Derbyshire
13 events in Derbyshire
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Markets Free

"First Saturday of the month on the Memorial Gardens, with local produce, music and the steep stone streets of a former lead mining town climbing away on every side."

Wirksworth Farmers' Market

First Saturday monthly
Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England
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Heritage and Gardens Free

"Five wells dressed over several days in a Peak District village above Bradford Dale, with the blessing on the Saturday afternoon, Youlgrave has one of the most technically accomplished well-dressing traditions in Derbyshire."

Youlgrave Well Dressing

Annual, late June
Youlgrave, Derbyshire, England
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Markets Free

"On the last Saturday of the month the Agricultural Business Centre fills with Peak District producers, in the town that gave its name to the pudding."

Bakewell Farmers' Market

Last Saturday monthly
Bakewell, Derbyshire, England
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Heritage and Gardens

"The Cathedral of the Peak presides over a week of well dressing, carnival and a torchlight procession in a high limestone village."

Tideswell Wakes Week and Well Dressing

Annual, late June, St John's tide
Tideswell, Derbyshire, England
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Heritage and Gardens Free

"Four wells dressed in flowers, seeds and clay by local hands, blessed on a June Sunday afternoon, and left to fade through the week. An ancient Derbyshire custom, unchanged."

Bakewell Well Dressing

28 Jun – 5 Jul 2026
Bakewell, Derbyshire, England
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Heritage and Gardens Free

"Seven wells dressed in petals and natural materials across the Derbyshire spa town, blessed on a July Sunday, with a funfair on the market place and the Peak District as backdrop."

Buxton Well Dressing

5 Jul – 12 Jul 2026
Buxton, Derbyshire, England
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Heritage and Gardens

"One of the last Derbyshire wells dressed entirely in the old way with no nails or glue, just clay boards pressed petal by petal, blessed with a service and kept up for five days."

Barlow Well Dressing

12 Aug – 16 Aug 2026
Barlow, Derbyshire, England
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Heritage and Gardens

"The plague village dresses its wells in late August, the same clay and petal craft as its neighbours, in a place that carries more history per cottage than almost anywhere in England."

Eyam Well Dressing

Annual, late August
Eyam, Derbyshire, England
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Folk and Music Free

"A King clad entirely in flowers rides through the Peak District village before his garland is hoisted up the church tower."

Castleton Garland Day

Annual, 29 May (Oak Apple Day)
Castleton, Derbyshire, England
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Village Sports Free

"Up'ards and Down'ards play a two-day game of football across three miles of town and river, goals set at old mills."

Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Football

Annual, Shrove Tuesday
Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England
✦ Weird & Wonderful
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Heritage and Gardens Free

"Five wells are dressed with intricate pictures pressed in clay from flower petals, the best known of the Peak custom."

Tissington Well Dressing

Annual, Ascension Day
Tissington, Derbyshire, England
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Heritage and Gardens Free

"The congregation joins hands around the church in an embracing ceremony in this Peak lead-mining town."

Wirksworth Clypping

13 Sept 2026
Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England
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Heritage and Gardens Free

"Petal pictures dress the wells beside the great Peak District church known as the Cathedral of the Peak."

Tideswell Well Dressing

27 Jun 2026
Tideswell, Derbyshire, England