Georgian Derbyshire Festival Events
Events in Bakewell

Tuesday 19 September 2023

Rise of the Professional Classes 

Time: 1.30pm – 3pm
Venue: Meet at Bakewell Visitor Centre The Old Market Hall, Bridge St, Bakewell DE45 1DS
Cost: £6 per adult, children and dogs go free
Booking: Booking is essential via www.oldhousemuseum.org.uk
Accessibility: Walk is up a short, steep hill and along uneven paths

This guided walking through the centre of town displays the advent of gracious Georgian architecture in Bakewell. It covers the growth of the medical area, the schools needed to educate the children of professional people, sons and daughters and the changes in church architecture.

Tuesday 26 September 2023

Farming and Industrial Bakewell 

Time: 1.30pm – 3pm
Venue: Meet at Bakewell Visitor Centre The Old Market Hall, Bridge St, Bakewell DE45 1DS
Cost: £6 per adult, children and dogs go free
Booking: Booking is essential via www.oldhousemuseum.org.uk
Accessibility: Walk is along uneven paths

This guided walk visits the sites of Georgian quarries and mills, the houses that were farms 200 years ago and considers the effects the Georgians had upon our small town.

Tuesday 3 October 2023

Rise of the Professional Classes 

Time: 1.30pm – 3pm
Venue: Meet at Bakewell Visitor Centre The Old Market Hall, Bridge St, Bakewell DE45 1DS
Cost: £6 per adult, children and dogs go free
Booking: Booking is essential via www.oldhousemuseum.org.uk
Accessibility: Walk is up a short, steep hill and along uneven paths

This guided walking through the centre of town displays the advent of gracious Georgian architecture in Bakewell. It covers the growth of the medical area, the schools needed to educate the children of professional people, sons and daughters and the changes in church architecture.