Travel to Berry Hill Park, Mansfield
As for the last three years, we are operating a ‘park and ride’ system for this year’s event from 4 or 5 alternative car parking facilities. NO PARKING IS PERMITTED FOR ATHLETES AND SPECTATORS ANYWHERE WITHIN THE PARK. There is limited parking in the park for officials and blue badge holders only. Blue badge holders who need parking should access the dedicated booking link on SportsSoft’s entry portal for a permit (charge of £6)
Unlike last year, when you purchase a car park ticket, you will be offered a choice of car park (there is a dedicated booking link for each car park), until that particular car park is sold out. We are initially only opening links to The Mining Remediation Authority, West Notts College, Linneys, and The Crematorium. Booking links for the car parks at Meadow House and Weighbridge Road will only be activated as and when the other sites are sold out.
There will be a £6 charge for parking, which should be paid online, in advance, using the link on the Sportsoft website, which is now open. SportSoft Entries & Results You will receive a receipt which will serve as your entry ticket, and which will have your registration number displayed in bold for easy reading by security staff, and it will also bear the letter pertaining to the car park in which you have been allocated a space, plus the postcode and what3words location.
PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU CAN ONLY USE THIS PERMIT AT THE DESIGNATED CAR PARK.
Please have this available either on a mobile device, or as hard copy, when you enter the car park.
Please allow for transit time from your chosen car park to the park if you are using the bus service – buses should run about every 10 minutes for most of the day, with about a 6 minutes transfer time from Linneys (slightly less from West Notts College and the Crematorium). The Mining Remediation Authority is next to the park so does not require a bus service in support.
There should be limited access available to pay on the day, but this will be by card only, at a cost of £10, available at the Meadow House car park only.
The car parks which will be in use are as follows:
Car Park A – The Mining Remediation Authority NG18 4RG (w3w: mason.stale.chips)
Car Park B – West Notts College (NG18 5BH) what3words: ballots.shares.broke (Derby
Road entrance) and behind.couch.lasted (Cauldwell Road entrance- preferred)
Car Park C – The Crematorium (NG18 5BJ). what3words: rigid.grain.fresh
Car Park D – Linney’s (NG18 4FL). what3words: toned.update.darker
In the event of the above all being filled, we will open booking links for the following:
Car Park E – Meadow House (Notts County Council) access from Bath St NG18 2TB
(leaves.breed.radar)
Car Park F – Weighbridge Road (The Old Brewery site) NG18 1AH (powder.final.expand)
The park and ride for both West Notts College (B) and The Crematorium (C) will load for the layby in
Derby Road opposite the campus entrance, what3words: forget.losses.closet
Shuttle buses will operate from all the above car parks regularly from 8:30am until 4:30pm.
Directions to Berry Hill Park will also be signposted for those who prefer to get to the park on foot.
Adhering to the Parking system is critical to the ongoing future of the event. These arrangements are made in collaboration with local residents and Mansfield District Council, and the ECCA have worked hard to get to this position. Considerate parking is a condition of our future use of the park for this event.
It is intended that there should be no event parking on the roads immediately adjacent to the park, so please use the designated car parks.
Club tents drop off
Each club will be issued with ONE permit, upon application via the link on the SportsSoft portal, and payment of the £6 parking fee, for a lead vehicle to offload gazebos/club tents, and then to park at the Mining Remediation Authority (previously known as the Coal Authority) NG18 4RG. It should be noted that it is 500m from here to where the Club Tent area is.
Coaches
Coaches will be directed to King George V car park in Blackscotch Lane NG18 4WJ (what3words reference is aside.unions.legal) where parking will be allowed opposite to the park. A permit is required to park a coach at this location, which can be purchased on the link from the SportsSoft website at a cost of £10 per vehicle. Note that club tents can be offloaded from coaches from here, as there is a tarmac path from there to the club tent area in the park.
Minibuses
Minibuses will this year be parked in the Mining Remediation Authority NG18 4RG, not at Blackscotch lane with coaches as in previous years. There is a dedicated booking link for this on the SportsSoft website.