Festival Park

This page contains AtoBetter travel information for Festival Park. Find local facilities, walking and cycling routes, public transport services and more.

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Local travel information

Buses

The following bus stops are within 20 minutes walking distance from Festival Park:

Bawburgh Road

First Excel routes:

• A - Norwich - Hockering - Dereham - Swaffham - King's Lynn - Terrington - Wisbech - Thorney - Peterborough 
• B - Norwich - Hockering - Dereham - Swaffham - King's Lynn - Terrington - Wisbech - Thorney - Peterborough 
• C - Norwich - Easton - Swaffham - King's Lynn - Terrington - Wisbech - Thorney - Peterborough 

Konectbus routes:

• 4 - Norwich - N & Nu Hospital - Mattishall - Dereham - Swanton Morley 
• 4A - Norwich - Mattishall - Dereham - Swanton Morley 
• 515 - Easton - Airport P&R 

Sanders routes:

• 58: Taverham - Dereham Road - Easton College 

Our Hire routes: 

• 808: Longwater - Bawburgh - Little Melton 

West Norfolk Community Transport routes: 

• 52 - Swaffham, Market Place - Easton College

You can find up to date service announcements on Twitter for First Norwich, Konectbus and Our Hire, Sanders. You can also find service announcements on Facebook for First Eastern Counties, Konectbus, Our Hire and H Semmence & Co and Instagram for Konectbus.

Go to the Konect bus website for tickets

Go to the First Bus website for tickets and apps

Go to the Sanders Coaches Website for fares

Go to the Our Hire website for fares

Go to the H Semmence and Co website for timetables 

Go to the West Norfolk Community Transport Go to town for timetables

More information on buses in Norfolk

Walking

Festival Park is within easy walking distance of many local services.

In 15 minutes you can walk to:

• Easton Campus: Easton & Otley College
• St Peters Church of England Primary School
• Easton Post Office
• Easton Village Hall

In 30 minutes you can walk to:

• Sainsbury's
• Bannatyne Health Club
• Bawburgh Golf Club

In 45 minutes you can walk to:

• The Bawburgh School
• Marks and Spencer
• Longwater Business Park
• Roundwell Medical Centre and Pharmacy
• Boots - Longwater Retail Park
• Bawburgh Village Hall
• Costessey Park & Ride

Cycling

Festival Park is within easy cycling distance of many local services.

In 15 minutes you can cycle to:

• Easton Campus: Easton & Otley College
• The Bawburgh School
• St Peters Church of England Primary School
• Ormiston Victory Academy with Sixth Form
• Costessey Primary School
• Chapel Break Infant School
• Sainsbury's
• Marks and Spencer
• Easton Post Office
• Upper Stafford Avenue Post Office
• Costessey Post Office
• Longwater Business Park
• Barford Industrial Estate
• Bowthorpe Employment Area/Park Industrial Estate
• Roundwell Medical Centre and Pharmacy
• Beechcroft Dental Practice
• Boots - Longwater Retail Park
• Beechcroft Surgery
• John G. Plummer & Associates Dental Surgeons
• Alan Ribbons Dental Surgery
• Bannatyne Health Club
• Bawburgh Golf Club
• Easton Village Hall
• Bawburgh Village Hall
• Chapel Break Community Centre
• Breckland Hall
• Costessey Library
• Costessey Park & Ride

If you don't feel confident on a bike you can apply for one of our cycle course vouchers.

Your closest cycle shops are:

• August Bicycles Ltd, Hockering Lane, Bawburgh, Norwich NR9 3LR 
• Norfolk Electric Adventure, Unit 15, Taverham Craft Centre, Fir Covert Rd, Taverham, Norwich NR8 6HT 
• Norwich Bicycle Repair Co-operative Ltd, University of East Anglia, University Drive, Norwich NR4 7TJ  
• Soren's Cycles, 17 Drayton Wood Road, Norwich NR6 5BY 

Mobile Mechanics who operate in this development are:

• Mace Cycle Services
• J Guyton Cycles
• Moore and son cycles

You can also find information on our cycling pages.

Trains

Your nearest station is Norwich.

Visit the National Rail website to buy your tickets and find real time train departures from Norwich.

Routes from Norwich station:

Greater Anglia routes:

• Sheringham
• Great Yarmouth
• Lowestoft
• Cambridge
• London Liverpool Street

Getting to the station:

Norwich station is approx. 7.3 miles from Festival Park.

The station has wheel racks, cycle parking facilities can be located next to the station entrance, near the bus stops.

There are 62 car park spaces including five accessible spaces.

Step free access to all platforms.

Park&Ride

Your nearest Park & Ride is Costessey Park & Ride.

Route 510 - Costessey Park & Ride - Norwich Research Park - N&N University Hospital

Route 511 - Costessey Park & Ride - UEA University Drive

Visit the Park & Ride website for timetables, routes and fares information.

Liftsharing

Liftshare is a free service available to anyone who lives, works and travels in and around Norfolk. You could save money on your travel costs, reduce your stress and do your bit to cut congestion and pollution.

Visit the Liftshare website to find out how to join the car sharing community.

Contact your travel plan coordinator

Get in touch with any questions and comments by emailing AtoBetter@norfolk.gov.uk or call us on 01603 223379. You can also join our mailing list to stay up to date with all things AtoBetter.

About AtoBetter

We're delivering the Travel Plan at Festival Park on behalf of Persimmon Homes (opens new window) through the AtoBetter travel plan project.

AtoBetter is working with delivery partners and the community to implement a range of measures to encourage residents to consider a wider range of choices for more of their journeys, such as walking, cycling, public transport, and car sharing.