Parking at the Stow Cotswold Festival
The Square is closed to all vehicles on the Festival day and ‘all day’ parking has been organised on the QEII field (also known as the cricket field). The car park will be well signposted from all directions and is manned by members of the local charity – Sam Pilcher Trust. They make a small charge for parking.
Directions
From the North A429
(Moreton in Marsh) – As you come into Stow go straight through two sets of traffic lights, the first having access to the Tesco store on your left and the second a right turning to Evesham. After two hundred meters you come to another set of traffic lights. Turn right into Lower Swell Road (B4068) and the car park is about 150m down on the right-hand side of the road.From the South A429
(Cirencester and Bourton on the Water) – Come up Stow Hill and after you pass a petrol station on your left you come to a set of traffic lights. Turn left into Lower Swell Road (B4068) and the car park is about 150m down on the right-hand side of the road.From the East A436
(Chipping Norton) – Follow the main Oddington Road into Stow until you reach the junction with the Fosseway (A429) and a set of traffic lights. Here you go straight across (with a bit of a right then left turn) into Lower Swell Road (B4068). The car park is about 150m down on the right-hand side of the road.From the West A424/B4077
(Evesham, Upper Swell) – As you reach the junction with the Fosseway (A429), turn right at the traffic lights. Follow the A429 to the next set of traffic lights. Turn left into Lower Swell Road (B4068) and the car park is about 150m down on the right-hand side of the road.SatNav postcode
The closest postcode to the entrance to the QEII filed is GL54 1LD.Walking to the Festival from the Car Park
There are two routes to Stow Town Square from the car park.Route 1 – Come out of the gate that you entered the car park and turn left. There is a pavement on the other side of the road. Walk up the hill to the traffic lights and carefully cross the Fosseway. Go straight on down Sheep Street until you see the ‘road closed’ barrier at Church Street on the left. Go through the barrier and follow the road around into the Square.
Route 2 – Go up the slope of the car park towards the far corner of the field. There is a kissing gate here with access into Talbot Square. Go straight on the footpath until you reach the Fosseway. Cross the Fosseway very carefully as there are no traffic lights here. There is a small alleyway marked ‘Youth Club’ straight on, follow this into the Square.