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MATLOCK DERBYSHIRE DALES HEALTH WALKS 10am Easy walk 90 minutes. Birchover, car park opposite Birchover Stone on top road DE4 2BN.

ASHBOURNE DERBYSHIRE DALES HEALTH WALKS 10.30am. Progression walk 3 hrs. High Peak Junction, DCC car park, Lea Road (DE4 5AW) SK314560.

CROMFORD WI Yes Bridal Studio 7.30pm Cromford Insitute, 16 The Hill, Cromford DE4 3QL.

FOLK NIGHT Live music session at the Crispin, Great Longstone 7.30 onwards. Come along, sing and play. All welcome.

MATLOCK DERBYSHIRE DALES HEALTH WALKS 10am Easy walk 90 minutes. Ashover Parish Hall car park, S45 0BA.

ROTARY BAKEWELL 12.30 Club AGM and business meeting. Rutland Arms Hotel, Bakewell.

SPEAK EASY AT ZINK Drug and Alcohol: Derbyshire Recovery Partnership. 11am-1pm Zink HQ, Clough Street, Buxton SK17 6LJ.

BAKEWELL DERBYSHIRE DALES HEALTH WALKS 10am Moderate walk 90-120 mins. Bakewell, Agricultural Business Centre DE45 1AH.

DERWENT VALLEY FLORAL ART Workshop ‘Spring Basket’. Members and visitors can make and take home an arrangement. Everything provided in cost, members £5, visitors £15. 7pm Calver Village Hall. Contact Margaret Shepherd 01629 735313.

MATLOCK PROBUS CLUB Aquaduct Cottage (Cromford Canal) If you would like to join us, call: Nigel Carabine 01629 8235821.

ST HELENS CHURCH CHURCHTOWN DARLEY DALE Service 7pm.

COME & SING FOR GOOD FRIDAY Christ Church, Holloway Words and Music event 6.30pm. Local singers welcome to join the choir contact Rev Helen Hayes 07867 963328 or revhelenhayes63@gmail.com .

PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP BAKEWELL 1st Friday monthly 2.30-4.30pm Conference Room, Agricultural Business Centre, Agricultural Way, Bakewell. Support, friendship and entertainment to anybody with Parkinson’s, carers, family and friends. Joyce 01629 812288.

ST HELENS CHURCH CHURCHTOWN DARLEY DALE Meditation 3pm.

ST JOHNS CHURCH WINSTER Night Prayer 7pm.

ST MARYS SOUTH DARLEY Morning Service 10am.

ST PETER'S CHURCH, PARWICH at 3pm Haydn’s ‘Seven Last Words from the Cross’ played by string quartet. Free admission. Retiring collection for the church and Ashbourne Food Bank.

– 6 HOPE VALLEY BEER AND CIDER FESTIVAL Music. Slushies. Disco. Games. Real ales. BBQ. Market Place, Hope S33 6RH.

ST HELENS CHURCH CHURCHTOWN DARLEY DALE Tenebrae Service 10am.

WIRKSWORTH REPAIR CAFÉ Free repairs 1st Saturday monthly, Wellspring Church Hall, Wood Street, Wirksworth, 9.30am-12.30pm. Fixers attempt to repair portable items. Donations welcome.

ST HELENS CHURCH CHURCHTOWN DARLEY DALE United Benefice Holy Communion Service 11am with St Marys and St Johns Churches. Refreshments.

TIDESWELL CINEMA Royal Opera: ‘Siegfried’ 2pm-7.30pm Community Hall, Church Lane, Tideswell SK17 8PD. Enquiries and bookings: mail@tideswellcinema.com Follow us on X Twitter @TideswellCinema or Facebook Tideswell Cinema

& 6 STEEPLE GRANGE LIGHT RAILWAY Season opens 10.30 each day. Until late September the railway is open on Sundays and bank holiday Mondays. Steeple Grange Light Railway is 1 mile north of Wirksworth on Cromford Road.

STAY AND PLAY, alternate Mondays, now with baby/sensory area. £5 inc drinks and snack for adult and children. 1.30-3pm. Cromford Institute, 16 The Hill, Cromford.

MATLOCK DERBYSHIRE DALES HEALTH WALKS 10am Easy walk 90 minutes. Bonsall, Clatterway car park opposite Fountain café DE4 2AA.

THE GOOD COMPANY CAFÉ A chance for a chat and to meet new people. 11am Ostello Lounge, Matlock. 01335 348600 or dales@connex.org.uk to find out more.

ASHBOURNE DERBYSHIRE DALES HEALTH WALKS 10.30am. Progression walk 3 hrs. Grin Low, Grin Low car park, Buxton (SK17 6UJ).

MATLOCK DERBYSHIRE DALES HEALTH WALKS 10am Easy walk 90 minutes. Cross Green by the church in South Darley, DE4 2JT.

SPEAK EASY AT ZINK Community Safety: Police, Fire, Project Unity 11am-1pm Zink HQ, Clough Street, Buxton SK17 6LJ.

ST HELEN’S LADIES GROUP Singing for Life 2pm Darley Dale Methodist Church.

BAKEWELL DERBYSHIRE DALES HEALTH WALKS 10am Moderate walk 90-120 mins. Great Longstone, Main Street on green between pubs. DE45 1TA.

DARLEY DALE FILM SOCIETY ‘Downton Abbey – The Grand Finale’. Methodist Church Hall, Dale Road South, Darley Dale. Doors open 7pm, refreshements available. Starts 7.30pm. Tickets £5pp, no booking required.

MATLOCK RAILWAY CLUB Speaker Brian Sullivan: ‘North Staffordshire Railway’. 7.30pm Duke William, Church Street, Matlock. Non members welcome, 07900 244 913 or matlockrailwayclub.wordpress.com

THE FARMING LIFE CENTRE SHORT WALK 1.15pm 60-90 mins. Monyash, park in the village near The Bulls Head.

MATLOCK ANTIQUES AND COLLECTABLES SOCIETY ‘A history of British Pottery in 30 objects’ Maggie Slingsby. 2.30pm Imperial Rooms, Imperial Road, Matlock, DE4 3NL. 07566 225126. Visitors welcome £3.

YOULGRAVE CINEMA ‘I Swear’ 15 Tickets £5 cash only (correct change if possible). Everyone welcome. Booking isn’t necessary but for a particular seat, or queries, Glenys 636477. Ice creams served before film, £1.50 and £2. 7.30pm start Youlgrave Village Hall.

BEELEY – TABLE TOP/ANTIQUES AND COLLECTORS Bits and bobs and oddities. £15 per table / space in aid of village hall restoration and repair fund. Enquiries or book 07584 094211. Free entry, refreshments available. 11am-4pm Beeley: Cavendish Village Hall DE4 2NU.

TIDESWELL LIVING HISTORY'S COFFEE MORNING with raffle, tombola and cakes. Fundraising to re-vamp Tideswell History Box. View display of old photos. 10.30am Fountain Square, Church Hall, Tideswell.

HOMES FOR SWIFTS celebrating the second year of Derbyshire Dales Swift Project at The Whitworth, Darley Dale. bit.ly/homesforswifts to get your free ticket.

ST JOHNS CHURCH WINSTER Informal Service 4pm.

ST MARY’S CHURCH, SOUTH DARLEY Family Service 10am with St Johns and St Helens Churches.

DERBYSHIRE RURAL CHAPLAINCY short, informal service Bakewell Livestock Market. Starting 10am, conference room, Agricultural Business Centre, Bakewell, Derbyshire DE45 1AH. All welcome. Refreshments.

DERWENT AND HOPE VALLEYS ADVANCED MOTORISTS AND MOTORCYCLISTS 7pm Duke William, Church Street, Matlock. Details contact Bill Storey 01629 812732, non members welcome. www.matlock-iamroadsmart.org.uk

– 17 Matlock’s Water Story Free community event. See page 8 for details.

BASLOW HISTORY GROUP talk by Danny Wells: ‘The Fascination of Churches’. Visitors welcome, £5pp, pay at door. 7.30pm Baslow Village Hall. Further details: www.baslow-history-group.weebly.com

DARLEY DALE WI Getting to Know You – WI Members (also book collection for May meeting). 7pm Darley Dale Methodist Church, Dale Road North (A6), Darley Dale DE4 2FS. Jennifer Lane 01629 732447 / jennifer.lane4788@yahoo.co.uk or Carol Briddon 07503 155501 / carolbriddon61@gmail.com

HOPE HISTORICAL MEMBERS EVENING Four short historical themed talks by members. Visitors welcome. £3. 7.30pm Methodist School Room, Edale Rd, Hope.

MATLOCK TRAVEL SOCIETY Loughborough Bellfoundry & King Richard III Visitor Centre, Leicester. To join or enquire about membership, Marion 07748 781887. You’ll be very welcome.

MATLOCK DERBYSHIRE DALES HEALTH WALKS 10am Easy walk 90 minutes. Whitworth Centre, car park off A6 Darley Dale.

YOULGRAVE 10.30am Steady Walk 60-90 mins about 3-3.5 miles. Coldwell End car park DE45 1UY.

ASHBOURNE DERBYSHIRE DALES HEALTH WALKS 10.30am. Progression walk 3 hrs. Youlgrave, Moor Lane car park (DE45 1LU, SK194644).

ROTARY BAKEWELL 12.30 Lunchtime Meeting with Speaker: Graham Johnson. Rutland Arms Hotel, Bakewell.

MATLOCK DERBYSHIRE DALES HEALTH WALKS 10am Easy walk 90 minutes. Birchover car park opposite Birchover Stone on top road DE4 2BN.

SPEAK EASY AT ZINK Welfare and Finance: Jobcentre, Citizens Advice, Marches Energy Agency.11am-1pm Zink HQ, Clough Street, Buxton SK17 6LJ.

WIRKSWORTH WI Paul Newsham– Biometrics – All About You. 7.15pm Wellspring, 49 St John Street, Wirksworth, DE4 4DS. Visitors welcome.

BAKEWELL AND DERBYSHIRE DALES FAMILY HISTORY GROUP 7.30-9.30. Bakewell Town Hall. All welcome.

BAKEWELL DERBYSHIRE DALES HEALTH WALKS 10am Moderate walk 90-120 mins. Alport, Alport Lane above Alport on Youlgrave road. DE45 1LG.

CASTLETON HISTORICAL SOCIETY talk by Mark Dawson ‘Tudor Foods”‘. Peveril Centre, Methodist Church, on Buxton Road, Castleton, at 7.30pm Visitors welcome. Information: secretary@castletonhistorical.co.uk

PEAK MUSIC SOCIETY Renowned vocalist Jacqui Dankworth accompanied by pianist and composer Charlie Wood. 7.30pm Cavendish Hall, Edensor. Tickets £35 (£10 if in full-time education). Tickets and membership details: peakmusicsociety.org.uk

TIDESWELL CINEMA National Theatre: ‘All My Sons’. Arthur Miller’s play filmed live at Wyndham’s Theatre. 7pm Community Hall, Church Lane, Tideswell SK17 8PD. Enquiries and bookings: mail@tideswellcinema.com Follow us on X Twitter @TideswellCinema or Facebook Tideswell Cinema

AN EVENING OF MUSIC with Local band Third Quarter delivering a mix of rock, jazz and blues, and Mark Bradshaw accompanied by Rob Whale on violin and vocals. 7pm-10.30pm Medway Centre, Bakewell. Charity concert, all proceeds to Ashgate Hospice.

BASLOW SENIOR CITIZENS’ CLUB Nigel Lowey – ‘The Transformation of St Pancras’. 2pm-3.45pm Baslow Village Hall, Nether End, Baslow DE45 1SR. June Powell 01246 583375.

FRANCIS THOMPSON – CHRONICLER OF CHATSWORTH illustrated talk by Mark Griffin, Vicar of Edensor. 4pm, St Peter’s Church, Edensor, DE45 1PH. Tickets £10 on the door or stpeteredensorevents@gmail.com

HATHERSAGE BRASS BAND SPRING CONCERT Doors 6.30pm, start 7pm Hathersage Methodist Church, S32 1BB Tickets £9, under 16s free, available via www.wegottickets.com/event/688317 or on the door

MATLOCK ARTISTS SOCIETY DEMONSTRATION Caroline Lowe: Acrylics and Collage. £10. Refreshments provided. 10am-2.30pm All Saint's Church Hall, Smedley Street, Matlock DE4 3DE.

OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER Live and Local show by Terence Blacker (guitarist and songwriter) 7.30pm Florence Nightingale Hall, Holloway DE4 5BD. Tickets £13, available on Ticketsource.

TIDESWELL AND DISTRICT REPAIR CAFÉ Run by volunteers, no charge, but donations encouraged. Drop in 10am-1pm. Refreshments available. Tideswell Community Hall, SK17 8PD. Info: facebook.com/TideswellRepairCafe

UPPERTOWN SOCIAL CENTRE John Gill and Friends. Celebrating 30 years of reopening since the fire. £10 inc supper. Uppertown, Ashover, Chesterfield Derbyshire S45 0JF.

DERWENT AND HOPE VALLEYS ADVANCED MOTORISTS AND MOTORCYCLISTS, meet Peak Village, Rowsley car park by the exit. 10am. Free assessment drives and rides for local motorists and riders. Bill Storey 01629 812732 for details. www.matlock-iamroadsmart.org.uk

ST MARYS CHURCH SOUTH DARLEY Holy Communion Service 10am with S Johns and St Helens Churches. Refreshments followed by APCM.

DERBYSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST (WYE & UPPER DERWENT) 7.30pm Darley Dale Methodist Church Hall, Dale Road, Darley Dale DE4 2FT. Jack Baddams returns to tell more on the Making of SpringWatch. All welcome £3 (inc. refreshments). More info 01629 650480 / 07860 140435.

STAY AND PLAY, alternate Mondays, now with baby/sensory area. £5 inc drinks and snack for adult and children. 1.30-3pm. Cromford Institute, 16 The Hill, Cromford.