Island set for festival travel changes

Up to 50,000 music fans are expected to attend the festival in Seaclose Park, Newport

Details of changes to traffic and travel arrangements have been released ahead of the Isle of Wight Festival.

About 55,000 people are expected to descend on Seaclose Park, Newport, for the four-day event which begins on Thursday

Among the road layout changes, there will be a one-way system in place along Fairlee Road from lunchtime on Wednesday.

All outbound traffic from Newport will be directed up Staplers Road.

Residents are being urged to avoid the main festival traffic routes until next Tuesday.

Isle of Wight Council said in the event of an incident on the roads or a festival entrance being blocked, there were diversion routes available and vehicles could be temporarily stacked away from the main roads

Shuttle bus services will also be in operation, linking the festival site and ferry ports as well as other towns across the island.

A one-way system will operate in Newport for the duration of the festival

The Cowes Floating Bridge - which has recently resumed service after an electrical fault - will be operating an extended timetable during the weekend of the festival, although.

Some council services will also be altered over the duration of the festival.

The Register Office Marriage Room on Fairlee Road will temporarily move to County Hall in Newport, with all civil ceremonies will be held there.

The council's planning offices will be closed to the public, as will the Medina Theatre and Medina Leisure Centre.

Headline acts for the festival include Green Day, The Prodigy, Pet Shop Boys and Keane