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Well Dressing in Derbyshire and the Peak District 2011

Well dressing is one of the best known and most popular and colourful customs in Derbyhire and he Peak District. Well dressing dates back hundreds of years, and though there have been religious associations, the true origins remain unknown.

Well dressing is celebrated in more than sixty towns and villages throughout Derbyshire and the Peak District.

Each village taking part in this custom has its own jealously guarded version and designs worked out months beforehand are not revealed until the last possible moment.

Todays wells are decorated with flower petals, berries, moss, cones and seeds, which are pressed into clay held in a wooden framework. It is a difficult task combining hard work and artistic dexterity. The clay is cleansed of all impurities, and the frames are then soaked to prevent the clay from drying out. The frames often have rows of protruding nails which help to prevent the damp clay from falling away when the frames are standing.

Derbyshire and Peak District Well Dressing dates for year 2011

Mon 2 - Thu 12 May 2011 Newborough Well Dressing Newborough, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire Tel 01283 575988
Sat 7 - Thu 12 May 2011 Milford Well Dressing Milford Derbyshire
Sat 7 - Thu 12 May 2011 Swanwick Well Dressing Swanwick Derbyshire Tel 01773 609171
Sat 7 - Mon 9 May 2011 Waingroves Well Dressing Waingroves Derbyshire Tel 01773 743509
Sat 21 - Mon 23 May 2011 Etwall Well Dressing Etwall Derby, Derbyshire Tel 01283 223443
Sat 28 - Mon 30 May 2011 Brackenfield Well Dressing Brackenfield Brackenfield, Alfreton, Derbyshire Tel 01629 534806
Sat 28 May 2011 - Thu 2 Jun 2011 Endon Well Dressing Endon Nr Leek, Staffordshire Moorlands Tel 01782 504085
Sat 28 May 2011 - Sat 4 Jun 2011 Middleton by Youlgrave Well Dressing Middleton by Youlgreave Derbyshire Tel 01629 636037
Sat 28 May 2011 - Mon 6 Jun 2011 Monyash Well Dressing Monyash Derbyshire Tel 01629 812778
Sat 28 - Tue 31 May 2011 Wirksworth Well Dressing Wirksworth Derbyshire Tel 01629 822695
Mon 30 May 2011 - Wed 1 Jun 2011 Tissington Well Dressing under Construction Tissington Derbyshire Tel 0335 352200
Thu 2 - Wed 8 Jun 2011 Tissington Well Dressing Tissington Derbyshire Tel 01335 352200
Sat 11 - Sun 19 Jun 2011 Cressbrook Well Dressing Cressbrook Derbyshire Tel 01298 872240
Sat 11 - Wed 15 Jun 2011 Ockbrook Moravian Church Well Dressing Ockbrook Moravian Church The Settlement, Ockbrook, Derby Tel 01332 280840
Sun 12 - Sun 19 Jun 2011 Marston Montgomery Well Dressing Marston Montgomery Derbyshire Tel 01889 591181
Fri 17 - Thu 23 Jun 2011 Norbury Primary School Well Dressing Norbury Derbyshire Tel 01335 324337
Sat 18 - Mon 27 Jun 2011 Ashford in the Water Well Dressing Ashford in the Water Derbyshire Tel 01629 813464
Sat 18 - Tue 21 Jun 2011 Derby Well Dressing Derby City Centre, Derby Tel 01332 290606
Sat 18 - Tue 21 Jun 2011 Derby Well Dressing - Display Quad Market Place, Cathedral Quarter, Derby Tel 01332 290606
Sat 18 - Sat 25 Jun 2011 Disley Well Dressing Disley Stockport, Cheshire tel 01663 765215
Sat 18 - Sat 25 Jun 2011 Flash Well Dressing Flash Quarnford, Nr Buxton, Staffordshire Moorlands Tel 01298 24854
Sat 18 - Sun 26 Jun 2011 Litton Well Dressing Litton Derbyshire Tel 01298 871569
Sat 18 - Fri 24 Jun 2011 Mayfield Well Dressing Mayfield Ashbourne, Staffordshire Tel 01335 342538
Sat 18 - Sat 25 Jun 2011 Over Haddon Well Dressing Over Haddon Derbyshire Tel 01629 814177
Sat 18 - Sun 26 Jun 2011 Tideswell Well Dressing Tideswell Tideswell, Derbyshire Tel 01298 871840
Sat 25 Jun 2011 - Sun 3 Jul 2011 Bakewell Well Dressing Bakewell Derbyshire
Sat 25 Jun 2011 - Sun 3 Jul 2011 Hope Well Dressing Hope Hope Valley, Derbyshire Tel 01433 621312
Sat 25 - Thu 30 Jun 2011 Rowsley Well Dressing Rowsley Derbyshire Tel 01629 734427
Sat 25 - Thu 30 Jun 2011 Youlgreave Well Dressing Youlgreave Derbyshire Tel 07977 451339
Sun 26 Jun 2011 - Sun 3 Jul 2011 Whaley Bridge Well Dressing Whaley Bridge HIgh Peak, Derbyshire Tel 01663 733490
Sat 2 - Sun 10 Jul 2011 Chapel-en-le-Frith Well Dressing Chapel-en-le-Frith High Peak, Derbyshire Tel 01298 815291
Sat 2 - Fri 8 Jul 2011 Coal Aston Well Dressing Coal Aston Eckington Road, Dronfield, Derbyshire Tel 01246 41932
Sat 2 - Sat 9 Jul 2011 Hathersage Well Dressing Hathersage Derbyshire
Thu 7 - Wed 13 Jul 2011 Pilsley Well Dressing Pilsley Nr Chatsworth, Derbyshire Tel 01246 582421
Fri 8 Jul 2011 Buxton Well Dressing under Construction Buxton Derbyshire, Buxton, Derbyshire Tel 01298 70156
Sat 9 - Wed 13 Jul 2011 Aston-on-Trent Well Dressing Aston-on-Trent The Green, Aston-on-Trent, Derbyshire Tel 01332 792046
Sat 9 - Wed 13 Jul 2011 Belper Well Dressing Belper Derbyshire Tel 01773 822116
Sat 9 - Sat 16 Jul 2011 Charlesworth Village Well Dressing Charlesworth Glossop, Derbyshire Tel 01457 853673
Sat 9 - Wed 13 Jul 2011 Pleasley Well Dressing Pleasley Church Lane, Pleasley Tel 01623 810732
Sat 9 - Wed 13 Jul 2011 Tansley Well Dressing Tansley Derbyshire Tel 01629 55946
Sat 9 - Fri 15 Jul 2011 West Hallam Well Dressing West Hallam Derbyshire Tel 0115 932 6621
Sun 10 - Sun 17 Jul 2011 Bamford Well Dressing Bamford Hope Valley, Derbyshire Tel 01433 650544
Sun 10 - Sun 17 Jul 2011 Buxton Well Dressing Buxton Derbyshire, Buxton, Derbyshire tel 01298 70156
Sun 10 - Sat 16 Jul 2011 Grindon Well Dressing Grindon Nr Leek
Sun 10 - Sun 17 Jul 2011 Hayfield Well Dressing Hayfield High Peak, Derbyshire Tel 01663 742112
Sat 16 - Sat 23 Jul 2011 Great Longstone Well Dressing Great Longstone Derbyshire
Sat 16, Sun 17 Jul 2011 Heage Windmill Well Dressing Heage Windmill Chesterfield Road, Heage, Derbyshire Tel 01773 852467
Sat 16 - Sat 23 Jul 2011 Heath Village Well Dressing Heath Main Road, Heath, Derbyshire Tel 01246 851016
Sat 16 - Mon 25 Jul 2011 Holmesfield Childrens Well Dressing Holmesfield Main Road, Holmesfield Derbyshire Tel 0114 289 0356
Sat 16 - Sat 23 Jul 2011 Little Longstone Well Dressing Little Longstone Derbyshire Tel 01629 640723
Sat 16 - Sun 24 Jul 2011 Millthorpe near Holmesfield Well Dressing Millthorpe Cordwell Lane, Millthorpe, Holmesfield Tel 0114 262 1699
Sat 23 - Tue 26 Jul 2011 Barlborough Well Dressing Barlborough High Street, Barlborough, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Tel 01246 810578
Sat 23 Jul 2011 - Mon 1 Aug 2011 Stoney Middleton Well Dressing Stoney Middleton Derbyshire Tel 01433 631942
Sat 30 Jul 2011 - Fri 5 Aug 2011 Bonsall Well Dressing Bonsall Derbyshire Tel 01629 826316
Sat 30 Jul 2011 - Sun 7 Aug 2011 Bradwell Well Dressing Bradwell Derbyshire Tel 01433 621459
Thu 11 - Tue 16 Aug 2011 Great Hucklow Well Dressing Great Hucklow Derbyshire Tel 01298 873047
Wed 17 - Tue 23 Aug 2011 Barlow Well Dressing Barlow Commonside, Barlow, Derbyshire Tel 01246 550152
Sat 20 - Sat 27 Aug 2011 Taddington Well Dressing Taddington Derbyshire Tel 01298 85396
Sat 27 Aug 2011 - Sat 3 Sep 2011 Eyam Well Dressing Eyam Derbyshire Tel 01433 630599
Sat 27 Aug 2011 - Sun 4 Sep 2011 Foolow Well Dressing Foolow Derbyshire Tel 01433 631344
Sat 27 Aug 2011 - Sun 4 Sep 2011 Wormhill Well Dressing Wormhill Buxton, Derbyshire Tel 01298 871023
Sat 10 - Sun 18 Sep 2011 Hartington Well Dressing Hartington Derbyshire Tel 01298 84380

Not complete (Jan 2011). Dates liable to change. Please check again nearer the event or by checking at Tourist Information Centres They will also supply dates for the construction of these well dressings.

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