Anyone using buses or vehicles on the road around Newport over the next few days should note the traffic restrictions in place for Isle of Wight Festival.
Details set out below from the Isle of Wight council explain what areas to avoid (if possible) and where you might experience delays.
Main route for ferry traffic
The main route for festival traffic from the East Cowes Red Funnel terminal will be up York Avenue and along Whippingham Road, where it will turn right onto East Cowes Road and into the festival car park.
Festival-bound vehicles travelling from the Wightlink terminal at Fishbourne will be directed to the right on to Kite Hill, through Wootton, down Lushington Hill and right at the Racecourse roundabout and then left onto East Cowes Road and into the festival car park.
People requiring access to Newport Quay will be required to use the bridge and avoid going through Seaclose Park.
One-way system along Fairlee Road
There will be a one-way system in place along Fairlee Road from lunchtime on Wednesday 15th June. All outbound traffic from Newport will be directed up Staplers Road.
If any of the entrances to the car parks are temporarily blocked, or an incident occurs on any of the roads being used by festival traffic, there are a number of diversion options where festival traffic can be temporarily ‘stacked’ away from the main roads and released into the network once the problem has been resolved.
Plan your route
The council asks that residents plan their routes carefully to avoid the designated festival traffic routes on the Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Monday of the event — when traffic volumes will be their highest.
Floating Bridge festival timetable
If you’re in East Cowes and want to avoid the festival traffic you could take the Floating Bridge across to Cowes to head down to Newport etc.
The following timetable will operate over the Festival Weekend from Thursday 16th June 2022 to Sunday 19th June 2022.
Any current updates can be found at the Floating Bridge Website.
| Cowes | |
| Thursday 16th June | |
| First ferry 0500 | Last ferry 0125 |
| Friday 17th June | |
| First ferry 0500 | Last ferry 0125 |
| Saturday 18th June | |
| First ferry 0500 | Last ferry 0125 |
| Sunday 19th June | |
| First ferry 0630 | Last ferry 0055 |
| East Cowes | |
| Thursday 16th June | |
| First Ferry 0510 | Last ferry 0120 |
| Friday 17th June | |
| First ferry 0510 | Last ferry 0120 |
| Saturday 18th June | |
| First ferry 0510 | Last ferry 0120 |
| Sunday 19th June | |
| First ferry 0640 | Last ferry 0050 |
