There are a number of campsites and boutique camping options. Just click to the right to find out more.

Please note that due to planned changes to our festival site layout, some of the information provided in this section could change, so we encourage you to come back at a later date to ensure you have the most up-to-date information. At the time of release, this information is correct.

There are two caravan areas on site;
•    A public campervan area for all weekend ticket holders
•    A disabled festival-goer campervan area, situated closely to the disabled campsite

If you intend to sleep in your motor caravan, caravan or trailer tent, you will need to purchase a campervan or caravan permit below assuring you of a place.

Please note:
•    Every occupant of your campervan must also be in possession of a valid weekend ticket.
•    Please ensure you have purchased your weekend tickets prior to purchasing your caravan ticket.
•    A campervan ticket is simply a supplementary ticket sold per vehicle.
•    The campervan ticket must be displayed inside your vehicle windscreen before you arrive on site, so that we are able to direct you to the right place.
•    NO vehicles are permitted in the standard campsites and only towing vehicles for caravans are permitted in the campervan fields.
•    You will not be permitted to sleep in the car park.

1) FOR WEEKEND TICKET HOLDERS STAYING IN THE PUBLIC CAMPERVAN AREA - £60.00

You will need to purchase your full weekend ticket first. Every occupant of the campervan or caravan must be in possession of a valid weekend ticket with camping. This is simply a supplementary ticket sold per vehicle. If you intend to sleep in your campervan or caravan, you need to pre purchase a campervan supplement permit assuring you of a place in the campervan site. No vehicles are permitted in the standard campsite and you will not be permitted to sleep in the car park.

CLICK HERE to buy your weekend ticket and campervan or caravan permit today.

If you have any questions, please email info@readingfestival.com

Click here to read the Public Campervan/Caravan Terms & Conditions

2) FOR DISABLED CUSTOMERS STAYING IN THE DISABLED CAMPERVAN AREA - £60.00

All disabled customers using caravans / campervans require a campervan pass.

You must email discustomerscampervans@festivalrepublic.com, which will explain how you can buy your campervan permit.

Click here to read the Terms & Conditions
 

Opens to Weekend Ticket Holders: Thursday morning time TBC (22nd August).

Please note that for those festival-goers who took advantage of our Early Bird ticket will have access from 6pm on Wednesday 21st August. Early Bird tickets can only be purchased in advance and not on site.

Anyone arriving early without an Early Bird ticket will be sent away until 8am Thursday 22nd.

Closes: Campsites close at 12 Midday on Monday 26th August. Please bear this in mind if you're planning to make multiple trips to pack up your stuff. After this time, you may not be allowed access back on to site – this is in line with our Licence conditions. 

The Campsite Assistance Team (CAT) volunteers are based in the Reading Festival campsites and there to help you get the most out of your festival 24 hours a day!

For example, if you are having trouble putting up your tent, or would like to securely mark your property with UV pens, CATs are here to help. Not sure where to go, or wondering about a performance time? They can advise you. If you want to complain about litter, a problem with the facilities or perhaps you’re concerned about someone’s behaviour – let them know! They’ll try their best to help.

To contact a CAT – head towards your nearest fire tower, campsite office, or catch them as they patrol around! They are wearing bright turquoise festival tabards so should be quite easy to find.

If you're interested in volunteering to be a CAT please visit www.HotboxEvents.com

Or you can email: info@hotboxevents.com

There is a campsite office in each colour campsite zone – they are caravans/cabins and act as a main base for the Zone Managers, security, CATs (Campsite Assistance Teams) and DC campsite staff. Please talk to the team in your campsite and get to know them, and they will try and assist you with any queries or assistance you may require.

There are also patrolling teams who will be watching out for anything untoward, so please help them or notify them if you see something suspicious or if you’re concerned with someone’s behaviour.

To help revellers stay safe and have fun, NHS Choices - the health information website for the NHS - and the Gas Safe Register – the government approved gas registration body – have published separate safety guides offering practical tips on how to stay festival safe when using disposable barbecues or any type of camping stove.

Never take a portable barbecue – or lit charcoal – into an enclosed space like a tent or caravan. Make sure exhaust from generators is properly vented away from occupied areas Carbon Monoxide (CO) is a colourless, odourless, highly poisonous gas that can kill in minutes. Carbon Monoxide poisoning can be caused by ANY fuel that burns or smoulders.

Watch out for the symptoms – • Mild headache • Dizziness • Nausea • Vomiting • Fatigue • Drowsiness •

Please read the safety guides here before you arrive at the festival.

Click below to read Festival Republic's Festivals & Events T&Cs:

 - Ticket Terms and Conditions
 - Campervans/Caravans Terms and Conditions
 - Conditions of sale

Do not bring drugs to the Reading Festival. You may be ejected from the event and may be handed over to the police.

Conditions of Entry
There will be NO RECEIPTS issued for any confiscated items. SO PLEASE DON’T BRING IT IF YOU DON’T WANT TO LOSE IT!

The following items may not be brought into the site through the campsite gates:

o Aerosols over 250ml  
o Air horns
o Alcohol in the possession of  under 18 year olds
o All gas canisters of any size (including nitrous oxide) 
o Any goods for unauthorised trading
o Any goods with unauthorised Reading/Leeds Festival logos
o Any items which may reasonably be considered for use as a weapon
o Audio recorders
o Chinese lanterns
o Excessive amounts of alcohol
o Excessive amounts of cigarettes
o Excessive amounts of food
o Fireworks
o Flares
o Generators
o Glass bottles, jars, containers
o Illegal substances
o Legal highs
o Megaphones
o Portable laser equipment and pens
o Sound systems
o Unauthorised professional film or video equipment
o Unofficial tabards and reflective jackets
o Firewood and Alcohol after 6pm on Sunday evening only

All items will be confiscated.

You may be body searched at the entrances and upon exit from the festival site. This is in line with crime reduction strategies with Thames Valley Police. 

Persons suspected of carrying items that may be used in an offensive or dangerous manner, or carrying out illegal activities onsite may also be searched.

As stated in our list above, excessive amounts of food, cigarettes and alcohol will be refused entry to the site. Please only bring enough for personal consumption.

No animals are allowed onsite at all, with the exception of registered guide dogs.

In addition to the items not allowed into the campsite, there are additional items which will not be allowed through the Arena entrance. Please see below:

o Cans
o Disposable BBQs and permitted cooking stoves (see below)
o Drinks bottles**

You can either take these items back to your tent or use the left luggage facility, depending on their monetary value. If you refuse to do either, these items will be confiscated.

**Sealed plastic water/soft drinks bottles 500ml and under and food for personal consumption may be brought into the arena.

Cameras are normally permitted for personal use. Cameras with telephoto lenses will not be allowed through the Arena entrance. Professional cameras and video/audio equipment are strictly prohibited. Live video/audio recordings made without the permission of the artiste/promoter are prohibited.

You will be allowed to bring the following into the campsites:

o Aerosols less than 250ml
o Alcohol (not contained in glass bottles) in the possession of over 18yr olds
o Cans
o Disposable BBQs
o Firelighter stoves
o Fitted gas canisters/cylinders in campervans
o Flags
o Green Heat base camp cooker
o Methylated spirit stoves
o Solid fuel stoves

We have a disabled customer camping, campervan and parking area on site.
For more information on this, the disabled customer database, application forms, and information on the 2-for-1 ticket offer, please see our Access and Facilities for Disabled People section on this website.

Reading Festival takes place outside – wet weather can cause the ground to become very muddy. Whilst we strive to ensure access is possible in the event of wet weather by using infrastructure and roads, please ensure you are fully prepared for any difficulties you may encounter with wet weather and where necessary make use of the 2-for-1 scheme to bring a PA who will be able to assist you.

In the case of us having sunny, dry weather, it is very likely that the festival ground will become very dusty. Please be aware and prepared for dust, and ensure that you carry water on you at all times. We have free water points available on site. Please ensure you bring sunscreen as necessary and be aware of the likelihood of sunburn and overheating – as mentioned before, the festival is based outside and shelter isn’t always possible away from the sun.

As the festival is based on farmland in August, it can get quite dark at night – whilst we have festoon lighting in place, note that you may find some difficulties with using sign language or other communication methods when it gets dark and so please come prepared.

There is NO Family campsite at the event and anyone wishing to camp somewhere away from the main hub could try the White zone campsite. Ask a steward to direct you there, or check our Quieter Campsite section.

We have gate managers again this year at the wristband exchange tents and gates into the site. They are Festival Republic staff and they are there to ensure the gates operate at they should do. They are also there to answer any ticket and wristband enquiries that you may have. They will have day glo pink tabards on and so they should be quite visible.

If you prefer the comfort of a hotel room over camping, then there are a huge number of local hotels and bed and breakfasts available, some of which are within walking distance of the festival site.

We use large VMS electronic information boards at our entrances and in key locations. Here, a variety of information will be displayed, including safety information, Sunday night policies, a reminder of the locations of key facilities and sudden line-up changes. Keep an eye on these boards for latest updates!

There will also be information boards at each campsite office in each coloured zone. These will include a large site map, latest running order information and/or changes, and other general information on all onsite services, facilities and entertainment. Zone managers and other security and stewarding personnel use this as a base, so if you need further information you just have to ask. They will try their best to help you.

We also have two Information Tents on site, one located in the Village, near the hospital and welfare in Yellow and the other in the Arena.

You will be allowed to bring in the following to the campsites:

o Aerosols less than 250ml
o Alcohol (not contained in glass bottles) in the possession of over 18yr olds
o Cans
o Disposable BBQs
o Firelighter stoves
o Fitted gas canisters/cylinders in campervans
o Flags
o Green Heat base camp cooker
o Methylated spirit stoves
o Solid fuel stoves

We’ve teamed up with Lockerhouse again this year to make sure you can keep your belongings safe at Reading Festival. You get to keep a souvenir branded padlock after the event too! Book now, and be sure to keep your stuff safe all weekend. The lockers also have mobile phone charging facilities, which means you'll need to bring your own 12v Car adapter/charger.

IMPORTANT! - PLEASE NOTE: the locker sizes are 25cm wide x 15.5cm deep x 10cm high - so they are the right size for small valuables (mobiles, wallets, cameras). The Locker is used at Hirers own Risk.

These are only available to Weekend Camping ticket holders.

In addition to our gas canister and cylinder policy we will not be permitting aerosols over 250ml in size onto site. please also help us with this and keep the campsites a safer place.

We will not permit any gas canisters, nitrous oxide, cylinders or petrol cookers into the campsites, or anywhere on site. This is mainly for your own, and our staff’s safety.

We suggest that if you want to cook outside your tent, that you bring disposable BBQ’s only. They are available onsite via our traders and at the nearby local supermarkets. Anyone seen with canisters or cylinders will be ejected from site. Please help up with this, plan ahead and have a great camping experience.

The caravan and campervan ticket holders in white campervan field only will be permitted to bring in gas containers up to the limit of 3kg.

NOT ALLOWED:
GAS CANISTERS (any size) [this includes nitrous oxide, or similar, capsules]
PETROL BURNER
ANY FORM OF AEROSOL OVER 250ml

ALLOWED:
GREENHEAT Base Camp Cooker
SOLID FUEL STOVES
DISPOSABLE BARBEQUES
FIRELIGHTERS / FIRELIGHTER STOVES
METHYLATED / “TRANGIA” SPIRIT STOVES

We recommend the Green Heat base camp cookers and fuels. You can buy these from camping shops or online.

Pink Moon Camping will give you a calm and sophisticated sanctuary to unwind. Their Oasis will have 24/7 security, serviced and maintained toilets & showers, 'podpads' will offer that touch of quirky luxury and style whilst at the same time 2/4/6 Person Tents are available taking away all the hassles of carrying, erecting and breaking down your camp.

For more info and booking please visit www.pinkmooncamping.co.uk or email info@pinkmooncamping.co.uk with any questions.

For more info on Podpads and secure booking online visit: www.podpads.com or email info@podpads.com with any questions.
 
Pink Moon Camping are now offering camping packages with optional Weekend Tickets. Get all your requirements in one place and buy today.

Podpads
Glamping? Call it what you like – Alternative / Cool / Posh / Boutique Camping - but, staying in a 'podpad' will give you that unforgettable snug, smug festival experience.
 
'podpads' offer a little bit of quirky luxury with comfort and security, as well as the chance to meet new like-minded friends staying in the 'podpads' village around you.
 
All set up in a quiet bespoke village area with 24/7 security, toilets and showers, 'podpads' offer that touch of quirky luxury and style whilst at the same time taking away all the hassles of carrying, erecting and breaking down your camp.
 
Your 'podpad' accommodation is already built and furnished for your arrival and when you leave, just return the keys and drive away. It is the future of alternative accommodation for the discerning festival-goer.
 
For more info and secure booking online - visit: www.podpads.com or email info@podpads.com with any questions.
 
Our Reception will be open all day Thursday and Friday where our charming crew will welcome you and show you to your accommodation. We will be open throughout the weekend in the mornings and late afternoons to look after your needs and, you will be able to charge mobiles, get Festival updates and enjoy free tea & coffee and, soft drinks in the Reception tent.
 
All our accommodation comes with suitable mattress but – please bring your own bedding.
 
 **In order to stay with 'podpads' each guest will need to have already secured a weekend camping ticket for Reading Festival.

Accommodation Options from Podpads 2013:

Option (1) the 'podpad' – suitable for 2 adults.

A small but perfectly formed lockable plywood structure with a solid floor and beds off the floor, with inflated air mattresses, creating useful storage space underneath. The ‘podpad’ comes carpeted with a shelf, mirror, 3 windows and is solar powered with LED lighting and 12v car dashboard sockets suitable for mobile and iPod charging (don't forget your 12v incar charger).

 Option (2) the 'beaupad' - suitable for up to 4 adults.

A brightly coloured 4m diameter traditional bell tent in strong canvas with superior ‘black-out qualities, allowing a morning sleep-in. Supplied with a heavy duty groundsheet and 4 inflated airbeds as standard.

Option (3) the ‘bellepad suitable for 2, 4, 6 adults, across 3 sizes.

This year, we are shuffling our product range to make room for our new 2013 ‘bellepad’. In a ‘podpads’ attempt to fight against the ever-spreading ocean of beige canvas bell tents, we commit to “more festival colour and no more beige, please”. Podpads are offering our new unique ‘podpads’ style ‘bellepads’ - brightly coloured stripey versions of the traditional strong canvas bell tents. All sizes come with heavy-duty waterproof groundsheet, carpet and 2,4 or 6 campbeds as appropriate, providing comfort and underbed storage space. A windbreak comes as standard. Zip-up front doors and heart-shape windows with curtains keep you in touch with the Podpads Love.

Option (4) the 'luxpad' - suitable for 2 adults - (twin or double)

A lockable plywood structure, with solid floor and covering it comes with hand built beds, having slatted bases and foam mattresses to suit. Furnished with shelves, hanging storage, waste bin and coat hooks, this charming scaled up version of the traditional ‘podpad’ offers 50% more floor space and increased head-height. The ‘luxpad’ comes with 240v electrics, suitable lighting and spare 3 pin sockets for your use. Please note that the 2013 model will have hanging shelves/storage not the chest of drawers shown here & bedding is not standard.

Option (5) the 'bunkpad' - suitable for up to 4 adults.

As in 4 above, but furnished with 2 sets of bunk beds.

Option (6) the 'octopad' - suitable for up to 4 (poss 6) adults

A fabulous spacious structure with solid floor and walls, lockable door and 9’ high canvas roof fitted over tipi style poles. With 16’ across the level floor area, the ‘octopad’ comes furnished with shelves, hanging storage, tables, waste bin, 4 hand built beds with slatted bases and foam mattresses to suit. The ‘octopad’ comes with 240v electrics, suitable lighting and spare 3 pin sockets for your use.

Option (7) the ‘unidomepad’ – suitable for 2 adults

The modern day alternative to a traditional yurt and offering a unique living experience the ‘unidomepad’ has arrived. Lovingly handcrafted locally and produced using timber and a light/bright modern day alternative to canvas, the ‘unidomepad’ will provide you with that “special space”. With its star-gazing clear acrylic topcap above and a groundsheet & carpet below, the ‘unidomepad’ will come with 2 quality single airbeds, interior furnishings and lighting to suit. Perfect for two sharing.
Please note that on the 2013 model, there will be a zip-up door, not the type shown here.

You will notice there are security and police in the campsites.

Please get to know the staff in your campsite; build a relationship with them and help them to keep our campsites a happy and safe place to be throughout the event.

If you see someone acting suspiciously, or you are concerned with someone’s behaviour, do let security or a steward know at the time. This gives us a chance to stop something before it happens, ensuring you have a great time!

Every year, thousands of tents, sleeping bags and camping mats are left behind after the festival, along with things like wellies, radios, and clothes. Please pack up your gear and take it home, ready for your next festival weekend. Not only will you save money, you’re helping the environment by not wasting the resources and energy needed to make all that stuff over and again. If you take home your kit you’re also not giving fuel to those that are looking for abandoned gear to destroy in fires sending up toxic fumes into the air and up everyone’s nostrils!

If you really don’t want your camping gear, please pack it up and hand it into the Tent Donation points in the campgrounds. Donated gear will make their way to charitable and community organisations.

We will have separate collection bays for:

• Tents, Sleeping Mats, Sleeping Bags
• Chairs
• General camping bits and pieces
• Wellies
• Clothes
• Unopened food

Look out for the collection points that will pop up on Monday morning on your way out of the campgrounds.

We need you to take down your tents yourself and then hand them in to the donation points. It is impossible for us to take down all the tents left abandoned even if they are in perfect condition.

Tents left standing will go to landfill and damage our environment. So, don’t leave your tent. Pack it. Hand it in. Change lives!

For more information on recycling, check out our Green Reading section HERE.

Here at Reading Festival, we are very excited to announce the arrival of The Green Tent Co and Stepladder. The world's first recyclable tent company and the forward thinking youth development organisation will be working together to create and deliver an exciting new brand run by young people.

Together they have formed an exciting new partnership to offer a unique opportunity for young people of any means and background to earn and learn in a real world environment and witness the disciplines involved in producing a large-scale outdoor event. Under the supervision of professionals they will be tasked with looking at ways The Green Tent Co can have an even bigger impact at festivals through more environmentally sustainable and socially responsible ways.

Each year we are faced with the mammoth task of cleaning up the fields, which are usually strewn with huge amounts of used camping equipment including tents, sleeping bags and camping mats.

Until now we have only been able to work with charities in the main to collect good equipment and a vast majority of the remainder end up going straight to landfill because a traditional tent is made up of many different components such as fibre glass poles, nylon zipz and metal pegs which makes them un-economical to separate for recycling.

We are working closely with The Green Tent Co who are the first company in the world to design a stylish, competitively priced tent range made solely from one product and incorporating a new peg system which prevents them from being left in the ground all with one focus of being environmentally and festival friendly. Their groundbreaking range starts with a 2 man dome tent and is topped by a deluxe 6 man, 3 bedroom version which is tall enough to stand up in. They have even manufactured their sleeping bags and camping mats from the same single product making them more festival friendly.

Stepladder provides opportunities for 16-25 year olds to develop core skills and value what they do through the delivery of live projects, events, research and recruitment and offers everyone a genuine opportunity to make the best of their lives through access to Apprenticeships, internships, work experience and job opportunities.

So if you’re going to be purchasing a new tent for this year’s Reading festival please visit www.thegreententcompany.co.uk and help us to reduce our carbon footprint, thus saving the planet.

White campsite has historically been our quiet campsite, so those who wish for somewhere away from the main hub may wish to cross the footbridge over the Thames and camp there. There are showers, a bar serving real ales, a mini supermarket and food traders based over here.

If you are planning to bring a car to White car park, you must have previously purchased a white car pass to park here.

There is a pedestrian bridge that crosses the Thames from the main site in Brown zone campsite over to the White zone campsite and car park.

Please do not walk to White campsite from Reading town centre, the station or Kings Meadow/Green car park as it is a four mile walk by road. Please check our section on Walking to White Campsite.

There are toilets throughout the campsites and the Arena.

There are also free, hot, male and female showers based in the Yellow campsite on Baker Lane  (near Welfare and the Hospital), as well as in the White campsite. If you are camping in brown or purple it will be quicker to go across the bridge and use the showers in white campsite.

The showers will open at 6am–8pm, with breaks for cleaning so please make the most of them and use them instead of the Rivermead Centre.

If you do want to get away from it all, the Rivermead Centre’s café, pool and showers are open to festival-goers from 8am - 3pm on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday for a small charge. Access to the centre is in off Richfield Avenue entrance.

Please don’t use the campsite water points for washing your hair or dishes.

Please do not walk to White campsite from Reading town centre, the station or Kings Meadow/Green car park as it is a four mile walk by road.

If you have parked in Kings Meadow/Green car park or been dropped off in Kings Meadow and you want to camp in the White campsite, please get the free shuttle boat to Green Gate and use the Green wristband exchange, then walk down through the campsites and across the pedestrian bridge into White from Brown. This is a much shorter and manageable route.

If you arrive by shuttle bus from the station, or are walking from the town centre, go into the main site via the Red wristband exchange, then walk through the campsites and across the pedestrian bridge into White from Brown. This is a much shorter and manageable route.

Zone Managers are permanently situated within the campsites, either at their cabin or on patrol with their DC and CAT staff, ensuring everyone is having a safe and fun time.

Their cabin or caravan will hold all the most up-to-date information on running orders, a large site map and useful information.

Get to know the Zone Manager in your coloured campsite and do let them know if you are concerned with someone’s behaviour, if any of the facilities are not working, or if you require any information.