Opening and Arrival Times 

Arriving at Waterperry 

On arrival, Festival attendees must first collect their wristbands from the Box Office before entering the House and Gardens as these wristbands will allow you access to the formal gardens.

Attendees are welcome to collect wristbands as soon as our Box Office opens each day. If you need instructions on how to get to us please visit the 'Getting to Waterperry' page. 

Box Office Opening Times

We operate an online box office leading up to the festival.

​From the 11th of August we open an on-site box office at Waterperry. The opening hours are as follows:​

Friday 11 August	from 12pm midday
Saturday 12 August	from 10am
Sunday 13 August	from 10am
Monday 14 August	Closed
Tuesday 15 August:	from 12pm midday
Wednesday 16 August	from 12pm midday
Thursday 17 August	from 12pm midday
Friday 18 August	from 12pm midday
Saturday 19 August	from 10am
Sunday 20 August	from 10am

Waterperry Estate Opening Times

The gardens are open to the public from 10am to 5:30pm.

Once you have collected your wristband you can enter the gardens for free. If you do not collect your wristband from the Box Office you will be charged the standard garden entry price of £10.50 for an adult.

Please be aware that if you wish to access the gardens before the production(s) you are seeing & before Box Office opens, you would need to buy an entrance ticket from the Garden Centre at the regular price.

When to arrive for a performance

For attendees to Carmen & The Waterperry Prom the performance space is located on the front lawn - just a short walk from the Box Office. Doors will open at 5.30pm.

For all other productions, we ask attendees to arrive at the Box Office no later than 15 minutes before the performance start time. You will be taken to each performance space by one of our team.

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