Location – Bruce Handscombe Park

Festival Parking

The Pickering Town Centre (mall) will operate as the parking location for the Pickering Dragon Boat Festival. From there, a FREE Shuttle Bus will transport athletes to the race site.

• There is no parking on-site (Bruce Handscombe Park)
• Police and City By-Law officers will be patrolling the area and will enforce all city parking by-laws
• Vehicles in violation of parking by-laws risk being tagged and/or towed

Please use the address of the Pickering Town Centre (1355 Kingston Road) and proceed to the south-east corner of the parking lot (entrance off of Pickering Parkway) to find the shuttle bus.

Shuttle Bus Service

• The Pickering Dragon Boat Festival provides FREE shuttle bus service from the Pickering Town Centre parking lot to the racecourse (please note that there is NO parking available near the race site).
• Please use the address 1355 Kingston Road to navigate to the Pickering Town Centre and use the south-east entrance (off of Pickering Parkway) to locate the shuttle service.
• Shuttle Bus Service will commence at 630am each day and will run every 15- minutes during peak arrival and departure times. The last bus on Saturday, June 1 st will leave Bruce Hanscombe Park at 6:30pm and the last bus on Sunday, June 2 nd , will leave the park at 6:30pm.
• Festival volunteers will be on-site to organize lineups according to the race schedule.

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