Olympic Games at Eton Dorney - traffic and parking arrangements

From Saturday 28 July to Saturday 11 August special travel and parking arrangements will be in place in the Royal Borough for the 2012 Games at Eton Dorney.

Some 25,000 people are expected at the venue each day and the following advice has been issued by the council to help residents, businesses, spectators and visitors plan ahead:

Travel and parking

• From Saturday 28 July to Saturday 11 August there will be strict 'No Stopping' enforcement along the A308 from Braywick in Maidenhead to Royal Windsor Way (formerly the Windsor and Eton relief road). It will operate like a London Red Route so please don't stop/park or you will get a Penalty Charge Notice and your vehicle may be towed away (and you will have to pay to retrieve it). The Royal Borough does not want to see this happening to our residents so please don't stop.
• There are additional parking restrictions on roads off the A308 (see map). Zone A areas are enforcement zones where parking on the highway is not permitted (residents in the affected roads must have a special permit). Zone B areas are 'advisory' - where drivers are being encouraged not to park if at all possible.
• From Saturday 28 July to Saturday 11 August there will be no vehicle access from the A308 to Gallys Road, Smiths Lane, Vale Road and Parsonage Lane from 7am to 5pm. Access will be maintained from Dedworth Road.
• Games shuttle buses will run along the A308 to and from Maidenhead station and also to and from the park and ride sites at Braywick and Stafferton Way, Maidenhead (and at the other end from Windsor and Eton Riverside station). The buses will run from approx 6am to between 1 and 4pm, depending on when competitions end.
• From approx 6am to 4pm there will be no right turn from Braywick Road, Maidenhead, into Braywick Park. This is to assist the operation of the park and ride shuttle buses. Traffic turning right should continue to the Stafferton Way roundabout and return in the opposite direction.
• If at all possible, please time journeys outside the Games peak times of 7 to 9am and 12.30 to 3.30pm (approx). This should make travel a lot easier.
• Local bus services will run as usual.
• If you are expecting deliveries or collections during Games time, you may find it useful to advise the companies concerned to travel outside the peak times and of the access arrangements (above). This is particularly important for businesses in the Eton Dorney area.

The Olympic Route Network (ORN) - running during Games time to allow athletes and the Games 'family' to get to the venue swiftly and safely - does not run through the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.

Spectator travel

• All spectator travel arrangements are being handled by LOCOG, including shuttle buses from the park and ride sites in Windsor (Great Park), Maidenhead (Stafferton Way and Braywick Park) and Slough, and from the railway stations at Maidenhead, Windsor & Eton Riverside and Slough.
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  Royal Borough residents can get to Eton Dorney by using the shuttle buses from the train stations free (on production of their Games tickets).
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  Further information on spectator travel is available at www.london2012.com/spectators/travel/

The council's customer contact centre will be happy to help with further queries. Call 01628 683800 or email customer.services@rbwm.gov.uk

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