Site information

Gate Opening Hours:
Thursday 24: 12pm - 1am
Friday 25: 10am - 1am
Saturday 26: 10am - 1am
Sunday 27: 10am - 1am
Monday 28: please leave the site by lunchtime

FIRST AID is available 24 hours a day throughout the festival (see map in the Festival Programme). Anti mosquito sprays, etc, can be bought in the Site Shop.

INFORMATION POINTS: There are two information points at the festival situated at the top and bottom of the site. These points will be selling the official festival programmes and will have large scale maps of the site for you to look at to help you find your bearings. Festival staff will be on hand to answer any questions you might have.

FIRES are not permitted. BBQs and camping stoves are.

WATER taps can be found in and around the site are supplied with mains water.

ALCOHOL: You are permitted to bring your own alcohol to Port Eliot Festival but this is only to be consumed on the festival campsite. Please only bring a reasonable amount with you, i.e. a maximum of around 12 beers and a bottle of wine per person. For health and safety reasons please do not bring any glass bottles, decant into plastic before you arrive.

LITTER is horrible! Please help us to be as GREEN as possible this year. There are many bins around the site separately labeled recyclables and non-recyclables, please endeavor to use these.

SHOWER facilities are in the camping field at a cost of £2. Open 07:30 – 12:00 and 16:00 – 20:00. Please use sparingly. The Pamper Parlour will be on hand with tea and coffee, wet shaves, hair dryers and make-up artists (£5, Fri & Sat, 16:00 – 19:00) to help you get festival glam.

DOGS Please do not bring a dog (guide dogs only).

SHOP There will be a shop on the site selling tobacco, toothpaste, midge spray, loo paper, mobile phone charging and other necessities. Opening times: 9am til late each day.

HOUSE TOURS In order for the village of St Germans to benefit directly from the festival and as a thank you for all their support, Lady St Germans is opening Port Eliot House to festival goers in aid of village charities on the Sunday of the festival from 11 – 2pm.

CHURCH TOURS: Dr Richard Laugharne will be providing a tour of the Church on Saturday 21 July at 12:30–13:00 and the church will be open to visit from 12:30–16:00 on Saturday.

TAXIS To get you to and from the site if you’re staying in the area, find local taxi firm numbers posted in the Site Office, in the Bar and on the blackboards by the Bowling Green.

SWIMMING POOL Sorry – this is strictly off limits during the festival thanks to the Nanny State.

WHEN YOU GO Please be sensitive to the residents of the village when you leave and remember to Leave No Trace.

WIFI The Long Gallery café (see map) is the only place on the Port Eliot Estate that has wifi internet access if you feel the need to step back into the real world at any point.

If you have any other questions, please email [email protected] or call the festival office on 01503 232783.