REVELLERS at The Glade music festival were left marooned yesterday (Friday) as feet of water swamped roads around the Wasing Estate.
Some have hit out at the festival's organisation as they were forced to abandon their vehicles on the routes to and from the bash.
Both local residents and festival-goers say there was no help from security guards or police for those stuck in the floods with nowhere to stay.
Music fans making their way to the event also made conditions worse, as cars sent surges of water into neighbouring homes.
In Aldermaston's appropriately named Dolphin Close, Jamie and Lucy Chapple opened their doors to eight stranded music fans, who they invited to stay the night.
Mr Chapple said: "The roads were completely flooded round here and there was no support from security or the police.
"We've had cars coming through washing water up into the houses and no one has helped us at all.
"My wife went up to the end of the road at 11pm last night to stop the traffic coming down. When she got down there security told her it wasn't their problem."
Festival-goer James Burstein left the site on Friday morning as rainwaters swamped his tent.
After making it out of the car park, he was forced to abandon his car in Dolphin Close because of the flood.
He said: "It was just terrible, the waters were over my waist.
"The festival charged extra money this year for security - we paid £120 for tickets this time around rather than £90 but the organisation was terrible.
"Even when it was sunny on the Thursday it took us two hours to get in but on Friday there was no help getting the cars out of the car park at all."
He added: "I'd still come next year though - as long as it's sunny!"
Just yards from the electronic music extravaganza other residents and on-foot festival goers spent hours trying to slow down vehicles travelling through the waist-deep water.
One couple who had to escape from their home on the corner of The Street and Wasing Lane suffered from living in the very thick of the flood.
The homeowner, Don Winson said: “Houses here and round the corner…the water was away from them until people started driving through like maniacs.
“I’m amazed they (police) are still letting vehicles through, particularly both ways, it’ll mean higher insurance premiums after all this.
“It should have been blocked at all entrances to the village.”
His wife Sue agreed and added: “Lorry drivers have been great, but normal traffic plus festival goers haven’t helped the situation."
The couple, along with most of their neighbours, abandoned everything in search of alternative temporary accommodation.
Mr Winson said about six Wasing Lane homes and The Hind’s House pub were the worst affected and the occupants had vacated the properties while they still could.
He said: “I guess we won’t be back in our home for about six or seven months.”
The festival reported how last night's headline act, UNKLE, had to arrive on a tractor - they went on stage just five minutes late.
Despite the rain, organisers say the event is up and running to schedule today (Saturday).

Click the view video link to hear first-hand accounts from festival goers and residents about the flood.