Travel & Parking
Tropical Pressure Festival takes place at the Eco Park, Chapel Hill, Porthtowan, Cornwall, TR4 8HL. It’s a gorgeous clifftop site in an area of outstanding natural beauty on the north Cornish coast.
We encourage travelling sustainably and have several initiatives in place to help:
If you travel by train, we can get you to the festival in our FREE shuttle bus from Redruth station. The Shuttle Bus will run on Friday / Saturday / Sunday to and from Redruth Railway Station and on Monday morning from the festival to Redruth. To book a free place, please fill out this form.
If you come by bike you can have a drink on us, just let our box office team know that you're a cyclist when you arrive.
Or get in on a car share to reduce your carbon emissions and arrive the sociable way! Check out our Tropical Connections Facebook group to find or offer a lift share.
If you are coming by car or van, please make sure you purchase the correct parking ticket when you're booking.
The Best Route To Tropical Pressure
From Friday 10th July our one way system will start and everyone must arrive via MAWLA LANE END and there will be NO ACCESS VIA CHAPEL HILL.
(In 2024 this changed direction, so it may be different from what you are used to if you have attended the festival prior to 2024).
From North Bound & South Bound; come off the A30 at Avers roundabout take the route towards Porthtowan.
Head up the valley towards Scorrier, Redruth and Truro
Stay on this road for approximately 3 minutes / 1.5miles
You will then take a sharp right turn towards Mawla
This road will continue straight for 1 mile, then after a bend to the left you will turn right towards Mawla Lane End
Stay on this road and you will reach Tropical Pressure.
Parking
There are 3 separate vehicle entrance gates, please follow the signs to the correct gate.
Please follow the clear road signage to make your way to the correct place to park.
We promote usage of our more environmentally friendly routes of travel, but if you must bring a car on site you will need to purchase a parking ticket. If an accessible parking space is required, please get in touch via email to apply for a space as soon as possible.
Pink Gate - Weekend Ticket Parking
Weekend Parking is on the PINK ROUTE, please follow signage for the pink route to park in Weekend parking.
To park in weekend parking you must have a WEEKEND PARKING PASS. We recommend you purchase in advance to avoid long queues.
Please have your parking ticket ready to scan on the gate.
Weekend Parking is further away this year, there is a short walk from this field to the festival, we do recommend using our FREE Shuttle bus service from Redruth train station to be dropped off at the Box office.
Orange Gate - Live In Pass Holders & Crew
The LIVE IN VEHICLE Field is on the ORANGE ROUTE, please follow signage for the orange route to pitch up in the Live In Vehicle Field. Once off the road please follow the correct signage to the Live In Field.
Please have your Live In Vehicle ticket ready to scan at the gate.
To pitch in the Live In Vehicle Field you MUST have purchased a Live In ticket, these will likely sell out. So none will be available to purchase on the gate.
Blue Gate - Family Camping Pass Holders, Accessibility Pass Holders & Day Parking
DAY PARKING is on the BLUE ROUTE, please follow signage for the blue route to park in Day Parking. Once off the road please follow the correct signage to Day Parking.
To park in day parking you must have a DAY PARKING PASS. We recommend you purchase in advance to avoid long queues.
FAMILY CAMPING is on the BLUE ROUTE, please follow signage for the blue route to pitch up in Family Camping.
Once off the road please follow the correct signage to Family Camping and have your family camping ticket ready to scan at the gate.
To pitch in Family Camping you MUST have purchased a family camping ticket, these will likely sell out, so none will be available to purchase on the gate.
ACCESSIBLE PARKING is on the BLUE ROUTE, please follow signage for the blue route to park in Accessible Parking. Once off the road please follow the signage to Day Parking to be parked and receive your pass.
To park in day Accessible Parking you must have purchased a WEEKEND PARKING PASS if parking for the weekend or a DAY PARKING PASS if joining us for a day.
Then you can request an ACCESSIBLE PARKING PASS with the festival team (via the website contact form) to then be issued an accessible pass.
Coming & Going
The festival site and ticket office are open from 10am to 10pm each day. Please note that if you leave the site, there is NO RE-ENTRY outside of these times, although you are of course welcome to leave. Please drive safely and slowly, taking extra caution due to pedestrians on the road. Please always follow the one-way system back to your destination.
On Monday 13th July the one way system will turn around so everyone must EXIT via Mawla Lane End, there will be no exit via Chapel Hill
All public must leave by Midday on Monday 13th July.
Onboard:Earth
How we’re tackling travel impacts & funding environmental restoration with onboard:earth
onboard:earth is a live events industry response to the climate crisis – a community of events, festivals, suppliers, artists and music companies taking action to reduce travel impacts by moving low-carbon travel into the heart of live events culture and raising funds for environmental restoration.
Since 2015, onboard:earth has worked with over 160 event industry members, providing resources, tools, advice and inspiration to reduce travel emissions and channeling over £740,000 from event-goers to environmental restoration, climate action and climate justice projects.
Travel is typically the largest source of carbon emissions at live events. We’re working to tackle these impacts and you can help us by choosing a lower-carbon option for your journey to Tropical Pressure 2026.
However, we know that cars and campers are still the most popular way to arrive. To address the environmental impact for 2026, £1.50 from your car parking pass and £3 from your live in vehicle pass goes to onboard:earth who channel your donations to support four key environmental outcomes:
- Regenerating marine ecosystems around the UK coastline.
- Tree planting to restore habitats and create sustainable livelihoods in Malawi.
- Protecting threatened rainforests to sink carbon and preserve biodiversity.
- Offsetting carbon and upholding climate justice through a clean cookstove project in West Africa
If you didn’t buy a car-parking pass and would like to donate you can use onboard:earth’s Travel Carbon Calculator.