Glass-bottle cordial is a poor default for festival camping: Glastonbury Festival, Steelhouse Festival and Lost Village have published rules prohibiting glass in camping or festival areas. If your event bans glass, choose a cordial or squash in a confirmed non-glass pack; keep glass-bottled cordial for off-site use or an event whose current rules expressly allow it. Check the exact product’s label for dilution, allergens and storage after opening.
Check both the campsite and festival-site rules before choosing a bottle. Steelhouse Festival says its glass restriction includes camping areas, while Lost Village prohibits glass bottles in both its camping and festival areas.
A dilution direction can help you work out how much concentrate and drinking water to bring. ASDA’s listing for Robinsons Orange Squash 1 L specifies one part concentrate to four parts water and states 20 servings; its bottle material still needs checking against your event’s rules.
Glass-bottled elderflower cordial may suit a meal at home or elsewhere off-site. UK trade listings identify 500 ml Bottlegreen and Belvoir Farm elderflower cordials in glass bottles, so neither example should be packed for an event that prohibits glass.
Start with the event’s container rules, then check whether the exact drink works for your water supply, dietary needs and storage arrangements.
| Priority | What to check | Your needs |
|---|---|---|
| Container rules | Read the current official rules for the named event, including its campsite rules. Confirm the material of the exact bottle; if glass is banned, choose an allowed non-glass container. | I need to get my drinks into the campsite without bringing a prohibited bottle. Glastonbury Festival’s 2025 packing guidance warned that glass would be confiscated, while Steelhouse Festival and Lost Village publish restrictions covering camping areas. |
| Dilution | Check the product’s mixing directions, stated servings and the drinking water available at camp. ASDA lists Robinsons Orange Squash 1 L at one part concentrate to four parts water, with 20 servings. | For meals and drinks at camp, I want to plan how much concentrate and water to carry rather than judge quantity from bottle size alone. |
| Label and storage | Read the exact product’s allergen declaration and after-opening instructions. Marks & Spencer says its Fragrant British Elderflower Cordial must be refrigerated after opening and consumed within two weeks. | Cold storage may be limited at camp, so I need a product whose instructions I can follow and whose ingredients suit my requirements. |
A cordial you intended to serve with camping food may not be admitted. Glastonbury Festival’s 2025 guidance said glass would be confiscated; Steelhouse Festival says its ban extends across the site, including camping areas.
Check the current official rules for your event before buying. Where glass is prohibited, confirm that the exact product has an allowed non-glass pack.
DDC Foods identifies a 500 ml Bottlegreen elderflower cordial in glass, and St Austell Brewery Wholesale identifies a 500 ml Belvoir elderflower cordial in glass. Those listings describe particular products, not every bottle bearing either brand name.
Check the size, variant and packaging of the bottle you will actually take.
A permitted bottle does not settle how to dilute or store its contents. Marks & Spencer instructs buyers to refrigerate its Fragrant British Elderflower Cordial after opening.
Read the exact drink’s allergen declaration and storage directions, and keep its label information available if you transfer the drink into an allowed container.
These examples illustrate drink formats and label checks; a brand name alone does not establish whether a particular bottle is allowed at your festival.
An example of squash sold as a concentrate for dilution.
Its elderflower cordial provides a glass-bottled option for use where glass is permitted.
Its elderflower cordial is another example to consider for off-site use or a venue that permits glass.
These concentrated squash options are relevant if you want drinks to dilute at camp. Check the exact bottle material against your festival’s rules before packing either one.
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A blackcurrant concentrate for drinks made with water at camp. Check the bottle material before packing it; plan for refrigeration after opening and check the label for sodium bisulphite and sweeteners.
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A pineapple and passion fruit squash to dilute for drinks at camp. Check its bottle material and mixing directions when planning quantities. Its product information calls for refrigeration after opening; check the label for sulphites and the phenylalanine notice.
Check your event’s current rules before packing it. Glastonbury Festival’s 2025 guidance said not to bring anything made of glass and warned of confiscation, while Steelhouse Festival says glass is prohibited across its site, including camping areas. Those rules do not establish the policy at every festival.
Use another container only if your event permits that type of container, and follow the cordial’s label directions for storage after opening. Truck Festival’s decanting instruction concerns specified alcoholic drinks; it does not, by itself, establish a rule for cordial. Keep the original product information available after transferring the drink.
No single event’s entry rules tell you what another organiser permits. Glastonbury Festival, Steelhouse Festival and Lost Village publish their own glass restrictions, so read the current official rules for the festival and campsite you will attend.
Check the exact bottle’s material, dilution directions, allergens and instructions for storage after opening. ASDA lists a one-to-four concentrate-to-water direction for Robinsons Orange Squash 1 L, while Marks & Spencer says its Fragrant British Elderflower Cordial must be refrigerated after opening and consumed within two weeks. Instructions for one drink should not be assumed to apply to another.