How to get to Sotterley
FolkEast are working with the East Suffolk Lines Community Rail Partnership and the Halesworth Area Community Transport (HACT) , to support a free shuttle bus service between Halesworth Train Station and the festival site at Sotterley Estate.
BY TRAIN
Timetable of busses to and from Halesworth and Beccles:
Halesworth buses run Thursday thru Monday, Beccles busses run Friday thru Monday
https://folkeast.co.uk/shuttle-bus-timetables/
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR TRAIN TRAVELLERS - UPDATE 25.7.25
Due to rescheduled railway works between Ipswich and Beccles which has led to Rail Replacement buses linking all stations on this branch between Ipswich and Beccles, the free to use shuttle bus will now be running from HALESWORTH STATION and not Beccles station as originally planned.
We apologise for the inconvenience.
Our aim has always been to encourage artists and festival goers to travel by train. It his unfortunate that our weekend has fallen on last minute, rescheduled Railworks. However if you do make it by train. ...show your rail ticket at the on site Box Office and you will get a free festival programme and a big round of applause ...
BY ROAD
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.
