National Highways has issued travel advice to festival-goers heading to Download in Leicestershire next weekend.

The event runs from Friday, June 14 to Sunday, June 16 with camping opening from lunchtime on Wednesday, June 12. 

Ticket holders are being advised to follow event signage rather than rely on satnavs, and not assume the route or entry point they have used in previous years will be the same.

There will be more parking fields than in previous years with an increased number of access gates and people will be able to scan a QR code on their parking passes for live updates on car park availability and capacity. 

In addition, the pickup and drop off points will not be in the same areas as the camping entrances to reduce congestion. 

Headlining this year’s festival are Queens of the Stone Age, Fall Out Boy and Avenged Sevenfold. Around 75,000 people are expected to attend.

Donington Park is located next to East Midlands Airport, four miles west of junction 23a of the M1 and five miles from junction 24.  

The M1, A42, A453, A50 and A38 are expected to see significant increases in traffic, particularly when everyone arrives on the Wednesday and Thursday and again when they leave on either Sunday night or Monday morning.

For live traffic updates follow the @HighwaysEMIDS Twitter feed. The National Highways 24/7 customer contact centre team can also provide up-to-the minute information on 0300 123 5000.