Road closures are planned ahead of a major music festival taking place in Wiltshire in July.
Following a hiatus in 2025, WOMAD has relocated from Charlton Park near Malmesbury to a new venue at Neston Park Estate, near Corsham.
The World of Music, Arts and Dance festival will take place from July 23 to 26, with headliners including London-based soul artist Greentea Peng, Malian singer Oumou Sangaré, Jamaican reggae icon Barrington Levy and Swedish indie‑folk musician José González.
It is expected to attract 40,000 festivalgoers.
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Now, Wiltshire Council has set out how it intends to manage traffic around the festival site.
Compared with Charlton Park, the festival's home between 2007 and 2024, Neston Park’s road network is more constrained.
Highways experts have published their traffic management plan, which will be in place between Monday, July 20 and Monday, July 27.
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To manage the increase in traffic, they have developed a three-point plan:
The speed limit on the A365 between Five Ways and Atworth Lane will be reduced to 30mph.
Wadswick Lane will be closed from the A365 to the junction with Lower Wadswick
And a phased one-way system will be introduced on Ashworth Lane from the A365 to Chapel Lane.
It is not clear how many cars are expected at Neston Park over the festival period.
Festival organisers are encouraging music-lovers to catch a train to Bath, and is working on a shuttlebus service between the station and the site.
