We welcome everyone to Peterborough Celebrates Festival and our team will do all they can to ensure that you enjoy your visit. The information here provides an overview of the accessibility of the event. The Nene Park website has more detail of the accessibility of Ferry Meadows, home of Peterborough Celebrates Festival. 

If you have any questions or feedback about the accessibility of Peterborough Celebrates Festival contact us and the team will be happy to help.  

Key information / access highlights

• Designated parking area for blue badge holders. Normal parking charges apply. 
• Staff available on site
• Mobility scooter and Mountain Trike hire 
• Accessible toilets and changing facility   

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Planning your visit 

Parking

There will be dedicated accessible parking spaces in the main Ferry Meadows car park. Visitors will be asked to show staff their blue badge before being directed to the car park spaces. Normal car parking charges apply. 

Accessibility welcome 

Our Festival Makers (staff and volunteer team) will be on hand to provide assistance and support around the Festival site and at the Nene Park Information stand.  Nene Park Trust staff will also be available at the Visitor Centre, Nene Outdoors and the via the Duty Ranger mobile on 07860 308081. 

A BSL Interpreter will be on site accompanying performances throughout the weekend. There will also be a BSL interpreter in the Peterborough Presents Creative Dome 11am-1pm and 2-4pm. Please head to the Nene Park Information Stand for more information about BSL interpreted performances. 

Hire of mobility scooters and mountain Trikes 

To help visitors with access needs explore Ferry Meadows, we offer a mobility scooter hire service from the Visitor Centre in Ferry Meadows, free of charge (donations welcome). In addition to our mobility scooters, we also have two new Mountain Trike all-terrain wheelchairs available to hire. The service will be available during the event but pre-booking is highly recommended. Visit our Ferry Meadows accessibility pages to find out more about the mobility scooter and Mountain Trike hire service. Please call Visitor Services on 01733 234193 or email [email protected] to reserve your chosen date and time. 

Assistance dogs  

Assistance dogs are welcome throughout the Festival site. Dog drinking bowls are provided outside the Visitor Centre, Ferry Meadows Café and Lakeside Kitchen & Bar. 

Bringing a companion/carer 

Entry to the Festival is FREE. The majority of the activities are FREE but there will be a charge for some activities including the climbing wall, pay and play watersports activities and the fun fair rides.

If you require a companion/carer to access the climbing wall or play and play watersports activities with Nene Outdoors Watersports and Activity Centre, please contact Nene Outdoors on 01733 234193 to discuss any additional access requirements before making a booking. While carer(s) will be allowed entry to the event/activity with you free of charge, they must at all times be in a caring role that is providing support and assistance. It is not acceptable for carers to be participating independently and if this is the case, that person will not be allowed entry as a carer and will be expected to pay in full. 

Getting around 

The Festival is taking place on a grassed meadow, with some activities in the open air and some in marquees, a big top circus tent and gazebos. Whilst the area is reasonably level the grass meadow is a natural landscape which may be uneven in places. A temporary pathway will provide a route from the main Ferry Meadows car park to the Big Top indoor stage.

Paths around the main areas of Ferry Meadows are hard surfaced (a mixture of tarmac, bound gravel, crushed limestone and compacted stone), generally of a minimum width of two meters, with a good contrast to the surroundings, reasonably level and at a safe distance from open water. They are shared routes for pedestrians and cyclists, and in some circumstances horse riders. 

Please refer to the Festival map for the location of the event activities, the Ferry Meadows map for more detail of the path network including steep and unsurfaced sections or contact us for more information.  

Information 

Details about the event, including Festival map and programme of activities can be found in advance and during the weekend on the Peterborough Celebrates webpage. If you have any problems accessing the information ahead of the event please contact us. 

At the event, information will be provided on signs and through leaflets available at the information stand. Event staff will also be on hand to help with any queries.  

Please note that not all activities at the Festival are operated by Nene Park Trust. Enquiries about arrangements for companions/carers should be directed to the specific activity organiser. 

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Facilities and Services 

Toilets 

Accessible portable toilets will be available on the Festival site. These are in addition to the accessible toilets at Ferry Meadows public toilets, Ferry Meadows Café and Lakeside car park. The nearest Changing Places facility is at the main Ferry Meadows public toilets.

There is also an accessible changing room with hoist and adjustable changing bench at Nene Outdoors Watersports and Activity Centre. Users are required to provide their own slings. Nene Outdoors is approximately 1.1km from the festival site using the footpaths, however an alternative car park is adjacent to the building. 

Please refer to the Festival map and the Ferry Meadows map for details of the locations, routes and distances between the facilities. 

Seating 

Visitors are encouraged to bring their own chairs and rugs and enjoy the Festival site. 

Lighting and effects 

There will be flashing lighting but no strobe, lasers, fireworks or smoke in use at the event.