When do they secure the site?

[Mish1268]

Hya, I am sure this has been answered before but I have a work visit due, down that way and thought i would have a wander round the site. Any vague idea when access to public stops? 

[Crazyfool01]

The signs usually go up saying it’s a building site may bank holiday weekend before that the public footpaths are open 

[Mish1268]

13 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

The signs usually go up saying it’s a building site may bank holiday weekend before that the public footpaths are open 

End of may or beginning of may weekend Crazy?

[Crazyfool01]

Just now, Mish1268 said:

End of may or beginning of may weekend Crazy?

Beginning 

[Mish1268]

18 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

Beginning 

That's the wrong answer 😆 thought it might be. 

[Crazyfool01]

2 hours ago, Mish1268 said:

That's the wrong answer 😆 thought it might be. 

@Ayrshire Chris goes down a bit later and walks some of  the perimeter so may be able to give advice on this 

Edited March 18, 2025 by Crazyfool01

[gooner1990]

I walked the site at the end of April ahead of the 2016 festival and it was open to the public then.

[Leyrulion]

As others said the build starts first day after May bank holiday. 

The actual "securing the site" I think is from the Saturday before the festival when Oxfam early shift start stewarding the gates. 

 

So between those two dates it slowly gets stricter and your chances of being asked to leave by security increases. 

 

In theory I don't think there's any access to the public except the footpath that skirts the park, dairy ground and up to Gate A which gets suspended early May.  Obviously people do go on dog walks etc round there. The closer it is to June the higher the chance you're not going to be allowed.

 

[IFinallyGotATicket]

1 hour ago, Leyrulion said:

As others said the build starts first day after May bank holiday. 

The actual "securing the site" I think is from the Saturday before the festival when Oxfam early shift start stewarding the gates. 

 

So between those two dates it slowly gets stricter and your chances of being asked to leave by security increases. 

 

In theory I don't think there's any access to the public except the footpath that skirts the park, dairy ground and up to Gate A which gets suspended early May.  Obviously people do go on dog walks etc round there. The closer it is to June the higher the chance you're not going to be allowed.

 

So what's the chances of just waltzing in the week before oxfam turn up amd camping in the trees?

[StoneCircle]

7 minutes ago, IFinallyGotATicket said:

So what's the chances of just waltzing in the week before oxfam turn up amd camping in the trees?

 

Slim, they do regular sweeps of the site. 😊

[incident]

13 minutes ago, IFinallyGotATicket said:

So what's the chances of just waltzing in the week before oxfam turn up amd camping in the trees?

Absolutely zero.

 

I don't agree that the site can only be considered secure from the Saturday before. Saturday is the first day of the big rush of arrivals, and so is when the gates go into full operational mode, but the site has already been fully enclosed by the fence for a few weeks prior to that (with most gates locked shut) and the few gates that are open do have security on them.

[Mish1268]

Thanks everybody. I think i will be a little bit too early to see very much but will take a still anyway and sepnd the night at the Lion

[UPB]

On 18/03/2025 at 16:41, IFinallyGotATicket said:

So what's the chances of just waltzing in the week before oxfam turn up amd camping in the trees?

 

If you documented this attempt I'm sure you'd get a billion hits on YouTube. I'd definitely watch.