By Train
By Train from London Waterloo
Change at Alton where you can board the famous Watercress Line steam train to enjoy the 40-minute
journey to Alresford. Tickets cost £12 for adults, £6 for children (2-16 yrs) and £30 for a family ticket
(2 adults and 2 children).
For further details and advance booking for standard travel, visit
www.watercressline.co.uk
or to download a timetable, click here.
By Car
Via Sat Nav
For New Alresford > enter SO24 9
Please note that the festival is held in New Alresford and this is the correct name that you should input
if you are using satellite navigation or an internet route finder to obtain directions. The original
settlement of Alresford was renamed Old Alresford when the new town was established.
Travelling from London on the A3
Head for the FREE Park & Ride from The Watercress Line's Ropley Station. Follow the A3 out of London
to Guildford, then take the A31 which is signposted Farnham/Winchester/Alton.
Ropley Station is located just off the A31. Turn right into Station Hill which is before the Shell
garage.
If you do not intend to use the Park and Ride facility, stay on the A31 signposted Winchester
and follow the signs for Alresford.
From M3 Motorway heading south
Head for Stratton Bates car park
Exit at M3 Junction 9 and follow signs to join A31 signposted New Alresford and Alton before taking
the B3047 into Alresford. Turn right into Jacklyns Lane, and right again into Grange Road. Stratton
Bates car park is clearly signposted.
From M3 Motorway heading north
Head for Stratton Bates car park
Exit at M3 Junction 10 and follow signs to join A31 signposted New Alresford and Alton before
taking the B3047 into Alresford. Turn right into Jacklyns Lane, and right again into Grange Road.
Stratton Bates car park is clearly signposted.
From Petersfield
Head for the FREE Park & Ride service from Ropley Station
Take the A272 signposted Winchester, turn right at Bramdean Garage and continue through
Bramdean Common. At the roundabout turn right onto the A31, then turn left into Station Hill
situated after the Shell garage.
From Basingstoke
Head for Old Alresford (Hollingbury Field) car park
Follow the A339 under the motorway. After 100 yards turn right onto the B3046. Continue through the
Candovers into Old Alresford and turn right into Abbotstone Lane. Follow signs for Hollingbery Field.
By Steam Railway
By Train on the famous Watercress Line
At Alton, board the famous Watercress Line steam train to enjoy the 40-minute
journey to Alresford. Tickets cost £12 for adults, £6 for children (2-16 yrs) and £30 for a family ticket
(2 adults and 2 children). Alternatively, board the FREE park & ride at Ropley station.
For further details and advance booking for standard travel, visit
www.watercressline.co.uk
or to download a timetable, click here.
