Activity & Things to Do in Derbyshire Dales

28th July to 5th Sept Wild Woodland Summer Fun Poole’s Cavern 07735 389804

1st Hen Races Bonsall Barley Mow, Bonsall

3rd- 7thTime Travellers Go.. Crime & punishment Bolsover Castle 01246822844
4th Cascades Gardens- Open Garden Bonsall

5th ‘Orrible Histories Tour’ Hardwick Hall

5th Wildchild Family Funday Hardwick Hall

5th &6th Bakewell Show www.bakewellshow.org 01629 8127368th Time Travellers Go...Secrets & Spies Bolsover Castle

8th Charity Tree Top Challenge Go Ape, Buxton 01604 687768
8th-9th Craft Fair Tissington Village Hall DE6 1RA 07854 426735
12th Ashover Show Ashover, The Rectot Fields 01623 811545
13th Bakewell Floral Art Club Bakewell Town Hall, tickets £4 available on the door. Flower arrangement demonstration by Gill Mills.
15th-18th The Pony Club Championships Draycott, Derbyshire 01332 873378
15th Ashbourne Show Osmaston Nr Ashbourne 01889 507497
15th-16th Craft Fair Tissington Village Hall DE6 1RA 07854 426735
19th Badgers & Bats Longshaw Estate, S117TZ

19th Meet The Gardener Hardwick Hall S44 5QJ

22th-23th Craft Fair Tissington Village Hall DE6 1RA 07854 426735
31st Chesterfield Bank Holiday Market Chesterfield Market Place

31st Stone carving Day/Weekend Hardwick Hall S44 5QJ

5th -6th A Year on a Hill Farm illustrated talk from Kath Birkinshaw, shepherdess, photographer and speaker, about life on a Peak District hill farm. Longshaw Estate Sheffield  Derbyshire S11 7TZ 

4th Digital Photography Workshop Hardwick Hall

4th 5th & 6th Chatsworth Country Fair
4th Derby Feste 09 Three Day Spectacular Derby 01332 255802

5th- 31st October Matlock Bath Illuminations Derwent Gardens, Matlock Bath 01629 7613905th Ghost Hunt Bakewell www.paranormalevents.co.uk 0845 123 5073

5th Craft Fair Pavilion Gardens Buxton 0129823114
9th Bakewell Floral Art Club, meets at 7.30pm Bakewell Town Hall, Bath Street,with flower arranging demonstration by Margaret Kingwood entitled 'Toys for Boys'. Visitors tickets £4 on the door.
11th- 26th Wirksworth Festival Wirksworth Festival Box Office 01629 824003
12th Dry Stone Walling Weekend. Longshaw Estate Sheffield  Derbyshire S11 7TZ 

12th Fine Foods Fair Pavilion Gardens Buxton 0129823114
13th Artists & Designers Fair Pavilion Gardens Buxton 0129823114
13th Plant & Garden Fair Pavilion Gardens Buxton 0129823114
13th Train & Collectors Fair Pavilion Gardens Buxton 0129823114
16th H & H Classic Car Auction Pavilion Gardens Buxton 0129823114
19th- 20th Craft Fair Tissington Village Halll 07854 426735
19th Plot to Plate Calke Abbey As a start to British Food Fortnight enter your home grown seasonal produce in our vegetable fruit and flower show. Meet some local food producers and Calke chefs will demonstrate some culinary ideas.