Onsite Camping - by prebooked ticket only
FAMILY and MAIN Camping - PREBOOK ONLY
Enjoy the full VW Festival experience by joining us for the full weekend and camping Friday and Saturday night! Access to the camp sites is from Friday at 12.30pm, or Saturday from 9.00am.
Facilities
FUNFAIR : LIVE MUSIC : MARQUEE : BAR : KIDS DISCO : BIG KIDS DISCO : FANCY DRESS THEMES : TRADE STANDS : SEPARATE FAMILY CAMPING AREA : SHOWERS : 24 HOUR SECURITY and much, much more!!!
Family Camping Area
This year we have a clearly separate, designated FAMILY Camping area, and spaces for this area will be limited and prebooked. You must specify on booking which ticket you require, HOWEVER please note family camping is just that, and is for families! By popular request the rules around noise and behaviour will be far stricter than those for MAIN camping.
We reserve the right to redirect you to MAIN camping if we don't feel that you satisfy the criteria for FAMILY camping. We want to enhance the experience for our FAMILY visitors, as they are at the heart of the event. We have always valued the family feel of our show, and it simply isn't fair for young children to be kept awake at night by groups of non-family campers.
Both camping areas will have specific wrist bands, and access to the Family Camping area will be manned by security checking wristbands throughout the weekend.
Main Camping Area
This year we have a much larger allocation of space for MAIN camping, for those of you that attended in 2011 it is on the left hand side of the main driveway and is used for concerts and game fayres throughout the year. Some would say an area of outstanding natural beauty to rival that of even the main North Front show field.
Please read the camping rules below.
Fancy Dress - BEACH
We strongly encourage fancy dress at VW Festival. In the past we've had Chewbacca, Storm Troopers, 60's and 70's throwbacks, German Commandants, a troop of Smurfs, and even 6 foot tall babies :)
The theme for VW Festival 2012 will be the BEACH. Bring your Hawiian Shirts and bermuda shorts, and it's grass skirts and bikinis for the girls.
The Rules
In order to camp on FRIDAY and SATURDAY, you MUST prebook a Weekend ticket for the show. Click here to prebook tickets.
The campsite is open from Friday 12.30pm until Sunday at 6pm.
> No Fires at all> All BBQ’s to be raised off the ground> FAMILY CAMPING - No music after 10pm> MAIN CAMPING - No music after 12pm> No Vehicle movement after 6pm> Dogs must be kept on leads at all times> 10mph maximum vehicle speed at all times |
> Wristbands must be presentable at all times> 3 metres must be keep between plots> Please drink responsibly and consider others around you> In case of fire...--> move to a safe distance.--> use onsite extinguishers and/or call 999 |
GENERAL (The “Small Print”)
All rules will be strictly adhered to and in all circumstances regarding their application the Site Steward’s decision is final. Please read them carefully and speak to the Site Supervisor or members of the security detail if there is anything that you do not understand.
1. The site is controlled and administered by EYE 4 Events Ltd T/as VW Festival, hereafter referred to as “The Organiser”.2. The Organiser and its staff shall not be liable for any loss or damage occasioned to any person, vehicle, tent or caravan, or its contents whilst in the site, howsoever such damage or loss is caused.
3. Security staff and camp site stewards have been appointed by the Organiser and are responsible for the management of the camp site and administration of these rules.
4. By entering upon the site all persons agree to comply with all of the site rules and to accept any decision of The Organiser or its representative made under these rules.
5. Any signs placed on the site must be obeyed.
6. The Organiser reserves the right to refuse entry or eject from the site any person who fails to comply with the rules or is causing a nuisance or disturbance to other clients on the site.
7. If any of these rules are broken, Security may terminate the permission to use the site without warning and forthwith may require the persons concerned to remove themselves, their vehicle, caravan / campervan / tent and other possessions from the Harewood Estate. If this rule is applied, no payment will be refunded.
8. Any person ejected from the site may be prohibited from attending the site in the future.
PITCHES
9. On the day of departure Sunday the pitch should be vacated by 18.00.
10. You must be in possession of a valid ticket and wrist band at all times, and you may be required to provide proof of your entitlement to be on the site at any time.
11. The site is set out according to national guidelines to protect you and your neighbours against the risk of fire. It is set out in alternate lanes and roadways by posts and ropes/tape. You will be asked to site your pitch within a lane. Please do not overspill into a roadway as these are required to be clear for access by emergency vehicles. Depths of pitches are therefore defined. Widths of pitches have been left for your common sense. However, once again, safe distances MUST be left between pitches as stated below
a. A recommended 6 metres must be kept between your caravan and any caravan / campervan on an adjacent pitch.
b. A recommended 3 metres must be kept between any awning / tent / vehicle and a caravan / campervan in an adjacent pitch.
c. Any windbreak or other enclosure of the pitch must be positioned to ensure a minimum clearance of 1 metre to any adjacent caravan/awning/tent/vehicle.
12. Caravans / campervans / tents and other vehicles not sited in accordance with these rules will be required to move and the Site Stewards instructions will be followed.
ACCESS
13. The site will be open from 12.30pm on Saturday and will close at 6.00pm Sunday. It is not possible to allow access before opening and they will be required to leave the site before closure.
14. The Site office will be open between 12.30pm and 8.00pm on Saturday only. Outside these hours Security is available for emergencies only and the gate will be closed.
15. No caravan / camper / motor home / tent will be sited after 8.00pm and the decision of the site steward as to whether they will site a caravan / camper / tent or not will be final.
16. The main gates of the Harewood House estate are locked to vehicles and pedestrians between 20.00 and 07.00.
HYGIENE and SAFETY
17. No person under the age of 13 is to be left in a caravan / camper / tent without the supervision of an adult, and parents are expected to be responsible for the behaviour and safety of their children.
18. The speed limit for all vehicles in the Site is 10 mph. Please observe traffic signs and follow any traffic system.
19. Access roadways must not be obstructed.
20. Clients are responsible for the collection and control of their own litter and refuse. There will be a refuse collection each morning and on closure of the site. Refuse may be left in sealed refuse sacks on the edge of the access roadways for collection. Bags must not be left overnight. (Please make arrangements with your neighbour if this presents a problem or take your waste home.)
21. Toilets and washing facilities are provided. You are asked to assist in keeping the toilets and washbasins clean.
22. Stand pipes for drinking water are provided.
23. Washing at the drinking water standpipes is not permitted and waste buckets should only be washed at the taps provided at the disposal point.
24. A bucket or other suitable receptacle, which should not be allowed to overflow, must be used for collection of waste water and emptied at the disposal point provided.
25. A disposal point is provided for chemical toilets and chemical toilet waste must only be disposed of at this point.
26. Dogs must be kept on leads at all times.
27. Dog excrement is to be immediately cleaned up and disposed of only in the bins provided
28. Barbecues are permitted provided they are raised off the ground to prevent scorching the grass. Hot ash from the BBQs must be extinguished after cooking. The lighting of fires other than BBQs is strictly forbidden.
29. Camp fires are absolutely forbidden and anyone found lighting one may face ejection from the site.
30. A fire point is sited at the site office. If a fire occurs, move everyone outside your caravan / campervan / tent to a safe distance and warn the occupants of the nearby caravans. Make use of extinguishers and use a mobile phone to call 999 or 112.
31. Clothes line / ropes are not permitted between pitches or attached to any adjoining trees or fences
CONSIDERATION FOR OTHERS
32. The Client must not cause a nuisance to other occupiers of the site. No excessively loud music is to be played at any time.
33. You are asked not to make unreasonable noise, especially after 10.30pm and before 8.00am. If a complaint about noise is received one warning will be given then rule 7 will be applied.
34. Dogs must not be allowed to disturb other users of the site.
35. Smoking is not permitted in the toilet blocks
36. It is not permitted to play around the caravans, tents or toilets
37. Dogs must be kept under control at all times and must not be allowed to foul any part of the camp site. Dogs should not he left unattended in caravans / campervans / tents or cars especially in hot weather.
38. You are asked not to unnecessarily move your vehicle around the site e.g. driving to and from the toilets. Once your plot is situated you are able to move to the show field and back again, however after 6pm movement back to the show field is forbidden until 8am of the Sunday morning, and then it is only to move directly from your plot to the designated display area relevant to you, either Air-cooled parking, Water-cooled parking, Show’n’Shine or your Club Stand.
39. You are permitted to bring your own alcohol on to the campsite, however as this is “Family” camping we ask you to act responsibly at all times. This also applies to anyone acting irresponsibly around the main show field. Anyone found to be acting in an offensive or overly drunken manner will risk being ejected from the site and barred from the main event.
VW Festival can not be held responsible if you choose not to obey these rules
