Forbidden Forest Festival 2025 - Residents Information

Thank you for welcoming us to Belvoir Castle. We hope the plans we implement will help to minimise the disruption to local residents over the festival period. As part of our commitment to engagement with the local community in the surrounding areas of the event, we have been working hard to ensure any perceived impact from the event is planned for and mitigated as is practicable in conjunction with all local authorities.

We are working closely with Melton Borough Council, Leicestershire County Council, Lincolnshire Country Council, Leicestershire Police, Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service and East Midlands Ambulance Service along with an independent traffic management company to cohesively work on the traffic management plan of the festival. We are committed to ensuring the overall positive experience is continued for everyone involved.

We will continue to update this page regularly when we have new information, so do please check in frequently! We thank you for your continued support and welcome your feedback.

RESIDENTS HOTLINE AND EMAI

Email: residents@forbidden-forest.co.uk

If you have any questions and/or feedback, please contact us via the above email address or our enquiry form. We will aim to respond to you within 3 working days and on show days within 3 hours.

A residents hotline will be operational as below:

Show Days

From 8am Thursday May 29th - Monday June 2nd at 1pm

During the show period the phone is directly linked to our on-site management control centre and they will help answer any queries you may have.

2025 KEY DATES

Show Days: Friday 30th May – Sunday 1st June

Campsites Open: Thursday 29th May – Monday 2nd June

Festival Build and Breakdown: Monday 12th May – Monday 9th June

KEY TIMINGS

Thursday 29th May

Car Parks - 10am - 12am; Camp sites - 12pm to 10pm; Live music - closed

Friday 30th May

Car Parks - 10am - 12am; Camp sites - 12pm to 10pm; Live music 2pm to 10pm

Saturday 31st May

Car Parks - 7am - 12am; Camp sites - 10am - 4pm; Live music 12pm to 11pm

Sunday 1st June

Car parks - 10am - 12am; Camp sites - no more entry; Live music 12pm to 11pm

Monday 2nd June

Car park and camp sites close 12pm

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

The Village of Denton - It is a condition of our licence that no staff, contractor, goods or services to and from the event take the route via the village of Denton other than those aiding traffic control or investigating complaints.

The event will keep a record of any supplier failing to comply with this requirement and a sanction of £2,000 will be imposed with immediate payment. A record of this will be available for inspection by any Responsible Authority and Lincolnshire County Council's Highway Authority.

Coach and Shuttle Buses - shuttle buses will be in operation from Grantham Station to bring festival goers to the event from Thursday - Sunday and will not use any route via the village Denton.

Their hours of operation will be:

Thursday 29th May

Every 30 minutes - 10.30am to 5pm

Friday 30th May

Every 30 minutes - 10.30am to 5pm

Saturday 31st May

Every 30 minutes - 10.30am to 5pm; 8.30pm to 12.30am

Sunday 1st June

Every 30 minutes - 10.30am to 5pm; 8.30pm to 12.30am

Monday 2nd June

*to Grantham only

Every 30 minutes - 8am to 2pm

Customer Parking - Customer parking will be located within the festival site and are not permitted to park on the surrounding roads.

NOISE MANAGEMENT

Live music will cease at 11pm Thursday - Sunday.

As a festival we are continuing to develop our noise management plan in consultation with an independent consultant. Our Noise Management Team will be present during the event to monitor noise both at the festival and in the surrounding community. This will help to ensure we remain within reasonable limits and allow us to make adaptations during the event should there be any particular concerns in specific areas. If you have any queries or concerns around noise during the festival, please do not hesitate to get in touch via the dedicated resident hotline which will be shared in due course.

Should you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact us.