How to get to Sotterley
Unfortunately, this year , we are unable to offer a free bus service from Halesworth or Beccles. Like many of our community transport services, they are struggling to find volunteer drivers. Please do support these valuable assets to our communities if you can. Hopefully, we will be able to bring back the service next year.
By Train & Taxis to Sotterley
The main station to the festival site is BECCLES on the Ipswich to Lowestoft line.
Beccles Taxis : Goldline Taxis - Goldline Taxis telephone 01502 711611
Waveney Taxis : https://waveneytaxis.co.uk
Halesworth Taxis: D R Fosdike. telephone 01986 872829
By Car
Getting to the new EastFolk
Bear with us on this one! The roads approaching the Sotterley Estate near Beccles are mostly small, single track lanes. The official AA road signage system has been designed for your benefit and for the local community, to avoid congestion on these country roads. This has been managed by the AA and the best routes have been chosen... Even if you know the roads use the signs.. a single car in the wrong direction could blow the whole thing!
Please keep to the signposted route and IGNORE YOUR navigational devices once following the signs.. Your sat nav at this point will take you to both a tiny road and the wrong entrance (normally a cow field!) trust us!
Weekend campers, day campers and those with pre-booked accessible parking, please follow signs to CAMPING - all these share an entrance. The weekend CAMPING Box Office will be open from Thursday at 2pm for weekend camping tickets only.
Day ticket holders and weekend ticket holders without camping please follow directions to DAY TICKETS. The DAY TICKETS Box Office will be open from 10 am Friday, Saturday and Sunday. No entry on Thursday.
So…. these signposts then… they will be picked up at the following locations:
BLYTHBURGH, A12 if heading North from Ipswich
BENACRE, A12 if heading South from Lowestoft
BECCLES, A146 towards Lowestoft - so if heading East from Norwich and beyond
If you don’t pass these points don't fear! The signs continue and will be picked up along the A145 for anyone joining from local areas and the same applies to the A146. The signs will also be at all major intersections joining the A145 and A146 so you can’t miss them as you approach. All routes to the site are routed via the A12, A145 and A146.
You can find this as a downloadable file with signpost images here: https://folkeast.co.uk/getting-there-by-road-download/
Please Note : If you are an artist, trader, crew or guest you will be emailed a Car Pass and directions to the PRODUCTION gate.
By Bicycle
Suffolk is a cyclist's paradise - quiet and flat! And around Sotterley that's no exception. Yes we do have a few tractors, horses and the odd pothole but on the whole it's blissfully free of traffic. And the bonus is that Sustrans route 31 goes right past the Sotterley estate, so you don't even need to know the way to Beccles in one direction or Southwold in the other - just follow the little blue signs and they will take you on quiet lanes all the way there! On site we will have areas near the the Weekend and Day Box Offices for you to lock up your bike.
If you are planning to bring your bike on the train, on the East Suffolk Community Railway no advance booking is necessary. Each local train generally has space for up to 6 bicycles.
If you are coming from further afield, please check whether you need to book in advance.