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Hello and welcome to the West Yorkshire Police page for this year's Leeds Festival.
The site at Bramham Park is open for general weekend campers from early morning on Thursday 25 August through to midday on Bank Holiday Monday.
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Click here to download the Road Map for getting to the Festival Venue (PDF) or click on the image to the right to enlarge (keep clicking to get bigger versions)
Official Leeds Festival Organisers' Traffic Information
If you are travelling by car please drive carefully as the routes around the festival site will be busy. If you put Wetherby (West Yorkshire) into your sat nav and then follow the festival signs on the routes below you should find the site easily and hopefully quickly.
Directions to the festival site will be well signposted whichever direction you're coming from:
- From the A1 coming from the south
The festival will be signposted from junction 35 northbound
- From the M1 coming from the south
The festival will be signposted from junction 32 northbound
- From the M62 coming from the east
The festival will be signposted from junction 33 westbound
- From the M62 coming from the west
The festival will be signposted from junction 29 eastbound
- From the A1/A1(M) coming from the north
The festival will be signposted from junction 36 southbound
General advice on how you can get to the festival can be found on the main info section of the Leeds Festival website page.
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Keeping You And Your Property Safe - Advice from West Yorkshire Police
 While the vast majority of the people at the festival are there to have a good time, listen to great music, and build up a considerable amount of washing, there are some less than desirable characters who look to prey on festival-goers.
We’ll be at the festival targeting these people and ensuring you get the most from your time there.
Please take a look at the tips below which can help protect you and your property and reduce the risk of becoming a victim of crime.
Be Safe
- While walking around the festival try to stay with friends, particularly at night
- Always take a torch with you. Chances are you won’t be back to your tent ‘till after dark
- Be aware of what’s around you and try not to walk around with headphones in
- Try to keep your valuables hidden- don’t flash them around. If you are going to take an iPod consider using an old pair of headphones
- Try to avoid carrying anything in your back pockets– the event is busier than Oxford Street, and pick-pockets love it. Pockets with zips are the safest way to go
- Arrange an easy meeting point with your friends in case you case get split up and don’t have a mobile. Choose three times during the day where you can meet e.g. 2pm, 6pm and 1am
- Please be mindful about how much you drink. Excessive alcohol hampers your judgement and makes you a target for crimes like assault and robbery. These offences are fortunately rare but try to stay with friends and don’t put yourself in a vulnerable position
Keep Your Property Safe
- Try to keep any valuables you bring to a bare minimum- consider bringing an old mobile and a digital camera rather than the latest models
- Keep car keys, cash, credit cards and mobile phones with you at all times or in one of the free security lock-ups
- Split your cash and cards into two hoards so that if one goes you have back-up
- Mark your property with your name and postcode. This makes it easier for us to reunite any lost or stolen items. Campsite Assistance Teams (CATs) have UV pens and they are also available at the security lock-ups
- Consider registering your property at immobilise database. This is a free service and we check all recovered property with this database
- Leave a record of any credit card you take, including the account number and the cancellation phone number, at home. If the worse happens you can report it stolen quickly
- Don’t leave anything valuable in your car and leave the glove box open and empty. It’s also a good idea to check on your vehicle during the duration of the festival so there are no nasty surprises when you come to leave
Safe Camping
- If you have any concerns about camping at the festival try to site your tent near to the fire tower or by your Zone Manager’s caravan
- Introduce yourself to those around you so they now your face and your tent. Let each other know when you’re not going to be around and keep an eye on each others stuff
- Report anything or anyone suspicious to campsite staff– that’s what they’re there for
- Don’t put a padlock on your tent- this will only invite thieves
- Don’t bury your valuables by your tent. Someone is bound to be watching
- When you’re sleeping place any valuable items at the bottom of your sleeping bag
- Keep to main routes on the site when dark and try to travel around in groups
- Attach a distinctive flag on a pole by your tent. It will help you identify it if you get a bit lost
- Ensure that you leave any BBQ away from your tent to avoid any potentially harmful fumes while you sleep.
Help Us
- If you do become a victim of crime do not resist and give them what they want. Help us to set the record straight by making sure you get a good look at them and their clothes and noting down the area it took place (look out for fire towers, loos, distinctive tents)
- If you have an incident with a security guard, steward or any other member of festival staff that you want us to look into please make a note of their tabard number and the name on their pass
- Please don’t be alarmed by our advice. Crime at festivals is relatively low we just don’t want anything to happen to you.
Drugs
Forget what you may have heard about festivals being a place for peace, love and drug taking.
While there may be a fair bit of the first two things drug taking of any kind will not be tolerated at the festival.
Security checks on your way into the site will be stringent and staff are adept at finding drug stashes.
The law at Leeds Festival has to be enforced, just as it would be any other part of the country.
Anyone found with a suspicious substance will be arrested and taken from the site while tests are undertaken to ascertain the exact nature of a powder or tablet.
Please also be aware of so-called ‘legal highs’. Despite the name this is no guarantee that it’s safe to take or is in fact a legal substance.
Whether it’s claimed to be a legal high or a banned substance, people supplying drugs are more often than not unscrupulous individuals who don’t care about you.
Aside from the potential effect that anything you take may have on your health and wellbeing, drugs can also have a significant effect on your life and future.
A conviction for taking or supplying controlled drugs to your friends will impact on your life. This can include travel plans, employment prospects as well as your general reputation.
Come to the festival and enjoy it but don’t let one bad decision ruin the weekend and jeopardise your future.
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