Hire of public parks and open spaces
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Guildford has more than 65 parks, which can be hired as venues for commercial, community or charity events such as:
- music concerts, funfairs, firework fiestas or fetes
- sponsored walks, raft races or Santa runs
- regular school PE, fitness sessions or other sporting activities
- filming and unit bases
- hot air balloon launches
- team building such as forest school and nature walks
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Hire a park for a public event
Hire one of our parks or outdoor spaces for your commercial or community events.
Hire a park for regular activity
Apply for a licence to use our parks for regular activities.
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Bandstand concerts and outdoor theatres
Apply to perform on our bandstand or hold an outdoor theatre performance.
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Request to film in Guildford
Apply to film in Guildford, we're film friendly location.
Hot air balloon launches
Apply to launch a hot air balloon from Shalford Park.
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Support for community events
Find out what support is available to help you with your community event.