The organisers of Download Festival have apologised to customers after they were forced to wait in traffic for hours due to congestion. Many revellers on their way to the rock festival in Donington Park near Castle Donington faced delays of more than two hours on Wednesday, June 7.
Congestion hit the northbound and southbound carriageways of the A453 approaching the roundabout for junction 24 of the M1, the A42 northbound and the M1 northbound between junction 23 to junction 24.
The campsites and campervan field for the festival opened at 12noon on the day, with the entertainment taking place between Thursday, June 8, and Sunday, June 11. Metallica, Bring Me the Horizon and Slipknot are all headlining the event.
