What's on in the Peak District area.

DARLEY DALE WI St Helens Church and Grounds – Tour and Tales. 7pm St Helens Church Hall, Church Road, Darley Dale DE4 2GL. Jennifer Lane 01629 732447 / jennifer.lane4788@yahoo.co.uk or Carol Briddon 07503 155501 / carolbriddon61@gmail.com

EYAM VILLAGE SOCIETY presents “The Barmote Courts and Lead Mining in Derbyshire”, talk by Richard Shaw 7.30pm, Eyam Mechanics Institute. Members £3, Non-members £5 (inc light refreshments). Details Alan Buckingham 01433 631079.

FULLY ACCESSIBLE DEMENTIA FRIENDLY WALK AND TALK 2pm 60 mins. Short walk, stroll or bench to bench. Meet at the war memorial at Whitworth Park.

MATLOCK DERBYSHIRE DALES HEALTH WALKS 10am Easy walk 90 minutes. Rowsley Peak Village in walkers’ car park at far side, DE4 2JE.

YOULGRAVE DERBYSHIRE DALES HEALTH WALKS 10.30am Moderate walk 60-90 minutes. Meet at Coldwell End car park, DE45 1UY.

ASHBOURNE DERBYSHIRE DALES HEALTH WALKS 10.30am. Progression walk 3 hrs. Brailsford, Heritage Wood (DE6 3AE, SK234405).

MATLOCK DERBYSHIRE DALES HEALTH WALKS 10am Easy walk 90 minutes. Cross Green by the church in South Darley. DE4 3SP.

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

ST HELEN’S LADIES GROUP 2pm Fairways Café for afternoon drinks and cakes.

WHISTLESTOP WANDERERS 10.30am Gentle stroll which supports mental health and general wellbeing. In partnership with Derbyshire Wildlife Trust and Wirksworth Mental Health Initiative. Meet Whistlestop Hub at Matlock Station. Booking required. wirksworthmhi@yahoo.com

BAKEWELL DERBYSHIRE DALES HEALTH WALKS 10am Moderate walk 90-120 mins. Birchover, car park opposite Birchover Stone on top road DE4 2BN.

DR PETER COLLINGE GUIDE TO VISITING COUNTRY HOUSES IN THE GEORGIAN ERA Doors 7pm refreshments available (cash donations). Talk 7.30pm-9pm. £6 online (Bookings close midday on date) £7 on door if room still available. Cromford Gothic Warehouse, Cromford Mills, Mill Lane.

BASLOW SENIOR CITIZENS’ CLUB Musical afternoon in St Anne’s Church, Baslow. 2pm-3.45pm Baslow Village Hall, Nether End, Baslow DE45 1SR. June Powell 01246 583375.

CHATSWORTH PLAYERS present Open-air production of Shakespeare’s Merry Wives of Windsor. 7pm Cromford Mill. Tickets www.chatsworthplayers.com

MATLOCK ARTIST SOCIETY MUTUAL HELP GROUP £5 per session 2nd Friday monthly 9.30am-12 noon. Starkholmes Village Hall, 105 Starkholmes Road, Matlock DE4 3DE.

ST HELENS CHURCH CHURCHTOWN DARLEY DALE Ecumenical Holy Communion 11am.

ADVENTURES IN ARIZONA Jemima Letts of the Chatsworth Forestry Team travelled to the United States to ride 650km across the desert by bike. Tales of the ups and downs of bikepacking in a desert. 7pm, St Peter’s Church, Edensor DE45 1PH. Tickets £10 on the door.

DERBYSHIRE SINGERS A concert of French Choral Music. Performing Poulenc’s Gloria, Dupre’s Laudate Dominum, and Vierne’s Petite Messe Solonnelle. Under direction of Jonny Allsopp, with guests Martin Baker (organ) and Harriet Gregory (soprano). All Saint’s Church, Matlock, DE4 3JG. www.derbyshiresingers.org/future-concerts

UPPERTOWN SOCIAL CENTRE SUMMER BBQ Live music, stalls, BBQ and games from 3pm. Free entry. Ashover, Derbyshire, S45 OJF.

– 20 BAMFORD CARNIVAL WEEK See Special Events.

– 20 LITTLE LONGSTONE CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL FLOWER FESTIVAL See Special Events.

BAKEWELL COUNTRY FESTIVAL Classic Car Display for cars up to and including 1978. Free to enter your classic car plus 2 adult entry passes. www.bakewellahs.co.uk for details.

CHATSWORTH PLAYERS present Open-air production of Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor. 2pm Eyam Hall. Tickets www.chatsworthplayers.com

DERWENT AND HOPE VALLEYS ADVANCED MOTORISTS meeting Yonderman Café, A623 Wardlow Mires 10am. Free assessment drives or rides for local motorists and motorcyclists. Bill Storey 01629 812732 or visit www.matlock-iamroadsmart.org.uk

MR SIMPSON’S CONSORT Baroque Music A walk through the gardens of Versailles with Louis XIV. Eyam Church 3pm. Tickets £10 on the door.

PEAK FOREST FELL RACE Starts 11.15am Church Lane, in front of the old village shop (Grid reference SK115795). Pre-enter through SiEntries at £6 or register on the day £8. Registration in the Reading Room at the junction with A623. Parking village recreation ground. 10km with a climb of 24 m. Hot drinks and homemade cakes available to buy after. Funds raised in aid of the Reading Room. More information Jannine.lomas@gmail.com

ST HELENS CHURCHTOWN Darley Dale All Age Community Service 11am with St Marys. Holy Communion Service 8am.

SUNDAY GET 2GETHER St. Anne’s Baslow. All-age services 9.45am. Relaxed service, dramatised bible story, songs and hymns (old and new). Crafts, refreshments. Child friendly services, toys, books, craft and colouring at the back of church.

BAMFORD TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL OPEN DAY 2-4pm. Drop in, find out more. All standards welcome! Just off Water Lane S33 0BN. bamfordtennis.org.uk

CROMFORD STAY AND PLAY Every other Monday term time 1.30pm-3pm (6 months to more-school). Cromford Institute, 16 The Hill, Cromford.

DERWENT AND HOPE VALLEY ADVANCED MOTORISTS AND MOTORCYCLISTS meeting car park of The Duke William, Church Street, Matlock 7pm. Chance to have a free assessment drive or ride. Bill Storey 01629 812732 or www.matlock-iamroadsmart.org.uk

BAKEWELL WI Friends’ Meeting House 7.30pm. Speaker: David Spencer – American and Canadian Indians. Visitors welcome, £4.

MATLOCK DERBYSHIRE DALES HEALTH WALKS 10am Easy walk 90 minutes. Woolley Moor, Jubilee Playing Field car park on Badger Lane. DE55 6FG.

OLD WIRKSWORTHIANS ASSOCIATION WhatsApp group members lunchtime gathering, Knockerdown Inn, near Carsington Water.

ASHBOURNE DERBYSHIRE DALES HEALTH WALKS 10.30am. Progression walk 3 hrs. Black Rocks, Get Together Walk (DE4 4GT, SK291556).

BOLEHILL WI Women’s Work: Derby Charity with Milly Holder 7.15pm. Wellspring, 49 St John Street, Wirksworth, DE4 4DS. All welcome.

DEBO, DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE – A BU3A TALK Simon Seligman illustrated talk. 2pm Friends' Meeting House, Chapel Row, Bakewell. Admission £5 includes tea/coffee.

MATLOCK DERBYSHIRE DALES HEALTH WALKS 10am Easy walk 90 minutes. Sainsbury’s ‘click and collect’ car park DE4 3SP.

SECRET FREEDOMS OPEN EVENING at LEVEL Centre. Learn more about the project from 5pm-7pm. Share stories and find out about joining the Secret Freedoms Panel. Old Station Close, Rowsley, Derbyshire, DE4 2EL.

ROTARY BAKEWELL 12.30 Lunchtime Meeting with Speaker: Vicky Turner, Treak Cliff Cavern Castleton. Rutland Arms Hotel, Bakewell.

SILENT BOOK CLUB 3rd Wednesday monthly 7pm-8.30pm. New Bath Hotel, Matlock Bath. No joining fee. Free parking. Everybody welcome. Bring your book and grab a drink.

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

TIDESWELL DERBYSHIRE DALES HEALTH WALKS 10am Steady walk 1 ½ / 2 hours, 3-4 miles. Meet at Fountain Square.

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. Rowsley, Peak Village car park outside Bamford’s DE4 2JE. Picnic lunch afterwards at Rowsley Village Hall.

SHELDON FELL RACE 7.30pm Facebook Sheldon Village Events.

CHATSWORTH PLAYERS present Open-air production of Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor. 7pm Over Haddon Village Hall. Tickets www.chatsworthplayers.com

– 21 CHELMORTON FESTIVAL See Special Events.

CHATSWORTH PLAYERS present Open-air production of Shakespeare’s Merry Wives of Windsor. 2pm and 7pm Chatsworth Estate, the Park Rangers’ lawn. Tickets www.chatsworthplayers.com

HEATH VILLAGE WELLDRESSING all week refreshments at village hall 10am-4pm daily. Proceeds support village hall and Samaritans UK. Scarecrows around village, theme of People from the Past. Village hall open during making week to look at construction, or have a go!

LITTLE LONGSTONE SHOW Music, food, drink and fun! Local goods. People showcasing their skills and craftsmanship in workshops. An opportunity to highlight the incredible local talent. Live music throughout the day, marquee dedicated to entertainment and drinks, live auction, dog show, anyone welcome to enter, welly wanging. Tug of war tournament thanks to William Eyre and Sons and plenty of tractors.

MATLOCK ARTISTS SOCIETY Demonstration Tom Shepherd: Watercolour Still Life. Creating, lighting and painting a Still Life for us. All Saint's Church Hall, Smedley Street, Matlock DE4 3 DE. 10am-12.30pm. £8. Refreshments provided.

PERIOD CONCERT: AYRES AND GRACES EUROPEAN TOUR Selection of songs from across Europe from the time of Elizabeth I and James I. 7-8.30pm. The Tudor Hall, Bakewell Old House Museum. www.oldhousemuseum.org.uk/whats_on/

SATURDAY COFFEE CONCERTS at Bakewell Parish Church. The Wensley quartet, Gillian Bithell piano, Neil Clarke viola, Lucy Wright violin and Deborah Findley ‘cello. Begins 11.15am, coffee served from 10.30am.

SHELDON DAY Ashbourne Brass Band, welly wanging, tombola, vintage tractors, steam engines, ice creams, magic show, cream teas, vintage cars, grand raffle, bottle darts, plants, books and bric-a-brac stalls, cake stall, splat the rat, great ball race egg throwing, coconut shy, fun dog show church flowers, delicious BBQ Free entry. Organiser: Andrew Joly 07768 892865. Produce tent: Amanda Joly 07971 19243.

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

– 20 SECRET GARDENS OF WINSTER 1.30-5.30pm. Over 20 hidden and secret gardens to discover around Winster. Plant and craft sales, children’s ‘Gnome Hunt’, live music, and a wide range of homemade refreshments. Free Park and Ride. Tickets £6, accompanied children free. www.secretgardensofwinster.org.uk

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

ST MARYS CHURCH SOUTH DARLEY Holy Communion 10am with St Johns.

ST HELENS CHURCHTOWN DARLEY DALE Holy Communion 11am.

MATLOCK DERBYSHIRE DALES HEALTH WALKS 10am Easy walk 90 minutes. Cromford Meadows Rugby Club car park (pay and display) DE4 3RQ.

YOULGRAVE DERBYSHIRE DALES HEALTH WALKS 10.30am Moderate walk 60-90 minutes. Tissington, meet in PDNP car park, Darfield Lane. DE6 1RA.

ASHBOURNE DERBYSHIRE DALES HEALTH WALKS 10.30am. Progression walk 3 hrs. Eyam, Hawkhill Road car park (S32 5QP, SK217767).

MATLOCK DERBYSHIRE DALES HEALTH WALKS 10am Easy walk 90 minutes. Whitworth Centre car park off A6, DE4 2EQ.

ROTARY BAKEWELL 10.00 Stoney Middleton boot factory visit and lunch at The Cupola.

SPEAK EASY AT ZINK Mental Health and Housing: Derbyshire Federation for Mental Health, High Peak Borough Council. 11am-1pm Zink HQ, Clough Street, Buxton SK17 6LJ.

BAKEWELL & DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY TALK Aqueduct Cottage: from a gateway for commerce to a gateway to nature by Ian Hooker. Friends Meeting House, Bakewell, refreshments from 7pm, start time 7.30pm. Non members welcome. £3 on the door plus donation for refreshments.

BAKEWELL DERBYSHIRE DALES HEALTH WALKS 10am Moderate walk 90-120 mins. Calver, by All Saints Church. S32 3XA.

BASLOW SENIOR CITIZENS’ CLUB Janet and Paul Barrass “My Mum had One of Those”. 2pm-3.45pm Baslow Village Hall, Nether End, Baslow DE45 1SR. June Powell 01246 583375.

MATLOCK ARTIST SOCIETY LIFE DRAWING GROUP 4th Friday monthly. £10 per session. 9.30am-12 noon. Booking with Linda Orchard linda22@btinternet.com Starkholmes Village Hall, 105 Starkholmes Road, Matlock DE4 3DE

SALSA DANCING The Grand Pavilion, Matlock Bath. thegrandpavilion.co.uk

ST HELENS CHURCH CHURCHTOWN DARLEY DALE Holy Communion 11am.

& 26 BARN FARM CAMPSITE FAMILY FUN WEEKEND Raising money for Blythe House Hospice and other good causes. Friday night music starts 8pm with Freeway rock, pop, indie, punk covers. Blythe House volunteers serving cakes, teas and coffees. Saturday stalls start noon with Birchover Youth Club (pre loved book sale) and Matlock Bath PTFA (Facepainting Stall). Visit from Gully Mouse, animal encounters, children’s magicians and a Punch and Judy Show! Craft stalls, pony rides, pigmy goats. Live music Saturday night from Shed The Ego, covering indie, pop-punk, 70s, 80s & 90s. Most stalls cash only, children must be supervised.

BAKEWELL FARMERS’ MARKET Agricultural Centre. 8.30am-1.30pm. Parking and easy access. 01629 813777.

BRASSINGTON WAKES WEEK VILLAGE JUMBLE TRAIL 10am-2pm. Village maps with stalls available at £1. Further details Sue Genders 01629 540242.

HARD DANCE RELOADED The Grand Pavilion, Matlock Bath. thegrandpavilion.co.uk

ROTARY BAKEWELL REPAIR CAFE 10.00 Methodist Church Hall, last items 12.30.

SUMMER GARDEN PARTY 2-4pm MHA Moorland House, Station Road, Hathersage S321DD, 01433 650582.

& 27 NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEME IN STANTON IN PEAK Two gardens open 12.30-4.30 daily, entry £5, children free. Dogs on leads welcome, but wheelchair access not possible. Tea, coffee and homemade cakes available. Money to the National Garden Scheme which funds Macmillan Cancer Support, Marie Curie, Hospice UK and other nursing and care charities. Details Steve 07989 419 825.

– 30 ST. BARTHOLOMEWS CHURCH, LONGNOR FLOWER FESTIVAL See Special Events.

– 3 AUGUST STONEY MIDDLETON WELL DRESSING See Special Events.

ST JOHNS CHURCH MAIN STREET WINSTER Informal Service 4.15pm

ST HELENS CHURCH CHURCHTOWN DARLEY DALE New Beginnings 11am with café open at 10.30am for tea, coffee and biscuits and after the service.

ST MARYS CHURCH SOUTH DARLEY Morning Worship 10am.