Drivers have been advised to allow plenty of extra time and to plan ahead as tens of thousands of people flock to Glastonbury Festival this week.
Motorways and A-roads across the South West along key routes to the festival are likely to be busy from Wednesday, June 22 to Friday, June 24, as people make their way to Worthy Farm. While festival traffic tends to avoid Pilton - five miles away from Glastonbury - the A39 has been heavily congested by mid-morning on the Wednesday in previous years.
Drivers have been advised traffic is likely to reach its peak on Wednesday, particularly around junctions 25 and 23 of the M5. The primary motorway route for festival traffic to the site is the M5, with drivers exiting at junction 23 to take the A39 and A361, and the A303-A37 is also used for traffic arriving from London, with the A303 eastbound expected to be particularly busy from Podimore Roundabout.
