It’s a few minutes walk, depending how fast you walk or course, 400m along a footpath which can be muddy after rain across two fields.
In the village there are two pubs, two cafes and a small shop.
Are dogs allowed?
NO – it’s on a working sheep farm.
What about cars and campervans?
It’s a big field so there’s space for lots of cars and campervans on the site. Please buy a vehicle pass if you intend to bring your car or campervan on site.
As we have plenty of space you’ll be able to park next to your camp spot.
If you don’t have a vehicle pass there is a pay and display car park near the village hall a few hundred meters from the site.
Although there’s lots of room we do encourage people to car share or even better travel by train or cycle. If you can offer or fancy sharing a lift post on the Spoonfest Facebook group.
Can cars leave the field during the festival?
No, we want to minimise vehicle movement on site to reduce risk of injury. So once you’re in you’ll have to stay put, barring emergencies of course.
What’s the arrangements for toilets and showers?
There will be porta-loos on site and access to cold water, and free hot showers.
What’s the arrangements for food on site?
The deadline for evening meal tickets has now passed
We will have a baps available from mid-morning, We expect to have fillings like bacon, cheese & pickle & houmous & beetroot. Price £4, to be paid on the day.
For those of you that need food first thing in the morning, we’ve heard folks have had great success bringing their own muesli & oatmilk
Other options
We have volunteers who do a pizza oven. All the profits from this go to charity. We tend to make around 80 pizzas a night but with 300 odd people on-site, we can’t feed everyone this way.
So, if you want to be sure of an evening meal on-site, your best option is to buy a food ticket. £25 for all 3 meals.
Two pubs are no more than a 10 min walk from the festival site, Rambler Inn and Nagshead, both serve food and have good information on their websites about food serving times and menus.
Obviously, many people thrive on pot noodles or even their own masterchef set up at their tent.
Please bring your own plate, bowl, mug and obviously spoon. There will be no disposable stuff available on site, so if you want to eat you will need your own plate!
There will be hot water urns for self-serve teas and coffees.
How about camp fires?
BBQs and campfires are not allowed in the campsite area, we do have big communal campfires which keeps the evening socialising away from folk who want an early night.
We encourage folk to bring acoustic instruments, poems or whatever to keep us amused round the campfire.
Is there a bar?
During the evening after carving is finished for the day there is a bar serving local ale and not so local cider and bottled beers for charity. Over the years we have raised £20k for Practical Action and an additional c. £3,500 for Sheffield City of Sanctuary thanks to David and his volunteer bar staff, and the team working the Pizza oven.
Do mobile phones work?
The only phone mast in the village is EE and coverage from that is patchy, 100m from the campsite toward the village you generally get a signal.
There’s a public box in the village. There’s wifi available at the Rambler Inn.