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Well Dressing in Derbyshire and the Peak District 2012

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 2012


Sat 12 - Thu 17 May 2012 Swanwick Well Dressing at Swanwick
Sat 12 - Wed 16 May 2012 Waingroves Well Dressing at Waingroves
Sat 19 - Mon 21 May 2012 Etwall Well Dressing Etwall Derby, Derbyshire Tel 01283 223443
Sat 2 - Mon 4 Jun 2012 Brackenfield Well Dressing Brackenfield Brackenfield, Alfreton, Derbyshire Tel 01629 534806
Sat 2 - Wed 6 Jun 2012 Endon Well Dressing at Endon , Endon Nr Leek, Staffordshire Moorlands Tel 01782 504085
Sat 2 - Mon 11 Jun 2012 Monyash Well Dressing Monyash Derbyshire Tel 01629 812778
Sat 2 - Wed 6 Jun 2012 Wirksworth Well Dressing at Wirksworth Derbyshire Tel 01629 822695
Thu 17 - Wed 23 May 2012 Tissington Well Dressing Tissington Derbyshire Tel 01335 352200
Sat 2 - Sat 9 Jun 2012 Carsington Water Well Dressing at Carsington Water
Sat 2 - Mon 11 Jun 2012 Monyash Well Dressing at Monyash
Sun 3 - Sun 10 Jun 2012 Middleton by Youlgrave Well Dressing at Middleton by Youlgreave
Sat 16 - Sun 24 Jun 2012 Cressbrook Well Dressing Cressbrook Derbyshire Tel 01298 872240
Sat 23 - Wed 27 Jun 2012 Ockbrook Moravian Church Well Dressing Ockbrook Moravian Church The Settlement, Ockbrook, Derby Tel 01332 280840
Fri 29 Jun 2012 - Fri 6 Jul 2012 Norbury Primary School Well Dressing Norbury Derbyshire Tel 01335 324337
Sat 2 - Tue 19 Jun 2012 Ashford in the Water Well Dressing Ashford in the Water Derbyshire Tel 01629 813464
Sat 16 - Thu 21 Jun 2012 Disley Well Dressing at Disley Stockport, Cheshire tel 01663 765215
Sat 16 - Sat 23 Jun 2012 Flash Well Dressing at Flash Quarnford, Nr Buxton, Staffordshire Moorlands Tel 01298 24854
Sat 23 - Sat 30 Jun 2012 Litton Well Dressing Litton Derbyshire Tel 01298 871569
Sat 23 Jun 2012 - Sun 1 Jul 2012 Tideswell Well Dressing Tideswell Tideswell, Derbyshire Tel 01298 871840
Sat 30 Jun 2012 - Sun 8 Jul 2012 Bakewell Well Dressing Bakewell Derbyshire
Sat 23 Jun 2012 - Sun 1 Jul 2012 Hope Well Dressing at Hope Hope Valley, Derbyshire Tel 01433 621312
Sat 23 - Fri 29 Jun 2012 Mayfield Well Dressing at Mayfield
Sat 23 - Thu 28 Jun 2012 Rowsley Well Dressing Rowsley Derbyshire Tel 01629 734427
Sat 23 - Thu 28 Jun 2012 Youlgreave Well Dressing Youlgreave Derbyshire Tel 07977 451339
Sat 30 Jun 2012 - Sun 15 Jul 2012 Elmton Well Dressing at Elmton
Sat 30 Jun 2012 - Fri 6 Jul 2012 Old Whittington Well Dressing at Old Whittington
Sat 7 - Fri 13 Jul 2012 Coal Aston Well Dressing Coal Aston Eckington Road, Dronfield, Derbyshire Tel 01246 41932
Sat 7 - Sat 14 Jul 2012 Hathersage Well Dressing Hathersage Derbyshire
Thu 12 - Thu 19 Jul 2012 Pilsley Well Dressing Pilsley Nr Chatsworth, Derbyshire Tel 01246 582421
Sat 7 - Sun 15 Jul 2012 Hayfield Well Dressing at Hayfield
Sat 7 - Wed 11 Jul 2012 Aston-on-Trent Well Dressing Aston-on-Trent The Green, Aston-on-Trent, Derbyshire Tel 01332 792046
Sat 7 - Mon 9 Jul 2012 Wessington Well Dressing at Wessington
Sat 7 - Sat 14 Jul 2012 Whitwell Well Dressing at Whitwell
Sat 14 - Wed 18 Jul 2012 Belper Well Dressing Belper Derbyshire Tel 01773 822116
Fri 13 - Tue 24 Jul 2012 Charlesworth Village Well Dressing Charlesworth Glossop, Derbyshire Tel 01457 853673
Sat 7 - Wed 11 Jul 2012 Pleasley Well Dressing Pleasley Church Lane, Pleasley Tel 01623 810732
Sat 14 - Fri 20 Jul 2012 West Hallam Well Dressing West Hallam Derbyshire Tel 0115 932 6621
Sun 8 - Mon 16 Jul 2012 Buxton Well Dressing Buxton Derbyshire, Buxton, Derbyshire tel 01298 70156
Fri 13 - Sun 22 Jul 2012 Cutthorpe Well Dressing at Cutthorpe
Fri 13 - Fri 20 Jul 2012 Dronfield Woodhouse Well Dressing at Dronfield Woodhouse
Sat 14 - Sun 29 Jul 2012 Great Longstone Well Dressing at Great Longstone
Sat 14 - Sat 21 Jul 2012 Little Longstone Well Dressing at Little Longstone
Sat 21 - Sun 29 Jul 2012 Ault Hucknall, Glapwell & Rowthorne Well Dressing at Ault Hucknall
Sat 21 - Wed 25 Jul 2012 Barlborough Well Dressing at Barlborough, High Street, Barlborough, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Tel 01246 810578
Sat 21 - Sun 29 Jul 2012 Charlesworth and Broadbottom Well Dressing at Charlesworth
Sat 21 - Sat 28 Jul 2012 Heath Village Well Dressing at Heath
Sat 21 - Mon 30 Jul 2012 Stoney Middleton Well Dressing at Stoney Middleton
Sat 4 - Sun 12 Aug 2012 Bradwell Well Dressing at Bradwell Tel 01433 621459
Sat 4 - Sat 11 Aug 2012 Wingerworth Well Dressing at Wingerworth
Thu 16 - Mon 20 Aug 2012 Great Hucklow Well Dressing Great Hucklow Derbyshire Tel 01298 873047
Wed 15 - Tue 21 Aug 2012 Barlow Well Dressing Barlow Commonside, Barlow, Derbyshire Tel 01246 550152
Sat 18 - Sat 25 Aug 2012 Taddington Well Dressing Taddington Derbyshire Tel 01298 85396
Thu 23 Aug 2012 - Wed 5 Sep 2012 Holymoorside Well Dressing at Holymoorside
Sat 25 Aug 2012 - Sat 1 Sep 2012 Eyam Well Dressing Eyam Derbyshire Tel 01433 630599
Sat 25 Aug 2012 - Sun 2 Sep 2012 Foolow Well Dressing Foolow Derbyshire Tel 01433 631344
Sat 8 - Sat 15 Sep 2012 Chesterfield Well Dressing at Chesterfield Market
Sat 8 - Sun 16 Sep 2012 Hartington Well Dressing Hartington Derbyshire Tel 01298 84380

Not complete (Jan 2012). 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.

See also

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For photos of Well Dressing in Derbyshire please see Derbyshire Well Dressing Photographs.

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