Festival Information

The Lead Guests and entire booking party MUST take full responsibility for themselves, and all children, other guests, external caterers, and visitors that come onto site at all times, and agree to ensure that these notes are made aware to all.

Getting Here

• There is no public transport out to the site. The nearest train stations are Ely or Littleport - Ely does have a taxi rank, Littleport does not. Cabs are about £12-15 from Ely Station so we recommend you share if possible. 
• Local Taxi firms

A10 Taxis – 01353 661010 & 01353 666150 

Fencabs – 01353 669 966 

Alan’s Taxis – 01353 665050

• Mad Hatters Campsite is on Second Drove, off Branch Bank Road, which we in the fens, lovingly call a bit bumpy. Beware the pot holes and the camber, the road is not as smooth as you think!

• IN ANY THING WITH A HIEGHT OF 2.7M OR MORE DO NOT GO UNDER STUNTNEY BRIDGE. You will get stuck, you will make the local news, you will never hear the end of it. It is in the top 3 most bashed bridges in Britain. Please also remember that Ely is now in a 20mph zone so watch out! 

• From the A142, take the A10 towards Littleport. At the  Hive Leisure Centre/McDonalds roundabout turn right on the B1411 to Ely, then left at the next roundabout onto Cam Drive. Ely is a 20 MPH city please be careful. Follow Cam Drive going over the first roundabout, left at the second onto Lynn Rd, then right onto King’s Avenue. Follow this straight down to the roundabout, going over and onto Ely Rd (the B1382). You will cross over 2 railway crossing before Prickwillow Rd goes over a small bridge. Turn left after the bridge onto Branch Bank Rd. About 1 mile down on your right is Second Drove and Mad Hatters Campsite 

Arrival & departing

• Weekend ticket holders and Friday ticket holders can arrive from 12pm on Friday 19th.
• Saturday & Sunday day ticket holders can arrive from 8am
• Day ticket holders need to be off site by 11.30pm each day
• Weekend ticket holders can stay until 12pm Monday 22nd
• one night campers need to be off site by 10am the following morning

Ticket info

• Included in your tickets are all workshops, talks, music and outside entertainment
• You don't need to book anything in advance just turn up to your favourite speaker or entertainer.
• A programme will be available in the welfare tent. This is subject to change at anytime
• Weekend tickets include parking
• Day tickets must also purchase a parking ticket for £5

Site Info

• There is a toilet and shower block on site
• There will also be additional portaloos including an accessible one
• Please bring a torch, the site is not lit at night
• The weather is set to be amazing, however, its still April so bring lots of layers for night time
• CAN WE PARK OUR CARS NEAR OUR TENT? No, we ask all vehicles to be parked in our car park. We do provide wheelbarrows to help carry your belongings to your accommodation!

Food & Drink

• We will have caterers who will be selling breakfast, lunch & dinner, with meat and vegetarian selections, but please bring any food you want.
• There is a communal fridge freezer on site for use by campers. Greenoaks are not responsible for any losses from the fridge freezer
• The Geeky Bean will be selling tea & coffee but again please bring drinks you may need.
• The Brewboard bus will be there with a selection of Ales, ciders and some other favourite beverages
• In A Field Cafe will have a selection of food from breakfast right through to evening dinner and snacks
• Please ensure any cooking equipment you bring is safe and cooking in tents is prohibited
• Use recyclable packaging where necessary. There will be bins on site for rubbish
• There are no cash points on site. The nearest are Sainsbury in Ely (2.5mile), Ely city centre 3 miles or Main Street Littleport (also 1 in the Co-op) 3 miles away.

Accessibility

• The festival field is flat as is the camping field but there is an upward slope from the camping field to the festival field.
• There are paths to the toilet block and a path to the festival field that is a longer walk than the slope
• If you need a scooter recharged please let us know

Children

• Children MUST be supervised at all times. 
• Children remain the responsibility of their parents or guardians at all times. It is particularly important that you always know where your children are.
• Please use a sharpie to write your phone number on the wrist bands of all children under 13. 
• Do NOT let children play in the wash facilities or climb on the bug hotel.
• The lost child point is at the welfare tent. Please make sure you and your children know where the lost children point is onsite

Dogs

• There is a limited amount of dogs allowed on site
• Dogs must be kept on a lead at all times
• Dogs can come for free but you must have a ticket
• Please use compostable mess bags and place these in the composting bin. We have these available to purchase £1 a roll from the reception room of the campsite. Our crew will also be carrying extra if you need them (you shouldn’t miss the hi vis).
• Dogs are NOT permitted in the wash facilities and must be on a leash at all times.

Fires

• Please NO naked flames or sky lanterns, these are a fire hazard, particularly to tents.
• Please NO glass in the fields, children play there, sometimes bare foot.
• Anyone wishing to have a fire in the designated area MUST take a bucket of water.
• Buckets are located next to the drinking water tap.
• Please ONLY use the fire pits provided.
• All fires MUST be extinguished before going to bed.
• Please ONLY burn wood either purchased on site or brought with you. 
• Please be AWARE of the emergency routines, extinguishers, telephone numbers, meeting points and exits.

SMOKING

• We do not allow smoking inside any structure.
• Smoking outside and on the campsite is permitted as long as an ash tray is used and butts are discarded properly.
• Please be respectful of other campers.
• If we catch you smoking in a tent, we will assume you are on fire and act accordingly.

Rubbish

• Mad Hatters is an eco site so no littering on the site
• Campsite recycling policy MUST be adhered to. 
• Rubbish must be placed in the correct bins. Failure to do this will incur additional charges
• BINS - We have recycling bins at the back of the toilet block. We encourage all guests to recycle as much as possible, providing recycling for Glass, Tin, Paper, Cardboard, Clingfilm and clean plastic. We also have facilities for recycling crisps packets, bread bags, plastic ring pulls and Pringle canisters through Terracycle.
• If you’re not sure find a member of our friendly team (hi vis) and we will have bin bags. Our crews will be around little picking and we will have both bin bags and recycling bags available.
• COMPOST BIN - We have a specific composting bin which can take all foods, coffee grinds and tea bags. When you have placed food items into bin, please sprinkle a little old newspaper/cardboard from the tray on top of your waste.

Music

• Amplified music is not allowed in any of the camping areas
• There is a noise curfew of midnight

Drugs

• There is a strict NO DRUGS policy for the festival and the campsite.
• Anyone caught with drugs will be asked to leave the site 
• The campsite owners may decide to involve the police in line with the their license as a working campsite

WILDLIFE ON SITE - ROE DEER, HARES, KINGFISHER, MOORHENS...

• We have Roe deer which travel through the site and mark it as they go which is why we had to place protectors around all the trees.
• We also have some resident hares – you may see some running around, especially at sunset.
• Occasionally a Kingfisher visits the pond and we have some moorhens which you will hear, there are fish in the pond, so the odd heron may descend. There are house martins nesting on some of the site.
• There is at least one owl on the hunt.

Miscellaneous

• Greenoaks Gathering reserves the right to change the line-up, traders and speaker at any point.
• Greenoaks Gathering take no responsibility for loss or damage of belongings
• Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable
• Photography is allowed but please be respectful and ask permission, especially if photographing minors
• The camping areas on site are pretty flat but it is in the Fens which can get windy, please make sure you have equipment that can handle some blustery weather
• There is no WIFI on site but there is good 3G - 4G signal.