Are tables allocated for lunch?
Yes, tables are allocated depending on your group booking size, and are solely for your use. Our welcoming volunteer hosts will advise you of your table number on arrival.
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About the same time, we will email you your Lightning Pavilion pass and car pass along with more information about your day.
Please note that our menus include a range of food options, including vegetarian and vegan. Relish, our catering partner, can also provide gluten free/coeliac dishes. In the tick box section of the booking process please let us know if you have any allergies or special requirements. However, this is not a restaurant, the menu is set, so we sadly cannot cater for 'preferences'.
Children under 12 years old are not permitted in Lightning Pavilion however they are very welcome in our First Class Lounge.
No all furniture is unreserved in the garden, but there are plenty of chairs for everyone.
Please see map
Yes. Smart casual. Jeans, trainers and sportswear attire are not appropriate. Smart shorts are also allowed in case of hot weather.
Yes, access to Lighting Pavilion is across hard surfaces or via trackway. However, the garden is grass, which is sometimes quite long, so those with restricted mobility should consider this when booking.
There is a disabled toilet on site.
Please advise us, when booking, if you are a wheelchair user.
FRIDAY
07:30 Showground opens
08:30 Lightning Pavilion opens
Light Breakfast is served
10.30 Breakfast finishes
11:00 Bar opens
Flying Display Starts
12:45 Lunch served
15:00 Flying Display finishes
15:30 Afternoon tea
16:30 Afternoon tea finishes
17:00 Bars close
17:30 Lightning Pavilion closes
18:00 Showground shuts
SATURDAY & SUNDAY
07:30 Showground opens
08:30 Lightning Pavilion opens
Light Breakfast is served
10:00 Flying Display starts
10.30 Breakfast finishes
11:00 Bar opens
12:45 Lunch served
15:30 Afternoon tea
16:30 Afternoon tea finishes
17:30 Flying Display finishes
Bars close
18:30 Lightning Pavilion closes
19:30 Showground shuts
Timetable is subject to change. Please note that we do not publish the flying display prior to the event.
Smoking (including vaping) within the enclosure is only allowed in the outdoor designated smoking area.
