Weston Park is a remarkable house set in stunning grounds. This is a house with a rich history that has proved an important landmark in Staffordshire.

You are advised that flicker, laser, strobe and other lighting effects may be used during some performances.

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The park has a wide variety of interesting flora, fauna and wildlife including badgers, foxes, squirrels and deer. There is also a large variety of mature trees including oak, ash, hornbeam, and field maple, an additional 25,000 new trees were planted in 2005/6.

Please remember that Hylands Park belongs to the people of Chelmsford, we are very fortunate to be allowed to use the park for this event and we would like to return year after year.

Please look after the park during your visit, remove and dispose of any unwanted litter in the bins provided, consider the parks wildlife and respect the residents in the surrounding areas.

You are advised that flicker, laser, strobe and other lighting effects may be used during some performances.

How to get into V Festival Hylands Park Chelmsford?
Hylands Park is in the parish of Writtle approximately 2 miles outside of Chelmsford on the A414. If you are arriving on foot, please follow the signs from Chelmsford to the V Festival site and use gate 6 or 1. Unless you are camping in Yellow campsite then please follow the signs worded YELLOW from Gate 1.

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Directions and Travel Information

Weston Park
On the A5 in Weston-under-Lizard, 30 minutes from central Birmingham. The nearest rail stations are Stafford and Wolverhampton or Telford in Shropshire.

By Car From M6 Southbound off at J12 then A5 Westbound for 10 miles to the V Festival

From M6 Northbound off at J10a then M54 to J3 to the V Festival.

From South Wales M4 to A449 then A40 to M50, M5, M6 North as above.

From North East M1 to J28, then A38 to A5 Westbound to the V Festival.

From South East M40, M5, M6 Northbound as above or M1, M6 as above.

There will be road signs as you approach the V Festival site to bring you in the most convenient entrance.

Hylands Park
Hylands Park is in the parish of Writtle approximately 2 miles outside of Chelmsford on the A414. If you are arriving on foot, follow the signs from Chelmsford to the V Festival site and use gates marked 1,2,3 or 4. If you are camping in the Yellow campsite follow the signs worded YELLOW.

Opening Times
Weston Park: For day ticket holders at both locations, the Arena opens 12noon on Saturday and Sunday and close at 11pm when the last bands finish

Camping Information
Weston Park: The campsites open at 10am on Friday 21st August and close on Monday 24th August at noon. The arena will open at 12noon on Saturday and Sunday and the bands will finish at 11pm. Sleeping in vehicles in the car parks is not permitted.

Hylands Park: The campsites will open at 12noon on Friday 21st August and close on Monday 24th August at noon. The arena will open at 12noon on Saturday and Sunday and the bands will finish at 11pm. Sleeping in vehicles in the car parks is not permitted.

Car Parking information
Weston Park: Supervised and lit car parks. Cars parked on surrounding roads will be towed away. Cars can not be parked in the Campervan Area.

Hylands Park: Car parking is payable in advance or on the gate.

Age Restrictions
You must be 18 or over to purchase alcohol.

More V Music Festival Information from Wiki:

History of V Music Festival:
The idea for V Music Festival came in 1996 when Pulp’s front man Jarvis Cocker announced he would love to play two outdoor venues in two days. Pulp’s promoters got together and came up with the idea of putting the gig into Victoria Park Warrington and Hylands Park Chelmsford giving fans in both the North and South a chance to see the band. Then came the idea of adding more bands to the bill, putting on a second stage and letting people camp for the weekend. In the end Victoria Park was just too small for two stages and camping. So in August 1996 there was one day of artists in Victoria Park and two days at Hylands Park with camping. The northern leg of V97 was switched to Temple Newsam, Leeds to provide room for camping and three stages. In 1999 the Northern leg of the festival was moved to Weston Park in Staffordshire and has remained there since.

Previously it had been held at Temple Newsam in Leeds, before being replaced by Carling’s Leeds Festival. Originally, the festival took the name of the current year, with the first festival being named “V96″. Since 2003 it has been known as simply the V Music Festival. Its weekend format, low queuing times and professional organisation have given it a loyal audience. The festival sold out in record time in 2006.

Mel C, Dido, and N.E.R.D. have all performed at the festival, and both Razorlight and Faithless performed in 2006. V showcases a mix of British and international musicians, from up-and-coming bands such as Coldplay in 2000 and the Kaiser Chiefs in 2003 and 2008, and glam rockers El Presidente in 2005, to veteran crooner Tony Christie. Girls Aloud also performed at the 2006 show, and received rave reviews for their performance. McFly performed at the festival in 2007 and received a huge turnout and great reviews that were not expected.

V Festival Line ups:

V Festival Line up 2006
The 11th V Festival took place on Saturday 19 August and Sunday 20 August.

Tickets for the festival went on sale on Monday 27 February, exclusively to Virgin Mobile customers, and went on general sale on Friday 3 March.

There were complaints from festival-goers in 2006 due to the excessive price of food and merchandise, and lack of prior information about the band schedules, the only timetable available being a programme sold at the festival. Despite knowing the numbers attending, the print run of programmes was sold out.[1]

The “Road To V” competition for 2006 was won by Bombay Bicycle Club and Keith.

V Stage: Radiohead, Morrissey, Faithless, Paul Weller, Beck, Keane, Bloc Party, Sugababes, Hard-Fi, The Magic Numbers, The Dandy Warhols, Kubb, Gavin DeGraw, The Divine Comedy, The Dead 60s, Daniel Powter

Channel 4 Stage: Razorlight, The Charlatans, Starsailor, James Dean Bradfield, Delays, The Feeling, Morning Runner, The Rifles, Dogs, Kasabian, Editors, The Ordinary Boys, We Are Scientists, The Cardigans, Orson, Kula Shaker, Biffy Clyro, The Saw Doctors

JJB/Puma Arena: Groove Armada, Rufus Wainwright, The Beautiful South, Gomez, Nerina Pallot, Imogen Heap, Richard Hawley, Bic Runga, Lily Allen, Mute Math, The Boy Least Likely To, Fatboy Slim, The Go! Team, Girls Aloud, Kano, Echo & the Bunnymen, Xavier Rudd, Matt Willis, Shack, Phoenix, Pure Reason Revolution, Rushmore

Virgin Mobile Social: The Cooper Temple Clause, The Dears, Bell X1, The Pipettes (Weston Park only), The Crimea, Oceansize, Liam Frost and the Slowdown Family, Jim Noir, Lorraine, James Morrison, Butch Walker, The Grates, The Dodgems, Love Bites, Sandi Thom, Mew, Regina Spektor, My Morning Jacket, Matisyahu (Hylands Park Only), Art Brut, The Young Knives, Captain, The Upper Room, Paolo Nutini, Seth Lakeman, Director, Milk Teeth

V Festival Line up 2007
The line-up for V Festival 2007 was revealed on Virgin Radio on Monday February 26 2007, and tickets went on sale on the 1st of March.

The line-up was as follows:

V Stage: The Killers, Foo Fighters, Kasabian, Snow Patrol, James, Pink, The Fratellis, Kanye West, KT Tunstall, Paolo Nutini, James Morrison, Editors, The Goo Goo Dolls, The Proclaimers and Just Jack.

Channel 4 Stage: The Kooks, Manic Street Preachers, Lily Allen, Mika, Guillemots, The Hours, Basement Jaxx, The Coral, Babyshambles, Jet, The Fray, The Cribs and Captain, as well as Road To V winners Rosalita and The Brightlights. Foo Fighters also performed an acoustic set under the name 606.

JJB/Puma Arena: Damien Rice, Corinne Bailey Rae, Iggy Pop & The Stooges, Lemar, Willy Mason, Rilo Kiley, McFly, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Mutya Buena, Seth Lakeman. Primal Scream, Happy Mondays, Jarvis Cocker, Ocean Colour Scene, Dizzee Rascal, Sinéad O’Connor, Beverley Knight, Martha Wainwright, Glenn Tilbrook & The Fluffers, Jesse Malin and Chungking.

Virgin Mobile Union: Graham Coxon, Robyn, Stephen Fretwell, Bedouin Soundclash, Air Traffic, The Rumble Strips, Remi Nicole, Cherry Ghost, Tiny Dancers, Unklejam, Passenger, The Dodgems, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Boy Kill Boy, Plan B, The Holloways, Mr Hudson & The Library, Mumm-Ra, Switches, The Wombats, Ghosts, The Hoosiers, Pop Levi and Rebecca.

Amy Winehouse was supposed to play but cancelled due to admittance into rehab. She was replaced by Happy Mondays. Babyshambles were four hours late for their set at Weston Park after being held up by traffic. Robyn replaced The Bravery.

V Festival Line up 2008
Chelmsford Saturday/Staffordshire Sunday:

* V Stage: Muse, Stereophonics, The Kooks, Maxïmo Park, Lostprophets, Alanis Morissette, The Futureheads, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Nine Inch Nails
* 4Music: The Prodigy, The Pigeon Detectives, Newton Faulkner, The Hoosiers, Duffy, Amy Macdonald, The Hold Steady, Shed Seven, Air Traffic
* JJB Champion ARENA: Ian Brown, The Pogues, Jamie T, The Twang, Sugababes, Estelle, David Jordan, The Script, The Presets, Royworld, Svetlana
* Virgin Mobile Union: Richard Hawley, Sia, Siouxsie Sioux, Will Young, The Long Blondes, Roots Manuva, The Dykeenies, Paul Heaton, Tokyo Police Club, Beth Rowley, The Like, Runaway Sons
* Sessions Stage: Carbon/Silicon, Infadels, Bryn Christopher, Team Waterpolo, One Eskimo, Julian Velard, Gary Go, Iglu & Hartly, Sparkadia, The Troubadours

Chelmsford Sunday/Staffordshire Saturday:

* V Stage: The Verve, Kings of Leon, Amy Winehouse, Lenny Kravitz, The Feeling, Girls Aloud, Squeeze, The Stranglers
* 4Music Stage Kaiser Chiefs, The Zutons, The View, Reverend and the Makers, Scouting For Girls, One Republic, The Courteeners, Delays, The Rifles, the Road to V winners the Rebs.
* JJB Champion ARENA: The Chemical Brothers, The Charlatans, Hot Chip, Travis, Calvin Harris, Robyn, Sam Sparro (cancelled due to illness), Alphabeat, Gabriella Cilmi, Taio Cruz, Captain
* Virgin Mobile Union: The Guillemots, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Young Knives, Little Man Tate, Tom Baxter, Drive-By Truckers, Goldie Lookin’ Chain, Jack McManus, Passenger, Noah and the Whale, Sam Beeton
* Sessions Stage: SugaRush Beat Company, Attic Lights, Emmanual Jal, Magistrates, The New York Fund, Dodo’s, Das Pop, The Rushes, Animal Kingdom, Arno Carstens, Sons of Albion

Tickets went on general sale on March 7, 2008, at 10am, and sold out in 90 minutes.

V Festival Line up 2009
Tickets for V 2009 went on general sale on 6 March 2009. A limited number of tickets went on sale at 10am on 19 August 2008, following the end of the 2008 festival. Weekend tickets were priced at £132.50 (no camping) and £152.50 (with camping) for the weekend. On 2 March 2009 NME confirmed The Killers and Oasis as headliners.[4] However, Oasis did not perform in Chelmsford due to illness (viral laryngitis) [5]

Chelmsford Saturday/Staffordshire Sunday:

V Stage: The Killers, Razorlight, The Specials, Lily Allen, The Script, Taylor Swift, Starsailor, McFly

4Music: Fatboy Slim, Pendulum, The Ting Tings, The Wombats, Dizzee Rascal, The Noisettes, Red Light Company, Jet, Mr Hudson, Underline The Sky (Road To V Winners)

The ARENA: 2ManyDJs, Calvin Harris, Happy Mondays, The Saturdays, Will Young, Ladyhawke, N-Dubz, Asher Roth, Tinchy Stryder, Pixie Lott, Carolina Liar, Matt Trakker

Virgin Media Union: Peter Doherty, Alphabeat, The Sunshine Underground, Howling Bells, Pete Murray, Goldie Looking Chain, VV Brown, Kid British, Raygun, Wallis Bird, Zarif, Exit Calm

Staffordshire Saturday/Chelmsford Sunday:

V Stage: Oasis (Staffordshire only), Snow Patrol, Elbow, James, Biffy Clyro, James Morrison, Ocean Colour Scene, Bjorn Again

4Music: Keane, The Enemy, Paolo Nutini, Katy Perry, Athlete, Alesha Dixon, The Proclaimers, The Lightning Seeds, The King Blues, The Last Republic (Road To V Winners)

The ARENA: MGMT, Lady Gaga, The Streets, The Human League, Lemar, Natalie Imbruglia, Daniel Merriweather, Sneaky Sound System, Ben’s Brother, The Blizzards

Virgin Media Union: British Sea Power, The Twang, Mystery Jets, Gary Go, Seth Lakeman, Joe Lean and The Jing Jang Jong, Miike Snow, Vagabond, One Eskimo, Iain Archer, The Gay Blades

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