With less than a month until Glastonbury Festival’s gates open, and 180,000 people descending on one rural village in Somerset, it pays to be prepared. Here are the best ways to get to there and how to ensure you’ll get to the party as smoothly and quickly as possible.

First things first: where is Glastonbury?

Glastonbury festival doesn’t actually take place in the Somerset town from which it takes its name, but a village seven miles away, called Pilton.

If you’re driving there, the full address is: Worthy Farm, Worthy Lane, Pilton, Shepton Mallet, Somerset BA4 4BY.

For details of how to drive to Glastonbury and necessary satnav codes, read on. But in the green-minded spirit of the festival, consider the options with a smaller carbon footprint – as well as less time hanging around in the car parks.

Getting there by train