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  • Santa visits Wirksworth Heritage Centre

    Wirksworth Heritage Centre 31 St Johns Street, Wirksworth

    Santa will be taking time out of his very busy schedule to visit Wirksworth Heritage Centre on Saturday 10th December 10am-3.30pm. £5 per child (including gift)

    £5

  • Family Learning – Photography For Fun

    Derbyshire Eco Centre Porter Lane, Matlock, Derbyshire, United Kingdom

    Learn the basics of creative photography in a fun and creative relaxed workshop. This course is for creative families who are looking for some guidance in how to channel their ideas You will learn: About composition, the practical basics, and fun ways to explore your creativity together. How to take great photographs of nature and […]

  • Feather Star Beer Festival

    The Feather Star

    Jo & Rob from the Award Winning Feather Star Alehouse invite you to the Feather Star Beer Festival! 30 Real Ales + 15 Craft Kegs + 10 Real Ciders + Live Music + Family Friendly + Great Food!

  • Wirksworth Model Railway Exhibition

    Ecclesbourne Valley Railway

    The Ecclesbourne Valley Railway are proud to announce the 18th Wirksworth Model Railway Exhibition. Spread across three venues around Wirksworth town centre - The Town Hall, The Memorial Hall and The Parish Rooms. Don't forget to visit our Model Railway Coach at Wirksworth Station too! Includes: Specialist Trade Stalls DVDs and Books EVRA Tombola Secondhand […]

  • Generation Game

    The Feather Star

    This is a fundraiser for Children's charity "AFK". SIX Teams of two compete against eachother to get the chance to put their working memory to the test with the "conveyor beelt of prizes"! Local people show their skills that have to be replicted by the team member. Just like the 80's famous games show, chaos […]

    £5 – £20

  • Wizarding Day at Wirksworth Hertiage Centre

    Wirksworth Heritage Centre 31 St Johns Street, Wirksworth

    Visit our 'great hall' for witchCRAFTS! Drop in for children's crafts. £3 per child, choose a craft kit and make it in our 'Great Hall' with help from other Witches and Wizards.

    £3

  • Fauré Requiem Performance

    St Mary's Church Saint Mary's Gate,, Wirksworth,, Derbyshire, United Kingdom

    Performance of Fauré Requiem and Cantique de Jean Racine after a Come and Sing Day with Adam Green Musical Director of Wirksworth Community Choir leading the Wirksworth Choral Day Choir in their performance of Fauré Requiem Lynn Dean former MD of WCC leading the Cantique

    £5

  • Santa is Coming To Town!

    Wirksworth Heritage Centre 31 St Johns Street, Wirksworth

    Pop along to Wirksworth Heritage Centre and visit Santa in his grotto. There will also be some Christmassy crafts in the studio! 10-3:30pm, no booking required. £5 per child (includes gift).

    £5

  • Christmas Market

    Memorial Hall Garden

    Good tidings! The Town Council will be running a family-friendly Christmas Market again this year, on Sunday 3rd December 10am -3pm. Alongside unique local Christmas gifts, delicious hot food and mulled wine, there will be Santa’s grotto, run by and in aid of Wirksworth Preschool Playgroup.  10am-3pm: Wirksworth Christmas Market on the Memorial Gardens.  Indulge […]

  • Community Chritmas Festival

    National Stone Centre Portland Lane, Wirksworth

    Meet Santa, search for his reindeer in a magical trail, watch live band performances, browse a Christmas market, and more at this year's event! Activities, attractions and performances (Confirmed so far) Santa's Grotto Experience (Meet and greet with Father Christmas) The Search for Santa's Reindeer Trail Performance by Ukeswirks Band Performance by the BM&W Brass […]

  • Heritage Walk – The Industrial Past of the National Stone Centre Site

    National Stone Centre Portland Lane, Wirksworth

    Join Lynn Willies on this walk around the National Stone Centre site and discover some of the industrial history of the site (quarrying, limekilns and transport links) and the people who worked in them. Just £3 per person - please bring the correct change. Meet outside the cafe building (metal building on the down-hill side […]

    £3

  • Winter Steam in the Valley

    Ecclesbourne Valley Railway

    One for the enthusiast! Our first-ever winter steam event featuring visiting Class 2 78018 plus resident Class 4 80080. 0-4-0 "Brian Harrison" is set to feature and it is planned for the event to be the launch into service of Bagnall "The Duke"  

    £16 – £30

  • Heritage Walk – National Stone Centre to Middleton Top

    National Stone Centre Portland Lane, Wirksworth

    Join Tony Wood on this walk from the National Stone Centre to Middleton Top and back - with several diversions from the direct route. You will discover some of the industrial history of the area and the people who worked in them. Just £3 per person - please bring the correct change. Meet outside the […]

    £3

  • Heritage Walk – The Quarries of Wirksworth Town

    Lime Kiln Pub Cromford Road, Wirksworth, Derbyshire, United Kingdom

    Join Lynn Willies on this walk around the old quarries in Wirksworth town and discover some of the industrial history of the area (quarrying, limekilns and transport links) and the people who worked in them. Just £3 per person - please bring the correct change. Meet outside the Limekiln pub in Wirksworth (DE4 4RF) at […]

    £3

  • Wirksworth Book Festival – Day 1

    Wirksworth welcomes the return of its book festival and fair for a day on the 20th April and a little bit more on the 19th and 21st. The festival features local and national and local authors talking about their work and is sponsored by TDP, manufacturers of recycled plastic furniture, and Scarthin Books. Friday 19th […]

    £10

  • Wirksworth Book Festival – Day 2

    Wirksworth welcomes the return of its book festival and fair for a day on the 20th April and a little bit more on the 19th and 21st. The festival features local and national and local authors talking about their work and is sponsored by TDP, manufacturers of recycled plastic furniture, and Scarthin Books. Saturday 20th […]

  • Wirksworth Book Festival – Day 3

    Wirksworth welcomes the return of its book festival and fair for a day on the 20th April and a little bit more on the 19th and 21st. The festival features local and national and local authors talking about their work and is sponsored by TDP, manufacturers of recycled plastic furniture, and Scarthin Books. Sunday 21st […]

  • Hidden Gardens and Courtyards of Wirksworth

    Wirksworth

    Every year on the last weekend in June, the town comes alive with it's annual Hidden Gardens and Courtyards of Wirksworth weekend event. Approximately 30 gardens will be open, showcasing the varied gardens, courtyards, hidden gems, and often surprising views which makes Wirksworth so special DATE - Saturday 29th to Sunday 30th June TIME - […]

    £5

  • Wirksworth Book Festival Among the Shelves 1

    Wirksworth Library Town Hall, Market Place, Wirksworth

    You are invited ‘among the shelves’ of Wirksworth Library to meet two authors on Friday 25 April. Wendy Garvey is the first. She welcomes young readers and their families to Story Time at 10am, 11am and 12pm. Come along and hear her delightful tales read by the author. Learn why a Chicken is driving a […]

    Free

  • Wirksworth Book Festival Story Games

    Wirksworth Library Town Hall, Market Place, Wirksworth

    Participants will be led through timed writing exercises using dice, cards and chess pieces as triggers to generate plot lines and characters. Story Games are fun and useful tools for provoking the imagination, and potentially giving writers the initial inspiration for larger works. After each round, participants are invited to read out their pieces, if […]

    Free

  • Wirksworth Book Festival Off the Bookshelf

    Wellspring Wellspring Church, Woodstreet,

    11am - Sophie Draper, Jane Bettany and Mark Eklid - Derbyshire's Partners in Crime Join Derbyshire-based authors Sophie Draper, Jane Bettany and Mark Eklid, who will be discussing their books, the popularity of crime fiction, and the appeal of the sub genres in which they write. Jane is a writer of cosy crime novels set […]

    Free

  • Alice in Wonderland

    Haarlem Gallery The Red Lion, Wirksworth

    Follow Alice down the rabbit hole with this fabulous radio style reading by the esteemed Kirk Ireton Light Programme. Tickets are for sale at: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/wirksworthbookfestival

    £6 – £10

  • SIX The Musical

    National Stone Centre Portland Lane, Wirksworth

    Outdoor theatre in the heart of the Derbyshire Peak District! Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take the mic to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a Euphoric Celebration of 21st-century girl power! This new original musical is the global sensation […]

    £16 – £17.50

  • My sustainable home

    Wellspring Wellspring Church, Woodstreet,

    The story of his own new build home, by award winning architect Derek Latham

    £3