Southern Vectis | Bestival

The Sunday Best Bestival runs from 5th - 7th September 2008. Among this years live acts are
My Bloody Valentine, Aphex Twin, The Breeders, CSS, George Clinton & Funkadelic, Gary Numan and The Human League.

The DJ line up includes DJ Yoda, Annie Mac, Layo and Bushwacka, DJ Hype and Freestylers. They will also be hosting a huge fancy dress party, a solar powered cinema, a big wheel and the return of the inflatable church...

For more information visit the
official bestival website.

During the Bestival we will be running special shuttle services and extra late buses on our normal routes to make it as easy as possible for you to get to the site.

map showing direct bus routes linking Yarmouth, Cowes, Ryde and Fishbourne to the festival site

from Ryde

Wightlink Fast Cat from Portsmouth
Hovertravel hovercraft from Southsea

Customers arriving at Ryde Pier should proceed to the Bus station and board the Downs Tour , which runs from 0930, then every 30 minutes until 1730, direct to the Bestival site.
£4 special single

from Yarmouth

Wightlink ferry from Lymington

Customers arriving at Yarmouth should board route 7 to Newport and change to route 8 which will take you directly to the Bestival site.
£4 special single

from Cowes

Red Funnel Red Jet ferry from Southampton

Customers arriving from Southampton on the Red Jet should board route 1 to Newport Bus Station and change to route 8 to the Bestival Site.
£4 special single

from East Cowes

Red Funnel ferry from Southampton

Customers arriving at East Cowes Red Funnel Ferry Terminal should board the Medina Tour which runs from 1010, then every hour at 10 past until 1810 direct to the Bestival site.
£4 special single

staying elsewhere on the Island?

Customers traveling from within the Island can use the services from Newport as above or travel to Sandown and use Route 8 from Sandown High Street, Lake Shops, Lake Morisons, Apse Heath, Winford, Hale Common, Arreton to the Bestival site.

We offer special tickets for the duration of the Bestival period between Friday 5th September & Sunday 7th September 2008.

£2

Newport shuttle single

This ticket is valid for a single journey on the Bestival shuttle between Newport bus station and the the Bestival campsite.
Buy from the driver.

£4

Island shuttle single

This ticket is valid for a single journey on the Bestival shuttle between Cowes, East Cowes, Fishbourne, Ryde and Yarmouth
to the Bestival campsite.
Buy from the driver.

Normal fares apply when travelling to Bestival using our regular network buses.

NUS or any other university union card holders only pay half of all island fares and tickets.