The procession: two figures carried above the crowd on platforms by green and blue cloaked bearers, the cog arch behind. Source frame RestrictedForest2026-1494.

Four realms. One forest.

Mind. Body. Spirit. Heart.

The Restricted Forest has four realms, each with its own build, its own emblem and its own guardian, and one day to find them all.

The cog and girder stage lit through heavy haze, crowd stretching back into the woods.

Main stageBody · The Machinist

Factory Realm

Cog, girder and rivet. The main stage, and the loudest room in the woods.

Enter the realm

The stone castle stage set among the pines with the crowd gathered in front of it.

Spirit · The Empress

Castle Realm

A stone gatehouse in the pines, towers either side and the arch between them.

Enter the realm

The painted pyramid stage under a clear sky, arms up across a full crowd.

Mind · The Oracle

Pyramid Realm

A painted pyramid with a face across it, watching the clearing.

Enter the realm

Heart · The Bloomkeeper

Secret Garden

Parasols, benches and festoon strung between the trunks. The quiet realm.

Enter the realm

The four realm guardians standing at the mirrored monolith in the woods

The guardians

Four keepers, one monolith

The Machinist, The Empress, The Oracle and The Bloomkeeper. One to a realm, all four keeping the same woods, photographed together at the mirrored monolith before the gates opened.

Buy Tickets Festival info

Orrell Hill Woods, Saturday 26 June 2027. Gates 13:00, last entry 16:00. Over 18s only.