Just had this email update from the organiser:
SPRING CAR SHOW
Sunday 5 May 2013
Information for Participants
ENTRANCE GATE: Entry will be through Gate 1, which is the nearest one to Royston. Note – this is NOT our main Visitor Entrance.
How to get there:The Museum is just off J10 on the M11. Please follow the yellow ‘Car Club’ signs on the A505, which will lead you to Gate 1.
Opening Times:Gate 1 opens at 0945. The Museum will open at 1000. Please make sure you are in your designated area by 1200. The Museum closes at 1800, and we ask all participants to stay until at least 3pm.
PAYMENT: Payment will be collected by a member of IWM staff at the entrance gate.
Admission rate for Classic Car Owners/car club members: £10.00 per person but children under 16 can go in for free.
Visitors in non-classic cars who want to just look at the cars will need to pay the standard admission rate and enter through the main visitor centre.
DISPLAYING AREA: The event will be held between Wing Co Joe’s Cafe and the Land Warfare Hall. Car parking marshals will help you find your allocated area. Please note that due to inevitable last minute cancellations and changes pitches will be allocated by the marshals on the day.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
- All drivers & vehicles are to be appropriately licensed & insured.
- Vehicles must obey the speed limit of 5mph on site.
- Vehicle movement is prohibited once on site and parked up by marshals.
- No dogs are allowed on site – this is a CAA safety precaution for all live airfields.
- No BBQ's or gas appliances are allowed on the Museum site.
- Driving competitions are not permitted.
- We do not allow overnight parking or camping.
- Smoking: All Museum buildings are strictly No Smoking.
- Signage: The Imperial War Museum Duxford will supply signage as required. All provided signage is the property of the Museum. All signage removed from site will be charged to the Car Club.
- Car owners who are aware of leaks on their cars must bring pans to avoid contamination of the grass areas
- Photography: Visitors who wish to film or take photographs for commercial use, i.e. where the intention is to publish, present or otherwise attempt to exploit the commercial value of the results, must get a permission from the Museum prior to the event. A charge may apply. Please contact the Public Events Officer for further details.
- Trading: The club must inform the Museum at least two weeks prior to the event if they wish to invite traders or sell any car related items themselves. A charge may be applicable. Traders will need to send their Public Liability Insurance and risk assessments(s) to the Public Events Officer prior to the event. Traders /clubs are not allowed to sell refreshments.
- Public Liability Insurance: A gazebo, banner trailer unit and/or a flagpole are allowed as long as the club has Public Liability Insurance and they are erected safely. Failure to do so will result in being asked to take down the structure. A copy of the Public Liability Insurance will need to be send to IWM Duxford three weeks prior to the event.
- Waste: Please take all your waste home or deposit it in one of the collection points.
- The Imperial War Museum reserves the right to request an exhibitor and his/her guest(s) to leave the museum site at their discretion