Drivers could face hefty fines and wheel clamps for parking outside of their homes this weekend

Under the Parklife festival rules, there is “absolutely no on-street parking" around the event site with a number of roads closed around Heaton Park in Manchester.

Traffic wardens will be patrolling the area around the site and could see cars get towed and impounded by the wardens who violate the rules.

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If a vehicle is clamped, drivers will have to pay a £100 release fee but if the car is removed 24 hours after it's clamped the release fee increases to £200 with anadditional £21 per day storage fee.

The harsh parking fines are in place to deter drivers from using non-official routes outside of the festival.

Traffic wardens have been known to issue penalties to cars that breach the rules, with one driver last year parked outside of their home, receiving a £424 fee.

The original penalty of £70, which was halved when paid within 14 days, was not met and after failing to appeal the fine, the charge increased almost seven-fold.

The driver told Manchester Live that the family had been trying for weeks to make contact with Parklifeto try and get this resolved.

She explained: “The people behind Parklife are making a lot of money yet they can't sort out the simple issue of giving parking permits to people who rightly deserve them."

In response, John Drape, a spokesperson for Parklife, said at the time that the organisation had distributed 15,000 letters with two parking permits in each to local residents.

The Parklife representative added that the system “is not perfect; it is infuriating and not foolproof”.

The festival kicks off on Saturday, June 8, and concludes the following evening, with roughly 80,000 people attending the weekend.

For drivers looking to park near the venue, the festival has advised them to use the official car park at Heaton Park.

For people being picked up

Alternative options are also present, with a nominated pick-up point at Sainsbury’s Superstore car park on Middleton Road which will be open from 10pm.

Drivers are also reminded that junction 19 of the M60 will be closed from 7pm on both Saturday and Sunday night.

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Roads are expected to be the busiest from 10.30am to 4.30pm and after the end of the event from 10.30pm to 12.30pm across the weekend.