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England’s Medieval Festival is taking place on the August Bank Weekend (23, 24 & 25 August 2025 at The King’s Grove, Pippingford, East Sussex TN22 3HW

The King’s Grove is located in a historic royal location where Kings, nobility and invited guests have traveled for centuries to hunt, train for war, test their skills amongst each other, and most importantly to celebrate at a medieval festival.

By Car: The King’s Grove is located about 20 miles north of Brighton or Eastbourne, and about 30 miles south of London. There will be ample General and VIP vehicle parking, as well as Blue Badge and coach parking. As you approach the festival site, there will be AA Signs to follow.

By Train: The nearest train stations to The King’s Grove are East Grinstead, Tunbridge Wells and Uckfield which have regular connections to and from London and the south coast. For taxis, you can use one of the following local companies: forestcars.co.uk, eastgrinsteadtaxis.co.uk or uckfield-taxis.co.uk or aclasslewestaxis.co.uk

Shuttle Buses: Shuttle Buses will be available for transportation from East Grinstead Train Station to the festival grounds at Pippingford Park or from Pippingford Park to East Grinstead Train Station (approx. 20 minutes each way).

Shuttle Bus Tickets details and booking for 2025 to be announced soon.

Arrival: For Weekend Visitors the gates open at 2pm on the Friday 23 August 2024 for Weekend camping Ticket holders only, and are open until 12 midnight, then again on Saturday 24 August 2024 from 8am. Please do not arrive before or after these time as you will be asked to leave and return once the weekend car parking is open.

For Day Visitors the parking opens at 9am, and the Festival gates open at 10am each day on 24, 25 & 26 August 2024 (Rain or Shine). The Festival closes for Day visitors at 6pm daily. Day Visitors vehicles may not be left overnight. Please no not leave any pets in your vehicle, othewise the police will be contacted.

Dogs: All well behaved Dogs on leads are welcome!