There are many ways to to travel to the Isle of Wight including interconnected bus and train journeys from many parts of the mainland.
There are two ferry companies if you are travelling by car and both offer inexpensive short-break return tickets during the summer available for various vehicles with up to six free passengers.
If you plan to travel to the festival by car, motorhome or small van you are eligible for a discounted ferry crossing offered to the DHRF by Red Funnel.
Buy your festival tickets online from WeGoTickets or by cheque from DidgMill and you will be issued a promotional code to use when booking a crossing with Red Funnel either online or using their call centre.
Available between Tuesday 4th and Thursday 13th August you can book an extended stay return crossing for a car and up to six free passengers for just £39.50 This rate will be available for outward and return travel between the times of 17:00 – 08:59.
Wightlink
offers car
ferries (sailing times from 30 minutes) across the
Solent from two convenient ports at Portsmouth (to
Fishbourne) & Lymington (to Yarmouth), also a
hi-speed FastCat foot passenger service from
Portsmouth Harbour (to Ryde Pier Head) which connects
with mainline trains from London Waterloo, Brighton,
Bristol and Southampton.
Red
Funnel passenger/vehicle
ferries go from Southampton-East Cowes. The crossing
takes approx. 55 mins. Foot passengers can also travel
on the 'Red Jet' service from Southampton to West
Cowes which takes approx. 23 minutes. A full range of
accommodation, travel insurance, car hire and more are
also available.
Information from Southern Vectis The Island's buses.
