Festival-goers encouraged to travel to this year's Glastonbury Festival by coach

Organisers of this year’s Glastonbury Festival are urging their audience to arrive by coach in a bid to help reduce the event’s carbon emissions.

Tickets for the festival are being offered complete with a return or single coach travel ticket from a range of UK destinations in an attempt to encourage more festival-goers to opt for coach travel to the Somerset based event.

U2 and Jack Johnson are already confirmed headliners of this year’s Glastonbury, however a number of other high profile names are rumoured to appear as the festival aims to celebrate its 40th anniversary in style.

The festival organisers have calculated that ticket holder’s travel to the event contributes to two thirds of the festival’s total emissions. According to their research, a coach filled to capacity beats car, campervan and train travel in the carbon footprint stakes.

Tickets for the festival, which is due to take place between Wednesday 23rd June – Sunday 27th June, have sold out. However a ticket re-sale date has just been announced for April 11th which will provide music lovers with a final chance to get their hands on a ticket for Glastonbury 2010.

Combined festival entry and coach travel tickets will also be available on this date. Coaches are due to leave from a variety of cities across the country including Bristol, London, Manchester, Leeds, Nottingham, Taunton, and Winchester.