Getting Here

Leicester Comedy Festival & The UK Kids’ Comedy Festival take place in over 60 venues across the city and county, so we advise that you check the location of individual venues before planning your travel – you can find venue details here. Lots of our festival venues have the advantage of walkable distances between them, but here are a few ways to get to Leicester and travel around the city during the festival:

By Bus

Arriva

As our sustainable travel partner, Arriva run an extensive selection of bus routes into the city from various areas in Leicestershire such as Loughborough, Coalville and Market Harborough, as well as several routes operating in the City Centre to get you between venues. You can find a comprehensive list of Arriva’s bus services in Leicester & Leicestershire here.

Hop! Leicester

Hop! is a free bus service, looping the City Centre and serving Haymarket Bus Station, Highcross, Jubilee Square, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester Railway Station and Leicester Market. The buses operate every 10 minutes Monday – Saturday (excluding Bank Holidays) from 8am – 6pm. You can find more information on the service, including a map of the route & any service updates here.

Park & Ride

There are 3 Park & Ride services available into Leicester, with services operating Monday to Saturday from 7am-7pm, with buses running every 15 minutes. Parking is free for bus service users at each of the Leicester Park & Ride sites, located at Enderby, Birstall and Meynell’s Gorse. You can find more details, including fares, site facilities and timetables here.

By Train

Leicester Railway Station is ideally positioned close to most City Centre festival venues, as well as being a stop on bus routes into the city. For more information on train services to Leicester from your area, please visit:

CrossCountry Trains
East Midlands Railway
Trainline
National Rail (for updates on network maintenance)

By Bicycle

An environmentally friendly way to travel to the festival, cycling is an encouraged method of transport in Leicester & Leicestershire. The City Centre and county have many free, on-street public cycle stands for your convenience. You can find details of these, along with information on secure indoor Cycle Hubs in the City Centre here.

By Car or Motorcycle

If you are driving to Leicester, there are a number of car parks on all sides of the city which include:

Highcross John Lewis, 1 Burgess St, Leicester LE1 4QG
Lee Circle, Lee St, Leicester LE1 3RF
NCP Leicester East Street, East St, Leicester LE1 6NB
NCP Rutland Street, Halford St, Leicester LE1 1TQ

You can find a comprehensive list of car parks including their contact details here.

By Plane

If you are travelling to the festival from overseas, the closest airport to Leicester is East Midlands Airport. Head to their website to get more details on flights.