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Find out more about this ancient custom by watching well dressers working to dress the well. Find out how such intricate and detailed pictures can be created using only natural materials – berries, seeds, leaves, flowers…
The artist creates the design which is then traced onto the clay. We then ‘wool’ the outline and begin ‘colouring in’ the picture. We first use dry materials such as peppercorns, followed by sweetcorn and finally petals, leaves and other fresh materials.
Admission free, donations gratefully accepted
From North/South Leave M1 motorway at junction 29 and take A6175 (signposted Clay Cross). Take 1st right turn (Main Road) and follow road into centre of Heath Village.
From East Follow A617 to junction with M1 motorway. At roundabout take 2nd exit (A6175 signposted Clay Cross). Take 1st right turn (Main Road) and follow road into centre of Heath Village.
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. Select right hand lane and at roundabout take 3rd exit. At next roundabout (traffic light controlled) select left lane and take 2nd exit (A617). Follow road for approx 4 miles to motorway junction. Select right lane and take 5th exit (A6175 signposted Clay Cross). Take 1st right turn (Main Road) and follow road into centre of Heath Village.
Nearest train station Chesterfield, 7 miles away
Bus number 48 from Chesterfield town centre every two hours, no Sunday service
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