Hire a park

You can hire a park or public open space for small local events or commercial events such as fairs and circuses.

You need to have public liability insurance cover to the value of £5 million pounds and meet our terms and conditions of hire. Depending on the type of event and activities, you might also need street trading consent and/or a Temporary Event Notice.

If you're unsure of what documentation you require, please see our event application guidance notes.

Charges

The charge to hire a park is available on application. If you'd like to discuss this prior to applying, please contact us.

How to apply

To apply to hire a park, fill in our park hire application form.

You also need to complete a risk assessment for community events and the event safety guide notification form.

These can be found in the useful documents section below.

Return by post: Parks Services, PO Box 634, Barnsley, S70 9GG

Return by email: parksservices@barnsley.gov.uk 

Useful documents

• events booking form
  
• event safety guide notification form
  
• risk assessment
  
• terms and conditions
  
• event application guidance notes