Bakewell Christmas market weekend

30/03/2026

We can’t wait for this one!!

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27/02/2026

🎄✨ Bakewell Christmas Market 2026 ✨🎄

The much-loved Bakewell Christmas Market returns for its 16th year on Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th November.

🎁 Browse a wonderful selection of local stalls filled with handmade gifts, festive treats, and seasonal delights.
🍰 Enjoy delicious festive food and drinks
🎶 Soak up the seasons atmosphere with live entertainment and christmas cheer throughout the weekend.

Bring along family and friends for a magical start to the festivities in the heart of Bakewell.

📍 Bakewell Town Centre
📅 Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th November 2026
🕒 9am – 5pm

Follow this page for updates on stallholders, entertainment, and special announcements!

18/11/2025

The market may be over, but the festive cheer lives on! ✨

We’d love to know — what was your favourite find from this year’s Bakewell Christmas Market?
Was it…
🎁 The perfect handmade gift?
🍰 A delicious festive treat?
🕯️ A stall that completely stole your heart?

Share it below and tag the stallholder if you can — let’s keep the local love going and celebrate the incredible makers, bakers, and creators who made this weekend so special! 💛

17/11/2025

THANK YOU, BAKEWELL! 💫

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for the Bakewell Christmas Market 2025 — from our wonderful visitors to our talented stallholders, musicians, performers, and volunteers.

You filled our town with festive cheer, laughter, and that unmistakable 💛

📸 We’d love to see your favourite memories!

Until next year… thank you for making Bakewell sparkle once again! 🌟

16/11/2025

The sun is shining on Bakewell Christmas Market today!

The bands are playing lively tunes, the mulled wine is flowing, and the whole town is wrapped in festive cheer. The stalls are filled with handmade gifts, delicious treats, and the smell of delicious Christmas treats are in the air.

Families, friends, and visitors are all soaking up the Christmas magic.

It’s the perfect day to wander, sip, shop, and get into the holiday spirit. 🎄✨

16/11/2025

Thank you, Mark, for sending in this photo with the Grinch yesterday after an extremely stressful day it put a massive smile on our face! Amazing! 🎄💚

It makes all the stress of organising worthwhile
when we see you all having fun and enjoying the Bakewell Christmas Market.

We’re open again today from 9am until 5pm —come and join the festive fun! 💫🎄🎅

15/11/2025

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A6 Cromford/Matlock Bath closure from tomorrow Sunday 16 November at 6am

We’re very concerned about the state of trees that could come down onto the A6 just after the junction at Cromford heading towards Matlock Bath, opposite Masson Mill. In recent days two trees have fallen onto the road, so we have taken the very difficult decision to close the A6 from tomorrow at 6am for around a week to remove those that pose a risk to motorists, pedestrians and cyclists.

There are around 100 trees on this piece of privately owned sloping land, some of which are up to 25 metres high, and are next to the road. There are ash trees that are affected by ash die back, and some dead elm trees. Other trees are leaning and pose an unacceptable risk – one that we are not prepared to take. It is highly likely given recent weather that more trees could come down imminently.

We realise that this will cause significant disruption. The diversion route from the south would mean coming off the A6 at Ambergate, onto the A610 to the A38 to the A61 at Alfreton up to Chesterfield. Then using St Augustines Road to access the A632 to Matlock, and vice versa. Local routes are available, but currently the road through Starkholmes is also closed.

Our contractors will be working 24 hours a day to get this work done as fast as they can. Because of the specialist large equipment they need to use we cannot allow vehicles, pedestrians or cyclists to use the road while this vital work is taking place.

We hope that the Via Gellia, which has been closed for other vital tree work, will be open again by the end of tomorrow, Sunday 16 November.

There will be significant disruption to bus services. We are currently liaising with all bus operators who run services along the A6. They will now be looking to see what alternatives they can offer their passengers and will update their websites once they have made plans. The train from Derby to Matlock is a possible alternative route for those who use the bus. We realise that school transport will also be affected, and will be working on plans for this tomorrow.

Please accept our apologies for the issues that we know this will cause. We must put public safety first at all times.