The information below is for British Firework Championships 2024. Details about British Firework Championships 2025 will be coming soon.

There's many ways you can travel to British Firework Championships on 14 and 15 August 2024 on Plymouth Hoe.

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Sustainable travel

We actively encourage people to consider the environment and travel to the event using sustainable travel arrangements such as public transport and Plymouth Beryl Bikes.

Park and Ride

All visitors arriving by car are encouraged to use Plymouth’s Park and Ride services, provided by Stagecoach, which provide a quick and direct service to Royal Parade where passengers can either walk approximately 10 minutes up to the Hoe.

Important notice regarding Milehouse Park & Ride

On Wednesday 14 August (only), there are multiple events taking place in Plymouth, including a Plymouth Argyle Football Club match and Live in the Park in Central Park. The Milehouse Park & Ride is expected to be very busy and the car park is likely to be full by the early afternoon. The Park and Ride service from Royal Parade will still be operating at the times listed below, but the Milehouse car park will be on a first-come, first-served and will be very busy. We recommend people travelling to the British Firework Championships, to consider alternative parking plans if using their own vehicle, such as using the other Park and Ride services within Plymouth (Coypool and The George) or other car parks, or public transport to get to and from the event.

Additional Park and Ride services will be put on after the event finishes, both services 100 and 300 will depart from stop number A8 on Royal Parade.

Royal Parade to George Park and Ride (Service 100)

• Depart 10.35pm arriving at 10.56pm
• Depart 10.50pm arriving at 11.11pm
• Depart 11.05pm arriving at 11.26pm
• Depart 11.20pm arriving at 11.41pm
• Depart 11.35pm arriving at 11.56pm 

Royal Parade to Milehouse & Coypool Park and Ride (Service 300)

• Depart 10.35pm arriving at 10.44pm at Milehouse, 10.54pm at Coypool
• Depart 10.50pm arriving at 10.59pm at Milehouse, 11.09pm at Coypool
• Depart 11.05pm arriving at 11.14pm at Milehouse, 11.24pm at Coypool
• Depart 11.20pm arriving at 11.29pm at Milehouse, 11.39pm at Coypool
• Depart 11.35pm arriving at 11.44pm at Milehouse, 11.54pm at Coypool

Train Travel

GWR will be operating their regular timetabled service, however they aim to provide extra capacity on their trains where possible for travellers in and out the city. This means that on both days of the event:

• 6.03pm – Paddington to Penzance terminates Plymouth 
• 6.59pm – Cardiff to Penzance terminates Plymouth 
• 9pm – Penzance to Exeter. Depart 3 mins earlier than usual from Plymouth.
• 9.22pm – Plymouth to Penzance runs additionally 
• 10.57pm – departing to Penzance calling at Saltash, St German, Liskeard and then all stations to Penzance
• 11.14pm – departing to Gunnislake, calling all stations.
• 11.16pm – departing to Exeter St Davids calling Totnes, Newton Abbot and Exeter St Davids
• 11.20pm – departure to Exeter St Davids calling Ivybridge, Totnes, Newton Abbot and Exeter St Davids

Car

Travelling by car to Plymouth is easily accessible from most locations within the UK. Most driving routes will bring you onto the M5, which eventually merges to become the A38 bringing you directly to Plymouth. 

We recommend you use Google Maps to plan the quickest route for you.

There are over 50 car parks and more than 5,200 parking spaces in Plymouth and plenty of street parking. 19 of these car parks are situated in and around the city centre, varying from short term and long term stays. There are spaces in each car park for disabled badge holders. Standard charges apply. Other options include Drake Circus and the Barcode with over 1,600 parking spaces available.

If parking in Sutton Harbour, please expect long delays when leaving using the lock bridge as maritime traffic will be given priority when re-entering the harbour.

Disabled Parking 

An extended parking area will be available on the Hoe promenade for blue badge holders, but spaces will be taken on a first come, first served basis. Access will be via Elliott Street entrance to the Hoe promenade from 5pm. 

Drop off point 

The best drop off location if you have access needs is the Elliot Street entrance, this entrance has level access and leads directly onto the main promenade where the majority of the event activities are taking place, including the main viewing area and access platforms.

See the British Firework Championships event map for more details. 

Road Closures

• Hoe Road, from the mound at the citadel to the junction of Pier Street. 1pm to 11pm
• Madeira Road (junction of Elphinstone car park in its entirety). 1pm to 11pm
• Armada Way loop (Crowne Plaza with its junction of citadel road). 4pm to 11pm 
• Top of Osborne Place to the junction of the back of The Esplanade. 7am to 11pm
• Citadel Road, from Lockyer street to Hoe Approach. 4pm to 11pm
• Lockyer Street, from the junction of Citadel Road to the junction of Notte Street with no access from Alfred Street. 10pm to 11pm
• Notte Street, from the junction of Millbay Road to the junction of Hoe Approach. 10pm to 11pm
• Princess Street, from the junction of Lockyer Street to the junction of Princess Ope, inc. access from Armada Way 10pm to 11pm
• Staddon Lane, from the junction of Staddon Heights golf cub to the junction of Jennycliffe lane 4pm to 11pm*
• Jennycliff Lane, from its junction of Staddon Lane to Lalebrick Road. 4pm to 11pm*
• Lawrence Road, from its junction by the pub to the pier. 7am on 14 August through to 12pm on 16 August*
• Lawrence Road, from roundabout to junction of pub, 4pm to 10.30pm access for residents only.*

Road closures are in place to facilitate the safe ingress and egress of people attending the event. Road closures form part of the wider Traffic Management Plan for the event which involves hard and soft road closures, coning of roads to prevent people parking where inadvisable and unsafe, additional signage, and parking enforcement.

Jennycliff lane is part of the Traffic Management plan, we allow the Jennycliff road public car park to be used until it has been full up and then close it off.

The following roads will be closed at various points from 7am to 11pm both days of British Firework Championships on 14 & 15  August for parking, waiting, loading and unloading of vehicles.

• Osbourne Place (Top 6 bays).
• Armada loop (All bays).
• Princess Street from the junction of Princess Ope to Lockyer Street (7 bays).
• Hoe Road from the mound to Madeira Rd roundabout. (All bays)
• Hoe Road waterfront from the Maderia Rd roundabout to the Grand Parage Roundabout. (All bays)
• Citadel Rd from the junction of Sussex Place to Lockyer Street. (All bays)
• Lawrence Road in its entirety (both sides).
• Jennycliffe Lane from the junction of Church Hill Rd to Staddon Lane.

Check out the road closure map for visuals, click the thumbnail below to view as a large image.

Plymouth Citybus

Plymouth Citybus is the main local bus service provider for Plymouth. You can find out which bus you need to catch, where to catch it from and what time it leaves using the journey planner on the Traveline South West website.

Coach

If you're travelling from within the South West the Stagecoach Falcon service connects Plymouth with Exeter, Taunton, Bristol Airport and Bristol City Centre.

National Express operates daily coach services to Plymouth from departure points across the UK. For coach tickets and pricing visit their coach website. 

National Express also offers holidays by coach on their Holidays by National Express website, where you can add hotels and attractions to your coach travel and book your next trip to Plymouth in one package.

FlixBus operates a coach service between Plymouth and London, five days a week with additional services running during the summer months.