Well Dressings

The art of well dressing in the villages of Derbyshire, and some adjacent parts of Staffordshire, goes back into the mists of time. Wells and springs are decorated with flowers and petals in intricate designs as a thanksgiving for the continued gift of water. The well dressing calendar runs from May to September and for 2008 some of the better ones close to Swainsley Farm are :

	Tissington	May 01 - 07
	Endon	May 24 - 26
	Middleton-by-Youlgreave	May 24 - 29
	Moneyash	May 24 - 31
	Wirksworth	May 24 - 27
	Ashford in the water	May 17 - 23
	Tideswell	June 21 - 29
	Rowesley	June 21 - 26
	Bakewell	June 28 - July 26
	Youlgreave	June 21 - 26
	Over Haddon	June 21 - 28
	Buxton	July 06 - 14
	Pilsley (Nr Bakewell)	July 11 - 18
	Grindon	July 12 - 20
	Taddington	Aug 16 - 23
	Ipstones	Aug 23 - 31
	Wormhill	Aug 23 - 31
	Eyam	Aug 23 - 30
	Longnor	Aug 30 - Sep 07
	Hartington	Sept 06 - 14