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Great Escape User's Guide
Fancy heading to Brighton this weekend for The Great Escape Festival 2008? Hell Yeah! Get reading our user's guide to plan how you're gonna get there and where you're gonna go...
Xfm spent many a year in the Scouts so our motto is "Be Prepared". Therefore we have collated all the information you might need for venues, travel and tickets. Get planning!
Line Up:
Make sure you check out the line up on our printable schedule here.
Tickets:
You can get day and weekend tickets right here ranging from £18.50 to £150.
Map:
Get your map for The Great Escape here.
Great Escape Venues:
Above Audio
10 Marine Parade
Brighton
BN2 1TL
Arc
160 Kings Road Arches
Brighton
BN2 1NB
Audio
10 Marine Parade
Brighton
BN2 1TL
Barfly
The Gloucester
Gloucester Place
Brighton
BN1 4AA
Concorde 2
Madeira Shelter Hall
Madeira Drive
BN2 1EN
Digital
189-192 Kings Road Arches
Brighton
BN1 1NB
Dome Concert Hall
29 New Road
BN1 1UG
Geminis Bar
127 Kings Road Arches
Brighton
BN1 2FN
Hectors House
52 Grand Parade
Brighton
BN2 2QA
Horatios Bar
Brighton Pier
Brighton
East Sussex
BN2 1TW
Joogleberry
14-17 Manchester Street
Brighton
BN1 1TF
King & Queen
13 Marlborough Place
Brighton
BN1 1UB
Komedia
44 Gardner Street
Brighton
BN1 1UN
Ocean Rooms
1 Morley Street
Brighton
BN2 9RA
Old Victorian Courthouse
118 Church Street
Brighton
BN1 1UD
Output Studios
50 Providence Place
Brighton
BN1 4GE
Pavilion Theatre
29 New Road
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 1UG
Prince Albert
48 Trafalgar Street
Brighton
BN1 4ED
Queens Hotel - Sandringham Suite
Queens Hotel 1 Kings Road
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 1NS
Redroaster
1d St James's Street
Brighton & Hove
BN2 1RE
Revenge
32-34 Old Steine
Brighton
BN1 1EL
Sallis Benney Theatre
University of Brighton
Grand Parade
BN2 0JY
St Georges Church
St. George's Road,
Kemp Town,
Brighton.
The Brighton Coalition
Kings Road Arches
Seafront, Brighton
The Corn Exchange
29 New Road
BN1 1UG
The Engine Room
5 Preston Street
Brighton
BN1 2HX
The Freebutt
1, Phoenix Place
Brighton
East Sussex
BN2 9ND
The Globe
78 Middle Street
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 1AL
The Hanbury Club
83, st george road
brighton
bn2 1ef
The Honeyclub
214 Kings Road Arches
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 1NB
The Hope
10 - 12 Queens Road
Brighton
East Sussex
The Old Market
Upper Market St
Hove
BN3 1AS
The Pressure Point
33 Richmond Place
Brighton
BN2 9NA
The Providence
130 Western Road
Brighton
East Sussex
The Volks
3 The Colonnade,
Madeira Drive
Brighton
BN2 1PS
Water Margin
9-12 Middle Street
Brighton & Hove
BN1 1AL
Check out all your travel options below, we don't want you missing out!
By Train:
It takes just under an hour to Brighton from London Victoria Station, with 2 services running every hour
Regular services to Brighton from Bedford, London Kings Cross & London Bridge
Direct services from Scotland, the North West, the Midlands, the West country and South Wales
For more information on rail services, call National Rail enquiries: 08457 484950 (local rate call, 24 hour service), or visit the website: www.nationalrail.co.uk
For combined train and bus travel, ask for a PLUSBUS ticket, when booking your travel.
Travel by Eurostar from France and Belgium to London Waterloo and then on to Brighton via London Bridge station, with an approx. journey time of 4 hours.
By Coach:
Express coaches from London to Brighton take about 2 hours.
Regular National Express services depart from London Heathrow and Gatwick airports.
For National Express enquiries and bookings visit the website.
By Car:
45 minutes from the M25 London orbital motorway.
From M25, take the M23/A23 to Brighton & Hove.
Coastal route A27 links the city east and west.
By Air:
30 minutes by road or rail from London Gatwick International Airport.
90 minutes by road from London Heathrow International Airport.
Fast coach links between Heathrow, Gatwick and Brighton. For info on how to get to and from both airports visit www.baa.co.uk
By Sea:
The Channel Tunnel and other major ports - Dover, Folkestone, Portsmouth and Southampton - are between one and two hours away by motorway.
For P&O enquiries and bookings visit their website.
For Sea France, Hoverspeed and Eurotunnel enquiries, visit the following websites: Sea France: www.seafrance.com Hoverspeed: www.hoverspeed.com Eurotunnel: www.eurotunnel.com
Local Taxi Firms:
Streamline: +44(0)1273 747474
City Cabs: +44(0)1273 204060
For further Brighton information: please go to www.visitbrighton.com
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