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The Cressbrook Crawl Fell Race 2025
Saturday 10th May: This being the second Cressbrook Crawl of the post-Covid era, this resurrected race took place under a glorious blue sky showing off the paradise around Cressbrook in all its glory, even though things are starting to look a little parched. With its downhill start (mostly) and its uphill finish (entirely), it is
2 June 2025
News
The Derwent Living Forest comes to Tideswell
Tideswell is now adding to the Derwent Living Forest. A small parcel of land in Sherwood Road at the top of Sunny Bank Lane has been recently rewilded by the local landowner. The Derwent Living Forest is an ambitious nature restoration programme across the Derbyshire Derwent catchment. The Derwent Living Forest will not only provide
2 June 2025
Feature
In Recognition of Alan Page. Editor of The Village Voice January 2019 – May 2024
Alan took over the Village Voice in January 2019, creating a ‘New Look’ Village Voice, which was very popular amongst readers going by the many, many positive comments he received. Nearly 2,000 magazines were delivered around Tideswell and to fifteen different villages in the surrounding area. While Alan did not work alone on the magazine,
2 June 2025
Read more: In Recognition of Alan Page. Editor of The Village Voice January 2019 – May 2024
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Tideswell Community Kitchen Garden
We are a friendly and welcoming group, always happy to see new faces! Find the garden behind the library in St John’s Churchyard – it is always open and everyone is welcome to explore, sit and relax and help yourself to some strawberries,raspberries or herbs. We have had a busy spring, creating a new children’s
2 June 2025
Notice
Tideswell Community Managed Library
We have now gained all permissions to allow changes to the library opening sessions. From Wednesday May 21st onwards, the new opening hours will be: Wednesdays 10 a.m.-12 noon* Fridays 2 p.m. – 7 p.m. Saturdays 10 a.m.- 12 noon* Mondays 2 p.m.- 5 p.m. * changed/added sessions The library will now be open 12
2 June 2025
News
Growing Tips for Early Summer
So much for “Flaming June”, we have just experienced Flaming May! The question is will the mini heat wave continue? By the time you are reading this we will know. Watering in May both horticulturally and agriculturally is normally not required, however there was little choice. June is the month for planting out those “tender”
2 June 2025
Notice
Tideswell Housing Needs Survey – Have Your Say
A Housing Needs survey is due later this year to gather evidence about housing requirements in the area. The survey, by Derbyshire Dales District Council and supported by Tideswell Parish Council, will be seeking views in a questionnaire delivered to every household in early September. The survey is also supported by the newly formed Tideswell
2 June 2025
Notice
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Defibrillators
Do you know where your nearest Public Access Defibrillator is? Do you know why defibrillators are so important? Would you know what to do if someone collapsed? The Tideswell and Hope Valley Community First Responder group provide awareness sessions to the public to help you answer some of the questions above. If you would be
2 June 2025
Read more: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Defibrillators
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Bishop Pursglove School – Table of Things
Friends of Bishop Pursglove School are currently raising money to build an outdoor classroom. As part of our fundraising activities, we are holding a village wide table top sale on the first Saturday of Wakes Week – Saturday 21st June from 10am – 3pm. The idea is that you have a table of things to
2 June 2025
News
Tideswell Food Festival and Makers Market 2025 – Was this the last one?
Tideswell Food Festival has been an amazingly successful event since it started in 2011. Again, this year we had more than 50 stall holders gracing the village selling a range of hot and cold produce much of which came from the locality, such as Great Hucklow, Eyam, Bakewell. Some of the traders, such as Yee
2 June 2025
Read more: Tideswell Food Festival and Makers Market 2025 – Was this the last one?
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Tideswell Repair Café – Big Fix 2025
The BIG FIX annual event was back, bigger and better than before with over 100 Repair Cafés and over 800 volunteers taking part nationwide during the month of May. The BIG FIX has one aim – to fix and breathe new life into as many broken things as possible. Tideswell & District Repair Café supported The BIG FIX
2 June 2025
News
Sunny Solar Challenge @ Eyam CE Primary School
You will almost certainly have heard of Eyam as ‘The Historic Plague Village’ from 1666 but now there is a more modern story to tell. A new schoolroom in Eyam was opened on 15th November 1877 in Eyam and the Church of England Primary school has grown since this time. For many years the school
2 June 2025
News
News From St John’s
From Revd. Carole and Revd. Fiona The churches in Tideswell, and surrounding areas, have recently seen new clergy arriving to serve the churches and community. Here’s a few words of introduction from each; Revd Fiona Kouble – as we moved into the vicarage in Tideswell – just about the first thing to pop through the
2 June 2025
Feature
95 Years of shows in Tideswell
Tideswell Community Players have been performing for 95 years and bringing other entertainment here for almost a quarter of a century! With unique involvement in village life, they have brought music, poetry, dance, street theatre, professional and amateur plays, storytelling, a big top, even a TV appearance and a giant! Almost a century ago a
2 June 2025
News
THE SINGING GOES ON
The superb TIDESWELL MALE VOICE CHOIR was extremely popular – being regarded by many as the Premier Male Voice Choir in the Peak District. Who can forget the numerous standing ovations at the Buxton Opera House with Stars such as Aled Jones, Russell Watson, Military Wives etc, the fabulous Open-Air Concerts at Gawsworth Hall, Fun
30 May 2025
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Wormhill and District WI
Meetings held on the third Thursday of the month at 7:30pm £5.00 per visitor, including tea and biscuits. New members always welcome Wormhill Village Hall SK17 8SL June 19th Garden Visit in Buxton 7.30pm July 17th Tideswell First Responders 8:00pm August 21st Yoga with Carol Davey 8:00pm Contacts – Ruth Taylor – 01298 22529 wi.wormhill@gmail.com
29 May 2025
News
River Clean
Sunday May 4th, eight children (and a couple of younger siblings) from the eco – club at Bishop Pursglove Primary School, Tideswell took part in a river clean on the brook that runs through the village. There was a lot of enthusiasm and no slope was too steep and no stone left un turned in
26 May 2025
Feature
A New Chapter Begins
Thirty years ago, to the month, in March 1995, the first edition of The Village Voice rolled off the rudimentary printing presses. Little did we know at the time, how important it would become to the life of Tideswell and its surrounding villages. The success of The Voice (remember when it was briefly called ‘Nah
28 February 2025