The organisers of the Boardmasters has issued traffic management and road closure advice ahead of the six day festival getting underway next Wednesday.
Vision Nine are encouraging attendees to travel by train, coach, or car share for the event to minimise traffic congestion and queues during the festival, which takes place at Fistral Beach and Watergate Bay between August 9 and 14.
Festivalgoers will be arriving to camp at the festival from Wednesday, August 9 in addition to day ticket holders who will arrive each day on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Festival organisers expect Wednesday, August 9 to be the busiest day for arrivals at Watergate Bay, when around 60% of campers will arrive on site.
Festival car parks will open from 7.30am, with organisers predicting peak arrivals by car will take place from 10am to 4pm on Wednesday and Thursday.
Festival shuttle buses will be running every 15 minutes from Newquay Town Centre to the main festival site at Watergate Bay for those travelling to and from Newquay train station.
Festivalgoers can book shuttle bus tickets on the First Bus App, or pay on the bus.
Camping customers will leave the festival on Monday 14 August.
Organisers anticipate traffic will be busiest between 8am and 4pm on that day.
Boardmasters advises residents to avoid unnecessary journeys near to the Boardmasters festival site during peak arrivals and departures.
The Watergate Road closure will be in place each day on Wednesday, August 9 and Thursday, August 10 between 6pm and 3am, as well as from Friday, August 11 to Sunday, August 13 between 4pm and 3am.
The road closure is between Blue Car Park up from the Sands Resort Hotel & Spa and the bottom of the hill at Watergate Bay, which will create a safe crossing between our main arena and campsites for festivalgoers.
Boardmasters will implement a £50 car park re-entry fee to encourage use of our shuttle bus services as a measure to further reduce local traffic during the event.
At Fistral Beach, where the surf competition takes place, a road closure will be in place on Headland Road from Monday, August 7 and Monday, August 14 from 8am to 8pm each day.
Parking at Towan Headland car park will be suspended for the duration of this time.
Parking at Fistral Beach will be suspended completely from Wednesday, August 9 to Sunday, August 13.
Local residents can contact Boardmasters via email at [email protected] or, on live days local residents can contact Boardmasters via 01637 817 444.