the 2 for 1 scheme and the application form are available on the website. Go to ‘Info’, ‘Access and facilities for Disabled people’.
d/Deaf customers can discuss their needs with volunteers prior to the festival at this email address: hands4uaccess@hotmail.com

We will be joined by our friends from Attitude Is Everything - a fantastic and dynamic charity who work to improve disabled people's access to live music. AiE will be running an information tent in the disabled persons campsite so stop by to say hi and see what they're up to. 

Check them out at www.attitudeiseverything.org.uk

If you are unfortunate enough to be the victim of crime, report it to Suffolk Constabulary either at their daily surgeries in the Village Area (inside the Left Luggage Tent) or by telephone to 01473 613500. You can also report crimes via crime reporting forms at the Welfare Tent. These forms will then be passed on to Suffolk Constabulary. 

If you see a crime taking place, alert the nearest member of staff immediately.

If you are reporting the theft of a mobile phone, you will be required to first contact your network provider and have the handset blocked. This will ensure that its use will be blocked across all UK networks even if the SIM card is changed, and will render it useless to the thief. A list of contact numbers for UK network providers will be available at the Information Tent and at the Welfare Tent.

It is always worth checking at the Left Luggage Tent which runs the onsite Lost Property service first in case you have lost your item, rather than had it stolen or in case it has been handed in.

Henham Park, the site of Latitude Festival, is between the A12 and A145 north of Blythburgh in Suffolk. From the A12 and from the A145 follow the Festival signs. Please do not stop on the A12 or the A145 but follow the signage straight into the car parks.

There is absolutely no stopping on the A145 and the A12. Tickets will be checked inside the site and not on the gates with the A12 and A145. Please travel straight into site where you will be able drop passengers off and exit back onto the main roads.

If you must bring your car, please consider transporting as many people as possible and travelling at off peak times. Peak traffic flows are likely on the afternoon of Thursday 17th July and on the morning of Friday 18th July and then late evening on Sunday 20th July and before noon on Monday 17th July.

Weekend and day car parking is separate to the campsites in adjacent or nearby fields. Car Parking is included in the price of your ticket. No sleeping, camping or fires are allowed in the car parks.

All Drop offs and pick ups are via Green Gate 1A on the A145 including by taxi. You can enter the site, drop off and exit the site via Green Gate 1 back onto the A145. For safety reasons, please do not drop passengers off on the main roads, there are no pavements - you can drop them off safely and easily well inside the site. There is no pedestrian entry from the gates on the A12 and the A145 into site so if you are dropping someone off or picking them up, you need to use the drop off / pick up point.

The routes to the festival will be well signposted and have been publicised via promotional literature, the internet and in written information sent out with all tickets to the event.

Those travelling from the south on the A12 will be directed straight into site from the A12.

Those travelling from the Lowestoft direction on the A12 and day ticket holders will be directed straight into site from the A145 via Middle Barn Lane which connects the A12 and the A145.

Those travelling south on the A145 from the Beccles direction will be directed straight into site from the A145. 

Click here for Route Map

 
Please see site map here

Henham Park is between the A12 and A145 north of Blythburgh in Suffolk. From the A12 and from the A145 follow the Festival signs. Please do not stop on the A12 or the A145 but follow the signage straight into the car parks.

There is absolutely no stopping on the A145 and the A12. Tickets will be checked inside the site and not on the gates with the A12 and A145. Please travel straight into site where you will be able drop passengers off and exit back onto the main roads.

If you must bring your car, please consider transporting as many people as possible and travelling at off peak times.

Click here for directions / route map

Consider Car Sharing:
  

Peak traffic flows arriving onsite are likely during the afternoon of Thursday 17th July and during the morning of Friday 18th July . Most traffic is expected to depart the site late in the evening on Sunday 20th July and before noon on Monday 21st July.
We are working closely with Suffolk Constabulary to develop traffic management plans which aim to ease congestion around the site, to minimise disruption to the road network and to ensure regular road users are affected as little as possible.

The routes to the festival will be well signposted and will be included in written information sent out with all tickets to the festival.

Those travelling from the south on the A12 will be directed straight into site from the A12. Those travelling from the Lowestoft direction on the A12 and day ticket holders will be directed straight into site from the A145 via Middle Barn Lane which connects the A12 and the A145.

Those travelling south on the A145 from the Beccles direction will be directed straight into site from the A145.

Car parking is included in the price of your ticket. There is no parking on any of the roads in the vicinity of the festival site. Tow away vehicles will remove any illegally parked cars.

Once you are onsite, you can check with the Information Tent if you have any travel queries.

The following items may not be brought into the site through the campsite gates:

o Glass – no glass is allowed onsite
o Illegal substances
o Portable Laser Equipment and Pens
o Unauthorised Professional Film or Video Equipment
o Audio Recorders
o Air Horns
o Spray Cans
o Fireworks
o Flares
o Any item which may reasonably be considered for use as a weapon
o You may be body searched at the entrance.
o Persons suspected of carrying items that may be used in an offensive or dangerous manner, or carrying out illegal activities onsite may be searched.
o Excessive amounts of food, cigarettes and alcohol may be refused entry to the site. Please only bring enough for personal consumption. 
o Large camping gas canisters (more than 2.7kg in gas weight) aren’t permitted anywhere [however small camping gas canisters are permitted in the campsite].
o All items will be confiscated.

In addition to the items, above, the following may not be brought into the arena:

Cans, glass, alcohol, opened plastic bottles, illegal substances, portable laser equipment and pens, unauthorised professional film or video equipment, audio recorders, fireworks and flares.

All the above items will be confiscated.

No glass is permitted anywhere onsite. Only sealed plastic bottles of water under 500ml size will be permitted into the arena.

Festival Republic

Festival Republic aims to do as much as possible to reduce the impact our business and our festivals have on the environment. We strive to use innovative solutions to fundamental areas of impact such as energy, waste and transport. We also delve deeper into specific areas of our events, looking for ways to minimise impact, often including festival audiences in helping make these changes happen.

Apart from the immediate benefit in ‘going green’ we hope Festival Republic’s focus on sustainable practices will impact the industry through our suppliers and contractors. 

Having the audience participate in our green initiatives may also lead to similar actions in their everyday lives. In fact, much of our audience already acts sustainably at home, and expects the same when attending our festivals and events.

Read the Festival Republic Sustainability Policy here.

Office

We choose 100% green energy in offices. Our energy supplier puts energy produced from wind, solar, biomass etc, onto the grid, which we in turn buy from them. This is not a ‘green levy’ where an additional fee is used to pay for community based green energy projects and development.

In stationery purchasing, the ‘green choice’ is always the first alternative to consider when ordering. We use Evolve copy paper as it is uses 100% Post Consumer Recycled Paper content. Not a blend of virgin and recycled, and not from off cuts in the paper manufacturing process. The paper we use has had a previous life in homes and offices. We think that’s the best way to go. 

We have comprehensive recycling in the office; recycling paper, cardboard, cans, glass bottles and various plastics. We also have a cartridge recycling service.

We use a green cleaning company, with no harmful chemicals used in the cleaning of our offices, making for a safe workplace for our staff and the environment. 

Recently Festival Republic moved offices and this gave us an excellent chance to consolidate files and archive. We ‘harvested’ hundreds of lever arch folders which were taken to a scrap store project for redistribution to community groups including pre-schools and child care centres. We also disposed of our electronic equipment safely, with our old monitors and computer equipment making their way into the recycling system.

Waste & Recycling

Each of the areas our festivals and events are held have different recycling and waste facilities. We work with our waste contractor for each show to develop the best solution for each event. This may include active recycling by festival goers (such as at Latitude Festival), incentive based recycling projects (such as our bag of rubbish for a can of beer campaign or 10p deposit/refunds on pint cups at Reading & Leeds Festivals).

We plan to continually improve our waste management aiming to maximise recycling rates and minimise volume of waste to landfill. Additionally options are evolving in the waste management industry, such as new energy from landfill sites opening which we hope to work with in coming years.

Energy

Powering our events has an environmental impact both through using up non-renewable resources, and through CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions. We are working on solutions such as biofuels, microgeneration (solar/wind) and other options such as reducing demand. Keep an eye out for these renewable energy sources onsite this year.

Every occupant of your campervan must be in possession of a valid weekend ticket with camping. This is simply a supplemental ticket sold per vehicle.

If you intend to sleep in your motorcaravan, caravan, trailer tent or even a transit van, you need to pre-purchase a campervan supplement assuring you of a place in the campervan site.

No vehicles are permitted in the standard campsite and you will not be permitted to sleep in the car park.

There is also a Family section within the Campervan/Caravan field. All persons within the vehicle must have already selected FAMILY WEEKEND CAMPING TICKET per person, along with number of under-13s attending.

(PDF)   Click here for Campervan & Caravan Terms and Conditions

If you have purchased your Weekend Tickets with Family Camping from any other outlet and require a Family Campervan permit this can be booked here at a cost of £10.00 per campervan. [Please note all persons within the vehicle must have valid standard tickets.]

myhab is here!

These 2 person myhabs are the exciting new eco-friendly way to stay at festivals. 

YOU BOOK. WE SET UP. YOU USE. WE TAKE DOWN. WE RECYCLE.

The award winning design uses recyclable plastic and reinforced waterproof cardboard to create a sturdy, spacious, comfy, and importantly green alternative to a tent.

Why is it better than a tent?

- We set up and take it down, so all you have to do is turn up and have a good time!
- myhabs are situated within ‘myvillage’, an exclusive area for you and other myhabers.
- The area comes complete with well maintained toilets and showers and on-hand staff
- Built in locker to keep your valuables safe
- Very spacious, comfy double bed
- myhabs are raised off the ground
- You can personalise the myhab by creating your own festival character online

Intrigued? Check out more at:   www.myhab.com

[This accommodation package does not include a weekend camping ticket - one of which must have been previously bought by each occupant of the Myhab]

PLEASE NOTE ALL MYHABS HAVE NOW SOLD OUT

No-one will be allowed onto the campsite without proof that they also have a full weekend arena ticket for the festival. This will be policed across the festival weekend.

You will not be allowed to camp without a camping ticket! A camping ticket lasts for the whole weekend or just one night, it’s the same price. No rogue camping will be tolerated. Check back to this website before the festival for full details about camping, parking, safety and security.

The CATs are new this year and are volunteers based in the festival campsites. CAT volunteers are there to help you get the most out of the festival 24 hours a day. If you're having trouble putting up your tent, need directions, are concerned about a group or an individuals behaviour, need a UV pen to mark your belongings, would like to complain about a build-up of litter, or let us know about facilities which require attention – please contact a CAT volunteer – they'll do their best to help!

You can contact the CAT volunteers – head towards your nearest fire tower or catch them as they patrol around. 

If you're interested in volunteering to be a CAT please visit:

www.hotboxevents.com

Or email info@hotboxevents.com

Car sharing will help save you money by splitting the petrol costs, reducing the amount of congestion on the roads leading into the festival, and getting you onsite quicker. Of course by car sharing you’ll also be kinder to the environment by reducing fossil fuel use and CO2 emissions. If you have to come by car to the festival because the bus or train just won’t work for you, please try and fill up all the seats in your car.

So Double Up & Cut Down …  four people in your car will bring the per person CO2 impact down to less than travelling by train. Join forces with others and fill up all your seats.

Last year we had 290 liftshare matches and we’d like to try and reach 1000 this year.

Below are three schemes you can join. Have a look through them and see which one suits you.

   
 

SAFETY FIRST

Please read this practical safety guide on liftsharing put together by A Greener Festival: www.agreenerfestival.com/Lift_Sharing.pdf 

•           Please note that all arrangements which you make are private arrangements between you and other sharers. The Festival does not arrange lift sharing or have any liability to or for lift sharers.
•           Make sure you know the identity of the person or persons you are sharing with.
•           Having a home telephone number is sensible precaution and make sure you leave details of the lift share, the driver and passenger's number(s) and home address if possible with friends and/or family.
•           Take your mobile phone with you.
•           If you are at all uncomfortable with any arrangements, or the condition of the vehicle being used, then make other plans.
•           If a vehicle is not taxed it is possible the driver has no driving license, no insurance and no MOT.
•           Safety first: trust your instincts and use common sense.

The HATS are also new this year in response to some feedback from you last year that you couldn’t find someone to talk to in the arena. They are based in the arena throughout the hours that the arena is open – head towards your nearest toilet block or catch them as they patrol around. If you have any questions, need any help with something, are concerned about a group or an individuals behaviour, would like to complain about a build up of litter or let us know about any facilities which require attention – please contact a HAT volunteer – they’ll do their best to help.

The following car rental companies are based in the area:

Practical Car & Van Rental (not able to deliver vehicles to site, only available for pick up at their premises)
Northgate, Beccles, Suffolk NR34 9AY
Tel: 01502 717668

Thrifty Car and Van Rental
Lowestoft, NR32 1XA
Tel : 01502 580333

1 car 1 (Norwich Airport) – will deliver or collect from site if car booked for 3 day minimum
Telephone: +44 (0) 113 387 5866 Fax: +44 (0) 113 263 6675

It is advisable to book in advance. Local taxi contacts are included below.

The taxi companies below will be sent maps of taxi rank location onsite and the gates to use to enter and exit the site on the A145.

Taxi pick up and drop off point is via Green Gate 1A on the A145 - you can exit back on the A145 from the site.

From Southwold to Henham Park - The average taxi fare should be around £15.
From Halesworth to Henham Park - The average taxi fare should be around £15.

Southwold Taxis have joined forces with other local cab companies to form a Latitude Festival service with additional cars and people carriers. They have a fleet of 9 vehicles and can be booked on 07737 139853 24 hours.

OTHER LOCAL CAB COMPANIES

Peter Curtis
Pc Travel Beccles
www.pctravelbeccles.co.uk
01502 710071

Ginger - Halesworth Private Hire Phone: 01986 874028

Neil’s Private Hire Phone: 01502 575888

Darsham Cars
Stradbroke House, Darsham Station, Main Road, Darsham, Suffolk IP17 3PL
Tel 01728 668039

Alpha taxi service
78 Field Lane, Kessingland, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 7PY
Phone: 01502 741400

Atlas Taxis
2 Pier Terrace, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0AB
Tel 01502 500000

Wherry Cabs
59 Pinbush Road, South Lowestoft Industrial Estate, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 7NQ
Tel 01502 500200

Alan Morrisons Taxis (mini bus available)
73 Lloyds Avenue, Kessingland, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 7TS
Tel 01502 741741

Squirrels Taxis
23 Rendham Road, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17 1BJ
Tel 01728 602344

Abbey Cars
8 Judith Avenue, Knodishall, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17 1XF
Tel 01728 832014

Peasenhall Cars
1 Rose Villas, Hackney Road, Peasenhall, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17 2HS
Tel 01728 660473

A 2 B Cars
112 Brook Farm Road, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17 1WL
Tel 01728 633003

NO FIRES ARE ALLOWED IN THE ARENA, IN THE CAR PARKS, IN FAMILY CAMPING OR IN THE CAMPERVAN FIELDS.

THE ONLY FIRES ALLOWED ONSITE ARE SMALL CAMPFIRES IN THE CAMPSITES LESS THAN A PACE WIDE AND LESS THAN KNEE HEIGHT THAT ARE NOT CAUSING ANY DANGER OR DAMAGE AND ARE NOT BLOCKING ANY EMERGENCY ACCESS LANES. 

There will also be an organised campfire space in Family Camping.

Candles are plain dangerous and useless in a field, use torches in and around tents. Light fires considerately – away from tents. Only use the wood supplied from the fire wood trader in the Village– never from hedges and trees.

Watch out for flying embers and sparks, as they could start a fire, even from some distance.
Don't burn plastic or any other toxic materials.
Never use petrol or paraffin to start or revive a fire.
If you cook, do it outside. Always change camping gas cylinders outside tents -  even if it is raining.
When changing gas cylinders, ensure gas tap is in the 'off' position, otherwise the gas will ignite when the cylinder is pierced and you could get badly burned, do not smoke when changing gas cylinders.
No fireworks are allowed onsite. Any fireworks that are found will be confiscated.
Security, campsite assistance teams and helpful areas teams look out for fires, accidents and risky situations and are there to help you, so please use them.

Should you discover a fire, raise the alarm, check out people nearby are OK, and tell your nearest member of security, campsite assistance teams about the problem IMMEDIATELY. In the unlikely event that you cannot find a member of staff nearby, then please dial 999. 
They will call the onsite Fire Safety Team.

You may discover a fire in its very early stages and think that you can deal with it yourself. The first thing that you should remember is that fire spreads very quickly. Even a small contained fire can quickly spread, producing smoke and fumes which can kill in seconds. If you are in any doubt do not tackle the fire, no matter how small. You can put yourself at risk by fighting the fire. If in doubt, get out, get the onsite Fire Safety Team out, stay out. Many people put out small fires quite safely. However, some people die or are injured by tackling fires which are beyond their capabilities. Here is a simple fire code to help you decide whether to put out or get out -

o Only tackle a fire in its very early stages
o Always put your own and other peoples safety first
o Make sure you can escape if you need to and never let a fire block your exit
Fire extinguishers are only for fighting a fire in its very early stages.
o Never tackle a fire if it is starting to spread or has spread to other items nearby
o Around 70% of fire deaths are caused by people being overcome by smoke and fumes.

Southwold Taxis have joined forces with other local cab companies to form a Latitude Festival service with additional cars and people carriers. They have a fleet of 9 vehicles and can be booked on 07737 139853 24 hours.

OTHER LOCAL CAB COMPANIES

Peter Curtis
Pc Travel Beccles
www.pctravelbeccles.co.uk
01502 710071

Ginger - Halesworth Private Hire Phone: 01986 874028

Neil’s Private Hire Phone: 01502 575888

Darsham Cars
Stradbroke House, Darsham Station, Main Road, Darsham, Suffolk IP17 3PL
Tel 01728 668039

Alpha taxi service
78 Field Lane, Kessingland, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 7PY
Phone: 01502 741400

Atlas Taxis
2 Pier Terrace, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0AB
Tel 01502 500000

Wherry Cabs
59 Pinbush Road, South Lowestoft Industrial Estate, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 7NQ
Tel 01502 500200

Alan Morrisons Taxis (mini bus available)
73 Lloyds Avenue, Kessingland, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 7TS
Tel 01502 741741

Squirrels Taxis
23 Rendham Road, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17 1BJ
Tel 01728 602344

Abbey Cars
8 Judith Avenue, Knodishall, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17 1XF
Tel 01728 832014

Peasenhall Cars
1 Rose Villas, Hackney Road, Peasenhall, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17 2HS
Tel 01728 660473

A 2 B Cars
112 Brook Farm Road, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17 1WL
Tel 01728 633003

Day ticket holders wishing to travel to site using public transport rather than by lift-sharing or by car are advised to plan their return journey after the main entertainment finishes in advance as there are no train services from Halesworth or Ipswich at that time of night and therefore the shuttle bus will not run at that time. Anglian are running a late night coach to London.  Taxi services have been invited to come to site to pick up at this time however it is advisable to book in advance. Taxi companies will be sent maps of the site and should be told to enter site via Green Gate on the A145 for pick ups for day ticket holders at the onsite taxi rank. 

There is also a day ticket holder campsite onsite for day ticket holders that cannot travel home that night and wish to stay overnight instead and travel home the following morning. Facilities are limited and there is no charge for the use of this campsite. 

We have created a "day ticket holder campsite" for any day ticket holders who are unable to get home after the main entertainment finishes. There will no charge for this campsite this year. Please note that there is limited capacity and no facilities in this campsite other than a water point and toilets. You will be able to pitch a tent when you arrive. You will only be able to stay in the day ticket holders campsite overnight on the night after your day ticket is valid.
At the end of the entertainment, please return via the gate that you entered the arena through (the day ticket holder entrance / exit) and the day ticket holders campsite is at the top of the hill on your right.

On Saturday morning the first shuttle bus to Halesworth is at 8.55am, on Sunday it is at 10am and on Monday it is at 6.50am.

The shuttle bus station is near Green Gate 2 next to The Old Stables (large red brick building with clock tower) quite near to the Day Ticket Holders campsite. Please ask a member of staff to direct you.

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There is a coach service to London leaving site at 23.30 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.

Please see local bus services

If you are planning to catch the last train back on Sunday evening from Halesworth please note that Anglian Coach will not transport more people to Halesworth than the train can accommodate and therefore if the Halesworth huttle is at capacity, additional continigency shuttle buses will run to Ipswich.

The nearest petrol station to Henham Park is on the A12 to the north of the festival site in the direction of Lowestoft. There is a further petrol station 7 miles south on the A12 at Darsham Tel 01728 668228

Please note that neither of these petrol stations are open 24 hours. The nearest 24 hour petrol station is the BP on Norwich Road in Beccles which is about 12 miles away.

The AA and RAC have been alerted to the festival and are aware of the location and routes into the car parks.

The following garages are located within 15 miles of site:

Emerald Trading
Ellough Industrial Estate,
Ellough,
Beccles,
Suffolk NR34 7TD
Tel: 01502 710123

Binks of Beccles
Gosford Rd,
Beccles,
Suffolk NR34 9QP
Tel: 01502 717121

Premiere Garage
Unit 3,
Gosford Rd,
Beccles,
Suffolk NR34 9QP
Tel: 01502 711684

Riding your bike to the festival will obviously put out the least amount of CO2 emissions, but that’s not practical for everyone. If you’re looking for motorised transport, travelling by coach to the festival is by far the lowest impact way to travel if you are looking to reduce your carbon footprint in association with attending the festival. Train is the next best option in terms of CO2 emissions.

If you travel alone to the festival by car, you are emitting approximately TEN TIMES the amount of CO2 than if you travelled to the festival by bus and three and a half times as much as if you travelled by train

Coming to the festival by coach or train will not only reduce total CO2 emissions, it will also help to reduce congestion in the carparks and on the surrounding roads.

If you have to come by car because the bus and train just won’t work for you, please try and fill up all the seats in your car. As an example, if you are driving an average sized petrol car, having four people in it will bring your impact down to just a bit more than travelling to the festival by train, and just under twice as impactful as travelling by coach. So it really does make a difference if fill up all the seats.

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Figures for these calculations were taken From DEFRA July 2007 Report: Passenger Transport Emissions Factors. http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/business/envrp/pdf/passenger-transport.pdf 

Car Travel (average sized petrol car)
- 335 gram C02 per mile (1 passenger)
- 167.5 grams CO2 per passenger mile (2 passengers)
- 83.75 grams CO2 per passenger mile (4 passengers)

Train Travel (National Rail diesel trains – average passenger numbers per annum)
- 96.32 grams per passenger mile

Coach Travel (Annual average figures of coach types and carriageways)
- 32.88 grams CO2 per passenger mile

Gain free entrance to this summer's Latitude Festival by joining our Campsite Assistant Teams (CATs).

Typical duties of a volunteer include:
• Assisting festival goes with directions
• Helping festival goers carry their belongings and pitch their tents
• Reporting back on any problems – such as litter and facilities

In return for their efforts all volunteers are provided with:
• A Crew Pass
• A CAT Pack
• A CAT Uniform
• A Secure Camping area
• Access to the Crew Café, Bar, Toilets, and Hot Showers!

All volunteers are welcome to enjoy the festival when they are off-shift.

To apply volunteers need to:
• Be 18 or over.
• Be available to arrive at the Festival site by 9am on Thursday 17th July 2008 – you are welcome to arrive from midday on Wednesday 16th. Please note that the shifts are allocated on a first come first served basis.
• Be available for a briefing at either 10pm on Wednesday 16th or 11am on Thursday 17th
• Be available to work 3 x 8 hour shifts at any time between 1pm Thursday 17th July and 2pm Monday 21st July
• Wear a CAT uniform when on-shift.
• Report in every two hours to your area supervisor, or immediately in the case of any problems.
• Supply photographic ID on arrival.
• Provide a refundable deposit of £185

The festival volunteers play a big part in creating a good atmosphere and helping all to get the most out of their festival. By being there helping people you will help us achieve this!

For more information please visit www.hotboxevents.com

Or you can email info@hotboxevents.com

 Click here for Site Map in PDF Format

PLEASE NOTE: Purple campsites are now renamed Family campsite.

Go here for the full information pack

Click below to print the Latitude Route



Please do not use your sat nav system to get directions to the festival as there are specific routings into site depending on which direction you are approaching from. Instead please follow our directions below and the temporary festival road signage that we put in place – thank you.

To read the Disabled Access Festival Guide 2008 (PDF) click here

To download the application form (PDF)  click here

When booking tickets for you and children under the age of 13 (i.e. 12 and under), you must select WEEKEND TICKET (FAMILY CAMPING),  then choose the number of adults attending (£130 each) AND the number of children under 13 attending (free). This ensures you will be sent both your Adult Family Camping tickets and Free Children's tickets when they are posted out. 

Although the Childs ticket is free you must book their places when purchasing your Adult ticket.

If you are planning to bring a Campervan please ensure that once you have chosen your tickets you then book your Campervan pass for the correct area (Family or General).

< Please see the Accommodation section for more information on Family Camping.

No unaccompanied under 16s. Under 16s must be accompanied by someone who is over 18.

To read the Disabled Access Festival Guide 2008 (PDF)  click here
To download the application form (PDF)  click here

If you wish to use disabled facilities, we ask you to contact us in advance. We cannot process applications at the event. The scheme and disabled facilities are not open to those with temporary injuries such as broken legs, pregnant customers and so on.

Via our 2-for-1 scheme, we provide many disabled ticket holders with a free ticket for an accompanying friend or PA. For all events: 

• Purchase your own ticket as normal
• Fill in the application form and attach a copy of a recent DLA letter
• Send them by post to the address shown below, to reach us by the closing date

Please post applications to:
Disabled Ticket Enquiry
Festival Republic Festival Office
35 Bow Street, Covent Garden
London WC2E 7AU

There are a variety of food stalls throughout the site. There will be additional food stalls in the campsites this year and the “Little Latitude Tuck Shop” in family camping. Many of the food stalls and the supermarket will be open 24 hours. The Little Latitude tuck shop will be open from 6am until 9.30pm.

At Latitude Festival this year we'll have a wide range of food vendors.

Most of the traders will be selling organic/fair trade produce (approximately 90% offer fair trade tea, coffee, hot chocolate):

- Goodness Gracious - offer an organic veggie burger and salad
- La Vache - offer organic (hand made locally where possible) farmed burgers
- Pukka - offer locally sourced vegetables and milk
- Smoothie Criminals - Fair trade fruit where possible
- Cornelius Cobb - Fair trade butter and cream, with home grown chives and hopefully if the weather has been good British corn!
- Funky Foods - will be selling jacket potatoes.
- Veggie Kitchen - Organic Veg and offers mixed salad and a bean salad
- Supreme Sausage - Supports British Farmers, British Free Range handmade sausages

 Click here for Site Map in PDF Format

PLEASE NOTE: Purple campsites are now renamed Family campsite.

Compost It at Latitude

When you buy food from the traders at Latitude Festival, everything your food comes in is biodegradable. You will notice many traders have plates, bowls and trays as pictured left. These are BioPak products made from waste material from the sugarcane industry. If it wasn’t used to make plates, this waste product would otherwise be land-filled or incinerated. 

Using plastic or polystyrene packaging is not sustainable – they’re not only oil based but polystyrene can’t be efficiently recycled, and plastic containers that aren’t washed out can’t be recycled either. So we’re going with sustainable packaging that’s also compostable. Our composting makes its way just up the road to Parham, where a fantastic in-vessel composting plant is waiting to take your leftovers. Please make sure NO PLASTIC goes into the compost bins as otherwise the whole load may be rejected.

Bins will be separated into three – 
Recycling for plastic bottles and aluminium cans, 
Compost for all food scraps, food plates, bowls, coffee cups, pizza trays, cutlery, paper napkins. 
Everything else goes into the Landfill bin.

Travel to the festival by everyone attending it is biggest contributor to CO2 emissions for the festival. We have put some excellent public transport options to get you to the festival without any fuss and with the minimum environmental impact as possible.

By Bike: Riding your bike to the festival will obviously put out the least amount of CO2 emissions. We have bike racks available onsite. See the Travel page for more details.

By Vehicle: If you want to come by vehicle, travelling by coach to the festival is by far the lowest impact way if you’re looking to reduce your carbon footprint. Train is the next best option in terms of CO2 emissions.

Emissions: If you travel alone to the festival by car, you are emitting approximately TEN TIMES the amount of CO2 than if you travelled to the festival by bus and three and a half times as much as if you travelled by train.

Congestion: Coming to the festival by coach or train will not only reduce total CO2 emissions, it will also help to reduce congestion in the carparks and on the surrounding roads.

Coach Is Best: Coaches are the greenest form of motor transport with each journey generating less than 10% of CO2 of those who travel by car. Not to mention a solution for congestion. For each coach full of people, it’s estimated that this is equivalent to 25 cars off the road.  So relax, let somebody else do the driving and do your bit for the environment.

Car Share: If you have to come by car because the bus and train just won’t work for you, please try and fill up all the seats in your car. As an example, if you’re driving an average sized petrol car, having four people in it will bring your impact down to just a bit more than travelling to the festival by train, and just under twice as impactful as travelling by coach. So it really does make a difference if fill up all the seats.

  

Please visit the Travel Page on the left hand menu to find all the info you need on how to get to the festival by public transport.

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Figures for these calculations were taken From DEFRA July 2007 Report: Passenger Transport Emissions Factors. http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/business/envrp/pdf/passenger-transport.pdf

Car Travel (average sized petrol car)
- 335 gram C02 per mile (1 passenger)
- 167.5 grams CO2 per passenger mile (2 passengers)
- 83.75 grams CO2 per passenger mile (4 passengers)

Train Travel (National Rail diesel trains – average passenger numbers per annum)
- 96.32 grams per passenger mile

Coach Travel (Annual average figures of coach types and carriageways)
- 32.88 grams CO2 per passenger mile

 Click here for Site Map in PDF Format

PLEASE NOTE: Purple campsites are now renamed Family campsite.

Travelling by public transport can save you time and money, is stress free and sociable and is by far the greenest option. Please consider leaving your car at home.



Travelling by coach to the festival is by far the lowest impact way to travel if you are looking to reduce your carbon footprint in association with attending the festival. Train is the next best option in terms of CO2 emissions. If you travel alone to the festival by car, you are emitting approximately ten times the amount of CO2 than if you travelled to the festival by bus and three and a half times as much as if you travelled by train. Coming to the festival by coach or train will not only reduce total CO2 emissions, it will also help to reduce congestion in the carparks and on the surrounding roads. 

We have joined up with Anglian Bus and National Express to offer you a variety of convenient and good value public transport options. Please note that National Express East Anglia now run the trains into Halesworth and Ipswich formerly run by One Railway.

If you have spare seats, then please consider lift sharing. 

Please read this practical safety guide on liftsharing put together by A Greener Festival: http://www.agreenerfestival.com/Lift_Sharing.pdf

 
Click here for Lift Share website          Click here for PickupPal website



Click here for freewheelers website

The campsites will be divided into coloured zones (Yellow, Red, Green and Family) and each zone will have its own facilities including toilets, water points and fire towers.

Zone Managers will be working 24 hours in each zone and will be based near the Fire Tower. There are also teams of security and Campsite Assistance Teams (CATs) in each zone who are there to help you, so please use them. Inside the arena, Helpful Arena Teams  (HATs) will also be around, so ask them if you need to!

As you enter the campsites, if you would prefer to camp in less crowded areas, the gate stewards can advise you where to go. If a campsite zone is full, they will direct you to an alternative campsite. There is plenty of space in the campsites for the capacity attending and so you should be able to find a space which is comfortable for you. Try to note where you camp in relation to a numbered sign or other fixed point or mark your camp with a flag so that you can find your way back to your tent. Say hello to your neighbours to build a community feeling and provide greater security. Look out for each other. 

You cannot drive into the campsites at any time due to fire regulations but there will be some wheelbarrows available to help you transport your belongings from the car parks to the campsites. Look out for the wheelbarrow sheds in the car parks.

You can also ask the CATs inside the campsites if you need help with something.

Facilities such as showers, food traders cash points, the supermarket, left luggage, lockers, welfare tent and first aid are available in the Village next to the Yellow Campsite.

THERE IS A STRICT CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS. WE ARE UNABLE TO PROCESS LATE APPLICATIONS OR APPLICATIONS MADE ON SITE.
FRIDAY 20th JUNE 2008

• If you are not offered a free ticket for a PA, and the event has sold out by the time we inform you, we will make one ticket available to buy
• Disabled customer tickets are the same as everyone else’s, and there is no separate allocation of tickets or ticket booking arrangements for disabled customers. Please be aware some events sell out quickly.
• We don’t send out free tickets in advance: they are issued in person at the event.
• If you don’t wish to apply for a free ticket, but would like access to the disabled facilities, please fill in the application form stating your reasons, and we will try to assist you.
• All applications are at the discretion of Festival Republic and we reserve the right to alter or withdraw arrangements
• Applications are not first come first served. We send all confirmation letters 3 to 4 weeks before the event, with maps & car passes – please be patient and wait to hear from us!

Once we have all your details, we will acknowledge your application. At least 5 weeks before the event we will write to advise you either:
• We can offer you one free ticket for an assistant and use of the disabled facilities
• We cannot offer you a free ticket but can offer use of the disabled facilities
• We cannot offer a free ticket or access to the facilities

FURTHER ENQUIRIES PRIOR TO THE EVENT:
The best place for regularly updated information is at www.festivalrepublic.com
Click FAQs at the bottom of the home page for venue/festival info.
National and Regional music press and the internet provide a wealth of information.

Unfortunately we are unable to accept telephone enquiries, but you can call 020 7009 3000, leave your details and we will call you back. Events sell out quickly, so you may wish to buy your ticket immediately. We can arrange a refund if you change your mind about attending after hearing back from us.

PLEASE NOTE:
The scheme and disabled facilities are not open to those with temporary injuries such as broken legs, pregnant customers and so on. There are medical and welfare facilities on site which are open to all customers, but use of the disabled facilities and campsite are strictly regulated.


IMPORTANT!
Our offices close completely for up to one week prior to the start of each event, as staff relocate to site, so we cannot respond to phone enquiries/emails at this time.

National Rail Enquiries: 08457 484950
London Underground, DLR and London Buses: 0207 222 1234 (24hrs)
National Express Coach Service: 08705 808080

Shuttle buses run from Ipswich and Halesworth Stations. We recommend that you travel via Ipswich as Halesworth has very limited capacity. Shuttle buses will meet all trains at Halesworth and will run from Ipswich all afternoon Thursday until 7pm and all day Friday until 7pm. Shuttle buses will return to Halesworth throughout the weekend and to Halesworht and Ipswich on Monday morning. For full timetables please visit www.latitudefestival.co.uk

Shuttle bus tickets can be prebooked via www.LatitudeBuses.co.uk. The shuttle buses will bring you into site at Green Gate 2. Please ask a steward at the bus station to direct you to the Guest List box office. There is around a 15 minute walk to the Guest List box office, Guest camping and Guest Area from the bus station. Go the perimeter of the campsite and turn left and follow the fence line.

National Express are running coach services to and from London to the Latitude Festival site.

Campsite
Opens: 2pm Thursday 17th July
Closes: 12pm Monday 21st July

Arena
Thursday - approx 5pm
Friday - approx 10am
Saturday - approx 10am
Sunday - approx 10am

INFORMATION LINE 020 7009 3001

Compost It at Latitude 

FOOD SCRAPS, PLATES, BOWLS, COFFEE CUPS, CLEAR CUPS, CUTLERY, NAPKINS, PIZZA BOXES, CHIP CARTONS

When you buy food from the traders at Latitude Festival, everything your food comes in is biodegradable. You will notice many traders have plates, bowls and trays as pictured left. These are BioPak products made from waste material from the sugarcane industry. If it wasn’t used to make plates, this waste product would otherwise be land-filled or incinerated.

Using plastic or polystyrene packaging is not sustainable – they’re not only oil based but polystyrene can’t be efficiently recycled, and plastic containers that aren’t washed out can’t be recycled either. So we’re going with sustainable packaging that’s also compostable. Our composting makes its way just up the road to Parham, where a fantastic in-vessel composting plant is waiting to take your leftovers. Please make sure NO PLASTIC goes into the compost bins as otherwise the whole load may be rejected.

Recycle It.
PLASTIC BOTTLES, ALUMINIUM CANS, NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, CARDBOARD.

Landfill It.
CRISP PACKETS, COFFEE CUP LIDS, STRAWS, PLASTIC SHOPPING BAGS







Overall Waste Strategies.

Our goal is to minimise the amount of waste going to landfill and to maximize recycling and composting. We do this by:

• Separating recyclables and compostables from general waste which will go to landfill.
• Composting biodegradables. All food packaging, including plates, bowls, cups, containers and cutlery are biodegradable.
• Staffed Litter Points are in the campgrounds to help festival goers with recycling and composting separation.
• Wandering staff onsite pick up recyclable waste.
• Camper’s Waste Kits will be supplied so you can separate your waste at your tent during the festival and then bring it to the campsite Litter Points.
• Green Messengers will be at the bins in the arena to assist in waste separation.
• Resource recovery to salvage reusable items, both in the campgrounds and back of house in the production areas.
• A waste audit will be carried out to measure volumes recycled, composted and going to landfill.

Charity number: 202918

Oxfam Festival Stewarding: you will be able to apply to steward with Oxfam at a number of music festivals during the Summer from 31st March 2008 and this year all applications will be taken on-line.

To steward you must be 18 or over and willing to work 3 x 8 hour shifts. In return, we will provide you with full training, a separate camping area with toilets and showers, a meal ticket per shift, chance to make new friends and the opportunity to help raise £900,000 for Oxfam.

To apply go to www.oxfam.org.uk/stewards, or call 0870 010 8553

The CATs are new this year and are volunteers based in the festival campsites. CAT volunteers are there to help you get the most out of the festival 24 hours a day. If you're having trouble putting up your tent, need directions, are concerned about a group or an individuals behaviour, need a UV pen to mark your belongings, would like to complain about a build-up of litter, or let us know about facilities which require attention – please contact a CAT volunteer – they'll do their best to help!

You can contact the CAT volunteers – head towards your nearest fire tower or catch them as they patrol around. 

If you're interested in volunteering to be a CAT please visit:

www.DCSiteServices.com/CATs/

Or email CATs@DCSiteServices.com

When you arrive onsite, you will be given your Camper’s Waste Kit. These kits consist of;

- Clear Plastic Bag - for recycling.

Put plastic bottles, aluminium cans, food tins, general plastic containers, newspapers, magazines, flyers & brochures, cardboard and beer cases.

- Ecover Biodegradable Bag – for compostables.

Put your food scraps and leftovers, takeaway food packaging, coffee cups, and those lovely plastic looking juice cups which are made from PLA (corn starch).

- Black Bin Bag - for general rubbish.

In this go crisp packets, scrappy bits of plastic, straws, coffee cup lids and all other rubbish. Try and minimise this as everything in this bag goes to landfill.

When you’ve filled up your bags, bring them to the Recycling Points in the campgrounds and hand them in. You’ll be met there by the lovely folk from Bright Green. Bright Green are an environmental social enterprise and not-for-profit organisation. Bright Green works with communities, businesses and in partnership with other organisations to raise awareness of environmental issues, provide training and education programmes and research & develop projects. www.brightgreen.org.uk

THE “ONE DEGREE EAST” SUPERMARKET WILL OPERATE 24 hours opening at 2pm on Thursday 17th July and closing at 12pm on Monday 21st July. The supermarket will also operate an express till selling the most popular items from 8am to 8pm Friday to Sunday.

Credit and debit cards can be accepted at the supermarket and a cash back facility will be available.

STOCK LISTING (more may be added – and will be updated here)
FRESH BREAD – Sliced and Uncut Loaves, Rolls, Baguettes, Bagels, Croissants .Baked Locally, Delivered Daily. Organic Available.
BREAKFAST AND MORNING GOODS – Cereals, Cereal Bars, Smoothies, Fruit Juices etc inc Organic and Fairtrade Produce.
DAIRY PRODUCTS – Milk, Cream, Butter and Spreads, Free Range Eggs, Yoghurts and Local Produced Cheeses – organic variants offered.
FRESH FRUIT & VEGETABLES – Local Produce, Delivered Daily.
NEWSPAPERS/MAGAZINES – available from 0600 each morning. Daily newspaper reservation system will operate. Puzzle Books And Children’s Magazines Stocked.
CAKES AND BAKERY CONFECTIONARY – Baked Locally.
TOILETRIES, FIRST AID & PHARMACY, HEALTH/HYGIENE AND CLEANING PRODUCTS – Sun Block, After Sun, Toothpaste & Brushes, Soap, Shampoo, Plasters, Ibuprofen etc, Insect Repellent, Gaviscon, Beechams Products, Children’s Medicines, Hayfever and Allergy Relief, Condoms, Cough and Cold Medicines, Rennies. Toilet and Kitchen Roll, Wipes, Male & Female Deodorants, Razors, Bin Liners, Bleach, Tissues, Washing-Up-Liquid
FOR BABY  – Organic Baby Food and Milk, Nappies, Baby Oil, Talc Powder, Baby Wipes, Cotton Wool.
CHILLED DRINKS – Water, Red Bull, Milk Drinks, Flavoured Drinks, Kids Drinks, Coke etc, regular and ‘diet’ variants. 250ml – 2 litre. Large ‘Fairtrade’ and Organic offering.
‘FILL-YOUR-OWN’ DRINKS – Tea, Coffee, Soup and Hot Chocolate.
SELF-SERVE DELI’ – Pre-Packaged Meats, Olives, Dried Fruits, Pasta Salads, Coleslaw and Dips, Rice Salads, other prepared Salads, Bacon, Sausage, Pre-Cooked Chicken, Sliced Meats, Quorn Products, Vegetarian and Vegan Products, Pasties and Pies (in bio-degradable packaging),Pates and Spreads. Organic Quiches.
‘BBQ READY’ PRODUCTS – Burgers, Steaks, Chicken, Kebabs, Seasoned/Marinated.
GROCERY – Pasta, Biscuits, Tea, Coffee, Drinking Chocolate, Sugar, Sauces, Pickles and Relishes, Cooking Oils, Salt, Herbs & Spices, Soups, Tinned, Jarred and packaged Meat and Fish branded goods – organic and ‘Fairtrade’ variants available.
ALCOHOL – Bitters, Aspall Cider, Carlsberg Lagers, Wines and Spirits (inc. Organic)
CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO – Marlboro Product Cigarettes and Cigars.
BRANDED CONFECTIONARY – For Big and Little Kids.
PIES, PASTIES – Meat and Vegetarian variants. Eat cold or heat up in our Microwaves.
SNACKS – Pot Noodles (hot water urns available for customer use), crisps, nuts etc.
READY MEALS – Use our Microwaves to heat up your meal.
SANDWICHES – Meat and Vegetarian. All supplied in bio-degradable packaging.
NON-FOOD AND CAMPING ACCESSORIES – Batteries, Torches, Candles, Tin Openers, Corkscrews, Firelighters, Disposable BBQs, Playing Cards, Ball Game Packs, Pens & Pencils.
CARD PAYMENT, CASHBACK AND E-TOP UP – Cash or Credit/Debit Cards Accepted. Cashback available (max of £50.00 per transaction). E-top up electronic mobile phone facility.

Bars, Cash Points, First Aid and Paramedics, Food and Non Food stalls, Information Tent*, Left Luggage*, Lockers including phone recharging facilities*, Merchandise, Showers*, Welfare Tent,  Firewood stall*

*not available to day ticket holders.

Train services into the nearest station, Halesworth, are limited in capacity and  frequency and festival goers travelling to site on the Thursday afternoon or Friday during the day or back home Monday morning, are advised to travel via Ipswich instead to pick up one of the shuttle buses that we are running from Ipswich.

For further information on rail services or to book tickets call 08456 007245 (National Express East Anglia) or 08457 484950 (National Rail Enquiries) or visit www.nationalexpresseastanglia.com 

National Express East Anglia have agreed to honour train tickets to and from Halesworth on Ipswich trains if Halesworth trains are too busy. 

National Express East Anglia have organised 2 special trains that will travel non stop from Halesworth to Ipswich where they will connect with London services leaving Halesworth at 10.05 and 12.45 on the Monday.

 

                                      Thursday 17/07 Friday 18/07 Saturday 19/07 Sunday 20/07
                                          First     Last      First    Last        First   Last     First   Last
Halesworth>Lowestoft   07:43  23:11    07:43  23:11     07:46 23:11   10:46 22:46
Halesworth>London       06:03   21:30    06:03  21:30    06:30 21:30    08:37 20:37
Ipswich > London           05:23   22:42    05:23  22:42     05:42  22:42  07:42 22:42 
London >Halesworth      07:38   21:00    07:38  21:00     07:38 21:00   08:30 20:30
London > Ipswich            06:00  23:30    06:00   23:30     05:30 23:30  08:02 23:30

Family Camping is only open to those that have 16 or unders present.
Children aged 13, 14, 15 or 16 who want to camp in Family Camping will need Full weekend Family camping tickets [£130]. 
Those with their families that do not wish to stay in the Family Campsite, you will only need the Standard Weekend Camping Ticket.

If booking tickets for you and children under the age of 13 (age 12 and under), you must select WEEKEND TICKET (FAMILY CAMPING),  then choose the number of adults attending (£130 each) AND the number of children under 13 attending (free).
This ensures you will be sent both your Adult Family Camping tickets and Free Children's tickets when they are posted out. Although the Childs ticket is free you must book their places when purchasing your Adult ticket.

If you are planning to bring a Campervan please ensure that once you have chosen your tickets you then book your Campervan pass for the correct area (Family or General).

Click here to buy Campervan/Caravan permits

Click here for Campervan & Caravan Terms and Conditions (PDF)

  
Family camping will be in Family Camps A and B and Family Campervan zones. There will be a Zone Manager specifically for the Family Campsite.

Family camping will have its own toilets and water point as well as the Little Latitude Tuck Shop selling essential items for you as well as a food trader.

Early morning activities will be provided for children to keep them entertained before the main entertainment starts in the arena. Breakfast foods will be available inside the family campsite. You are also of course able to visit the Village for further options.

Family camping doesn't have its own car park but there will be wheelbarrows available to use to transport your things from the car to the campsite. You can get to family camping from entering via either red or green campsite entrances. Ask the CATs to direct you. You cannot drive any vehicle, into family camping due to fire restrictions.

Family Camping has its own arena entrance ensuring that the walk from the campsite to the arena is as short as we can make it for you. Please note though, that this route will not take you past the Village where facilities such as showers, cash points, the supermarket, left luggage, lockers, welfare tent, and the hospital are located. To reach the Village from Family camping, there is a short walk (around 10 minutes) along the fire lane through Yellow Camp C. Please ask the CATs to direct you if you need any help finding it.

Although the permanent Hospital is in the village, there are mobile first aid patrols who can come to you should you need help in family camping. If you need any assistance, don’t hesitate to ask any member of staff and they will contact the medics.

In general, no fires including small campfires are allowed in Family Camping. There will be one small area within Family Camping where you will be allowed a small campfire.

This year we have teamed up with Lockerhouse to make sure you can keep your belongings safe at Latitude Festival. You get to keep a souvenir branded padlock after the event too! Book now, and be sure to keep your stuff safe all weekend. The lockers also have mobile phone charging facilities, which require you to bring a 12v Car adapters/charger. They are available in the Village 24 hours.

IMPORTANT! - PLEASE NOTE: the locker sizes are 25cm wide x 15.5cm deep x 10cm high - so they are the right size for small valuables (mobiles, wallets, cameras). The Locker is used at Hirers own Risk

Lockers are only available to Weekend Camping ticket holders.

Buy here

Families wishing to bring their campervans into the family campervan area will need to have registered their children and their desire to camp in the family campsite by buying a family campervan ticket priced at £10 which will need to displayed in your vehicle window so that we can direct you to the right place onsite once you arrive 

Click here to buy a family campervan ticket 

No fires including small campfires are allowed in the Family Campervan Field

 

Click here for Campervan & Caravan Terms and Conditions (PDF)

Shuttle buses run by Anglian Bus will leave regularly from both Ipswich and Halesworth train stations and will travel straight through the gates into site to the festival bus station. Please note that the capacity of trains into Halesworth is limited and if you are travelling on Thursday, Friday or Monday you are advised instead to travel by train via Ipswich and pick up the shuttle bus from Ipswich to the festival site and vice versa.

Using public transport and the shuttle bus is the best way to arrive at Latitude Festival. The shuttle buses run regularly, the operation should be smooth and hassle free and there will be enough shuttle buses to meet the demand.

The shuttle buses will pick you up and drop you off right outside Halesworth and Ipswich railway stations and it is likely that you will not have to queue as long to get on a shuttle bus as you would in a car to get to or leave the car park at peak times. Plus you can make friends on the way, enjoy a drink and feel good about your reduced impact on the environment. The fares for this year's shuttle bus service are being held at the same price as last year to encourage you to use it.

The bus station onsite is via Green Gate 2 on the A145 and is next to the Old Stables. When you arrive at the bus station, follow the signage to the weekend campsite entrance or day ticket holder entrance.

The Old Stables is a large red brick building with a clock tower.

Please note that National Express East Anglia have asked us to discourage festival goers to bring their bikes onto the trains as space is limited.

SHUTTLE BUS 603 – Halesworth Station – Latitude – Halesworth Station

Journey time is around 15 minutes and the bus ticket price is £2 one way. From the station platform, follow the signage to the shuttle bus stop. Buy tickets on the bus.

Please note the service runs in both directions.

All of the above buses return from site to Halesworth throughout the weekend so the timetable summary is relevant in reverse travelling back from site to Halesworth.

Thurs 17th July – departs Halesworth after meeting every train from 13.45 until 23.15
Fri 18th July – departs Halesworth after meeting every train from 10.05 until 23.15
Sat 19th July – departs Halesworth after meeting every train from 09.20 until 21.55
Sun 20th July – departs Halesworth after meeting every train from 09.50 until 20.55
Mon 21st July – departs Latitude site regularly from 0700 until 1300

SHUTTLE BUSES – Ipswich Station /Latitude/Ipswich Station

Anglian Bus will be running a shuttle bus service to and from Ipswich Rail Station to the festival site. A shuttle bus service will run every 15 minutes at peak times and the bus ticket price is £5 per person one way (in advance. £6 on day) for a one hour journey to site. Please note the service is both directions when running but there is no service on Saturday and Sunday.

From the station platform, follow the signage to the shuttle bus stop. Buy tickets in advance for priority queuing www.latitudebuses.co.uk

Thursday 17th July – depart Ipswich approximately every 15 minutes from 13.00 until 19.00
Fri 18th July – depart Ipswich approximately every 15 minutes from 08.00 until 19.00
Saturday  19th July – NO SERVICE, TRAVEL VIA HALESWORTH
Sunday 20th July – NO SERVICE, TRAVEL VIA HALESWORTH
Mon 21st July – Depart Latitude approx. every 15mins from 0700 until 1300.

Tickets can be bought on the day, but we would encourage advance purchase to speed up loading times and give pre paid ticket holders priority boarding. You can purchase tickets or online at www.LatitudeBuses.co.uk or telephone 01502 711109 for more information.

Local Bus Services

Anglian Bus are running a special bus from Southwold to the Latitude Festival bus station via Wangford, Reydon and Blythburgh in the morning and early afternoon returning between 23.10 and 23.50 each night:
602 Southwold - Latitude Festival


You can also connect to the Latitude Festival shuttle buses by local bus services:

601 Halesworth - Southwold - Lowestoft
Lowestoft/Pakefield/Kessingland/Wrentham/Wangford to Southwold, then catch Southwold Shuttle bus (through tickets available)

588 Halesworth - Bungay - Poringland - Norwich
Norwich to Halesworth, then catch Halesworth Shuttle bus (through tickets available)

Reusable Beer Cups

In 2007 Latitude Festival and Workers Beer Company introduced a highly successful and innovative way of drastically reducing our waste by having reusable beer cups. In 2008 they’ll be back again. You’ll need to pay a £2 deposit, which you’ll get back when you return your cup to the bar. The cups will be washed and reused, and have a life of up to 100 washes. If you want to keep your cup as a souvenir, that’s not a problem! At the end of the festival we’ll have return points to put your cup in if you’d like to donate the £2 to charity.

Limiting the amount of STUFF you kit yourself out with the come the festival really help reduce the overall environmental impact of the festival...especially if you are going to throw out your STUFF after the event.

Before you buy anything for the festival (or even in everyday life), please take the time to watch this 20min film The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard.

www.storyofstuff.com

'From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20 minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns.' 

Booking Fees apply to all standard tickets. There are no Booking Fees on child tickets. Tickets can be purchased face value for cash at selected outlets. Please see agents list for details.

There is a charge of £10 to bring your campervan to Latitude Festival.

Click here to buy a campervan ticket.
No fires including small campfires are allowed in the Campervan Field

 Click here for Campervan & Caravan Terms and Conditions (PDF)

The Information Tent is open until 1am each day and is located in the Village Area inside the same tent as Left Luggage. The Information Tent handles a large variety of queries from festival goers, runs a message board and feedback book and has details of all local transport services etc. The latest information on the running order is also available at the Information Tent.

Information is also available from your Zone Manager in your campsite (based by the Fire Towers) or from Campsite Assistance Teams (CATs) or Helpful Arena Teams (HATs). There are also large information boards around the site which will include a site map, and any details on running order changes.

Anyone wanting to bring their private coach to the Festival email the following details to coaches@latitudefestival.co.uk  :

- Name and Address
- Vehicle Registration
- Number of people attending.

Please note all persons must have valid standard tickets.

It is free to bring a coach to Latitude Festival. You will be sent routing and gate information directly via email.

DEADLINE FOR EMAIL APPLICATIONS: June 1st 2008

Beware of unauthorised ticket agencies including eBay, buying from them can be a lot of trouble - You are likely to pay over the odds for a ticket that will have never existed or might never materialise.

Info on Authorised agents
Info on UNauthorised agents
Info on Ticket Touting

Most notable of these unauthorised sites are:
SOS Ticketmaster (not to be confused withTicketmaster who are the real agent)
readingfestivaltickets.co.uk
leedsfestival.net
Westminster Events, Get Me Tickets , Splendid Tickets, Herts Box Office
Click For Tickets, London Ticket Shop, anyworldwideevent.com
ticketssoldout.co.uk, TicketSolutions, Tickettout.com, TicketUK.com
Double 8 Tickets, London Ticket Shop, Ebay,Gumtree, Viagogo, Seatwave, Stubhub,BritishConcerts.com, GetMeTickets,Tickettout.com, No1soldoutevents.com ,Westminster Events, Splendid Tickets, Sold Out Events, Any Worldwide Events, Tickets Sold Out, Tickets UK, Ticket Solutions, Click for Tickets , Herts Box Office, XclusiveTicket.com, Summer Festival Tickets.com, Corporate Box Office, Ticket 4-you, Euro team,Everysell.com, Anyticket.com, Getmein.com,showtime, Tickco.com, London Ticket Express, paperticket.co.uk, bookmetickets.com, euroteam.net, swickets.com, euroticketfinder.co.uk

Additional Unauthorised Sites:
Anyone advertised on Readingfestival.org - this is not an authorised site.

More tout info from Office of Fair Trading - please read

                               ~ . ~

We are currently looking into companies selling 'touted' tickets and we are doing what we can to stop fraudulent activity.

FURTHER INFORMATION & CONTACTS: 
If you feel a victim of these companies we suggest a number of actions:

1.Call the police; if your money has been taken and no product delivered, this is theft.
2.Report the company to the Trading Standards
3.Contact the BBC's watchdog programme
4.Contact the websites' Internet Service Providers as they have obligations to 
ensure they are not publishing fraudulent and illegal activity.

HELPFUL LINKS:
Trading Standards website customer accounts of GetMeTickets 
Easynets Acceptable use policy, Service provider of GetMeTickets 
BBC Watchdog 
Get Safe Online

Full Festival Republic PDF information on Unauthorised Ticket Agents

All market traders adhere to strict packaging, recycling and composting protocols for the festival. These include:

• All food stalls must use fully compostable food packaging.
• Composting and recyclable waste generated by stalls is placed in appropriate bins
• Plastic bags discouraged.
• Cardboard collection service.
• We encourage stall holders to use of chemical free cleaning products.
• We encourage stall holders to use fair trade and organic products.

Who are Trees For Cities?
Trees for Cities is an independent charity working to improve the environment in urban areas by involving local people in community tree planting, training and landscaping projects.

They manage projects across London, in Brighton, Bristol, Leeds, Manchester and Reading as well as internationally in Addis Ababa, Nairobi and Ica, Peru. All of their community greening projects are supported by extensive community consultation and involvement programmes that incorporate local residents, schools and community groups. 

As well as educating local people about our projects, in London they also run a series of horticulture, arboriculture and woodland management courses specialising in developing and up-skilling the long-term unemployed.



Festival Republic and Trees for Cities
Festival Republic have been supporting Trees for Cities’ projects in the UK and further afield since 2006. Festival Republic fund planting projects in Bristol, Leeds, London and Manchester, as well supporting our greening activities abroad, including Nairobi in Kenya and Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, where young people are employed to care for the trees they plant and fruit from the trees is sold to generate income for the project.



Win Win Win a dedicated tree
Enter the TfC competition to win a tree dedicated to you – a prize that will keep on growing for years to come. Trees For Cities are giving away trees in our UK project sites to 5 lucky winners. To enter the competition, email info@festivalrepublic.com with the following details Name, Address, Email and Telephone Number marked 'TfC Comp'

By entering this raffle you are consenting to Trees for Cities contacting from time to time you about our work greening the urban environment. We will never pass your details to other organisations. You can opt out at any time. 

Thanks for your support!

There are toilet blocks throughout the campsites and arena. We are working hard to improve the standards of the toilets this year. At most toilet blocks, there will be a toilet service attendant based there permanently. If you notice any toilets that need servicing, please let the toilet service attendant know or if you cannot find an attendant please tell the CAT teams in the campsites or the HAT teams in the arena. All toilet paper supplied is made from recycled toilet paper. Any additives used in the toilets are biological and are not harmful to the environment.

Disabled toilets are available at each toilet block in the arena, at each stage viewing platform, in the disabled / guest campsite and in the hospitality area.

The shower tent is situated in the Village and will be increased in size compared to 2007. The showers will be open from 6am to 1pm and from 7pm to 12.30am each day.

Green Alternatives…

Composting Toilets
Take a trip into the woods and discover our new compost toilets. They are being tested out this year and if you like them we’ll look at having more next time. Let us know what you think!

Solar Showers
If you’re camping in the family campground you’re in for a sun shower. Navitron Solar Showers are providing 12 000 litres of hot water every day… and if the weather’s good it will be heated to 40 degrees entirely with solar energy. The showers have twenty banks of solar evacuated tubes pulling heat from the sun. In case of bad weather, the water will be heated using a wood burning stove. The showers are all-in, so bring your swimming costume if you’re modest! They also have some great home solutions for solar showers, so have a chat to them.

These showers can run for 6 hours a day and the plan is to run them in the morning from 7am to 10am and in the afternoon from 5pm to 8pm. Hours may change slightly depending on the sun and the demand. So please keep an eye on the signs at the showers to let you know when they’ll be open. The Navitron team will be happy to talk you through how the system works, it really is quite remarkable.  Again, we’d appreciate your feedback on this. Is hot water on tap when ever you want it important, or are you happy to be a little flexible and have a shower heated by the sun?

Ecover Body Wash
Our friends at Ecover are again providing ecological shower gel. The waste water from our showers is treated through a soak away system, so we need you to ensure you only use Ecover, or your own ecological body wash and shampoo.

National Express is providing a dedicated service to Latitude from London Victoria Coach station making it even easier to travel to the Suffolk coast.

With over 1000 destinations across the UK linked to London Victoria Coach station, it simply could not be easier to get to Latitude. Best of all, your journey will generate TEN TIMES less CO2 emissions than a person driving in a car alone to the festival.

Coaches leave London Victoria Coach station on

- Thursday 17 July - 12.30pm
- Friday 18 July - 10.00am

and depart Latitude Festival on Monday 21 July at 9.30am

Tickets cost £29 return from London. Simply click on the National Express logo to book your travel or call 08717 81 81 81 (£1 booking fee applies)

We have created a "day ticket holder campsite" for any day ticket holders who are unable to get home after the main entertainment finishes. There will no charge for this campsite this year. Please note that there is limited capacity and no facilities in this campsite other than a water point and toilets. You will be able to pitch a tent when you arrive. You will only be able to stay in the day ticket holders campsite overnight on the night after your day ticket is valid.
At the end of the entertainment, please return via the gate that you entered the arena through (the day ticket holder entrance / exit) and the day ticket holders campsite is at the top of the hill on your right.

On Saturday morning the first shuttle bus to Halesworth is at 8.55am, on Sunday it is at 10am and on Monday it is at 7am.

The shuttle bus station is near Green Gate 2 next to The Old Stables (large red brick building with clock tower) quite near to the Day Ticket Holders campsite. Please ask a member of staff to direct you.

The ground breaking Latitude Festival returns to the sunrise coast in Suffolk for its incredible third year. Nestled in the historic and beautiful surroundings of Henham Park Estate, Southwold, and taking place on 17th – 20th July, organisers Festival Republic are promising another truly spectacular event.

Teaming up with London’s Arcola Theatre, Latitude are working towards a greener festival. With environmental issues at its core, Latitude are pleased to announce that this year’s Theatre Arena will be the worlds first fuel cell powered festival stage. Arcola will be providing state of the art low energy LED lighting and a Hydrogen Fuel Cell to power the stage. The fuel cell operates almost silently and will produce nothing but electricity and clean water.

This ground-breaking advancement in technology will bring down the carbon footprint of the festival and lessen the event’s impact on its immediate surroundings and the world’s climate as a whole.

The Arcola Theatre is a converted factory in East London and one of the UK’s leading independent venues.  This partnership with Latitude is part of Arcola Theatre’s extensive range of sustainability activities, collectively referred to as the Arcola Energy project which in partnership with the Greening London Theatre Initiative is driving the eco-cultural frontier.

Over the weekend Theatre Arena at Latitude is a buzzing hotbed of creativity and inspiration, hosting a wealth of bespoke productions and performances exclusive to the festival. Some of the biggest names in contemporary, physical, classical, performance and local theatre, including The Royal Court, the Bush Theatre, nabokov, and Paines Plough, are coming to the Theatre Arena. It really has something for everyone; provoking thought, emotions, laughs and entertainment all weekend long. As well as powering the arena The Arcola Theatre will present their series of short but perfectly formed writer-led plays The Miniaturists. Each piece is no longer than 15 minutes, and the dizzying mix makes every event as various and unpredictable as life itself.

Latitude and Arcola will be supported by the London Hydrogen Partnership, Thomas Engineering & ETC.

Anglian Bus will be putting on dedicated services direct to the Latitude Festival bus station from London Victoria Coach Station on Saturday and Sunday. So sit back, relax and let the festival atmosphere begin!

Coaches depart Saturday 19 July and Sunday 20 July at 8.30am. There is a late night service back to London Victoria leaving after the headline act finishes each night at 11.30pm on Friday 18th, Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th July.

Tickets MUST be booked online in advance and cost £20 single or £35 return, via www.LatitudeBuses.co.uk. Information on services online or by calling 01502 711109

The timetable will be published here as soon as it is available. The cost will be £20 single, £35 return.

If you are travelling to and from London please consider using the National Express and Anglian Bus/Coach services or travelling via Ipswich by train since the capacity of the trains coming into Halesworth is limited.

Customers must exchange their ticket for a wristband as soon as possible after arriving on site. 

The main Wristband Exchange is in the Village near to the Hospital. Ask a member of staff to direct you. There is also a family wristband exchange in the family campsite. The wristband exchange for day ticket holders is situated by the day ticket entrance.

Re-admittance to the site is only possible once you have been wristbanded. Entrance to the arena is only possible with a valid wristband, tickets will not be allowed through at this point.
Wristbands removed from the wrist or tampered with will be rendered invalid and will not be replaced.

To avoid any disappointment we advise all ticket holders to leave plenty of time to get their wristband and allow time to walk between the campsites and the stages to avoid missing any of your chosen acts. 

We advise all day ticket purchasers to arrive early to avoid missing any of their chosen acts and to leave ample time to get from the entrances to the stages.

For details on hotel and bed & breakfast accommodation in the surrounding area please visit www.visit-sunrisecoast.co.uk

also call Southwold Tourist information centre on 01502 724729 or Lowestoft Tourist Information Centre on 01502 533600

email touristinfo@waveney.gov.uk

Festivals are full of young, fun loving and like-minded people but beware they are also an easy patch for career criminals and opportunists who know how festival goers tick, and the Latitude Festival is sadly no exception and so please read through the advice below and plan ahead for the event. Remember that it is impossible to make a tent secure. You can however make it difficult for a thief. Be vigilant and beware of thieves.

Festival Republic, Latitude Festival organisers, and Suffolk Constabulary have teamed up together to provide information to festival goers that may help those who will be attending the Latitude Festival this year.

We are all keen to ensure that the festival goers do what they can to prevent themselves and their new festival neighbours from becoming a victim of crime and we have compiled the following festival savvy tips for you: 

o Quite simply – please DON’T BRING THEM!    Ipods, MP3 players etc - you don’t need them here – there is enough going on for you to be entertained without them.
o If you have to bring valuables please use the lockers provided by Lockerhouse in the Village [The Locker is used at Hirers own Risk] - open 24hours, but only available to Weekend Ticket holders or the left luggage facility both found in the Village rather then store them in your tent. It is impossible to make a tent secure. Postcode your belongings – UV pens will be available from the Campsite Assistance teams.
o Don’t leave valuables in your tent. Remember that tents are very vulnerable, even zipped up.
o Split your cash and cards into two hoards so that if one lot goes – you have back up
o Don’t carry more money than you need on you – there are cash machines operating 24 hours in the Village and in the arena (during opening hours). There will be a surcharge of £2 per transaction. The Supermarket will also have a cash back facility.
o If you can’t store them in a locker (buy here) keep your valuables in different places under your pillow or zipped up in a pocket well inside your tent while you sleep rather than by the tent door
o To increase your chances of getting your mobile phone, ipod or digital camera back if you’ve lost it, or indeed, had it stolen, register it on the Immoblise Database. It takes a couple of minutes and is completely free. You can register anything with a serial number on it and every item recovered by the police or handed in, is checked against the database.
o Don’t carry anything in back pockets – especially at the stages, pockets with zips are better.
o Don’t leave anything valuable in your car – maybe go and check on your car during the show?  Leave your glove compartment empty and also open.
o If you have any concerns about your safety in the campsites, camp somewhere well lit, go near a fire tower or on the edge of an emergency access lane.
o Introduce yourself to campsite staff, show them where your tent is, stick a funny flag on it so it’s easy for them to see, and ask them to keep an eye out.  They will.
o Introduce yourself to your neighbours and set up a neighbourhood watch system, it may sound naff but experience shows that the best and friendliest campsites are the ones with people in that make the effort to do so.  More friends to party with too.
o Report anything or anyone suspicious to campsite staff – you can do this anonymously if you wish and that is what the staff are there for.
o Don’t put a padlock on your tent as this screams “I have something worth stealing in here”
o Don’t bury your valuables by your tent as someone is bound to be watching.
o Only bring the bank cards and keys that you need with you in case they get lost. Make a note of your bank card numbers and leave it at home to make cancellation easier if they get lost.
o Remember, by comparision with many day to day environments, the Latitude site is a very safe and friendly place. We have employed staff to be there for you. Be sure to help them to do what they are there for, to make this a safe and happy, crime free festival.

Make sure your mobile is charged up on a daily basis - in the early afternoon - so that it is ok for the night when it’s dark, the stages get busy and you are more likely to lose each other.  Orange will have a transmitter onsite to improve the signal. There are phone recharging points inside the lockers  provided by Lockerhouse (these require 12v car adapters/chargers [The Locker is used at Hirers own Risk]) in the Village and a trader onsite should be selling battery operated phone chargers if you need them.  Ask at the information tent in the Village for exact locations of the trader.

Keep your phone well hidden – how annoying would it be to lose all your contacts?

Stay in groups and be tolerant of friends slowing you down.

Arrange an easy meeting point with your mates before you get to the event. No one likes to be left to have fun on their own for long.

Security staff will be patrolling in the campsites 24 hours throughout the festival. They are there to help but are also watching for suspicious behaviour. There is also CCTV that is monitored by Security Control as well as theft spotters on the Fire Towers. We will do all that we can to prevent thieves from operating onsite, but remember that tents are impossible to secure and either don’t bring any valuables or use the lockers (buy here) or Left Luggage tent to store them and look out for each other.

If you do become a victim of crime – DO NO RESIST– give them what they want and make sure you get a good look at them or their clothes, so that when you report them we have a good head start.  Also, make a note of exactly where you are if you can – look out for loos, fire towers, unusual tents, what colour the bunting is and what the road name is etc

The Welfare tent is there for you in the Village, as is the onsite police surgery daily in the morning in the Left Luggage Tent in the Village.  These facilities are there to help you if you need it.

If you have an incident with a security guard, steward or any other member of our staff that you want to tell us about – please make a note of their tabard number, or the name on their pass.  Without this information we can do very little as identifying them without this number or name is very difficult. You can make a complaint via the Information Tent or through your Zone Manager and this will be passed straight on to the organisers onsite. Information coming in live helps us do something about it at the time, so please let us know about any problems as they happen, if they happen, which we hope they won’t.

Please don’t be alarmed by our advice – just be forewarned that it does happen to some people and we don’t want it to be you.  Plan ahead.

Oh, and have the most memorable festival of your life for all the right reasons!

It is free to bring a coach to Latitude Festival. Please note all persons must have valid standard tickets.

Please email coaches@latitudefestival.co.uk with the number of people attending and the size of your vehicle.

You will be sent routing and gate information nearer the event via email. 

Private Coaches will park in a public car park and should arrive at Green Gate 2.

The deadline has been extended to July 1st 2008.

Car sharing will help save you money by splitting the petrol costs, reducing the amount of congestion on the roads leading into the festival, and getting you onsite quicker. Of course by car sharing you’ll also be kinder to the environment by reducing fossil fuel use and CO2 emissions. If you have to come by car to the festival because the bus or train just won’t work for you, please try and fill up all the seats in your car.

So Double Up & Cut Down …  four people in your car will bring the per person CO2 impact down to less than travelling by train. Join forces with others and fill up all your seats.

Last year we had 290 liftshare matches and we’d like to try and reach 1000 this year.

Below are three schemes you can join. Have a look through them and see which one suits you.
   
 

SAFETY FIRST

Please read this practical safety guide on liftsharing put together by A Greener Festival: www.agreenerfestival.com/Lift_Sharing.pdf 

•           Please note that all arrangements which you make are private arrangements between you and other sharers. The Festival does not arrange lift sharing or have any liability to or for lift sharers.
•           Make sure you know the identity of the person or persons you are sharing with.
•           Having a home telephone number is sensible precaution and make sure you leave details of the lift share, the driver and passenger's number(s) and home address if possible with friends and/or family.
•           Take your mobile phone with you.
•           If you are at all uncomfortable with any arrangements, or the condition of the vehicle being used, then make other plans.
•           If a vehicle is not taxed it is possible the driver has no driving license, no insurance and no MOT.
•           Safety first: trust your instincts and use common sense.

Forget battling with pegs and poles and hunting for friends, book a ready pitched and fully equipped tent and let someone else do all that work for you.  A bit of extra festival luxury without burning a hole in your pocket. 

From only £52.50* per head for the whole weekend you have access to:
- Entrance to the Tangerine Fields 
- Exclusive use of hot showers and toilets...just for our customers
Our staff will be on hand over the weekend to help you with any problems
(*based on 2 persons sharing, does not include festival ticket.)

Choose from 2, 4 and 6 man tents and the sleeping essentials.  We're the most eco-option going.  Everything gets cleaned and re-used, except sleeping bags which are passed onto various local and national charities.

In the Tangerine Field, we'll also have tipis, Podpads and Yurts for hire if you’re looking for something a bit different for the weekend.  Visit www.tangerinefields.co.uk for more information and bookings for tipis.  Podpads will also be available for hire through www.podpads.com  and Yurtels on www.yurtel.co.uk

Voted 'BEST PLACE TO CAMP' at Glastonbury by the NME.

Set up in a bespoke village area (with security and private facilities/services) the ‘podpads’ offer that touch of luxury and style whilst at the same time taking away all the hassles of carrying, erecting and breaking down your camp when you’re there. Your ‘podpad’ is already built and furnished for your arrival and when you leave, just return the keys and drive away. It is the future of alternative accommodation for the discerning Festival-goer

Your ‘podpad’ comes decorated and a groundsheet, a fitted carpet, shelving, interior strip-light and additional 12v power socket on request, a vanity mirror and a lock on the front door. Single, double or twin beds (with airbeds) are standard for increased comfort, with useful storage space underneath. Three sliding tinted windows with curtains provide for ventilation and light, allowing you to look out whilst restricting vision in. 
 
Eco-friendly, the ‘podpads’’ are solar-powered by the fabulous iconic sunflower solar panels.

‘Podpads’ are weatherproof, relatively soundproof, secure, safe and cosy.

www.podpads.com

If you want a clean body and a clear conscience we’ve got good news for you.



Solar Showers 

Take a trip to the family campground for a sun shower. Navitron Solar Showers are providing 12 000 litres of hot water every day… and if the weather’s good it will be heated to 40 degrees entirely with solar energy. The showers have twenty banks of solar evacuated tubes pulling heat from the sun. In case of bad weather, the water will be heated using a wood burning stove. The showers are all-in, so bring your swimming costume if you’re modest! They also have some great home solutions for solar showers, so have a chat to them.

Ecover Body Wash

Our friends at Ecover are again providing environmentally sound body wash. The waste water from our showers is treated through a soak away system, so we need you to ensure you only use Ecover, or your own environmentally friendly, bodywash and shampoo.

A number of CACDP Level 3 BSL/SSE Communicators will be providing free support onsite.  


A minimum of one performance a day will be BSL Interpreted by an Interpreter qualified to a minimum of J.T.I. (Graduate Junior Trainee Interpreter) we may try to extend this.


In addition to this, a Deafblind manual Interpreter will be available to work with customers on specific performances.


Loop systems will be available in the Literary and Poetry Arena’s and at the booking in gate for those with a T setting on their hearing aids. Loop system access will be clearly displayed outside the Arena’s.


Registered assistance animals should be registered with the organisers before you arrive.

Details of the 2 for 1 scheme and the application form are available on the website. Go to ‘Info’, ‘Access and facilities for Disabled people’.
d/Deaf customers can discuss their needs with volunteers prior to the festival at this email address: hands4uaccess@hotmail.com

We will be joined by our friends from Attitude Is Everything - a fantastic and dynamic charity who work to improve disabled people's access to live music. AiE will be running an information tent in the disabled persons campsite so stop by to say hi and see what they're up to. 

Check them out at www.attitudeiseverything.org.uk

If you are unfortunate enough to be the victim of crime, report it to Suffolk Constabulary either at their daily surgeries in the Village Area (inside the Left Luggage Tent) or by telephone to 01473 613500. You can also report crimes via crime reporting forms at the Welfare Tent. These forms will then be passed on to Suffolk Constabulary. 

If you see a crime taking place, alert the nearest member of staff immediately.

If you are reporting the theft of a mobile phone, you will be required to first contact your network provider and have the handset blocked. This will ensure that its use will be blocked across all UK networks even if the SIM card is changed, and will render it useless to the thief. A list of contact numbers for UK network providers will be available at the Information Tent and at the Welfare Tent.

It is always worth checking at the Left Luggage Tent which runs the onsite Lost Property service first in case you have lost your item, rather than had it stolen or in case it has been handed in.

Henham Park, the site of Latitude Festival, is between the A12 and A145 north of Blythburgh in Suffolk. From the A12 and from the A145 follow the Festival signs. Please do not stop on the A12 or the A145 but follow the signage straight into the car parks.

There is absolutely no stopping on the A145 and the A12. Tickets will be checked inside the site and not on the gates with the A12 and A145. Please travel straight into site where you will be able drop passengers off and exit back onto the main roads.

If you must bring your car, please consider transporting as many people as possible and travelling at off peak times. Peak traffic flows are likely on the afternoon of Thursday 17th July and on the morning of Friday 18th July and then late evening on Sunday 20th July and before noon on Monday 17th July.

Weekend and day car parking is separate to the campsites in adjacent or nearby fields. Car Parking is included in the price of your ticket. No sleeping, camping or fires are allowed in the car parks.

All Drop offs and pick ups are via Green Gate 1A on the A145 including by taxi. You can enter the site, drop off and exit the site via Green Gate 1 back onto the A145. For safety reasons, please do not drop passengers off on the main roads, there are no pavements - you can drop them off safely and easily well inside the site. There is no pedestrian entry from the gates on the A12 and the A145 into site so if you are dropping someone off or picking them up, you need to use the drop off / pick up point.

The routes to the festival will be well signposted and have been publicised via promotional literature, the internet and in written information sent out with all tickets to the event.

Those travelling from the south on the A12 will be directed straight into site from the A12.

Those travelling from the Lowestoft direction on the A12 and day ticket holders will be directed straight into site from the A145 via Middle Barn Lane which connects the A12 and the A145.

Those travelling south on the A145 from the Beccles direction will be directed straight into site from the A145. 

Click here for Route Map

 
Please see site map here

Henham Park is between the A12 and A145 north of Blythburgh in Suffolk. From the A12 and from the A145 follow the Festival signs. Please do not stop on the A12 or the A145 but follow the signage straight into the car parks.

There is absolutely no stopping on the A145 and the A12. Tickets will be checked inside the site and not on the gates with the A12 and A145. Please travel straight into site where you will be able drop passengers off and exit back onto the main roads.

If you must bring your car, please consider transporting as many people as possible and travelling at off peak times.

Click here for directions / route map

Consider Car Sharing:
  

Peak traffic flows arriving onsite are likely during the afternoon of Thursday 17th July and during the morning of Friday 18th July . Most traffic is expected to depart the site late in the evening on Sunday 20th July and before noon on Monday 21st July.
We are working closely with Suffolk Constabulary to develop traffic management plans which aim to ease congestion around the site, to minimise disruption to the road network and to ensure regular road users are affected as little as possible.

The routes to the festival will be well signposted and will be included in written information sent out with all tickets to the festival.

Those travelling from the south on the A12 will be directed straight into site from the A12. Those travelling from the Lowestoft direction on the A12 and day ticket holders will be directed straight into site from the A145 via Middle Barn Lane which connects the A12 and the A145.

Those travelling south on the A145 from the Beccles direction will be directed straight into site from the A145.

Car parking is included in the price of your ticket. There is no parking on any of the roads in the vicinity of the festival site. Tow away vehicles will remove any illegally parked cars.

Once you are onsite, you can check with the Information Tent if you have any travel queries.

The following items may not be brought into the site through the campsite gates:

o Glass – no glass is allowed onsite
o Illegal substances
o Portable Laser Equipment and Pens
o Unauthorised Professional Film or Video Equipment
o Audio Recorders
o Air Horns
o Spray Cans
o Fireworks
o Flares
o Any item which may reasonably be considered for use as a weapon
o You may be body searched at the entrance.
o Persons suspected of carrying items that may be used in an offensive or dangerous manner, or carrying out illegal activities onsite may be searched.
o Excessive amounts of food, cigarettes and alcohol may be refused entry to the site. Please only bring enough for personal consumption. 
o Large camping gas canisters (more than 2.7kg in gas weight) aren’t permitted anywhere [however small camping gas canisters are permitted in the campsite].
o All items will be confiscated.

In addition to the items, above, the following may not be brought into the arena:

Cans, glass, alcohol, opened plastic bottles, illegal substances, portable laser equipment and pens, unauthorised professional film or video equipment, audio recorders, fireworks and flares.

All the above items will be confiscated.

No glass is permitted anywhere onsite. Only sealed plastic bottles of water under 500ml size will be permitted into the arena.

Festival Republic

Festival Republic aims to do as much as possible to reduce the impact our business and our festivals have on the environment. We strive to use innovative solutions to fundamental areas of impact such as energy, waste and transport. We also delve deeper into specific areas of our events, looking for ways to minimise impact, often including festival audiences in helping make these changes happen.

Apart from the immediate benefit in ‘going green’ we hope Festival Republic’s focus on sustainable practices will impact the industry through our suppliers and contractors. 

Having the audience participate in our green initiatives may also lead to similar actions in their everyday lives. In fact, much of our audience already acts sustainably at home, and expects the same when attending our festivals and events.

Read the Festival Republic Sustainability Policy here.

Office

We choose 100% green energy in offices. Our energy supplier puts energy produced from wind, solar, biomass etc, onto the grid, which we in turn buy from them. This is not a ‘green levy’ where an additional fee is used to pay for community based green energy projects and development.

In stationery purchasing, the ‘green choice’ is always the first alternative to consider when ordering. We use Evolve copy paper as it is uses 100% Post Consumer Recycled Paper content. Not a blend of virgin and recycled, and not from off cuts in the paper manufacturing process. The paper we use has had a previous life in homes and offices. We think that’s the best way to go. 

We have comprehensive recycling in the office; recycling paper, cardboard, cans, glass bottles and various plastics. We also have a cartridge recycling service.

We use a green cleaning company, with no harmful chemicals used in the cleaning of our offices, making for a safe workplace for our staff and the environment. 

Recently Festival Republic moved offices and this gave us an excellent chance to consolidate files and archive. We ‘harvested’ hundreds of lever arch folders which were taken to a scrap store project for redistribution to community groups including pre-schools and child care centres. We also disposed of our electronic equipment safely, with our old monitors and computer equipment making their way into the recycling system.

Waste & Recycling

Each of the areas our festivals and events are held have different recycling and waste facilities. We work with our waste contractor for each show to develop the best solution for each event. This may include active recycling by festival goers (such as at Latitude Festival), incentive based recycling projects (such as our bag of rubbish for a can of beer campaign or 10p deposit/refunds on pint cups at Reading & Leeds Festivals).

We plan to continually improve our waste management aiming to maximise recycling rates and minimise volume of waste to landfill. Additionally options are evolving in the waste management industry, such as new energy from landfill sites opening which we hope to work with in coming years.

Energy

Powering our events has an environmental impact both through using up non-renewable resources, and through CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions. We are working on solutions such as biofuels, microgeneration (solar/wind) and other options such as reducing demand. Keep an eye out for these renewable energy sources onsite this year.

Every occupant of your campervan must be in possession of a valid weekend ticket with camping. This is simply a supplemental ticket sold per vehicle.

If you intend to sleep in your motorcaravan, caravan, trailer tent or even a transit van, you need to pre-purchase a campervan supplement assuring you of a place in the campervan site.

No vehicles are permitted in the standard campsite and you will not be permitted to sleep in the car park.

There is also a Family section within the Campervan/Caravan field. All persons within the vehicle must have already selected FAMILY WEEKEND CAMPING TICKET per person, along with number of under-13s attending.

(PDF)   Click here for Campervan & Caravan Terms and Conditions

If you have purchased your Weekend Tickets with Family Camping from any other outlet and require a Family Campervan permit this can be booked here at a cost of £10.00 per campervan. [Please note all persons within the vehicle must have valid standard tickets.]

myhab is here!

These 2 person myhabs are the exciting new eco-friendly way to stay at festivals. 

YOU BOOK. WE SET UP. YOU USE. WE TAKE DOWN. WE RECYCLE.

The award winning design uses recyclable plastic and reinforced waterproof cardboard to create a sturdy, spacious, comfy, and importantly green alternative to a tent.

Why is it better than a tent?

- We set up and take it down, so all you have to do is turn up and have a good time!
- myhabs are situated within ‘myvillage’, an exclusive area for you and other myhabers.
- The area comes complete with well maintained toilets and showers and on-hand staff
- Built in locker to keep your valuables safe
- Very spacious, comfy double bed
- myhabs are raised off the ground
- You can personalise the myhab by creating your own festival character online

Intrigued? Check out more at:   www.myhab.com

[This accommodation package does not include a weekend camping ticket - one of which must have been previously bought by each occupant of the Myhab]

PLEASE NOTE ALL MYHABS HAVE NOW SOLD OUT

No-one will be allowed onto the campsite without proof that they also have a full weekend arena ticket for the festival. This will be policed across the festival weekend.

You will not be allowed to camp without a camping ticket! A camping ticket lasts for the whole weekend or just one night, it’s the same price. No rogue camping will be tolerated. Check back to this website before the festival for full details about camping, parking, safety and security.

The CATs are new this year and are volunteers based in the festival campsites. CAT volunteers are there to help you get the most out of the festival 24 hours a day. If you're having trouble putting up your tent, need directions, are concerned about a group or an individuals behaviour, need a UV pen to mark your belongings, would like to complain about a build-up of litter, or let us know about facilities which require attention – please contact a CAT volunteer – they'll do their best to help!

You can contact the CAT volunteers – head towards your nearest fire tower or catch them as they patrol around. 

If you're interested in volunteering to be a CAT please visit:

www.hotboxevents.com

Or email info@hotboxevents.com

Car sharing will help save you money by splitting the petrol costs, reducing the amount of congestion on the roads leading into the festival, and getting you onsite quicker. Of course by car sharing you’ll also be kinder to the environment by reducing fossil fuel use and CO2 emissions. If you have to come by car to the festival because the bus or train just won’t work for you, please try and fill up all the seats in your car.

So Double Up & Cut Down …  four people in your car will bring the per person CO2 impact down to less than travelling by train. Join forces with others and fill up all your seats.

Last year we had 290 liftshare matches and we’d like to try and reach 1000 this year.

Below are three schemes you can join. Have a look through them and see which one suits you.

   
 

SAFETY FIRST

Please read this practical safety guide on liftsharing put together by A Greener Festival: www.agreenerfestival.com/Lift_Sharing.pdf 

•           Please note that all arrangements which you make are private arrangements between you and other sharers. The Festival does not arrange lift sharing or have any liability to or for lift sharers.
•           Make sure you know the identity of the person or persons you are sharing with.
•           Having a home telephone number is sensible precaution and make sure you leave details of the lift share, the driver and passenger's number(s) and home address if possible with friends and/or family.
•           Take your mobile phone with you.
•           If you are at all uncomfortable with any arrangements, or the condition of the vehicle being used, then make other plans.
•           If a vehicle is not taxed it is possible the driver has no driving license, no insurance and no MOT.
•           Safety first: trust your instincts and use common sense.

The HATS are also new this year in response to some feedback from you last year that you couldn’t find someone to talk to in the arena. They are based in the arena throughout the hours that the arena is open – head towards your nearest toilet block or catch them as they patrol around. If you have any questions, need any help with something, are concerned about a group or an individuals behaviour, would like to complain about a build up of litter or let us know about any facilities which require attention – please contact a HAT volunteer – they’ll do their best to help.

The following car rental companies are based in the area:

Practical Car & Van Rental (not able to deliver vehicles to site, only available for pick up at their premises)
Northgate, Beccles, Suffolk NR34 9AY
Tel: 01502 717668

Thrifty Car and Van Rental
Lowestoft, NR32 1XA
Tel : 01502 580333

1 car 1 (Norwich Airport) – will deliver or collect from site if car booked for 3 day minimum
Telephone: +44 (0) 113 387 5866 Fax: +44 (0) 113 263 6675

It is advisable to book in advance. Local taxi contacts are included below.

The taxi companies below will be sent maps of taxi rank location onsite and the gates to use to enter and exit the site on the A145.

Taxi pick up and drop off point is via Green Gate 1A on the A145 - you can exit back on the A145 from the site.

From Southwold to Henham Park - The average taxi fare should be around £15.
From Halesworth to Henham Park - The average taxi fare should be around £15.

Southwold Taxis have joined forces with other local cab companies to form a Latitude Festival service with additional cars and people carriers. They have a fleet of 9 vehicles and can be booked on 07737 139853 24 hours.

OTHER LOCAL CAB COMPANIES

Peter Curtis
Pc Travel Beccles
www.pctravelbeccles.co.uk
01502 710071

Ginger - Halesworth Private Hire Phone: 01986 874028

Neil’s Private Hire Phone: 01502 575888

Darsham Cars
Stradbroke House, Darsham Station, Main Road, Darsham, Suffolk IP17 3PL
Tel 01728 668039

Alpha taxi service
78 Field Lane, Kessingland, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 7PY
Phone: 01502 741400

Atlas Taxis
2 Pier Terrace, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0AB
Tel 01502 500000

Wherry Cabs
59 Pinbush Road, South Lowestoft Industrial Estate, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 7NQ
Tel 01502 500200

Alan Morrisons Taxis (mini bus available)
73 Lloyds Avenue, Kessingland, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 7TS
Tel 01502 741741

Squirrels Taxis
23 Rendham Road, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17 1BJ
Tel 01728 602344

Abbey Cars
8 Judith Avenue, Knodishall, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17 1XF
Tel 01728 832014

Peasenhall Cars
1 Rose Villas, Hackney Road, Peasenhall, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17 2HS
Tel 01728 660473

A 2 B Cars
112 Brook Farm Road, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17 1WL
Tel 01728 633003

NO FIRES ARE ALLOWED IN THE ARENA, IN THE CAR PARKS, IN FAMILY CAMPING OR IN THE CAMPERVAN FIELDS.

THE ONLY FIRES ALLOWED ONSITE ARE SMALL CAMPFIRES IN THE CAMPSITES LESS THAN A PACE WIDE AND LESS THAN KNEE HEIGHT THAT ARE NOT CAUSING ANY DANGER OR DAMAGE AND ARE NOT BLOCKING ANY EMERGENCY ACCESS LANES. 

There will also be an organised campfire space in Family Camping.

Candles are plain dangerous and useless in a field, use torches in and around tents. Light fires considerately – away from tents. Only use the wood supplied from the fire wood trader in the Village– never from hedges and trees.

Watch out for flying embers and sparks, as they could start a fire, even from some distance.
Don't burn plastic or any other toxic materials.
Never use petrol or paraffin to start or revive a fire.
If you cook, do it outside. Always change camping gas cylinders outside tents -  even if it is raining.
When changing gas cylinders, ensure gas tap is in the 'off' position, otherwise the gas will ignite when the cylinder is pierced and you could get badly burned, do not smoke when changing gas cylinders.
No fireworks are allowed onsite. Any fireworks that are found will be confiscated.
Security, campsite assistance teams and helpful areas teams look out for fires, accidents and risky situations and are there to help you, so please use them.

Should you discover a fire, raise the alarm, check out people nearby are OK, and tell your nearest member of security, campsite assistance teams about the problem IMMEDIATELY. In the unlikely event that you cannot find a member of staff nearby, then please dial 999. 
They will call the onsite Fire Safety Team.

You may discover a fire in its very early stages and think that you can deal with it yourself. The first thing that you should remember is that fire spreads very quickly. Even a small contained fire can quickly spread, producing smoke and fumes which can kill in seconds. If you are in any doubt do not tackle the fire, no matter how small. You can put yourself at risk by fighting the fire. If in doubt, get out, get the onsite Fire Safety Team out, stay out. Many people put out small fires quite safely. However, some people die or are injured by tackling fires which are beyond their capabilities. Here is a simple fire code to help you decide whether to put out or get out -

o Only tackle a fire in its very early stages
o Always put your own and other peoples safety first
o Make sure you can escape if you need to and never let a fire block your exit
Fire extinguishers are only for fighting a fire in its very early stages.
o Never tackle a fire if it is starting to spread or has spread to other items nearby
o Around 70% of fire deaths are caused by people being overcome by smoke and fumes.

Southwold Taxis have joined forces with other local cab companies to form a Latitude Festival service with additional cars and people carriers. They have a fleet of 9 vehicles and can be booked on 07737 139853 24 hours.

OTHER LOCAL CAB COMPANIES

Peter Curtis
Pc Travel Beccles
www.pctravelbeccles.co.uk
01502 710071

Ginger - Halesworth Private Hire Phone: 01986 874028

Neil’s Private Hire Phone: 01502 575888

Darsham Cars
Stradbroke House, Darsham Station, Main Road, Darsham, Suffolk IP17 3PL
Tel 01728 668039

Alpha taxi service
78 Field Lane, Kessingland, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 7PY
Phone: 01502 741400

Atlas Taxis
2 Pier Terrace, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0AB
Tel 01502 500000

Wherry Cabs
59 Pinbush Road, South Lowestoft Industrial Estate, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 7NQ
Tel 01502 500200

Alan Morrisons Taxis (mini bus available)
73 Lloyds Avenue, Kessingland, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 7TS
Tel 01502 741741

Squirrels Taxis
23 Rendham Road, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17 1BJ
Tel 01728 602344

Abbey Cars
8 Judith Avenue, Knodishall, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17 1XF
Tel 01728 832014

Peasenhall Cars
1 Rose Villas, Hackney Road, Peasenhall, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17 2HS
Tel 01728 660473

A 2 B Cars
112 Brook Farm Road, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17 1WL
Tel 01728 633003

Day ticket holders wishing to travel to site using public transport rather than by lift-sharing or by car are advised to plan their return journey after the main entertainment finishes in advance as there are no train services from Halesworth or Ipswich at that time of night and therefore the shuttle bus will not run at that time. Anglian are running a late night coach to London.  Taxi services have been invited to come to site to pick up at this time however it is advisable to book in advance. Taxi companies will be sent maps of the site and should be told to enter site via Green Gate on the A145 for pick ups for day ticket holders at the onsite taxi rank. 

There is also a day ticket holder campsite onsite for day ticket holders that cannot travel home that night and wish to stay overnight instead and travel home the following morning. Facilities are limited and there is no charge for the use of this campsite. 

We have created a "day ticket holder campsite" for any day ticket holders who are unable to get home after the main entertainment finishes. There will no charge for this campsite this year. Please note that there is limited capacity and no facilities in this campsite other than a water point and toilets. You will be able to pitch a tent when you arrive. You will only be able to stay in the day ticket holders campsite overnight on the night after your day ticket is valid.
At the end of the entertainment, please return via the gate that you entered the arena through (the day ticket holder entrance / exit) and the day ticket holders campsite is at the top of the hill on your right.

On Saturday morning the first shuttle bus to Halesworth is at 8.55am, on Sunday it is at 10am and on Monday it is at 6.50am.

The shuttle bus station is near Green Gate 2 next to The Old Stables (large red brick building with clock tower) quite near to the Day Ticket Holders campsite. Please ask a member of staff to direct you.

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There is a coach service to London leaving site at 23.30 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.

Please see local bus services

If you are planning to catch the last train back on Sunday evening from Halesworth please note that Anglian Coach will not transport more people to Halesworth than the train can accommodate and therefore if the Halesworth huttle is at capacity, additional continigency shuttle buses will run to Ipswich.

The nearest petrol station to Henham Park is on the A12 to the north of the festival site in the direction of Lowestoft. There is a further petrol station 7 miles south on the A12 at Darsham Tel 01728 668228

Please note that neither of these petrol stations are open 24 hours. The nearest 24 hour petrol station is the BP on Norwich Road in Beccles which is about 12 miles away.

The AA and RAC have been alerted to the festival and are aware of the location and routes into the car parks.

The following garages are located within 15 miles of site:

Emerald Trading
Ellough Industrial Estate,
Ellough,
Beccles,
Suffolk NR34 7TD
Tel: 01502 710123

Binks of Beccles
Gosford Rd,
Beccles,
Suffolk NR34 9QP
Tel: 01502 717121

Premiere Garage
Unit 3,
Gosford Rd,
Beccles,
Suffolk NR34 9QP
Tel: 01502 711684

Riding your bike to the festival will obviously put out the least amount of CO2 emissions, but that’s not practical for everyone. If you’re looking for motorised transport, travelling by coach to the festival is by far the lowest impact way to travel if you are looking to reduce your carbon footprint in association with attending the festival. Train is the next best option in terms of CO2 emissions.

If you travel alone to the festival by car, you are emitting approximately TEN TIMES the amount of CO2 than if you travelled to the festival by bus and three and a half times as much as if you travelled by train

Coming to the festival by coach or train will not only reduce total CO2 emissions, it will also help to reduce congestion in the carparks and on the surrounding roads.

If you have to come by car because the bus and train just won’t work for you, please try and fill up all the seats in your car. As an example, if you are driving an average sized petrol car, having four people in it will bring your impact down to just a bit more than travelling to the festival by train, and just under twice as impactful as travelling by coach. So it really does make a difference if fill up all the seats.

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Figures for these calculations were taken From DEFRA July 2007 Report: Passenger Transport Emissions Factors. http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/business/envrp/pdf/passenger-transport.pdf 

Car Travel (average sized petrol car)
- 335 gram C02 per mile (1 passenger)
- 167.5 grams CO2 per passenger mile (2 passengers)
- 83.75 grams CO2 per passenger mile (4 passengers)

Train Travel (National Rail diesel trains – average passenger numbers per annum)
- 96.32 grams per passenger mile

Coach Travel (Annual average figures of coach types and carriageways)
- 32.88 grams CO2 per passenger mile

Gain free entrance to this summer's Latitude Festival by joining our Campsite Assistant Teams (CATs).

Typical duties of a volunteer include:
• Assisting festival goes with directions
• Helping festival goers carry their belongings and pitch their tents
• Reporting back on any problems – such as litter and facilities

In return for their efforts all volunteers are provided with:
• A Crew Pass
• A CAT Pack
• A CAT Uniform
• A Secure Camping area
• Access to the Crew Café, Bar, Toilets, and Hot Showers!

All volunteers are welcome to enjoy the festival when they are off-shift.

To apply volunteers need to:
• Be 18 or over.
• Be available to arrive at the Festival site by 9am on Thursday 17th July 2008 – you are welcome to arrive from midday on Wednesday 16th. Please note that the shifts are allocated on a first come first served basis.
• Be available for a briefing at either 10pm on Wednesday 16th or 11am on Thursday 17th
• Be available to work 3 x 8 hour shifts at any time between 1pm Thursday 17th July and 2pm Monday 21st July
• Wear a CAT uniform when on-shift.
• Report in every two hours to your area supervisor, or immediately in the case of any problems.
• Supply photographic ID on arrival.
• Provide a refundable deposit of £185

The festival volunteers play a big part in creating a good atmosphere and helping all to get the most out of their festival. By being there helping people you will help us achieve this!

For more information please visit www.hotboxevents.com

Or you can email info@hotboxevents.com

 Click here for Site Map in PDF Format

PLEASE NOTE: Purple campsites are now renamed Family campsite.

Go here for the full information pack

Click below to print the Latitude Route



Please do not use your sat nav system to get directions to the festival as there are specific routings into site depending on which direction you are approaching from. Instead please follow our directions below and the temporary festival road signage that we put in place – thank you.

To read the Disabled Access Festival Guide 2008 (PDF) click here

To download the application form (PDF)  click here

When booking tickets for you and children under the age of 13 (i.e. 12 and under), you must select WEEKEND TICKET (FAMILY CAMPING),  then choose the number of adults attending (£130 each) AND the number of children under 13 attending (free). This ensures you will be sent both your Adult Family Camping tickets and Free Children's tickets when they are posted out. 

Although the Childs ticket is free you must book their places when purchasing your Adult ticket.

If you are planning to bring a Campervan please ensure that once you have chosen your tickets you then book your Campervan pass for the correct area (Family or General).

< Please see the Accommodation section for more information on Family Camping.

No unaccompanied under 16s. Under 16s must be accompanied by someone who is over 18.

To read the Disabled Access Festival Guide 2008 (PDF)  click here
To download the application form (PDF)  click here

If you wish to use disabled facilities, we ask you to contact us in advance. We cannot process applications at the event. The scheme and disabled facilities are not open to those with temporary injuries such as broken legs, pregnant customers and so on.

Via our 2-for-1 scheme, we provide many disabled ticket holders with a free ticket for an accompanying friend or PA. For all events: 

• Purchase your own ticket as normal
• Fill in the application form and attach a copy of a recent DLA letter
• Send them by post to the address shown below, to reach us by the closing date

Please post applications to:
Disabled Ticket Enquiry
Festival Republic Festival Office
35 Bow Street, Covent Garden
London WC2E 7AU

There are a variety of food stalls throughout the site. There will be additional food stalls in the campsites this year and the “Little Latitude Tuck Shop” in family camping. Many of the food stalls and the supermarket will be open 24 hours. The Little Latitude tuck shop will be open from 6am until 9.30pm.

At Latitude Festival this year we'll have a wide range of food vendors.

Most of the traders will be selling organic/fair trade produce (approximately 90% offer fair trade tea, coffee, hot chocolate):

- Goodness Gracious - offer an organic veggie burger and salad
- La Vache - offer organic (hand made locally where possible) farmed burgers
- Pukka - offer locally sourced vegetables and milk
- Smoothie Criminals - Fair trade fruit where possible
- Cornelius Cobb - Fair trade butter and cream, with home grown chives and hopefully if the weather has been good British corn!
- Funky Foods - will be selling jacket potatoes.
- Veggie Kitchen - Organic Veg and offers mixed salad and a bean salad
- Supreme Sausage - Supports British Farmers, British Free Range handmade sausages

 Click here for Site Map in PDF Format

PLEASE NOTE: Purple campsites are now renamed Family campsite.

Compost It at Latitude

When you buy food from the traders at Latitude Festival, everything your food comes in is biodegradable. You will notice many traders have plates, bowls and trays as pictured left. These are BioPak products made from waste material from the sugarcane industry. If it wasn’t used to make plates, this waste product would otherwise be land-filled or incinerated. 

Using plastic or polystyrene packaging is not sustainable – they’re not only oil based but polystyrene can’t be efficiently recycled, and plastic containers that aren’t washed out can’t be recycled either. So we’re going with sustainable packaging that’s also compostable. Our composting makes its way just up the road to Parham, where a fantastic in-vessel composting plant is waiting to take your leftovers. Please make sure NO PLASTIC goes into the compost bins as otherwise the whole load may be rejected.

Bins will be separated into three – 
Recycling for plastic bottles and aluminium cans, 
Compost for all food scraps, food plates, bowls, coffee cups, pizza trays, cutlery, paper napkins. 
Everything else goes into the Landfill bin.

Travel to the festival by everyone attending it is biggest contributor to CO2 emissions for the festival. We have put some excellent public transport options to get you to the festival without any fuss and with the minimum environmental impact as possible.

By Bike: Riding your bike to the festival will obviously put out the least amount of CO2 emissions. We have bike racks available onsite. See the Travel page for more details.

By Vehicle: If you want to come by vehicle, travelling by coach to the festival is by far the lowest impact way if you’re looking to reduce your carbon footprint. Train is the next best option in terms of CO2 emissions.

Emissions: If you travel alone to the festival by car, you are emitting approximately TEN TIMES the amount of CO2 than if you travelled to the festival by bus and three and a half times as much as if you travelled by train.

Congestion: Coming to the festival by coach or train will not only reduce total CO2 emissions, it will also help to reduce congestion in the carparks and on the surrounding roads.

Coach Is Best: Coaches are the greenest form of motor transport with each journey generating less than 10% of CO2 of those who travel by car. Not to mention a solution for congestion. For each coach full of people, it’s estimated that this is equivalent to 25 cars off the road.  So relax, let somebody else do the driving and do your bit for the environment.

Car Share: If you have to come by car because the bus and train just won’t work for you, please try and fill up all the seats in your car. As an example, if you’re driving an average sized petrol car, having four people in it will bring your impact down to just a bit more than travelling to the festival by train, and just under twice as impactful as travelling by coach. So it really does make a difference if fill up all the seats.

  

Please visit the Travel Page on the left hand menu to find all the info you need on how to get to the festival by public transport.

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Figures for these calculations were taken From DEFRA July 2007 Report: Passenger Transport Emissions Factors. http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/business/envrp/pdf/passenger-transport.pdf

Car Travel (average sized petrol car)
- 335 gram C02 per mile (1 passenger)
- 167.5 grams CO2 per passenger mile (2 passengers)
- 83.75 grams CO2 per passenger mile (4 passengers)

Train Travel (National Rail diesel trains – average passenger numbers per annum)
- 96.32 grams per passenger mile

Coach Travel (Annual average figures of coach types and carriageways)
- 32.88 grams CO2 per passenger mile

 Click here for Site Map in PDF Format

PLEASE NOTE: Purple campsites are now renamed Family campsite.

Travelling by public transport can save you time and money, is stress free and sociable and is by far the greenest option. Please consider leaving your car at home.



Travelling by coach to the festival is by far the lowest impact way to travel if you are looking to reduce your carbon footprint in association with attending the festival. Train is the next best option in terms of CO2 emissions. If you travel alone to the festival by car, you are emitting approximately ten times the amount of CO2 than if you travelled to the festival by bus and three and a half times as much as if you travelled by train. Coming to the festival by coach or train will not only reduce total CO2 emissions, it will also help to reduce congestion in the carparks and on the surrounding roads. 

We have joined up with Anglian Bus and National Express to offer you a variety of convenient and good value public transport options. Please note that National Express East Anglia now run the trains into Halesworth and Ipswich formerly run by One Railway.

If you have spare seats, then please consider lift sharing. 

Please read this practical safety guide on liftsharing put together by A Greener Festival: http://www.agreenerfestival.com/Lift_Sharing.pdf

 
Click here for Lift Share website          Click here for PickupPal website



Click here for freewheelers website

The campsites will be divided into coloured zones (Yellow, Red, Green and Family) and each zone will have its own facilities including toilets, water points and fire towers.

Zone Managers will be working 24 hours in each zone and will be based near the Fire Tower. There are also teams of security and Campsite Assistance Teams (CATs) in each zone who are there to help you, so please use them. Inside the arena, Helpful Arena Teams  (HATs) will also be around, so ask them if you need to!

As you enter the campsites, if you would prefer to camp in less crowded areas, the gate stewards can advise you where to go. If a campsite zone is full, they will direct you to an alternative campsite. There is plenty of space in the campsites for the capacity attending and so you should be able to find a space which is comfortable for you. Try to note where you camp in relation to a numbered sign or other fixed point or mark your camp with a flag so that you can find your way back to your tent. Say hello to your neighbours to build a community feeling and provide greater security. Look out for each other. 

You cannot drive into the campsites at any time due to fire regulations but there will be some wheelbarrows available to help you transport your belongings from the car parks to the campsites. Look out for the wheelbarrow sheds in the car parks.

You can also ask the CATs inside the campsites if you need help with something.

Facilities such as showers, food traders cash points, the supermarket, left luggage, lockers, welfare tent and first aid are available in the Village next to the Yellow Campsite.

THERE IS A STRICT CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS. WE ARE UNABLE TO PROCESS LATE APPLICATIONS OR APPLICATIONS MADE ON SITE.
FRIDAY 20th JUNE 2008

• If you are not offered a free ticket for a PA, and the event has sold out by the time we inform you, we will make one ticket available to buy
• Disabled customer tickets are the same as everyone else’s, and there is no separate allocation of tickets or ticket booking arrangements for disabled customers. Please be aware some events sell out quickly.
• We don’t send out free tickets in advance: they are issued in person at the event.
• If you don’t wish to apply for a free ticket, but would like access to the disabled facilities, please fill in the application form stating your reasons, and we will try to assist you.
• All applications are at the discretion of Festival Republic and we reserve the right to alter or withdraw arrangements
• Applications are not first come first served. We send all confirmation letters 3 to 4 weeks before the event, with maps & car passes – please be patient and wait to hear from us!

Once we have all your details, we will acknowledge your application. At least 5 weeks before the event we will write to advise you either:
• We can offer you one free ticket for an assistant and use of the disabled facilities
• We cannot offer you a free ticket but can offer use of the disabled facilities
• We cannot offer a free ticket or access to the facilities

FURTHER ENQUIRIES PRIOR TO THE EVENT:
The best place for regularly updated information is at www.festivalrepublic.com
Click FAQs at the bottom of the home page for venue/festival info.
National and Regional music press and the internet provide a wealth of information.

Unfortunately we are unable to accept telephone enquiries, but you can call 020 7009 3000, leave your details and we will call you back. Events sell out quickly, so you may wish to buy your ticket immediately. We can arrange a refund if you change your mind about attending after hearing back from us.

PLEASE NOTE:
The scheme and disabled facilities are not open to those with temporary injuries such as broken legs, pregnant customers and so on. There are medical and welfare facilities on site which are open to all customers, but use of the disabled facilities and campsite are strictly regulated.


IMPORTANT!
Our offices close completely for up to one week prior to the start of each event, as staff relocate to site, so we cannot respond to phone enquiries/emails at this time.

National Rail Enquiries: 08457 484950
London Underground, DLR and London Buses: 0207 222 1234 (24hrs)
National Express Coach Service: 08705 808080

Shuttle buses run from Ipswich and Halesworth Stations. We recommend that you travel via Ipswich as Halesworth has very limited capacity. Shuttle buses will meet all trains at Halesworth and will run from Ipswich all afternoon Thursday until 7pm and all day Friday until 7pm. Shuttle buses will return to Halesworth throughout the weekend and to Halesworht and Ipswich on Monday morning. For full timetables please visit www.latitudefestival.co.uk

Shuttle bus tickets can be prebooked via www.LatitudeBuses.co.uk. The shuttle buses will bring you into site at Green Gate 2. Please ask a steward at the bus station to direct you to the Guest List box office. There is around a 15 minute walk to the Guest List box office, Guest camping and Guest Area from the bus station. Go the perimeter of the campsite and turn left and follow the fence line.

National Express are running coach services to and from London to the Latitude Festival site.

Campsite
Opens: 2pm Thursday 17th July
Closes: 12pm Monday 21st July

Arena
Thursday - approx 5pm
Friday - approx 10am
Saturday - approx 10am
Sunday - approx 10am

INFORMATION LINE 020 7009 3001

Compost It at Latitude 

FOOD SCRAPS, PLATES, BOWLS, COFFEE CUPS, CLEAR CUPS, CUTLERY, NAPKINS, PIZZA BOXES, CHIP CARTONS

When you buy food from the traders at Latitude Festival, everything your food comes in is biodegradable. You will notice many traders have plates, bowls and trays as pictured left. These are BioPak products made from waste material from the sugarcane industry. If it wasn’t used to make plates, this waste product would otherwise be land-filled or incinerated.

Using plastic or polystyrene packaging is not sustainable – they’re not only oil based but polystyrene can’t be efficiently recycled, and plastic containers that aren’t washed out can’t be recycled either. So we’re going with sustainable packaging that’s also compostable. Our composting makes its way just up the road to Parham, where a fantastic in-vessel composting plant is waiting to take your leftovers. Please make sure NO PLASTIC goes into the compost bins as otherwise the whole load may be rejected.

Recycle It.
PLASTIC BOTTLES, ALUMINIUM CANS, NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, CARDBOARD.

Landfill It.
CRISP PACKETS, COFFEE CUP LIDS, STRAWS, PLASTIC SHOPPING BAGS







Overall Waste Strategies.

Our goal is to minimise the amount of waste going to landfill and to maximize recycling and composting. We do this by:

• Separating recyclables and compostables from general waste which will go to landfill.
• Composting biodegradables. All food packaging, including plates, bowls, cups, containers and cutlery are biodegradable.
• Staffed Litter Points are in the campgrounds to help festival goers with recycling and composting separation.
• Wandering staff onsite pick up recyclable waste.
• Camper’s Waste Kits will be supplied so you can separate your waste at your tent during the festival and then bring it to the campsite Litter Points.
• Green Messengers will be at the bins in the arena to assist in waste separation.
• Resource recovery to salvage reusable items, both in the campgrounds and back of house in the production areas.
• A waste audit will be carried out to measure volumes recycled, composted and going to landfill.

Charity number: 202918

Oxfam Festival Stewarding: you will be able to apply to steward with Oxfam at a number of music festivals during the Summer from 31st March 2008 and this year all applications will be taken on-line.

To steward you must be 18 or over and willing to work 3 x 8 hour shifts. In return, we will provide you with full training, a separate camping area with toilets and showers, a meal ticket per shift, chance to make new friends and the opportunity to help raise £900,000 for Oxfam.

To apply go to www.oxfam.org.uk/stewards, or call 0870 010 8553

The CATs are new this year and are volunteers based in the festival campsites. CAT volunteers are there to help you get the most out of the festival 24 hours a day. If you're having trouble putting up your tent, need directions, are concerned about a group or an individuals behaviour, need a UV pen to mark your belongings, would like to complain about a build-up of litter, or let us know about facilities which require attention – please contact a CAT volunteer – they'll do their best to help!

You can contact the CAT volunteers – head towards your nearest fire tower or catch them as they patrol around. 

If you're interested in volunteering to be a CAT please visit:

www.DCSiteServices.com/CATs/

Or email CATs@DCSiteServices.com

When you arrive onsite, you will be given your Camper’s Waste Kit. These kits consist of;

- Clear Plastic Bag - for recycling.

Put plastic bottles, aluminium cans, food tins, general plastic containers, newspapers, magazines, flyers & brochures, cardboard and beer cases.

- Ecover Biodegradable Bag – for compostables.

Put your food scraps and leftovers, takeaway food packaging, coffee cups, and those lovely plastic looking juice cups which are made from PLA (corn starch).

- Black Bin Bag - for general rubbish.

In this go crisp packets, scrappy bits of plastic, straws, coffee cup lids and all other rubbish. Try and minimise this as everything in this bag goes to landfill.

When you’ve filled up your bags, bring them to the Recycling Points in the campgrounds and hand them in. You’ll be met there by the lovely folk from Bright Green. Bright Green are an environmental social enterprise and not-for-profit organisation. Bright Green works with communities, businesses and in partnership with other organisations to raise awareness of environmental issues, provide training and education programmes and research & develop projects. www.brightgreen.org.uk

THE “ONE DEGREE EAST” SUPERMARKET WILL OPERATE 24 hours opening at 2pm on Thursday 17th July and closing at 12pm on Monday 21st July. The supermarket will also operate an express till selling the most popular items from 8am to 8pm Friday to Sunday.

Credit and debit cards can be accepted at the supermarket and a cash back facility will be available.

STOCK LISTING (more may be added – and will be updated here)
FRESH BREAD – Sliced and Uncut Loaves, Rolls, Baguettes, Bagels, Croissants .Baked Locally, Delivered Daily. Organic Available.
BREAKFAST AND MORNING GOODS – Cereals, Cereal Bars, Smoothies, Fruit Juices etc inc Organic and Fairtrade Produce.
DAIRY PRODUCTS – Milk, Cream, Butter and Spreads, Free Range Eggs, Yoghurts and Local Produced Cheeses – organic variants offered.
FRESH FRUIT & VEGETABLES – Local Produce, Delivered Daily.
NEWSPAPERS/MAGAZINES – available from 0600 each morning. Daily newspaper reservation system will operate. Puzzle Books And Children’s Magazines Stocked.
CAKES AND BAKERY CONFECTIONARY – Baked Locally.
TOILETRIES, FIRST AID & PHARMACY, HEALTH/HYGIENE AND CLEANING PRODUCTS – Sun Block, After Sun, Toothpaste & Brushes, Soap, Shampoo, Plasters, Ibuprofen etc, Insect Repellent, Gaviscon, Beechams Products, Children’s Medicines, Hayfever and Allergy Relief, Condoms, Cough and Cold Medicines, Rennies. Toilet and Kitchen Roll, Wipes, Male & Female Deodorants, Razors, Bin Liners, Bleach, Tissues, Washing-Up-Liquid
FOR BABY  – Organic Baby Food and Milk, Nappies, Baby Oil, Talc Powder, Baby Wipes, Cotton Wool.
CHILLED DRINKS – Water, Red Bull, Milk Drinks, Flavoured Drinks, Kids Drinks, Coke etc, regular and ‘diet’ variants. 250ml – 2 litre. Large ‘Fairtrade’ and Organic offering.
‘FILL-YOUR-OWN’ DRINKS – Tea, Coffee, Soup and Hot Chocolate.
SELF-SERVE DELI’ – Pre-Packaged Meats, Olives, Dried Fruits, Pasta Salads, Coleslaw and Dips, Rice Salads, other prepared Salads, Bacon, Sausage, Pre-Cooked Chicken, Sliced Meats, Quorn Products, Vegetarian and Vegan Products, Pasties and Pies (in bio-degradable packaging),Pates and Spreads. Organic Quiches.
‘BBQ READY’ PRODUCTS – Burgers, Steaks, Chicken, Kebabs, Seasoned/Marinated.
GROCERY – Pasta, Biscuits, Tea, Coffee, Drinking Chocolate, Sugar, Sauces, Pickles and Relishes, Cooking Oils, Salt, Herbs & Spices, Soups, Tinned, Jarred and packaged Meat and Fish branded goods – organic and ‘Fairtrade’ variants available.
ALCOHOL – Bitters, Aspall Cider, Carlsberg Lagers, Wines and Spirits (inc. Organic)
CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO – Marlboro Product Cigarettes and Cigars.
BRANDED CONFECTIONARY – For Big and Little Kids.
PIES, PASTIES – Meat and Vegetarian variants. Eat cold or heat up in our Microwaves.
SNACKS – Pot Noodles (hot water urns available for customer use), crisps, nuts etc.
READY MEALS – Use our Microwaves to heat up your meal.
SANDWICHES – Meat and Vegetarian. All supplied in bio-degradable packaging.
NON-FOOD AND CAMPING ACCESSORIES – Batteries, Torches, Candles, Tin Openers, Corkscrews, Firelighters, Disposable BBQs, Playing Cards, Ball Game Packs, Pens & Pencils.
CARD PAYMENT, CASHBACK AND E-TOP UP – Cash or Credit/Debit Cards Accepted. Cashback available (max of £50.00 per transaction). E-top up electronic mobile phone facility.