Castleford Roman Festival

Parking

There are numerous off-street and on-street car parking spaces in Castleford Town Centre.

Find a full list with details here.

Train

Castleford Station

It is an approximately 5 minute walk from Castleford Train Station to Castleford Town Centre.

You can find station details here.

Bus

Castleford Bus Station 

It is an approximately 6 minute walk from Castleford Bus Station to Castleford Town Centre.

You can find more information about bus services to Castleford on the Arriva website here.

The Events Team at Wakefield Council are passionate about providing an enjoyable experience that is accessible to all.  

Our friendly team of staff, security, first aiders and contractors will be on hand to offer any assistance throughout the event.  You can find them in either Hi-Vis or Wakefield Council Uniform, look for ‘EVENT STAFF’ on their backs. 

Site Description

Castleford precinct is very flat, the area can be easily navigated around without having to cross any steps or inclines.

Carlton Street – This is the main festival site and where most activities will take place, the street is easily accessible and completely flat.

Carlton Lanes Shopping Centre – Shopping area, rest spaces, cafes, restaurants & accessible toilets.

Museum & Library – quiet rest space, children’s craft activities & accessible toilets. Lift to other floors available.

The Roman Tour – May have some rough terrain and can sometimes last between 45mins to 1 hour. There will be drop curbs and crossing points throughout the duration of the walking tour.

Assistance Dogs

Assistance dogs are welcomed to all areas of the event, this must be an assistance dog that is recognised by one of the official charitable organisations as members of Assistance Dogs UK.

Accessible Parking

There are blue car parking spaces at nearby Castlefields Car Park and Welbeck Street Car Park.

Accessible Toilets

There will be an accessible port-aloo available at Castleford Precinct and accessible toilet in Castleford Library.

Changing Places

Unfortunately, there is no Changing Places at the event site.

The closes Changing Places is at Junction 32 (Changing Places Toilets (changing-places.org)). 

Should you need any form of medical attention please inform a member of staff or security onsite where they can show you where the medical tent is located or request for a medic to come to you.  

Unfortunately, we do not have any secure storage for medicines on site.  

We are continually updating event information for Castleford Roman Festival so please keep checking back on this page.  

If you do have any queries or feel that there is anything we can improve on, we are open to suggestions!

You can contact the team at:  festivals@wakefield.gov.uk