Boardmasters 2023: How to travel to the Cornwall music festival by train, plane, coach and car; All you need to know

The Boardmasters 2023 begins Wednesday, August 9 and will go on until Sunday, August 11, with some of the best music artists performing this year. The music festival will be held at two venues – the Watergate Bay and the Fistral beach – in Newquay, Cornwall, England.

Here’s our guide to getting there at the two locations of the Boardmasters 2023 festival in Cornwall, England.

How to travel by Train to Boardmaster 2023:

Take the train to Newquay, get down and then take the shuttle bus to the festival site. CornwallLive reports that from the first day of Boardmasters, the Great Western Railway (GWR) will operate a reservation-only system and extra trains during the duration of the music festival, with changes to the timetable in Devon and Cornwall. Please check their website at gwr.com/check for the timetable and availability. From August 9–11, the extra trains will be between London Paddington and Newquay and between Plymouth/Par and Newquay, and also for the return journeys on Monday, August 14. Please check luggage details, and carry your railcard.

How to travel by Shuttle Bus to Boardmaster 2023:

A Shuttle Bus service will operate between Watergate Bay and Newquay for Fistral Beach for the Boardmasters 2023 from August 9 to August 14. The timings for the Boardmaster 2023 Shuttle Bus service are: 7:30 am – 4:30 am each day, between the Watergate Bay Festival Site and Newquay Town Centre (for Fistral Beach). All Shuttle Buses will depart from the Blue Car Park.

Here are the route details:

WATERGATE > FISTRAL ROUTE
Watergate Bay Festival Site (Blue Bus Stop, arena entrance)
Cliff Road (near Aldi, Newquay Rail Station)
Manor Road Bus Station (10 min walk to Fistral Beach).


FISTRAL > WATERGATE ROUTE
Manor Road Bus Station (10 min walk to Fistral Beach)
Cliff Road (near Aldi, Newquay Rail Station)
Watergate Bay Festival Site (Blue Bus Stop, arena entrance).

The Shuttle Bus will have a tap-and-ride option. A return ticket costs £9 and a single journey ticket is £5.

How to travel by Coach to Boardmaster 2023:

Boardmasters 2023 and Big Green Coach will provide a low-cost coach service from August 9 to August 14, with 53 pick-up points. A return ticket costs £57. What’s more, the coach ticket is 100% refundable, and for that, one has to choose the "Flexi ticket" option while booking.

Weekend return coach options are from the following stops: Barnstaple, Basingstoke, Bath, Bideford, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bridgwater, Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Cheltenham, Chichester, Coventry, Dorchester, Exeter, Gloucester, Guilford, Haverfordwest, Leicester, London (Richmond), London (Croydon), London (O2 Arena), London (Victoria), Manchester, Newport, Newton Abbot, Northampton, Norwich, Nottingham, Oxford, Paignton, Plymouth, Poole, Portsmouth, Reading (Calcot), Salisbury, Southampton, Stafford, Stevenage, Stockport, Stoke-on-Trent, Swansea, Swindon, Taunton, Thetford, Tiverton, Tiverton Parkway, Torquay, Warwick, Weston Super Mare, Worcester and Yeovil.

The Coach is the best option for travel to Boardmasters 2023, as passengers will be dropped off in the Official Coach Park which is inside the festival gates. Log on to the Big Green Coach website for the timetable and other details.

FAQs

Q1:When is the 2023 Boardmasters Festival?
The 2023 Boardmasters Festival will be held from Wednesday, August 9, 2023 to Sunday, August 13, 2023. It is a popular music festival.

Q2:Where is the Boardmasters 2023 location?
The Boardmasters 2023 is at two venues in Newquay, Cornwall, England. One venue is the Watergate Bay and the other is Fistral Beach.