Celebrating its 40th Anniversary in late May and early June 2027, Hay Festival brings Nobel Laureates, Booker Prize novelists, historians, and musicians to the tented village at Dairy Meadows and restored 12th-century Hay Castle in Wales’s Town of Books.
GWR & Transport for Wales trains to Hereford Station (35 mins from Hay-on-Wye) connect directly with the Official Hay Festival Stagecoach T14 Shuttle Bus to Dairy Meadows.
Site entry to the Dairy Meadows Festival Village and Bookshop is free; individual marquee talks and Friends priority packages are booked via the official Hay Festival Box Office.
📍 Brecon Rd, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5PJ · 8 min walk from Town Clock Tower
🍽️ Pre-Show Dining: Chapters Restaurant (Michelin Green Star · 12 min walk)
🏨 Recommended Hotel: The Swan at Hay Hotel (£235/night · 13 min walk)
📍 Oxford Rd, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5DG · Centre of the Town of Books
🍽️ Pre-Show Dining: The Old Black Lion Inn (3 min walk · 180m)
🏨 Recommended Hotel: The Felin Fach Griffin & Llangoed Hall (12–14 min transfer)
📍 Church St & 44 Lion St, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5AA
🍽️ Pre-Show Dining: Richard Booth’s Bookshop Café & Chapters (5 min walk)
🏨 Recommended Hotel: The Old Black Lion Inn (£210/night · 7 min walk)