Cransley School's fabulous annual festival - CransleyFest 2023 - opens the new academic year, on the first September weekend, in the loudest and most exciting way possible.

Bring families and friends for fireworks, funfair, food and the funkiest bands we can find!

Running Order (TBC)

…but will include the fabulous Gillan Edgar Band!

Tickets are £30 per person - boy, girl, woman, man and all others - friends, families and future folk. (Btw, this includes the funfair, so no mithering to interrupt your evening!)

Please book through a family of Cransley School who will have a ParentPay account. However, if you are wanting to come but you are new to the school, please contact the School Office. They’ll sort you out some tickets and further information.

Funfair

This is the biggest funfair ever hosted at Cransley: full-size dodgems, twisters, carousels, inflatables, toy stalls and more. Enough to keep children and adults alike entertained for hours! And all for free - no mithering from eager kids!

Guidance

We want CransleyFest to be the biggest and best possible celebration for the School family. In order to do this, and to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all guests, volunteers and the reputation of the School, please obey the following rules:

Admission and Close

• Entrance will be by e-ticket only, and these will be sent to families by email the day before the event.

• Gates will open at 4pm and the event will end at 11pm. All guests will be required to be off the premises by 12pm, unless camping.

• You are encouraged to bring picnic blankets, chairs and gazebos as required for the evening on the Festival Field at the back of the Hall. Please be considerate of other guests when choosing a location. You are welcome to bring some food and drink from home, although we encourage you to buy at our Food and Drink Village also.

Safety and Security

• Our Festival Supervisors are all volunteers from our School family. Please follow all reasonable instructions from them.

• Police Community Support Officers will be visiting the event.

• The event will be held entirely outdoors. All School buildings are strictly out of bounds to festival goers, and individuals found in the School will be treated as trespassing.

• Please come prepared for the weather (Click here for a forecast).

• Cransley School and the Belmont Estate is a non-smoking zone.

• Barbecues are prohibited in the festival grounds (but may be permitted in the campsite in accordance with Belmont Camping guidance).

• Guide dogs are the only animals permitted.

• Please drink alcohol responsibly. Under-age drinking is prohibited. Families will be asked to leave if alcohol is misused, and adverse events will be logged and reported to the School. Those suspected of drink-driving will be reported to the police. Taxis are welcome.

• Please use the waste disposal units available.

• All children under 18 must be accompanied to the festival by an adult, and remain the responsibility of parents and families.

Toilets and First Aid

Toilets are situated at the rear of Belmont Hall on the Festival Field, and near the funfair. Disabled access toilets can be found at the Sports Pavilion. Please let us know if disabled access is required.

First-Aid support is situated in the The Hub to the right of the stage (marked at map) and will be run by St John’s Ambulance Volunteers.

Car Park

• Car parks will be supervised by volunteers. Please follow their instructions and park sensibly.

• All belongings left in cars are done so at the owner’s risk.

• Cars can be kept on site overnight, at the owner’s risk and can be collected in the morning.

• Car parking will be on agricultural fields. Low slung sports cars are at risk of damage.

Departure

• The event will end at 11.00pm. All festival goers are asked to leave the Estate promptly by 12pm. Please take all belongings and rubbish and please leave considerately.

• We recommend bringing torches, as the car parking fields will not be fully lit.

Camping

• All arrangements and responsibility for Camping lies with Belmont Camping, not the School. Poor or disruptive behaviour by families to fellow campers will be reported to the School.

Clear Up

• Volunteers will be returning to help clear up the School Estate on the Sunday morning from 10am. We will appreciate all help available.