To build your own Itinerary, click 
to add an item to your Itinerary basket.
Already saved an Itinerary?
An ancient custom that's only found in or around the borders of Derbyshire. Well dressing might date back to the Celts, or perhaps even earlier, but what exactly is it? At its simplest, well dressing is the art of decorating springs and wells with pictures made from natural materials. But this doesn't explain how well dressers make such intricate and detailed pictures using only flowers, berries, leaves ...
Find out how a well dressing is made by watching the well dressers at work. After claying the board, work will begin on outlining and ‘colouring in’ the design. Dried materials such as dried chamomile flowers, alder cones and peppercorns will be used early in the week. Rowan berries will add some colour on Wednesday but fresh flowers won't be added until Thursday as they will be the first to fade.
Admission is free and the well dressers will be happy to explain what they are doing and why!
Venue
‘Crooked Spire’ Church Porch (S40 1XJ) 10am – 4pm
Admission free, donations gratefully accepted
The Crooked Spire has no car park of its own. The directions below are to the nearest car park.
From North/South Leave M1 at junction 29 and follow A617 to Chesterfield (approx 4 miles). At traffic light controlled roundabout select middle lane and take 3rd exit. At next roundabout select right lane and take 2nd exit (Lordsmill Street). Keep in right hand lane and at traffic lights turn right (Spa Lane). Take 1st left turn then left again into St Mary's Gate Car Park. Crooked Spire on opposite side of road.
From East Follow A617 to junction with M1 motorway, then follow route from North/South.
From West Follow A619 to Chesterfield. At traffic light controlled roundabout (Matalan) select middle lane and take 3rd exit. Keep in left lane and, at traffic lights, go straight on. Keep in left lane and, at traffic lights, take 1st exit. Move into right hand lane and at traffic lights turn right (Spa Lane). Take 1st left turn then left again into St Mary's Gate Car Park. Crooked Spire on opposite side of road.
Nearest train station Chesterfield, 5 minute walk away
Any bus to Chesterfield town centre
Sorry, this event has passed
The Derwent valley, upstream from Derby on the southern edge of the Pennines, contains a…
Haddon Hall stands as one of England’s most enchanting and best-preserved fortified manor…
Most National Trust properties inspire thoughts of historic mansions, wealth and grandeur…
Once the home of Victorian Prime Minister, William Lamb who, as Second Viscount…
Nestled in the heart of West Yorkshire, Nostell is a stunning example of Georgian…
Sculptures, paintings, furniture and family monuments. A Georgian chapel, tearooms,…
Located in a rural area of northwest England, free from radio interference, Jodrell Bank…
The 1620s House & Garden is a rare example of a family home built in the 13th century and…
A fully-furnished, Elizabethan manor-house with Carolean stables. General Patton's 3rd…
The finest Palladian house in the northwest, Tabley was designed by John Carr of York for…
This magical one-acre garden near Leeds with Grade II National Heritage status is…
Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre tells the dramatic story of the Battle fought on…
Known as the 'Gothic Gem of the Midlands', Arbury Hall has been the ancestral home of the…
It was predicted in 1958 that Hodnet "would one day take its place among the major…
A red brick Georgian house in an idyllic 18th century parkland setting situated on the…
Stanford has been the home of the Cave family, ancestors of the present owner, since 1430…
© Visit Heritage 2025. All Rights Reserved
.png)
