Thanks to a grant from ‘Better Derbyshire Dales’ which has allowed Baslow Tennis Club to permanently mark out the courts, Pickleball has restarted every Sunday afternoon from 1pm to 4pm on the multi user games area at Baslow. A trained coach is helping new players learn the ropes and these sessions are open to all, novices and experienced players alike. The game is easy to learn, it’s great fun and, for the more experienced, it can be fast and furious! There’s lots going on

This year's Derbyshire Dales Walking Festival launches on Monday 18th May, with free walks galore planned all the way through to Saturday 30th May. Organised by Derbyshire Dales District Council, the Festival celebrates National Walking Month with treks of a variety of distances to suit different abilities and interests. The District Council's Health Walks Coordinator, Sam Barton, said, "There really is something for everyone. The Festival builds on the successful programme

Presented by Bakewell Oxfam, in association with SOS Charity Fashion Shows. A fun and unique shopping experience with clothes carefully selected to represent all age groups, sizes and for all occasions. Local models will strut the catwalk, showcasing favourite High Street brands at a fraction of the RRP, including M&S, Dorothy Perkins, Dash, Wallis, New look, Monsoon, Planet, Next, Asos, CC, Windsmoor, Miss Selfridge, Top Shop, Evans, Phase Eight, Oasis and River Island.

There has never been a better time to visit the Staffordshire Moorland’s village of Longnor – with its cobbled marketplace, quaint old buildings, magnificent scenery and walks and welcoming shops and pub. The gardeners of this lovely village have been planting, weeding and pruning to get their gardens ready for you to enjoy on Sunday, 14th June from 10am. until 4pm. Starting from the wonderful old church of St Bartholomew, you will be able to get a location map (£5 per pers

2 HADDON VIEW, STANTON IN PEAK Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 May You would never know that behind 2 Haddon View a garden stretches off up the gentle hillside. It really is a garden for plant enthusiasts where you will see a great variety of unexpected things! Agaves, aeoniums, big cacti, marsh marigolds, and dogs tooth violets are all in the garden. The many coloured rhododendrons make a real splash of colour. There are three wildlife ponds, host to lots of newts, frogs and toad

For classical music lovers in the Bakewell area, the Town Hall Chamber Series for 2026 offers a wonderful opportunity to hear some outstanding concerts performed by members of the Hallé, Manchester Camerata, and top free-lancers working all around the UK. Folk and Fantasy is the second concert of the series. Hallé principal oboist, Stéphane Rancourt will perform alongside colleagues, Marie Schreer (violin), Chris Emerson (viola) and Dale Culliford (cello), all former and cu

Imagine walking into a working forge that could so easily be the setting from a Dickensian interior. Step back in time with Bamfords Auctioneers & Valuers this Wednesday, 18th March, as they present a remarkable collection steeped in history—the contents of P. G. Evans Blacksmith’s Workshop, Bakewell. This unique clearance offers collectors, craftspeople, and lovers of local heritage an extraordinary opportunity to own genuine pieces of Derbyshire’s rural past. As the first

Membership Runs for 12 Months from 1st April each year to 31st March the following year Bakewell Golf Club has glorious views of the surrounding Peak District hills and over the famous market town of Bakewell. Our clubhouse has changing rooms, a bar with a panoramic terrace and car parking. The course has recently been rerated to provide a choice of three tees for each hole: green, purple and black. We provide a challenge for golfers of all abilities and we are always happy