Countryside code applies
Dress and plan appropriately for a barn on a working farm
Take all litter home – #LeaveNoTrace
Camping by prior arrangement only
Fires only in woodburner or designated fire pit
Dogs not admitted (except guide dogs)
falls from uneven ground
falling branches
trip hazards
barbed wire, gates
The ground may have badger holes or ruts from vehicles. While experts undertake maintenance on the trees in Kelston clump, Abbots Copse and next to Roundhill Barn, trees elsewhere on the farm are left to grow and decay naturally. Note there are many ash trees and the risk that ash dieback can make ash trees brittle and unstable. Trip hazards might include fencing, farm equipment and materials, unauthorised litter and vegetation.
nettles, brambles, other plants
ticks, wasps, other insect bites
As well as working farm Kelston Roundhill has wilding fields and woodland. Visitors need to inform themselves about hazardous, irritant or poisonous plants and funghi, and to supervise those they may be responsible for, notably children, accordingly. Visitors must make their own arrangements for avoiding or managing insect bites or stings. You are advised to check after your visit for deer ticks and other ticks which are increasingly common.
It is possible that animals will intrude on the site. This includes:
farm livestock: cows, sheep
wild animals
Visitors must be aware they may encounter farm animals including cows and sheep, and also wild animals such as badgers, fox, rabbit, hare, pheasant. They need to manage the situation calmly and react appropriately.
You are responsible for the safety of your guests. Please familiarise yourself with our Emergency Action Plan below.
Link to Roundhill barn Fire risk assessment.
Link to Roundhill barn Emergency Action Plan
Water: The private water borehole supply is regularly serviced and checked but there is the possibility despite our best endeavours of contamination or loss of supply. Council guidance specifies that the water should be used only when the electricity supply is switched on and electrically powered ultra-violet purification is active. If you are vulnerable or concerned about this you are advised to bring your own bottled drinking water to the site. In the event of a pump or system failure resulting in a water outage, emergency bottled drinking water is supplied.
Electricity: Power and hot water come from a solar thermal and power installation with batteries and thermal store. The solar generates up to 5kw and stores up to 20kwh which is ample for a weekend of lights and music. It’s not suited to power-hungry plant and equipment.
We have a back-up 240V diesel generator. This consumes fossil fuels, makes noise and emits fumes so we request and recommend keeping use to the minimum necessary. The generator is under warranty and regularly serviced but Kelston Tump LLP is not in a position to guarantee that it will always work. In the event it fails there is a small backup diesel generator.
If event organisers absolutely depend on the availability of 240v electricity supply for the success of their event, or if they need more than 5kva at any time, they are advised to make their own additional supply arrangements (eg hire in a generator). We advise that perishable foods are kept refrigerated off site until needed, especially in hot weather, to avoid running the diesel generator overnight and for long periods simply to power refrigeration.
We cannot guarantee to restore a 240v electricity supply in the event of generator failure. This may take two working days.
While there is no right of way past the Roundhill Barn the possibility of people walking past without permission cannot be ruled out. Kelston Clump has permissive paths which are open to walkers. Dogs are discouraged but there is the risk of inadequately controlled dogs.
Farm workers and contractors may drive past in vehicles of all sizes as a normal part of their farm work.
You are advised to prepare your own risk assessment. Please feel free to reuse and recycle these sample risk assessments.
Task risk assessment – ‘Kelston Round Hill 2016 (wildflower meadows day, by Avon Wildlife Trust)
Kelston Barn gig RA (Three Cane Whale gig with meal, by Jonny Barden)