Residents living near the Creamfields festival site in Daresbury have complained of 'chaos' over the weekend as thousands of festival goers descended on the area. The Cheshire festival, which ran from Thursday, August 27, to Sunday, August 30, attracted approximately 80,000 people to Daresbury for the annual electronic dance music event.
Locals have told the Manchester Evening News that the festival has brought chaos to their streets, with many using the roads as a "drop off site". One resident, who gave his name as Rob, 45, said his street had become a "taxi rank" for festival goers over the weekend, after being "completely missed" from road closure plans.
Residents' complaints over festival disruption
Rob, who lives on the Keckwick Park estate in Daresbury, just under a mile away from the festival site, said residents contacted Creamfields earlier this year about organising residence passes for those on the estate. This came after rubbish and even bottles of urine were left in their gardens following last year's festival.
However, Rob claims nothing was organised for the residents, despite their close proximity to the festival site. He said this has led to chaos around the estate during this year's festival.
'Absolute chaos' on the estate
"Naturally what happens is it's used as a taxi rank," Rob said. "It's used as a drop off site. We've had cars parked up where people have been sleeping in their cars overnight. All sorts of stuff going on. It's been chaos, absolutely chaos."
Speaking to the MEN on Monday, following the final night of the Creamfields festival, Rob added: "Last night was absolute chaos. Horns beeping until one o'clock in the morning. People getting picked up and getting changed in the streets, getting all their muddy clothes off.
"They've just discarded their Wellington boots at the side of the road. It's just covered in Wellington boots and jackets and all sorts of stuff where people have had just no respect for where people have to live."
Residents feel 'completely left out'
He continued: "We live really close to the site. It's fine for music and that's expected. We knew where the festival was going to be. But we didn't expect to be completely left out and to have nothing put in place by Creamfields and Halton council essentially so we were protected from festival goers."
The MEN has approached Creamfields and Halton council for comment.
