Peak District Well Dressing

WELL DRESSING CALENDAR FOR 2011

2nd - 12th May 2011
• Newborough, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. 9am to 7pm 01283 575988

7th - 9th May 2011
• Waingroves Well Dressing, Derbyshire. 9am to 7pm     01773 743509

7th - 12th May 2011
• Milford Well Dressing, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm
• Swanwick Well Dressing     Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01773 609171


21st - 23rd May 2011
• Etwall Well Dressing Derby, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01283 223443    

   

MAY
28th - 30th May 2011
• Brackenfield Well Dressing, Alfreton, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01629 534806    

28th May 2011 - 2nd Jun 2011
• Endon Well Dressing Nr Leek, Staffordshire Moorlands. 9am - 7pm 01782 504085

28th May 2011 - 4th Jun 2011
• Middleton by Youlgrave Well Dressing, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01629 636037    

Sat 28 May 2011 - Mon 6 Jun 2011
• Monyash Well Dressing, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01629 812778    

Sat 28 - Tue 31 May 2011
• Wirksworth Well Dressing Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01629 822695    

JUNE
2nd - 8th Jun 2011
• Tissington Well Dressing, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01335 352200

11th - 15th Jun 2011
• Ockbrook Moravian Church Well Dressing, The Settlement, Ockbrook, Derby. 9am - 7pm 01332 280840    

11th - 19th Jun 2011
• Cressbrook Well Dressing, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01298 872240

12th - 19th Jun 2011
• Marston Montgomery Well Dressing, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01889 591181

17th - 23rd Jun 2011
• Norbury Primary School Well Dressing Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01335 324337    

18th - 24th Jun 2011
• Mayfield Well Dressing Ashbourne, Staffordshire . 9am - 7pm 01335 342538

18th - 25th Jun 2011
• Flash Well Dressing, Quarnford, Nr Buxton, Staffordshire Moorlands. 9am - 7pm 01298 24854

• Over Haddon Well Dressing, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01629 814177
• Wyaston & Edlaston Well Dressing Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01335 342828

18th - 26th Jun 2011
• Litton Well Dressing, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01298 871569    
• Tideswell Well Dressing, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01298 871840

18th - 27th Jun 2011
• Ashford in the Water Well Dressing, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01629 813464   

24th Jun 2011 - 2nd Jul 2011
• Tintwistle Well Dressing Municipal Buildings, Glossop, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01457 869927    

25th - 30th Jun 2011
• Rowsley Well Dressing     Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01629 734427
• Youlgreave Well Dressing Derbyshire. 9am - 10pm 07977 451339

25th Jun 2011 - 3rd Jul 2011
• Bakewell Well Dressing, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm        
• Hope Well Dressing, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01433 621312        

26th Jun 2011 - 3rd Jul 2011
• Whaley BridgeWhaley Bridge, HIgh Peak, Derbyshire. 9am -7pm 01663 733490

JULY
1st - 3rd Jul 2011
• St Johns Church Well Dressing, Aldercar & Langley Mill, Derbyshire. 10am - 6pm 01773 763041

2nd - 4th Jul 2011
• Wessington Well Dressing, Matlock Road, Wessington, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01773 520152
   
2nd - 8th Jul 2011
• Coal Aston Well Dressing, Eckington Road, Dronfiled, Derbyshire.  9am - 7pm 01246 41932

2nd - 9th Jul 2011
• Bollington Well Dressing, Macclesfield, Cheshire. 9am - 7pm     01625 574208    
• Hathersage Well Dressing, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm
• Whitwell Well Dressing, High Street, Whitwell, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01909 722388

2nd - 10th Jul 2011
• Buxworth Well Dressing, High Peak, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01663 733445        
•  Chapel-en-le-Frith, High Peak, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01298 815291         
• Dore Well Dressing, Dore Road, Dore, SHEFFIELD, South Yorkshire. 9am - 7pm 0114 236 5195        
• Old Tupton Well Dressing, Station New Road, Old Tupton, CHESTERFIELD, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01246 863311

7th - 13th Jul 2011
• Pilsley Well Dressing, Nr Chatsworth, Derbyshire. 9am -7pm 01246 582421

Sat 9 - Wed 13 Jul 2011
• Pleasley Well Dressing, Church Lane, Pleasley, MANSFIELD. 9am - 7pm 01623 810732
• Tansley Well Dressing, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01629 55946


9th - 16th Jul 2011
• Charlesworth Village Well Dressing, Glossop, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01457 853673        
• Sutton (Macclesfield) Well Dressing, Hall Lane, Sutton, Macclesfield, Cheshire. 11:30am - 6pm 01260 252556

10th - 16th Jul 2011
• Grindon Well Dressing, Nr Leek, Staffordshire Moorlands. 9am - 7pm   

10th - 17th Jul 2011
• Bamford Well Dressing, Hope Valley, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01433 650544    
• Buxton Well Dressing, Derbyshire, Buxton, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01298 70156        
• Gee Cross Well Dressing, Municipal Buildings, Glossop, Derbyshire. 9am  -7pm 0161 368 1802        
• Hayfield Well Dressing, High Peak, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01663 742112

15th - 24th Jul 2011
• Cutthorpe Well Dressing, Main Road, Cutthorpe, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01246 203829    

15th - 22nd Jul 2011
• Dronfield Woodhouse Well Dressing, Carr Lane, Dronfield Woodhouse, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01246 416915

16th - 17th Jul 2011
• Heage Windmill Well Dressing, Chesterfield Road, Heage, Derbyshire. 11am - 4pm 01773 852467


16th - 23rd Jul 2011
• Great Longstone Well Dressing, Derbyshire, 9am - 7pm    
• Heath Village Well Dressing, Main Road, Heath, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01246 851016
• Little Longstone Well Dressing, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01629 640723

16th - 24th Jul 2011
• Charlesworth and Broadbottom Well Dressing, Glossop, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01457 855837        
• Glapwell, Ault Hucknall & Rowthorne Well Dressing, The Hill, Glapwell, Chesterfield, Derbyshire     9am - 7pm 01246 850608    
• Millthorpe near Holmesfield Well Dressing, Cordwell Lane, Millthorpe, Holmesfield, Dronfield     9am - 7pm 0114 262 1699
• Rowthorne, Ault Hucknall & Glapwell Well Dressing, Rowthorne Village, Glapwell, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. 9am -7pm 01246 850608

16th - 25th Jul 2011
• Holmesfield Childrens Well Dressing, Main Road, Holmesfield, DRONFIELD, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 0114 289 0356    

23rd Jul 2011 - 1st Aug 2011
• Stoney Middleton Well Dressing, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01433 631942

30th Jul 2011 - 5th Aug 2011
• Bonsall Well Dressing, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01629 826316    

30th Jul 2011 - 7th Aug 2011
• Bradwell Well Dressing, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01433 621459    

30th Jul 2011 - 6th Aug 2011
• Chadkirk Chapel Well Dressing, Chadkirk, Romiley, Stockport, Cheshire 0161 474 4444    

AUGUST
6th - 13th Aug 2011
• Wingerworth Well Dressing, Derby Road, Wingerworth, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01246 273571

11th - 16th Aug 2011
• Great Hucklow Well Dressing, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01298 873047

17th - 23rd Aug 2011
• Barlow Well Dressing, Commonside, Barlow, DRONFIELD, Derbyshire. 9am - 10pm 01246 550152

20th - 27th Aug 2011
• Taddington Well Dressing, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01298 85396

27th Aug 2011 - 3rd Sep 2011
• Eyam Well Dressing, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01433 630599    

27th Aug 2011 - 4th Sep 2011
• Foolow Well Dressing, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01433 631344         
• Wormhill Well Dressing, Buxton, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01298 871023

SEPTEMBER
10th - 18th Sep 2011
• Hartington Well Dressing, Derbyshire. 9am - 7pm 01298 84380   

Well Dressings
What is Well Dressing?
Its origins are something of a mystery and may date back to the Celts or even earlier. The church banned it as water worship, but the tradition refused to die. Tissington revived the custom in 1349, Barlow started dressing wells in Elizibethan times and Tideswell began 'tap dressing' when piped water came to town.

Well dressing is only found in or near Derbyshire and, at its simplest, it's the art of decorating springs and wells with pictures made of growing things.

So how can such intricate and detailed pictures be made using only flowers, berries, leaves!! It all starts with a wooden board that's thrown into the local river to soak for a few days. Then it is hauled out and filled with soft, wet clay.

The next job is transferring the outline of the picture to the clay, and every village has its own way of doing this. Some use wool, others use 'bark' or alder cones, known locally as 'blacks'.

Then the picture is coloured in. Some villagers call this 'petalling', but in Holymoorside it's 'flowering' because instead of petals they use whole flower heads. Dressing a well can take a team of people up to 7 days to complete and it will only last about a week before the clay dries and cracks and the flowers fade.