SVF NORTH EVENT INFO
All You Need to Know
Where's SVF NORTH located?
SVF north's picturesque, and easy to find home, is at:
THE CASTLE PARK,
STANHOPE,
CO. DURHAM,
DL13 2LU
(SEE DIRECTIONS FOR EACH CAMP SITE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE)
There is no on-site parking for non-campers on the main site. However, there will be a free parking area for non-campers on Camp Site B as shown on map opposite, which will be signposted and within very close walking distance of the festival site and a drop off point at the festival site will be available for taxi/lifts to pick up/drop off.
The free car parking area is also the closest parking available for our disabled guests but is a short walk on a level pathway across the footbridge to the music area.
Day Visitors
Friday Access: 5pm – Midnight
Saturday Access: 11.30am – 1am
Sunday Access: 11.30am – 1am
Campers*
Friday Access: 12noon - 8pm
Saturday Access: 8am - 5pm
Sunday Access: 8am - 5pm
* The above times are for vehicle access in order to enter the site and set up your camping pitch. If you cannot access camping between these times just email us and we will make special arrangements for you to come in at a time convenient to you.
CAMP SITE A
At Alston, take the A689 (signposted to Nenthead, Stanhope and Durham). Continue on A689 through the following places: Nenthead, Cowshill, Wearhead, Ireshopeburn, St. John's Chapel, Westgate and Eastgate. When you have just entered Stanhope, the first turn on the right is signposted B6278 (Barnard Castle, Eggleston). Do not take this turn but continue on A689. The next turn on the right is signposted "Open Air Swimming Pool". This is the turning you need to take for SVF. Once you have taken this turn you will see the festival entrance on the left.
CAMP SITE B
At Alston, take the A689 (signposted to Nenthead, Stanhope and Durham). Continue on A689 through the following places: Nenthead, Cowshill, Wearhead, Ireshopeburn, St. John's Chapel, Westgate and Eastgate. When you have just entered Stanhope, the first turn on the right is signposted B6278 (Barnard Castle, Eggleston). This is the turnoff you need to take. The road takes you over the river by a stone bridge (beware this is on a sharp bend) and doubles back on itself following the river on the other side towards Site B. Keep following the river for about half a mile until you begin to approach a sharpish right hand corner. At this corner on the left there is a disused ford across the river, two park benches and a turnoff into a lane. Take the turnoff into the lane. Follow the lane to Site B entrance, about 150 metres.
CAMP SITE C & DAY CAR PARKING FOR NON-CAMPERS
At Alston, take the A689 (signposted to Nenthead, Stanhope and Durham). Continue on A689 through the following places: Nenthead, Cowshill, Wearhead, Ireshopeburn, St. John's Chapel, Westgate and Eastgate. When you have just entered Stanhope, the first turn on the right is signposted B6278 (Barnard Castle, Eggleston). Do not take this turn but continue on A689. The next turn on the right is signposted "Open Air Swimming Pool". Do not take this turn either but continue on through Stanhope, past the market place and all the shops. About 200m past the end of the shops, look out for a turning on the right at the end of a stone wall. Take this turning into Bondisle Way. This takes you down past the old Stanhope railway station, eventually ending in a left hand bend across a level crossing and into Site C.
CAMP SITE A
From the roundabout where the A689 crosses the A68 near Crook, take the A689 exit (signposted Wolsingham, Stanhope). Continue through Wolsingham and Frosterley. Proceed into Stanhope, past the petrol station on the left. Keep going past the market place on the left (Pack Horse Inn is on the left, Bonny Moor Hen on the right). Go past the castle entrance on the left, and the Durham Dales Centre on the right. The next turn on the left is signposted "Open Air Swimming Pool". This is the turning you need to take for SVF. Once you have taken this turn you will see the festival entrance on the left.
CAMP SITE B
From the roundabout where the A689 crosses the A68 near Crook, take the A689 exit (signposted Wolsingham, Stanhope). Continue through Wolsingham and Frosterley. Proceed into Stanhope, past the petrol station on the left. Keep going past the market place on the left (Pack Horse Inn is on the left, Bonny Moor Hen on the right). Go past the castle entrance on the left, and the Durham Dales Centre on the right. The next turn on the left is signposted "Open Air Swimming Pool". Do not take this turning but continue and look out for the next turning on the left, signposted B6278 (Barnard Castle, Eggleston). This is the turnoff you need to take. The road takes you over the river by a stone bridge (beware this is on a sharp bend) and doubles back on itself following the river on the other side towards Site B. Keep following the river for about half a mile until you begin to approach a sharpish right hand corner. At this corner on the left there is a disused ford across the river, two park benches and a turnoff into a lane. Take the turnoff into the lane. Follow the lane to Site B entrance, about 150 metres.
CAMP SITE C & DAY CAR PARKING FOR NON-CAMPERS
From the roundabout where the A689 crosses the A68 near Crook, take the A689 exit (signposted Wolsingham, Stanhope). Continue through Wolsingham and Frosterley. Proceed into Stanhope, past the petrol station on the left. Look out for the next turning on the left, about 300 metres. Take this turning into Bondisle Way, this takes you down past the old Stanhope railway station, eventually ending in a left hand bend across a level crossing and into Site C.
SVF's North site has everything you could wish for at a festival and we know you love it every year, so we're staying put in our site permanently! Picturesque rural setting, completely safe and secure perimeters all the way round and easy walking access into the village. This is the home of Stone Valley Festival North.
