ESSENTIAL INFORMATION - Greenbelt Festival
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E S S E N T I A L I N F O R M AT I O N This year, 2021, for the second year in a row, we won’t be producing the full-blown Greenbelt Festival. However (unlike in 2020 when we were all digital), we are able to stage two small camping gatherings that we’re calling ‘Prospect Farm’. Because Prospect Farm isn’t Greenbelt Festival, it’s important that – even if you’re a festival regular – you read this essential information about the gatherings carefully.
Please do not camp outside of
the designated areas. There
SITE MAP are two camping areas at
General camping Prospect Farm:
Access camping Camping area (for tents only)
Caravans & Campervans – including general camping,
Showers pre-booked deaf and disabled
Car parking camping, and Camplight (pre-
pitched hire tents).
Festoon walkway
Caravan area (for caravans,
The Yard
wristband motorhomes, camper vans
The Clearing
exchange and trailer tents) – including
Fun & Games caravan pre-booked deaf and disabled
caravan spaces.
Vehicles are NOT permitted into
PERMITTED ACCESS the camping areas / field. If you
24 Hour Access are camping in tents, on arrival,
Access 9am - 5pm please park your car in the
Access to Boughton designated car parking area
House and Gardens
Boughton as directed by the stewards
Prospect Farm
ticket holders (buy online in advance)
and then make your way to the
Outside of these areas Grounds campsite.
there is NO ACCESS Parking
at any time
The Caravans & rout
e
Clearing The Campervans in / o
Yard ut
There
Please read is a speed
the whole of Fun & Campsite limit of 5mph
Please note: If you told us you
have access needs when you
Games
this essential
information leaflet Info on all site booked your ticket, you will
be contacted about deaf and
for further details Point approach disabled camping. If you didn’t
caravan
about camping at
Prospect Farm.
roads let us know, but require access
to deaf and disabled camping,
please email gbinfo@greenbelt.
org.uk with your name and
booking reference before 20th
Aug.TRAVELLING TO Travelling by car
PROSPECT FARM Prospect Farm is taking place in the grounds of Boughton Estate close to the house. As we
Just as with the full-blown are not operating a full-blown festival event there will not be the usual AA signs up on public
festival, how our ticket- highways until you get very close to the campsite. So please make sure you have a SatNav or
buyers travel to and from Googlemaps and the directions below to hand.
COVID-19 team behind the scenes. the event is the biggest Please follow the instructions below and do the same road (called Slipton Lane).
contributing factor to our
INFORMATION We will, of course, have
carbon footprint. Public
not approach the Estate via any other routes
2. Continue out of the village on Slipton Lane
handwashing sinks at all as this will cause you unnecessary delay.
You’ll be able to join us at transport is, of course, the for 1.6 miles to the crossroads. Continue
the utility points, as well as Please exit the A14 at Junction 12. If you are straight across at the crossroads (ignore the
the farm without having greenest option. But we get
sanitiser dispensers across using a SatNav you can use the postcode: signpost pointing right to Boughton House).
to prove your COVID or that – especially for those
the site, but, you may want NN14 3AG until you exit the A14 at junction
vaccine status at the gate. in family groups and with all 3. Continue on the same road for another
to bring your own bottle of 12. After that, please follow the instructions
All you need to get through their camping kit with them half a mile and you will see the Prospect
hand sanitiser with you too. below:
the turnstile is love in your this is not really a viable Farm signage, directing you to turn right
heart and adventure on Every Prospector has the option. 1. Once you have turned off at J12 of the A14 off the road and onto the Boughton Estate
your mind. (Oh, and a freedom to choose whether please follow your Satnav/signs to the village trackway. Please then follow the Prospect
ticket.) to wear a mask and Travelling by train of Slipton. On entering the village, you will Farm signage all the way into the main car
observe social distancing We are not running a shuttle pass the Samuel Pepys pub on your right- park.
Having said that, we know or not. And while we won’t
you’re a community- bus this year from Kettering hand side. Continue through the village on
be asking you to do either in station up to the site and so
focussed bunch and will any official capacity, we do
want to play your part in you would need to catch a
ask that you respect other taxi from the station (or get
looking out for the well- people’s decisions and Geddington approach routes
being of everyone. So, a friend to pick you up). to the festival
needs. Which, to be honest,
we ask you take a COVID we know you will. It’s what
fri/sat am
Travelling by bike
A43
test before you leave for
00
you – what Greenbelt –
3
Prospect Farm*; not just For those coming by bike, Boughton
A4
does best.
for your own peace of there will be somewhere to Estate
*In asking you to take a test Grafton
mind but to safeguard the lock your bike. Weekley Underwood
we are not then expecting
Greenbelt community. If you to bring the result of your A1 exit
4 3
the worst happens, and A4
negative test to site with you. Drop off Warkton
you test positive for COVID, Slipton La
If you’re being dropped entrance
ne
please do not come to
off at the festival, there is
the site. Instead, email
temporary car parking
Warkton L
gbinfo@greenbelt.org.uk to Kettering
available as part of our
let us know you won’t be J12
car-parking onsite, with a
ane
attending.
maximum wait of 30 mins. 43
A
And, even if you test A14
There are toilets positioned
A60
negative (LFT) but you have A1
4
J10
near to the carpark on your
0
COVID-related symptoms,
3
arrival. A6
we'd urge you not to come.
For more information, visit Approach via Junction 12 of the A14.
The team running the event greenbelt.org.uk/prospect-farm
will be testing regularly – as
you would expect. Because
the show must go on, and Please note: There are no facilities to queue or wait on the roadside before you access the site. So,
we’re determined to deliver please do not arrive before 12 noon on Monday 23 August for the Weekday gathering or 12 noon on
Prospect Farm as safely as Friday 27 August for the Weekend gathering. (Under the terms of our contract with the estate we
cannot let you turn off the road and into the estate before those times.)
possible for all those who’ve
bought tickets and ourrendered invalid and you is not permitted for safety Greenbelt favourite Lalita’s Fire safety
ARRIVALS / ENTRY TO will be required to purchase reasons. BARROWS will be offering delicious
We permit: Camping stoves
a replacement. South Indian food, all of
PROSPECT FARM Once you have positioned Push your own rainbow which is vegan and gluten
– please place off the
Please use a permanent your caravan or trailer barrow. ground with an extinguisher
Boughton House Estate is free.
marker to write a contact tent, please move your car Price: FREE or water close by.
private property. The area
number on children’s promptly to the car park. Kindred Café will be offering
of the estate being used We do not permit: Personal
wristbands. In the event Get-ins a full section of breakfast
by Greenbelt for Prospect Your caravan/campervan generators, open fires,
that your child becomes items, plus lunchtime meals
Farm will be accessible should be no longer than (Mon 23 and Fri 27 from disposable barbecues or
separated from you, and snacks and a selection
to Prospectors (Prospect nine metres. If you have noon) sky lanterns.
we can then contact of cakes. In the evening the
Farm ticket-holders) from purchased a Campervan Pick up a barrow in the
the designated parent/ dinner menu will include Please do not change any
12 noon on Monday 23 Plus pass, one small ‘pup carpark, transport your
guardian. family favourite hot meals, gas cylinders in your tent, or
August for the Weekday tent’ or awning is permitted stuff across to the campsite fresh soups and wood fired while there is another stove
Gathering and 12 noon on next to your caravan/ and then drop off your pizzas cooked fresh on site or naked light in use nearby
Friday 27 August for the camper van. barrow to the drop-off point in a specialist pizza oven. and always check the new
Weekend Gathering.
OTHER PASSES You cannot book a by Kindred Cafe. cylinder is securely fitted
There will be a welcome caravan/campervan pass before using. Please ensure
session for all Prospectors Car parking to use for a tent in the Get outs a reasonable distance
towards the end of the Car-parking is included in caravan field. They are for (Thurs 26 and Mon 30 CAMPSITE RULES (at least 60cm) between
afternoon on the respective caravans, motorhomes, before 12 noon) stove and windbreak and
your Prospect Farm ticket
arrival days (Monday 23 or price this year and so campervans and trailer Pick up a barrow in The Yard Safety never leave any apparatus
Friday 27 August). tents only. Anyone / Kindred Cafe, transport unattended.
there is no need for you to Camping space is available
purchase and print out car- attempting to do so will be your stuff back out to the on a first-come, first- If you are involved in a tent
parking passes. required to move to the carpark and then drop off served basis in the main fire, get yourself and all
Camping Area / Field. your barrow to the drop-off camping area / field. To other members of your
E-TICKETS AND Campervan/caravan Power should be drawn
point in the carpark. ensure that everyone has party out as quickly as
WRISTBAND passes from a separate battery fair access to the camping possible. Only tackle the fire
EXCHANGE If you are bringing a and not your car battery, area, reserving space is if you feel safe doing so. You
as your vehicle will not be not permitted (with the must summon assistance
When you buy your caravan, motorhome,
permitted to stay next to
FOOD & TRADERS exception of pre-bookable from the stewards, no
Prospect Farm ticket in camper van or trailer tent to
your caravan, campervan There will be food vendors Disabled Camping). matter how small the
advance you will receive an the festival you will need a
or trailer tent. There are onsite serving drinks, incident is, or even if it has
e-ticket via email (3 days Campervan Field Pass. This Routeways for authorised
no electrical hook-ups snacks and hot/cold meals. already been dealt with. If
before the event) that you will be emailed to you as an emergency and service
available in the main body We would love for you to you require any further fire
must print and bring with e-ticket to print out. vehicles are denoted by
of the caravan/campervan support them after such a safety advice at Prospect
you. We will NOT dispatch striped marker tape. Please
Please display this pass field. tough year and a half. But, Farm, or if you are unsure
wristbands by post ahead do not camp in these areas.
in the windscreen of your please do also bring your about any of the above,
of Prospect Farm. car (or campervan / Portable toilets will be A minimum distance of don’t hesitate to ask one of
own food with you, too, as
motorhome) on arrival available in the caravan/ 1.5m must separate all the stewards.
For advance purchasers, there will be no 'site shop'
so that the stewards can campervan field, along with tents and gazebos.
whether camping or to stock up on supplies and In the event of fire or a
direct you to a pitch in the Elsan points.
coming in for the day, fewer caterers compared Remember, the campsite medical emergency:
you will exchange your designated caravan area to a 'normal' festival year. is a public space and — Raise the alarm
e-tickets for Prospect / field. Here are the food traders the security of your — Make contact with a
that will be joining us at the
Farm wristbands at the Please note: Only purpose ACCOMMODATION farm:
accommodation cannot steward (wearing yellow
Wristband Exchange built and professionally be guaranteed. We hi-visibility jackets) and
caravan on your way to the adapted sleeping For details of other recommend leaving your make sure you can describe
The Tiny Tea Tent is a warm
campsite. accommodation will accommodation in the local valuables at home and the location of the fire or
and friendly place to meet
be permitted into the area, as well as Camplight reporting any suspicious emergency.
Wristbands lost or people, chill out, and enjoy
caravan/campervan field. pre-pitched tent hire see activities immediately to
removed from your wrist a classically refreshing mug
Sleeping in cars and vans greenbelt.org.uk/prospect- stewards.
or tampered with will be of tea (of all varieties).
farmChild safety and deposit them in the Mobile phones sale, Prospect Farm
Those of you who are
appropriate pens. SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE Phone charging is not
ticket-holders consent INFORMATION
to Greenbelt using
familiar with the festival WITH DISABILITIES available at Prospect Farm UPDATES
will know that – in a normal The Yard (unlike at a full-blown
photographic, audio or
We aim to make the video footage for TV, Please check our website
year – we have a team This is situated in the main Greenbelt Festival). We’d
campsite as accessible as Video, DVD, MP3, CD, Essential Information in the
of volunteers who are campsite area / field. You’ll suggest that you bring
possible with facilities such internet, CCTV or other run-up to Prospect Farm
dedicated to helping found find all the venues and food your own solar / battery
as a wheelchair recharging public broadcast that may for latest updates and for
children get back to their and drink outlets here. charging equipment with
area, and a specialist include you – deliberately frequently asked questions
communities. As this year you or use Prospect Farm
shower unit, but please note or inadvertently – as part of greenbelt.org.uk/prospect-
is not a festival, we will not Showers as an opportunity to be
have that team. So we ask that as this is not a festival away from your phones for
the audience. farm
These are located next to we will not be providing The
you to be extra vigilent The Yard. Your Prospect a couple of days. After all, We reserve the right to
when supervising children, Haven respite venue. We the rural location means
Farm ticket gives you free refuse admission or remove
especially around high-risk offer designated camping mobile phone signal is
access to the showers. people from the site at our
areas of the site, such as the spaces for disabled people patchy anyway and there
There are not many of them discretion.
waterways. – as individuals or with will be limited coverage
and they are not bookable. family or friends. If you Greenbelt accepts no
There will be a disabled across all networks.
Please use a permanent would like to camp in these liability for any loss or
marker to write a contact shower available for those areas it is essential to pre- damage to persons or
number on children’s with disabilities only. Alcohol
book. property incurred at
wristbands. In the event There is a designated Beer Prospect Farm.
that your child becomes Lighting If you notified us that you Tent (The Jesus Arms)
separated from you, have access requirements within the Yard where Parents are responsible
Please bring a torch, as when you booked, our for their children at all
we can then contact Boughton Estate is in a rural alcohol may be purchased
the designated parent/ Access team will have and consumed. Alcohol times. Children under
area and the campsite already been in touch with the age of eight must be
guardian. fields will be very dark at may be consumed in the
you, and will have checked campsite and caravan/ supervised. Young people
night. (Much darker than for if you want to pre-book aged 16 and 17 attending
the full-blown festival when campervan field, but you
designated camping will not be able to bring Prospect Farm without a
we string festoon lighting parent or guardian must
OTHER CAMPSITE throughout the campsite
spaces. your own alcohol into The
carry a parental consent
INFORMATION but better for star gazing.) If you have not yet let us Yard. Greenbelt operates
form with them at all times.
know about your access a Challenge 25 policy, so
if you’re lucky enough to This form must contain
Utilities Leave no trace requirements, please
look under 25, please bring contact details in case of
contact us on gbinfo@
Cold water standpipes As Prospectors, please appropriate ID. emergency.
greenbelt.org.uk as soon as
are situated throughout help to ensure you leave no Cars parked in all our
possible with your name
the campsite. These are trace of your visit. Please Pets designated car parks are
and booking reference.
suitable for drinking. There continue to be particularly Thank you and we hope you
It is much easier for us Animals are not permitted left entirely at the owner’s
will also be sink units for vigilant about small items enjoy Prospect Farm.
to arrange support for at Prospect Farm. Only own risk. If your car is
washing your hands. Toilets such as tent pegs, which parked in an undesignated
your needs ahead of the assistance dogs registered
are also located throughout can be hazardous to The Nest
campsite rather than onsite, with organisations area it is deemed to be
the site. animals. Church House
so please do contact us by recognised by Assistance a safety risk and will be
86 Tavistock Place
18th August at the latest. Dogs UK are permitted. removed. Greenbelt
Rubbish Money London
does not accept any
For questions not answered WC1H 9RT
We will provide waste bags We recommend bringing responsibility or liability for
for you this year to have at cash with you as there are here, please visit greenbelt. any loss or damage caused
Office 020 7329 0038
your pitches – one for your no cash machines onsite GENERAL org.uk/prospect-farm or to a vehicle that needs to be
gbinfo@greenbelt.org.uk
recyclables, one for other and card payments might email gbinfo@greenbelt.org. towed or moved as a result
uk www.greenbelt.org.uk
waste. Before you depart be unreliable. Information of failure to adhere to this
you should bring these bags warning. Any relocation of Registered charity no 289372A
Is available at the Prospect Finally
to the designated points motor vehicles is entirely at company incorporated in England
Farm Info Caravan in The Limited by guarantee no 1812893
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