Travel to the Yorkshire Cycle Rally & Festival at Driffield Showground:
By cycle or on foot
We hope to provide better route recommendations from local knowledge ASAP but Google Maps suggests cycling to the venue from York will take around 3 to 3.5 hours, covering 33 to 42 miles or so depending on route. From Hull, it’s more like two hours. Note also that the popular Way of the Roses coast to coast cycle route includes a section running betweeen York and Driffield.
When you arrive, you can enter the site from Beverley Road via the “Cycle Entrance” marked on the site plan below (click to enlarge), or if you prefer via the main motor vehicle entrance off the A164 (see below).
The cycle and pedestrian entrance will be through these gates (here on Streetview):
By train
Driffield station is 15 minutes walk or 5 minutes by bike from the Showground. It’s served by direct trains from York every hour, and more frequently with changes. Journey time from York is usually just under two hours. From Hull, it’s just 30 minutes, and there are generally two direct trains per hour. There are also direct services to Driffield from Doncaster and Leeds, which may be useful to connect with mainline services coming from the south.
By bus
Various routes run from York, including the X45 direct service.
By road
If using satnav, please navigate to “Driffield Showground”.
Various A-road options take you to it from the motorway network. The Showground itself has extensive hardstanding and wide entrances, so there should be no issues with access or manoeuvring, even for large vehicles in poor weather.
Please use the “Motor Vehicle Entrance” marked on the map above, off the A164 – it is also here on Streetview:
Driffield facilities
- Driffield is the “Capital of the Wolds” and you can read more on the Visit East Yorkshire website.
- There are numerous take-aways, pubs and eateries including a Wetherspoons.
- Tesco and Lidl supermarkets
- At least 3 ATMs
- Two petrol stations
- A bike shop – Pedalcraft
- Two hotels in town and various other accommodation options nearby
- Local attractions include All Saints Church, Driffield canal and a market on Thursdays.
Parking: Parking is free (but there’ll be a donations bucket!)
Disabled parking: Please just show your blue badge to the marshalls on the gate, and you will be directed right up into the site to the disabled parking. The whole site is level and accessible, in marquees pitched on the grass of the Knavesmire. There are disabled loos on site.