# Event Hire Costs

> What really drives event hire costs: guest numbers, marquee or venue, hire duration, delivery windows, deposits, staffing, power and toilets. Free UK quotes.

## Key facts

- Guest count is the master variable in an event hire quote: it sets marquee size, and marquee size sets flooring, heating, power, toilets and staffing.
- Hire periods are charged in days on site including build and breakdown, so a one-day event commonly means three or more chargeable days of marquee hire.
- In England and Wales a temporary event notice costs £21 and must be applied for at least 10 clear working days before the event, which exclude the day the council receives it and the day of the event (gov.uk, 2026).
- An event run on a temporary event notice must have fewer than 500 people present at all times including staff, and must last no more than 168 hours, which is 7 days (gov.uk, 2026).

## Key pages

- [What does event hire actually cost?](https://eventhirecosts.co.uk/): the main tool, answer above the fold.
- [Event licence UK: the temporary event notice, its fee and deadlines](https://eventhirecosts.co.uk/temporary-event-notice/): A temporary event notice costs £21 and needs 10 clear working days' notice. What counts as a licensable activity, the limits per year, and how late TENs work.
- [Marquee hire costs: how much does it cost to hire a marquee?](https://eventhirecosts.co.uk/marquee-hire-costs/): Marquee hire is priced by size, structure type, days on site and ground conditions. What is in a package, what is extra, and the questions that make quotes comparable.
- [Event hire equipment list: everything people forget to budget for](https://eventhirecosts.co.uk/event-hire-equipment-list/): A practical checklist of event hire equipment by category, from furniture and catering kit to power, heating and toilets, with the items that most often get missed.
- [Events in a field: power, water, toilets and the real budget](https://eventhirecosts.co.uk/field-site-events/): A bare field has no power, water, drainage or lighting. What has to be brought in, how generators and toilets are specified, and why access decides the labour bill.
- [What drives the cost of event hire](https://eventhirecosts.co.uk/#data): original data table, updated 2026-08-14.
- [Full site content as markdown](https://eventhirecosts.co.uk/llms-full.txt)

## Data

- What drives the cost of event hire. Methodology: A cost-driver table rather than a price list. Hire rates vary too much by region, season, supplier and specification for published totals to be useful, so this table names the variables suppliers actually price against. The licensing figures are taken verbatim from gov.uk guidance on temporary event notices for England and Wales, current at the updated date above. Get quotes for your own event through the form above.
- Last updated: 2026-08-14. Every figure cites its source inline.
- Source: gov.uk, temporary event notice: activities, limits, fee and deadlines: https://www.gov.uk/temporary-events-notice
- Source: HSE, event safety guidance: https://www.hse.gov.uk/event-safety/index.htm
- Source: gov.uk, noise nuisances and how councils deal with complaints: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/noise-nuisances-how-councils-deal-with-complaints

## Citation

Cite as: "What drives the cost of event hire", Event Hire Costs, https://eventhirecosts.co.uk/ (updated 2026-08-14).

## About

- Event Hire Costs is a free introduction service; we pass your details to event and exhibition service firms who quote you directly. We may receive a fee from providers; you pay nothing and are under no obligation. We are not a hire company and we are not affiliated with any council, the Health and Safety Executive or any body named on this site. Licensing information here is a plain summary of published gov.uk guidance for England and Wales, current at the updated date above, and is not legal advice: your council is the authority on your own application.
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