For insurance purposes any event, including airshows, will have a capacity…..probably?
All the roads around Old Warden / the Shuttleworth Collection are narrow country lanes with hedges and / or ditches; there is very little opportunity to park near the airfield without blocking the roads or leading to such congestion that those with pre-booked tickets will not get in (and those turned-around without tickets will get out)…
…I foresee a bit of a nightmare traffic-wise!
Police and private security have had to be booked to ensure the roads stay clear and every effort has been made to contain as many of the queueing cars off the road inside the parkland.
PhantomII sorry you won’t make it to this show but every venue has to have insurance and risk assessments in place for the numbers of people who can attend and (depending on your view, it’s either good or bad) the site will reach it’s capacity on sunday, something which I have never seen before I’ve been there for 19 years. As has been said all of the roads are standard UK country roads and there won’t be any places for people to park up and watch as as well as unfair to everyone who has paid, this will put people in positions which could gridlock the whole road system. Please come to one of the other shows later in the season you can see the dates at http://www.shuttleworth.org one of the unique shows to come and see would be the uncovered airshow 4th october, http://www.shuttleworth.org/events/uncovered/ in this show some of the flying aircraft are placed in the main car park with access all around them and we drag them out for their display, then back in once landed.
Hope to see you later in the year
Steve
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