Event
27th June 2026 - 5th July 2026
Hayfield Well Dressing
This ancient custom is unique to Derbyshire and is the art of decorating springs and wells with pictures made from natural materials.
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27th June 2026 - 5th July 2026
The Blessing is on June 28, 2:00p.m. starting at Bank Street Well. Well Dressing at Little Hayfield is dressed at a different time.
Wells in the Making: June 22 to 26, various times at various venues in the village. Contact Lynne Bagshaw 01663 742112 for further details.
Note: Dedication at Little Hayfield held separately: June 28, 5:00p.m.
Well Dressings
Nine:
1. Swallowhouse Well at the restored well on the south side of Swallow House Lane
2. Bank Street Well 2 dressings on Bank Street, a short distance above its junction with Market Street
3. Children’s Well Dressings 2 dressings at the Cenotaph, next to the river bridge near the entrance to the Royal Hotel
4. St John’s Methodist Church Well Dressing at St John’s Methodist Church on New Mills Road (A6015)
5. Watery Hey Well on a footpath joining the end of Spring Vale Road with Valley Road, about 300m from the village centre
6. Little Hayfield Well Dressing on the Green at the side of Slack Lane, about 100m from its junction with the A624 in Little Hayfield Village
7. St Matthew’s Church Well Dressing in the churchyard of St Matthew’s Church
Hayfield is located on the A624 between Chapel-en-le-Frith and Glossop.
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