Prairie Campsite walking directions to circuit

[dredgey]

For anyone who has stayed at Prairie, please can you tell me what route you take to walk to the nearest circuit entrance? Looking on google maps it appears to be about 10-15minutes, but on Google reviews there seems to be people stating that you're sent on a detour which takes an hour?! Mindful that they may fence off certain areas....

[eps]

This image from the tickets thread may help. I should point out that I haven't stayed on that campsite.

https://forums-images.pistonheads.com/15618/202511...

Which route is Google maps showing you? I would expect it to take 25+ minutes to get anywhere useful.

[dredgey]

eps said:

This image from the tickets thread may help. I should point out that I haven't stayed on that campsite.

https://forums-images.pistonheads.com/15618/202511...

Which route is Google maps showing you? I would expect it to take 25+ minutes to get anywhere useful.

Thanks.

Google maps initially takes you on foot through the Technopark (10 mins), but I've seen another map that seems to imply that you have to walk down past BSJ...?

[bennno]

dredgey said:

For anyone who has stayed at Prairie, please can you tell me what route you take to walk to the nearest circuit entrance? Looking on google maps it appears to be about 10-15minutes, but on Google reviews there seems to be people stating that you're sent on a detour which takes an hour?! Mindful that they may fence off certain areas....

Really easy, straight out of road between campsite and hippodrome, cross main road and in to circuit

Not quite as easy as houx / houx annex but not much longer.

[dredgey]

bennno said:

Really easy, straight out of road between campsite and hippodrome, cross main road and in to circuit

Not quite as easy as houx / houx annex but not much longer.

This is the answer that I was hoping for! Was that your own personal experience out of interest?

[bennno]

dredgey said:

bennno said:

Really easy, straight out of road between campsite and hippodrome, cross main road and in to circuit

Not quite as easy as houx / houx annex but not much longer.

This is the answer that I was hoping for! Was that your own personal experience out of interest?

Yep, field a bit boggy though, but good position.

[spikep]

The purple route is the one they made us take last year. The road between Hipp and Prairie was closed off. You entrer via the same access as BSJ into one of the Fan zones. If you are on a pitch in BSJ near the BSJ’s entrance, you are nearer the track entrance than those on Prairie.
The intent is to delay you in the Fan zone and reduce the crowds in the main area.

[dredgey]

bennno said:

Yep, field a bit boggy though, but good position.

Hoping your experience is what’s planned for next year, there seems to different experiences (Spikep comment below).

[dredgey]

spikep said:

The purple route is the one they made us take last year. The road between Hipp and Prairie was closed off. You entrer via the same access as BSJ into one of the Fan zones. If you are on a pitch in BSJ near the BSJ s entrance, you are nearer the track entrance than those on Prairie.
The intent is to delay you in the Fan zone and reduce the crowds in the main area.

This looks like a ballache. Were the routes just sign posted or did you encounter security blocking routes or fences you couldn’t get past?