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The biggest issue for EMF is to find a good site. Here are our requirements, in order of priority: | The biggest issue for EMF is to find a good site. Here are our requirements, in order of priority: | ||
| − | * At least 3-8 hectares/8-15 acres/ | + | * At least 3-8 hectares/8-15 acres/30,000-60,000 sq m (this should fit at least 1500 people but this isn't indicative of our planned capacity) |
* Good access for setup vehicles (no low bridges, for example) | * Good access for setup vehicles (no low bridges, for example) | ||
* Ability to get a good internet connection (1 gigabit+) (but please let us know of any potential sites and we can work this out) | * Ability to get a good internet connection (1 gigabit+) (but please let us know of any potential sites and we can work this out) | ||
* Pleasant enough you actually want to spend time there | * Pleasant enough you actually want to spend time there | ||
| + | * Some kind of water supply/sewage connection | ||
* Good transport links | * Good transport links | ||
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* Well drained | * Well drained | ||
* Space for parking | * Space for parking | ||
| + | * Near largish shops (e.g. large Tesco) | ||
We don't care about: | We don't care about: | ||
| − | * | + | * Most existing facilities (especially electricity). Providing them ourselves is likely to be easier than trying to deal with existing services. |
=Candidate Sites= | =Candidate Sites= | ||
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| Colerne Airfield, Wiltshire (nr Bath) | | Colerne Airfield, Wiltshire (nr Bath) | ||
| Owned by a company of a friend of London Hackspace | | Owned by a company of a friend of London Hackspace | ||
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| + | | [http://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/wicket/bookmarkable/uk.co.profounddecisions.website.pages.pdpages.event.tournamentstud.DirectionsTournamentStud?4 Profound Decisions location], Banbury | ||
| + | | Quite a lot of existing facilities here which we may be able to use. These guys provided our tents in 2012 and seem pretty keen. | ||
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| [http://eventcentre.co.uk/organisers Yorkshire Event Centre, Harrogate] | | [http://eventcentre.co.uk/organisers Yorkshire Event Centre, Harrogate] | ||
Revision as of 13:05, 5 April 2013
The biggest issue for EMF is to find a good site. Here are our requirements, in order of priority:
- At least 3-8 hectares/8-15 acres/30,000-60,000 sq m (this should fit at least 1500 people but this isn't indicative of our planned capacity)
- Good access for setup vehicles (no low bridges, for example)
- Ability to get a good internet connection (1 gigabit+) (but please let us know of any potential sites and we can work this out)
- Pleasant enough you actually want to spend time there
- Some kind of water supply/sewage connection
- Good transport links
- Well drained
- Space for parking
- Near largish shops (e.g. large Tesco)
We don't care about:
- Most existing facilities (especially electricity). Providing them ourselves is likely to be easier than trying to deal with existing services.
Candidate Sites
| Site Name | Details |
|---|---|
| Colerne Airfield, Wiltshire (nr Bath) | Owned by a company of a friend of London Hackspace |
| Profound Decisions location, Banbury | Quite a lot of existing facilities here which we may be able to use. These guys provided our tents in 2012 and seem pretty keen. |
| Yorkshire Event Centre, Harrogate | Site of the Great Yorkshire Show which has massive farm equipment so access is probably fine. Has event spaces, big outside areas, loads of parking. Sainsburys effectively on site. From memory, drainage is OK. |
| Turnpost Farm, Leicestershire | Location of Glastonbudget. About 4 miles from Loughborough. Not sure of parking and amenities, but Glastonbudget has about 12,000 people so likely to be plenty of space if we can use some of that as car park |
| Peterborough Arena and Showground | Seems very accessible by all sorts of vehicles and good public transport links. Arena has internet, so should be easy to roll out to the showgrounds. Close to Peterborough for shops and things. |