There will be free, pre-bookable shuttle buses available from Temple Green Park and Ride and Leeds Bus Station, to and from St Aidan's.

After booking your performance tickets you will receive an email with a unique booking link for your performance date.

Buses run to Allerton Bywater from Leeds City Centre and Castleford (bus service 168). The nearest bus stop is Bowers Row, 0.5 km from St Aidan's RSPB Nature Reserve.

Check the First Bus Leeds journey planner to find your best bus route.

The nearest Sustrans Cycle routes are the National Route 67 - Trans Pennine Trail Central, Yorks and Derbyshire and the National Route 697. Both of these run right next to the site.

There are bicycle racks available to store bikes during the performance.

There is limited reserved parking for blue badge holders which can be booked when purchasing tickets.

Limited pre-booked car parking will be available before the event takes place. After booking your performance tickets, you will receive an email with a unique booking link for your performance date.

We highly encourage all audiences to please consider using our shuttle buses over car parking if possible. There is limited reserved parking for blue badge holders which can be booked when purchasing tickets.

The nearest railway station is Woodlesford, which is 5 km away or Garforth, which is 6.4 km away. Taxis can be booked from either railway station to get to the nature park.

For more information check National Rail Enquiries.

Accessible portaloos will be available on-site at St Aidan's RSPB Nature Park for Nest for all performances. These will all additionally include baby change facilities. 

We look forward to welcoming you and your registered Assistance Dog or ESA to St Aidan's RSPB Nature Park. We politely ask that dogs are kept on lead at all times. Water bowls will be available to borrow at the access information point. 

Performances of Nest on Thur 7 and Sat 9 Sept will be audio described live by Alice Gilmour. To access this provision, please indicate when booking your ticket that you wish to borrow a receiver, and on the night of the performance meet Alice at the access information point ahead of the scheduled start time. 

There is limited reserved parking for blue badge holders which can be booked when purchasing tickets.
There will be limited prebooked car parking available before the event takes place. You'll receive an email with instructions after booking your performance tickets.

Performances of Nest on Wed 6 and Fri 8 Sept will be BSL interpreted by Vicci Ackroyd. To access this provision, please indicate when booking your ticket that you’ll need this service, and on the night of the performance meet Vicci at the access information point ahead of the scheduled start time. 

The performance of Nest on Fri 8 Sept will be live captioned. To access this provision, please indicate when booking your ticket that you’ll need this service, and on arrival head to the access information point to pick up the relevant handheld device.  

We intend to provide a Changing Places unit at all performances of Nest. As soon as we are able to confirm this provision, we will update out website to reflect this, but if you have any questions in the interim, please do not hesitate to contact our Box Office team. 

A Chill Out Tent, staffed and facilitated by Leeds Autism Services, will be available on-site for all performances of Nest and will be positioned near the entrance to St Aidan's RSPB Nature Park. This will include soft furnishings, fidget toys, low level lighting, colouring supplies, and a black out tent, and will be open throughout the performance. 

Essential companion tickets are free of charge and are bookable through the online check out or over the phone.

There will be food and drink vendors on site at St Aidan's Nature Park for Nest, but you are also welcome to bring your own supplies with you - we just ask that you please leave glass containers and alcohol at home, and ensure all rubbish is disposed of properly. 

Nest involves a promenade that requires audiences to travel approximately 1.6 km over the duration of the performance around Bowers Lake. There will be moments of pause (lasting between 5 to 15 minutes) where limited seating will be available, however visitors will be required to move around site, whether by walking or by using a wheelchair, in order to experience Nest. 

A limited number of self-propelling wheelchairs will be available to borrow from the access information point for visitors who would benefit from using a mobility aid to navigate the performance, and volunteer Access Champions will be on hand to provide more bespoke support when requested. However, we ask that if you have access to your own mobility aid that you please bring this with you. 

If you have any specific questions regarding the audience journey at Nest that are not answered here, please do not hesitate to contact our Box Office Team. 

Due to the nature of processional works, we anticipate that Nest will feel busy and quite crowded at times. Occurring at dusk, the lighting design will involve the use of projection and colourful targeted lights. Amplified music and spoken word will also be used throughout the performance. 

A visual story, created by our friends at Touretteshero, is now available to help you prepare ahead of the Nest performances.

St Aidan's RSPB Nature Park is a step-free site. The ground condition is hard, compacted earth that is at times topped with loose, mixed-sized gravel. The path that takes visitors down to Bowers Lake is of a medium gradient, and the return up to the car park is also via this path. 

If you have access to MTB-style wheels or a track/free wheel attachment, we strongly advise that you bring this with you. Volunteer Access Champions will also be on hand to provide bespoke support to anyone who requests it. 

To ensure the best experience for visitors who are wheelchair users, we also recommend that you position yourself near the front of the procession. The team based at the access information point will be on hand to support visitors to navigate to this position and to ensure sightlines are maintained throughout the performance.