Show Guide 2018

Visitor Information & Safety

Show Information The Information Tent is centrally located at the south western corner of the Main Arena; friendly volunteers will be able to answer any questions and queries. Members Enclosure The member’s entrance can be found on Avenue B, halfway down. To sign up and become a member on the day please visit the membership tent, next to the entrance. Toilets Facilities for ladies, gentlemen and the disabled are situated at convenient locations throughout the showground, and are marked on the Show map. Mobiloo a mobile accessible toilet with an adult sized changing bench and hoist. Baby Changing & Feeding National Childbirth Trust can be found on Avenue C. A well-equipped baby changing and feeding facility including highchairs, bottle warmers, changing mats, various size nappies and baby wipes. Lost Children In the event of children being separated from their parents or carers please contact any steward. Any children found will be escorted to our lost children facility at the Show Office where they will be looked after until they can Please contact the Information Kiosk on Avenue V, under the main arena on show days or call the Show Office (01635 247111) following the event. Catering There are plenty of places to eat around the showground, look out for the knife and fork signs on the Show map to locate our catering facilities. Cash A Cash and Banking facility is available at the International Currency Exchange located on Avenue B near the Members Enclosure. Fire In the event of a fire please notify the fire service by contacting a steward giving exact details of the location. If it is safe to do so, tackle the fire with extinguishers until the fire service arrives. Follow the instructions given by the Fire Service, Stewards and Society Officials. be safely reunited. Lost Property

Health & Safety Please wash your hands after touching animals and before eating. Please observe the walkways for the movement of animals and stay behind barriers when asked to do so by Stewards. Please keep clear of any official vehicles moving around the site and take care whist walking on uneven surfaces. Purchase of goods The Society cannot accept responsibility for any order placed for goods or services in connection with firms exhibiting or advertising at the Show. Equine & Livestock Catalogues Equine and Livestock Catalogues are available to buy in the Equine and Livestock Areas and the Show Office. Dogs Dogs are very welcome to the Show this year, however, they MUST be kept on a non- retractable lead and please look out for areas where they are not allowed. Full details can be found on our website. If you have any issues with your dogs, visitors are advised to find the nearest available Steward and we will call the vets over to your location. Bio Security Arrangements The Society has adopted DEFRA’s motto of ‘be seen to be clean’ and asks that the public and exhibitors alike give their full co-operation. Entry to the main parts of the cloven-hoofed livestock and poultry areas will be across disinfected mats. The public are requested to wash their hands if they touch any animals. First Aid First Aid is provided by the British Red Cross, who is located at the Operations Compound in the Orange Car Park, and by the horse rings on the main showground. Grandstands Each grandstand is subject to fire regulations. Please comply with requests made by Stewards to ensure that the provisions of these regulations can be enforced.

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