Fees and charges in our parks and green spaces from April 2026.
Miniature railway, Queen's Park
Per person: £2.50
Community room hire at our country parks
Monday to Friday (up to two hours): £47
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): £47
Charity event: £119
Commercial events (up to 500 attendees): £1,381
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: £415
Club hire of a designated area for up to three hours: £42
Catering rights per mobile unit / stall: £140
Permits in Chesterfield parks and open spaces
Use of metal detector at designated sites per year: £50
Commercial fitness coach at designated sites per year: £150
Tennis
Casual court booking £8
Cricket - Wicket (per season per team)
Brearley Park: £934
Junior teams: £467
Eastwood park - Multi-use games areas (MUGAs)
Netball - per match: £42 - evening fixtures will incur security and flood light expenditure
Walking football - per session: £36
Petanque - season: £176
Circus
Stand Road / Queen's Park (up to one week): £3,591
Stand Road / Queen's Park (over one week): £6,218
Smaller circus on other sites (up to one week): £1,381
Smaller circus on other sites (over one week): £2,076
Ground bond: £500
Funfairs
Queen's Park: £2,569
Eastwood Park: £1,905
Other park: £1,007
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.