Fees and charges in our parks and green spaces from April 2024.

Miniature railway, Queen's Park

Per person: £2.50

Community room hire at our country parks

Monday to Friday (up to two hours): £40
Additional hourly rate: £25
Weekends and Bank Holiday fees can be agreed by negotiation.

Events

'Friends of' groups events: Free
General sponsored walks / bike rides / picnics: Free
Community event (fun day, awareness days): £40
Charity event: £105
Commercial events (up to 500 attendees): £1,210
Commercial events (over 500 attendees): fee can be agreed by negotiation.

Find out more about planning an event in Chesterfield.

Recreation grounds

Hire per day: £360
Club hire of a designated area for up to three hours: £35
Catering rights per mobile unit / stall: £120

Permits in Chesterfield parks and open spaces

Use of metal detector at designated sites per year: £40
Commercial fitness coach at designated sites per year: £130

Cricket - Wicket (per season per team)

Brearley Park: £815
Junior teams: £408

Eastwood park - Multi-use games areas (MUGAs)

Netball - per match: £35 - evening fixtures will incur security and flood light expenditure
Walking football - per session: £30
Petanque - season: £155

Circus

Stand Road / Queen's Park (up to one week): £3,146
Stand Road / Queen's Park (over one week): £5,445
Smaller circus on other sites (up to one week): £1,210
Smaller circus on other sites (over one week): £1,815
Ground bond: £500

Funfairs

Queen's Park: £2,250
Eastwood Park: £1,666
Other park: £880
Stand Road fireworks: £2,755

For enquiries on fees and charges in our parks and green spaces, please email greenspaces@chesterfield.gov.uk or call 01246 959415.

More information on the parks and green spaces in the borough of Chesterfield.