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BELPER 250 EXHIBITION – BELPER 250
An exhibition reflecting 250 years of history in Belper, the World’s First Cotton Mill Town. Drop in during public events to see the displays. Venue: No.28 Market Place, Belper Time: Drop in during public events to see the displays Cost: Free
Field to Fashion: from sheep to the clothes you wear
Ever wondered where your clothes really come from? Step into Field to Fashion to discover an extraordinary story of transformation. Through this exhibition, you will explore the journey of raw British fleece from sheep farming into fibre, you’ll see how people create the clothes you cherish and may even take for granted. Thanks to British Wool, you’ll […]
LEAWOOD PUMPHOUSE OPEN (STATIC)
Leawood Pumphouse was built in 1849 to pump water from the River Derwent into Cromford Canal. It is open to view today thanks to Middleton Top and Leawood Pump Volunteer group. Venue: Leawood Pumphouse, Cromford Canal, Access via High Peak Junction Car Park, Lea Bridge (south of Cromford), Derbyshire, DE4 5AA Time: 12 – 4.30pm Cost: Donations gratefully received. […]
HARNESSING THE POWER OF THE DERWENT – MILFORD AND MAKENEY
This is the first year Dr Ian Jackson has led a walk around the waterways of Milford and Makeney for the Belper North Mill Trust. The River Derwent powered watermills, of many types, for hundreds of years before the Strutts arrived in the 1780s. They further developed the weirs and waterways for their textile mill, […]
MIDDLETON TOP WINDING ENGINE OPERATING DAY
See the world’s oldest beam engine of its type in action. Discover how it pulled wagons up and down steep hills on one of the world’s first long distance railways. Venue: Middleton Top, Middleton-By-Wirksworth, DE4 4LS (from the A6 at Cromford, climb the B5036 and follow the signs) Time: 12pm – 4.30pm Cost: £6.00, concessions £3.50, car […]
LEAWOOD PUMPHOUSE OPEN (IN STEAM)
Experience the power of this great steam engine. The heat of the boilers, the smell of the grease and power of the wave as tons of water are pumped from the River Derwent into the Cromford Canal. It is open today and in steam thanks to Middleton Top and Leawood Pump Volunteer group. Venue: Leawood Pumphouse, Cromford […]
HOBBY DONKEY DERBY – BELPER 250
Take part in an old Belper tradition with a fun modern twist! Come along with your self-made Hobby Donkeys and join the children and adult races/parade ‘strutts’, enjoy performances and other fun frivolous frollics! There will be mini parades, plus races and the chance to win a rosette for: Children (under 12) Adults Community Group […]
FORGE DAY AT HIGH PEAK JUNCTION RAILWAY WORKSHOPS
Have-a-go at being a blacksmith in the oldest railway workshop in the world! Learn basic blacksmithing techniques and make a poker or a toasting fork for you to take home. Venue: High Peak Junction Visitor Centre, DE4 5AA (signposted from the A6 at Cromford) Time: 30 min time slots between 10am and 4.30pm Cost: £25 per […]
LEAWOOD PUMPHOUSE OPEN (STATIC)
Leawood Pumphouse was built in 1849 to pump water from the River Derwent into Cromford Canal. It is open to view today thanks to Middleton Top and Leawood Pump Volunteer group. Venue: Leawood Pumphouse, Cromford Canal, Access via High Peak Junction Car Park, Lea Bridge (south of Cromford), Derbyshire, DE4 5AA Time: 12 – 4.30pm Cost: Donations gratefully received. […]
PRESERVING BELPER’S INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE – BELPER 250
A project coordinated by Belper Historical Society (BHS), aiming to engage with communities in and around Belper who may have relatives who worked in the many Belper factories and have treasures hidden away in cupboards and dusty attics. Volunteer BHS ‘curators’ will help to collect, organise and preserve factory-related photographs, documents and artefacts, creating virtual […]
The Alderwasley Landscape of Hurt Walk – Belper250
John Morrisey leads a walk on the hillside overlooking the Derwent Valley, illustrating how the Hurt family progressed from being Wirksworth lead merchants to early manufacturers in the industrial revolution. Includes field paths. Stout footwear and bring waterproof gear. Finish by looking inside the chapel which has toilet facilities. 4km (2.5 miles). Venue: Meet in […]
BELPER GARDENING CLUB HORTICULTURAL SHOW – BELPER 250
This friendly annual show for BGC members, celebrates their success in growing and making from fresh produce. The competition is open to members only but the public will be welcome to visit and view the wonderful displays in the afternoon after the judges have awarded rosettes and ‘Best in Show’. The colourful display will be […]
MIDDLETON TOP WINDING ENGINE OPERATING DAY
See the world’s oldest beam engine of its type in action. Discover how it pulled wagons up and down steep hills on one of the world’s first long distance railways. Venue: Middleton Top, Middleton-By-Wirksworth, DE4 4LS (from the A6 at Cromford, climb the B5036 and follow the signs) Time: 12pm – 4.30pm Cost: £6.00, concessions £3.50, car […]
WALK: BULLSMOOR, IT’S HISTORY AND SONGS – BELPER 250
Join Sarah Hinds and Adrian Farmer for a two-mile history walk around Bullsmoor. Sarah will perform unaccompanied songs about Bullsmoor. While campaigning to save Bullsmoor from housing developments Sarah learnt all kinds of interesting and unexpected things about the area. She wrote the ‘Bullsmoor blog’ and created the ‘Bullsmoor song project’. In the 2019 Belper […]
FORGE DAY AT HIGH PEAK JUNCTION RAILWAY WORKSHOPS
Have-a-go at being a blacksmith in the oldest railway workshop in the world! Learn basic blacksmithing techniques and make a poker or a toasting fork for you to take home. Venue: High Peak Junction Visitor Centre, DE4 5AA (signposted from the A6 at Cromford) Time: 30 min time slots between 10am and 4.30pm Cost: £25 per […]
LEAWOOD PUMPHOUSE OPEN (STATIC)
Leawood Pumphouse was built in 1849 to pump water from the River Derwent into Cromford Canal. It is open to view today thanks to Middleton Top and Leawood Pump Volunteer group. Venue: Leawood Pumphouse, Cromford Canal, Access via High Peak Junction Car Park, Lea Bridge (south of Cromford), Derbyshire, DE4 5AA Time: 12 – 4.30pm Cost: Donations gratefully received. […]
CONCERT: BALLADS OF BELPER – BELPER 250
An evening of song, tunes and poems that relate to the history of Belper and the industrial revolution. The first half of the evening will be a curated event, during which invited guests will sings songs, play tunes and recite poems that relate to the history of Belper, the emphasis being on material from or […]
MIDDLETON TOP WINDING ENGINE OPERATING DAY
See the world’s oldest beam engine of its type in action. Discover how it pulled wagons up and down steep hills on one of the world’s first long distance railways. Venue: Middleton Top, Middleton-By-Wirksworth, DE4 4LS (from the A6 at Cromford, climb the B5036 and follow the signs) Time: 12pm – 4.30pm Cost: £6.00, concessions £3.50, car […]
FORGE DAY AT HIGH PEAK JUNCTION RAILWAY WORKSHOPS
Have-a-go at being a blacksmith in the oldest railway workshop in the world! Learn basic blacksmithing techniques and make a poker or a toasting fork for you to take home. Venue: High Peak Junction Visitor Centre, DE4 5AA (signposted from the A6 at Cromford) Time: 30 min time slots between 10am and 4.30pm Cost: £25 per […]
LEAWOOD PUMPHOUSE OPEN (STATIC)
Leawood Pumphouse was built in 1849 to pump water from the River Derwent into Cromford Canal. It is open to view today thanks to Middleton Top and Leawood Pump Volunteer group. Venue: Leawood Pumphouse, Cromford Canal, Access via High Peak Junction Car Park, Lea Bridge (south of Cromford), Derbyshire, DE4 5AA Time: 12 – 4.30pm Cost: Donations gratefully received. […]
BLACKSMITH EXPERIENCE DAY – HIGH PEAK JUNCTION RAILWAY WORKSHOP
High Peak Junction’s enthusiast blacksmith will walk you through the creation of a simple metalworking object, such as a barbecue fork, fire poker, or coat hook. Along the way, you’ll learn about the history of blacksmithing, lighting and managing the fire, and all the techniques you need, using the workshop’s original forge and hand-pumped bellows […]
MIDDLETON TOP WINDING ENGINE OPERATING DAY
See the world’s oldest beam engine of its type in action. Discover how it pulled wagons up and down steep hills on one of the world’s first long distance railways. Venue: Middleton Top, Middleton-By-Wirksworth, DE4 4LS (from the A6 at Cromford, climb the B5036 and follow the signs) Time: 12pm – 4.30pm Cost: £6.00, concessions £3.50, car […]
WORLD OF THE WORKERS, BELPER
The Community, built from 1785 onwards to house the workers in the Strutt family cotton spinning mills is considered to be the oldest surviving textile workers’ community in England – in Belper, the oldest cotton spinning town in the world. It is just a short walk to the mills, a route that the workers would […]
FORGE DAY AT HIGH PEAK JUNCTION RAILWAY WORKSHOPS
Have-a-go at being a blacksmith in the oldest railway workshop in the world! Learn basic blacksmithing techniques and make a poker or a toasting fork for you to take home. Venue: High Peak Junction Visitor Centre, DE4 5AA (signposted from the A6 at Cromford) Time: 30 min time slots between 10am and 4.30pm Cost: £25 per […]
LEAWOOD PUMPHOUSE OPEN (IN STEAM)
Experience the power of this great steam engine. The heat of the boilers, the smell of the grease and power of the wave as tons of water are pumped from the River Derwent into the Cromford Canal. It is open today and in steam thanks to Middleton Top and Leawood Pump Volunteer group. Venue: Leawood Pumphouse, Cromford […]
MIDDLETON TOP WINDING ENGINE OPERATING DAY
See the world’s oldest beam engine of its type in action. Discover how it pulled wagons up and down steep hills on one of the world’s first long distance railways. Venue: Middleton Top, Middleton-By-Wirksworth, DE4 4LS (from the A6 at Cromford, climb the B5036 and follow the signs) Time: 12pm – 4.30pm Cost: £6.00, concessions £3.50, car […]
BELPER GHOST WALK
Dare to uncover the secrets of the unseen in Belper town centre, and share your own stories as we wander the haunted streets on this easy 1 mile walk. Venue: Belper Triangle Time: 2.00pm – 4.00pm Cost: Adult £7.86, Children under 16 free Booking: With Belper North Mill Trust events page
GETTING CRABS, THROWING STONES AND OTHER OFFENCES: 19th CENTURY TRESPASSERS IN MILFORD – BELPER 250
Talk by Jane Whitaker, the fourth in a series of five from the Belper North Mill Trust. A notebook kept by the Milford Nightwatchmen in the 1830s was handed over to Belper Historical Society in 2022. After transcribing the book, it was possible to identify the people involved, the places that attracted trespassers and the […]
MIDDLETON TOP WINDING ENGINE OPERATING DAY
See the world’s oldest beam engine of its type in action. Discover how it pulled wagons up and down steep hills on one of the world’s first long distance railways. Venue: Middleton Top, Middleton-By-Wirksworth, DE4 4LS (from the A6 at Cromford, climb the B5036 and follow the signs) Time: 12pm – 4.30pm Cost: £6.00, concessions £3.50, car […]
LEAWOOD PUMPHOUSE OPEN (IN STEAM)
Experience the power of this great steam engine. The heat of the boilers, the smell of the grease and power of the wave as tons of water are pumped from the River Derwent into the Cromford Canal. It is open today and in steam thanks to Middleton Top and Leawood Pump Volunteer group. Venue: Leawood Pumphouse, Cromford […]
