Victorious Festival is held on The Common and Castle Field in the beautiful seaside location of Southsea, Portsmouth.
See our Getting Here for information on traveling to the event.
WALK
Portsmouth is a beautiful seafront city and is very flat! If you are able to walk to the festival we fully recommend strolling to the event on Southsea Seafront.
CYCLE
The site will have a bicycle park for those of you wishing to ride, but please remember – don’t drink and cycle!
Please note: while guards will be patrolling the area during festival opening hours – bikes are left at the owners risk.
As part of our Greener Travel Strategy and support for Portsmouth’s Clean Air Zone (CAZ) initiative, we’re investing heavily in our Lakeside Car Parking and Lakeside Shuttle Bus service. This is the best way to travel to the festival if you plan on driving to Portsmouth.
- No stops – direct route straight from Lakeside to the Festival & back again! Approx 15-25mins
- Closest drop off/pick up – Our shuttles get you the closest to the action!
- Bus Lanes – shuttles equal quicker travel by utilising bus lanes!
- Open late – no need to leave early, travel back after the headliners!
- Green – great for the environment and congestion!
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LAKESIDE CAR PARK
Address
Lakeside North Harbour, Western Road, Portsmouth, PO6 3EN (not the Portsmouth Park & Ride at Tipner!)
Opening Times
Open from 8am each day
Leaving Your Vehicle Overnight
You may leave your vehicle overnight providing it is collected by 9am the following day. However please note, there is no sleeping in your car.
LAKESIDE SHUTTLE BUS
Days of Operation
Friday 22nd, Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th August 2025
Service Times
9am – midnight each day
Route
Direct route to festival site – approx. 15-20 mins
Wheelchair Access
One wheelchair space per bus
Tickets
Tickets are available via our booking flow. We strongly recommend booking in advance due to limited availability
LOCAL BUSES
Xela Bus, First South and Stagecoach offer bus services within & around Portsmouth. Please check their websites before making travel plans.
National coach travel services will be available soon! Register your interest below if you’d like to be updated as soon as coach travel options become available.
LOCAL TRAIN STATIONS:
Portsmouth has 3 train stations in walking distance of the festival site
- Portsmouth & Southsea – 25 min walk
- Fratton – 27 min walk
- Portsmouth Harbour – 30 min walk
If walking isn’t for you, there are regular buses and many taxis in the area that can take you directly to the seafront from these stations. A special festival bus will be running from the Hard Interchange. More details including the timetable will be released closer to the event.
SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY (SWR):
Popular train routes to Victorious Festival include Woking, Winchester, Havant, Fareham and Cosham.
See South Western Railway’s website for more info on these services.
Please check train options before you make your travel plans.
The festival is on the Seafront after all! Ferry services operate from France, Spain, the Isle of Wight, and Gosport on a regular basis.
HOVERTRAVEL
The closest crossing to the festival site. Hovertravel operates every 30 minutes throughout the day between Ryde and Southsea.
We expect these to be very busy so we recommend pre-booking!
For crossing times and bookings & some great travel deals see their website – HERE
WIGHTLINK FERRIES
Live on the Isle of Wight? Wightlink ferries also some fantastic deals on weekend travel to the festival.
For crossing times and bookings please see their website.
GOSPORT FERRY
The Gosport Ferry runs every 15 minutes throughout the day. For the Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights of the festival a two-ferry shuttle service will operate – they guarantee your passage across providing you are in the ferry queue by midnight. The ferry also carries bicycles and motorbikes plus there is ample public car parking near the terminal in Gosport. In Portsmouth the terminal is next to The Hard Interchange where you can take the dedicated Festival bus X27 to Southsea Common.
HAYLING FERRY
There is a 64 passenger ferry operating between Hayling Island and Eastney. They also operate a bus service taking people from Eastney down towards the festival on the Saturday and Sunday. For more information please see their website.
Breeze App
Breeze is free to download and makes local journey planning easier, by showing you the quickest and cheapest ways to travel around the local area, including getting to the festival site!
Breeze covers all the local transport options for getting to and around Portsmouth including buses, trains, e-scooters, bike rentals and hovercraft. Plan your trip and book your tickets all in one place.
Breeze is available across South Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, making it perfect for festival travel planning.
Download Breeze on the App Store or Google Play.
DROP OFF AND PICK UP POINT
The drop-off and pick-up point for all Vehicles Inc. taxis is located on Victoria Avenue, next to the Holiday Inn.
Proceed to postcode PO1 2TA, then FOLLOW THE DIVERSION SIGNS ON APPROACH.
POSTCODE: PO1 2TA
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ROAD CLOSURES AT THE END OF EACH EVENT DAY
Please note, that various road closures will be in place around the festival site during egress (when people exit the site), between 10:30pm and 11:59pm each night. These are in place for the safety of both festival-goers and other road users. You will not be able to get close to the festival site in a vehicle during these times.
Please note; this doesn’t affect the Festival Lakeside Shuttle buses, Camp & Ride buses, or the Blue Badge Car Park – these will all be operating throughout. Please download the app to see their locations on the map.
TAXI RANK
A Hackney Taxi rank is conveniently located on Palmerston Road, near the old Debenhams Building.
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PRE-BOOKED TAXIS
If you are being dropped off and picked up by a pre-booked taxi/Uber, please ensure you arrange for them to use either the;
Taxi Rank in Palmerston Road
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You will not be able to get picked up on nearby roads such as Avenue De Caen or by the Pyramids due to road closures.
LOCAL TAXI NUMBERS
Sharing taxi costs with friends can work out to be a really affordable option.
Aqua Cars – 023 92 666666
Andi Cars – 023 92 696969
Uber – App available to download to your smart phone
Aryvo – 02380 555555
Ground Transfers – 02393 552932
PARKING AT THE FESTIVAL
Victorious Festival no longer has onsite parking.
The reason for this positive change is that travelling to and from the festival site makes up a huge percentage of event emissions, so we’re making improvements to support our Greener Travel Strategy and hopefully have a positive impact on traffic too!
Portsmouth is now a Clean Air Zone (CAZ) and it’s important for us to work together to tackle air pollution and climate change in the city. (You can find out more about Clean Air Zone’s – HERE.)
The stunning seaside location of Victorious Festival means that we are well served by a public transport network and have plenty of brilliant greener travel options including Big Green Coaches, Local Buses and Trains, Park & Ride, Cycling and more.
IF YOU MUST DRIVE, please use the Lakeside Car Park and Lakeside Shuttle Service.
We strongly encourage you pre-book your tickets.
Tickets for this service are available here.
If you have already purchased your festival tickets, you can add them to your existing order by logging in to your Kaboodle Account.
Please note that all resident parking areas around the festival are controlled by parking zones.
BLUE BADGE PARKING
Blue Badge parking will still be available onsite. It is free to those with a current blue badge. To use these bays please bring a valid blue badge to display in your vehicle at the event.
Please note these are available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
For more information on this and our other accessible services, click – HERE
Please use public transport where possible. If you must drive, we recommend using the Lakeside Car Park and Lakeside Shuttle Service.
You can buy tickets HERE.
If you already have festival tickets, your can add Lakeside Car Park and Lakeside Shuttle tickets to your existing order via your Kaboodle Account.
Alternatively, see below for other local car parks.
PORTSMOUTH CITY COUNCIL CAR PARKS
For a list of all the public car parks in Portsmouth run by Portsmouth City Counsil click – HERE.
NATIONAL CAR PARKS
For a list of all the NCPs in the Portsmouth click – HERE
ARRIVING AT THE SITE
Victorious is unique in that we have brilliant afternoon special guests each day. These acts are on early in the afternoon (approx. 1pm) so please arrive early and allow plenty of time to get in before your favourite bands start. Victorious is a very large festival and you’ll need to allow time to get through the gates and head over to the correct stage.
Our peak entrance times are around 12-2pm each day, so please consider this and plan ahead.
LEAVING THE SITE
Our peak exit times are around 10-11pm each night. Please plan ahead and consider this before ahead of time.
While we make every effort to aid a swift exit and journey home, extra time should be allowed during these peak travel periods.
Please respect our beautiful location and neighbours when leaving the festival.
ROAD CLOSURES AT THE END OF EACH EVENT DAY
Please note, various road closures will be in place around the festival site during egress (when people exit the site), between 10:30pm and 11:59pm each night. These are in place for the safety of both festival-goers and other road users. You will not be able to get close to the festival site in a vehicle during these times.
This doesn’t affect thefestival Lakeside Shuttle buses, Camp & Ride buses, or the Blue Badge Car Park – these will all be operating throughout.
