Barriers and fencing for hire

Crowd barriers, temporary fencing and vehicle gates for hire — manage the crowd, secure the rigging area and stage, and keep access roads open for emergency vehicles and deliveries.

Work out how many metres

Take a map of the area and draw in the fence lines: around the stage and technical equipment, along queues, around generators and storage, and where the public must be kept away from access roads. Measure the length.

One crowd barrier is 230 cm long, so 100 metres of fence line is around 44 barriers. The temporary fence panels are 3.5 metres, so around 29 will do for 100 metres. Add a few extra for corners and changes on the day. We help you calculate and plan the fence line.

Crowd barriers or temporary fencing?

Crowd barriers are 110 cm high, easy to carry and quick to connect. They guide people: queues at the entrance and food stalls, cordons along the course and in front of the stage. They show the way more than they shut people out.

The temporary fencing is tall and stands on weighted feet with braces. Use it where the public should not go at all: around generators, backstage, storage and the rigging area. Many events need both.

Keep access roads open

A fence line without an opening soon becomes a problem when the ambulance or the delivery van needs to get in. The Garda mobile vehicle gate is a double gate that is set into the line and opens quickly for emergency vehicles and deliveries.

Mark the emergency access route and escape routes before you order, and decide who is responsible for opening the gate. That way you get the right number of barriers and gates from the start.

The gate is just as useful during rigging and de-rigging, when lorries and vans need to get in and out. With a fixed opening in the line, you do not have to unfasten barriers every time someone needs to get through.

When the event affects a road

If a race, parking or the public runs along or across a road, we have signs and road markings: diversion and diversion arrows, road narrows, roadworks, construction area, no entry for vehicles, no access, 50 km/h, use the pavement on the other side, and traffic cones.

Barriers and signs are delivered with our own transport, together with the rest of the event equipment. If the toilets are to stand inside the fence, see festival toilets, and remember clear access to the accessible toilet.