Derbyshire Dales

It's day 4 of the blues-busting videos from our Sports Development Team 🙂. This exercise is great for the upper body as the challenge continues to balance out those festive season excesses!

We've confirmed that our 2019 Cowshed Festival will take place on Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd June at the ABC in Bakewell 🍺

COMMUNITY AWARDS | Nominations close on 12 January - so don't leave it too late to say thank you to those community champions who make your neighbourhood tick. Do it here > http://bit.ly/2A0m4UF

More January motivation from our Sports Development team...

Visitor numbers increased by 10% to 58,393 at our 2018 Matlock Bath Illuminations - and councillors will consider next week a recommendation to reinvest £15,000 updating lights and improving the overall customer experience at this year's event. Sponsorship will also be sought to further invest in the autumn spectacular. View the report > http://bit.ly/2F6Kcb5

Another 'January Challenge' video from our Sports Development Team to help you with those New Year Resolutions... 🙂

We can confirm that a Court Order instructing Travellers to move on from an unauthorised encampment at Ashbourne Leisure Centre car park was presented to them before Christmas.
The Travellers were still on site today and, as we as a Council have no powers to forcibly evict, we are engaging Court bailiffs to enforce the Order.

We can recycle your real Christmas tree. Simply place it at the edge of your property on your green/recycling day between 7 January and 1 February. Please cut it down to no longer than 5ft and remove all decorations and any pot. You can also recycle non-glitter Christmas cards and wrapping paper in your blue bin insert or blue bag. More > http://bit.ly/2F2OVuX

January Challenge from our Sports Development Team...

A Happy New Year from everyone at Derbyshire Dales District Council!

Our Monday market in Bakewell will be in place on New Year's Eve on Granby Road only...

A reminder that our admin offices are closed until 2 January. Please follow the link below for bin collection details, opening hours of leisure centres and markets and for information about how to report a homeless emergency or a stray dog > www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/christmas

Who deserves one of our Derbyshire Dales Community Awards? It's easy to nominate someone here > bit.ly/2A0m4UF

New Year - New You! Take a look at our regular community fitness activities across the Derbyshire Dales every weekday! > bit.ly/2Dx6UbB

Matlock Town Hall closes at 3pm today, re-opening on Wednesday 2 January 2019. Follow the link below for our bin collection timetable, opening hours of leisure centres and markets, and how to report stray dogs and a homeless emergency issue > www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/christmas

FREE parking continues in our pay & display car parks daily after 2pm across the district for the rest of December... so please #ShopLocal this Christmas! 🙂 bit.ly/2zOk4gJ

Take a look at our festive guide to what's on in the fabulous Derbyshire Dales over Christmas and the New Year> http://bit.ly/2yf7xVX

TOMORROW (Saturday) | The first change to waste and recycling collections over the festive period happens when Derbyshire Dales bin teams will collect earlier than usual from regular *Tuesday* properties.
Christmas and New Year bank holidays mean bin collections for most residents will be one day later than usual over the festive fortnight.
The only exception is the Tuesday collection scheduled for Christmas Day itself, which will take place three days earlier.
... As Christmas Day falls on a Tuesday this year, it’s business as usual this week and into Christmas Eve, apart from the additional Saturday collection for usual Tuesday households on the 22nd.
The District Council’s contractor Serco will not be working Boxing Day but will collect usual Wednesday waste and recycling on Thursday 27 December, working extra days on Saturdays 22 and 29 December and 5 January.
Read more > http://bit.ly/2zFDJjI
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Just to confirm that our regular Monday Bakewell stall market WILL BE OPEN on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve - on Granby Road only from 9am to 2pm. The Market Place car park will be open for parking, but only accessible from Bridge Street. Enjoy! 🙂

There's no place like it! Stunning views and lovely people.

One hell of an adventure trail. My kind of playground.

NRRD MPS IN VOLED IN IT

Lovely weekend walks,typical English views.Bakewell is my favourite quaint English village ❤️

Lovely beautiful countryside. Went in our caravan and did some exploring. Need a bit more time next time. Matlock is beautiful with a lovely clean park and walks. Will be back.

It's great here, very pretty & peaceful. By all means visit but if you are planing to move here, er... try Oxfordshire first.

A great day out near Darley Dale !! Really nice relaxing walk.

We enjoyed a great day walking along the River Dove - had an adventure crossing the stepping stones :) and enjoyed delicious ice cream before driving home

Brilliant area to visit summer or winter!! :) xx

The surrounding areas for camping and walking is s must.

I have been told that the potholing is very good? Although I have to adit I don't go underground. ..lol :) xx

Bakewell on a bank holiday Monday...car parking ticket machines out of order.Get your act together Derbyshire Dales Council !!

After sending for a new bin for my sister in law on the 17th Jan i was told it woud be 7 to 10 working days but the said bin still hasn't come. I rang the people back and was told that somebody would ring me back once they had contacted serco. That was nearly aweek ago and my sister in kaw is still waiting for her bin as some numpty bin man has removed the blue recycle bit out of hers

very very dissapointed they wouldn,t even send an autistic boy of 7 a few picstures of their bin lorries after he took the time to write to them they just sent his letter back to him & We contacted them they said it,s not a thing they do.

So disappointed � re: up keep of grass areas in Ashbourne

I have tried to make light of the situation but I am now very frustrated.

My wife & I both approaching our 80s are sick & tired of cyclists flashing by us on our daily walk along Broad Walk in Hall Leys Park. The first indication of their presence is as they pass us silently from behind at speed with no warning. There was in the past a notice re cycling in the park but obviously the council have bowed to the needs of cyclists & removed them. The majority show no consideration to others whether old or young. Why can walkers in a park not expect to be safe? Occasionally the same applies to mobility scooters due to their silent motors. Both bikes & scooters should have some means of politely warning pedestrians when approaching them from behind like a bell.

The above also applies to the footway on the road bridge over the river where cyclists are frequently seen cycling on the footway past Bridge News. Are they not able to walk 100 metres?

Apologies to those few who are more courteous but it is the bad ones you remember.

I visited the Derbyshire Dales today up at Monsal Dale beautiful countryside. But I was disgusted to find the toilets are now closed up there. There is a near by pub and cafe but these are hardly ever open! We need public toilets!

I am writing to you today to express my absolute disgust in the filthy toilet facilities on Matlock Park (Matlock Green end). My mother took my daughter to use the toilet yesterday afternoon around 4pm and said the stench of urine was unbearable. The terracotta coloured tiles on the floor were black and sticky too. Both my mother and daughter were retching at the smell and state of the facilities. It's an absolute disgrace in this day and age for toilet facilities that are expected to be used by children to be in such a vile state. Are they ever actually cleaned?

I am absolutely disgusted and in shock. As a career for a young child with severe autism I often visit new places, today I visited Bakewell where I was extremely surprised to have received a PCN, this is due to the poorly placed, inadequate and lack of signage that was displayed in the Granby Road pay and display car park. I displayed by blue badge very clearly and proceeded, I did not see the sign that displayed very small writing that payment is still needed even with a blue badge. I have never seen this before and do not have this problem when using car parks in the South Yorkshire Council area. When we first arrived I was shocked by how small the disabled bays were, in fact I struggled to get the child's wheelchair from the car and this resulted in an injury to my back as I was concerned I would hit the car next to me with my door, secondly the bays were not accessible from a foot path and very poorly placed as I had to dodge cars that were driving in and out of the car park, because I was thinking about the safety of the child in my care I did not walk closely enough to the pay and display machine for the sign to be noticeable as I assumed I would not be paying. As the disabled bays were the exact same as a regular bay I do not see the point in having them if you still have to pay, it really is a puzzle to me, it is disgusting and I don't know how you can justify treated people that have disabilities in this way. I will be expecting a reply with a serious apology if not more.

Closing the majority of public toilets is unacceptable. Especially those in the children's paddling pool area in Hall Leyes Park. They’ve had to put portaloos next to the existing closed toilets which is insane, and they stink. Are we all supposed to pee in the pool now?

Are there any Park Wardens? Despite signs stating all dogs must be on a lead and no dogs within 3m of equipment I witness the rules being frequently broken. At the recent Maazi food festival I witnessed a free roaming dog urinate against a woman while having a picnic with here family. At Dimple park virtually a constant stream of free roaming dogs and urinating against the equipment. Surely with the amount of countryside we have dogs have no business at the parks. Look forward to seeing some action on this or shall the public use facebook to name and shame these people?

There's no place like it! Stunning views and lovely people.

One hell of an adventure trail. My kind of playground.

NRRD MPS IN VOLED IN IT

Lovely weekend walks,typical English views.Bakewell is my favourite quaint English village ❤️

Lovely beautiful countryside. Went in our caravan and did some exploring. Need a bit more time next time. Matlock is beautiful with a lovely clean park and walks. Will be back.

It's great here, very pretty & peaceful. By all means visit but if you are planing to move here, er... try Oxfordshire first.

A great day out near Darley Dale !! Really nice relaxing walk.

We enjoyed a great day walking along the River Dove - had an adventure crossing the stepping stones :) and enjoyed delicious ice cream before driving home

Brilliant area to visit summer or winter!! :) xx

The surrounding areas for camping and walking is s must.

I have been told that the potholing is very good? Although I have to adit I don't go underground. ..lol :) xx

Bakewell on a bank holiday Monday...car parking ticket machines out of order.Get your act together Derbyshire Dales Council !!

After sending for a new bin for my sister in law on the 17th Jan i was told it woud be 7 to 10 working days but the said bin still hasn't come. I rang the people back and was told that somebody would ring me back once they had contacted serco. That was nearly aweek ago and my sister in kaw is still waiting for her bin as some numpty bin man has removed the blue recycle bit out of hers

very very dissapointed they wouldn,t even send an autistic boy of 7 a few picstures of their bin lorries after he took the time to write to them they just sent his letter back to him & We contacted them they said it,s not a thing they do.

So disappointed � re: up keep of grass areas in Ashbourne

I have tried to make light of the situation but I am now very frustrated.

My wife & I both approaching our 80s are sick & tired of cyclists flashing by us on our daily walk along Broad Walk in Hall Leys Park. The first indication of their presence is as they pass us silently from behind at speed with no warning. There was in the past a notice re cycling in the park but obviously the council have bowed to the needs of cyclists & removed them. The majority show no consideration to others whether old or young. Why can walkers in a park not expect to be safe? Occasionally the same applies to mobility scooters due to their silent motors. Both bikes & scooters should have some means of politely warning pedestrians when approaching them from behind like a bell.

The above also applies to the footway on the road bridge over the river where cyclists are frequently seen cycling on the footway past Bridge News. Are they not able to walk 100 metres?

Apologies to those few who are more courteous but it is the bad ones you remember.

I visited the Derbyshire Dales today up at Monsal Dale beautiful countryside. But I was disgusted to find the toilets are now closed up there. There is a near by pub and cafe but these are hardly ever open! We need public toilets!

I am writing to you today to express my absolute disgust in the filthy toilet facilities on Matlock Park (Matlock Green end). My mother took my daughter to use the toilet yesterday afternoon around 4pm and said the stench of urine was unbearable. The terracotta coloured tiles on the floor were black and sticky too. Both my mother and daughter were retching at the smell and state of the facilities. It's an absolute disgrace in this day and age for toilet facilities that are expected to be used by children to be in such a vile state. Are they ever actually cleaned?

I am absolutely disgusted and in shock. As a career for a young child with severe autism I often visit new places, today I visited Bakewell where I was extremely surprised to have received a PCN, this is due to the poorly placed, inadequate and lack of signage that was displayed in the Granby Road pay and display car park. I displayed by blue badge very clearly and proceeded, I did not see the sign that displayed very small writing that payment is still needed even with a blue badge. I have never seen this before and do not have this problem when using car parks in the South Yorkshire Council area. When we first arrived I was shocked by how small the disabled bays were, in fact I struggled to get the child's wheelchair from the car and this resulted in an injury to my back as I was concerned I would hit the car next to me with my door, secondly the bays were not accessible from a foot path and very poorly placed as I had to dodge cars that were driving in and out of the car park, because I was thinking about the safety of the child in my care I did not walk closely enough to the pay and display machine for the sign to be noticeable as I assumed I would not be paying. As the disabled bays were the exact same as a regular bay I do not see the point in having them if you still have to pay, it really is a puzzle to me, it is disgusting and I don't know how you can justify treated people that have disabilities in this way. I will be expecting a reply with a serious apology if not more.

Closing the majority of public toilets is unacceptable. Especially those in the children's paddling pool area in Hall Leyes Park. They’ve had to put portaloos next to the existing closed toilets which is insane, and they stink. Are we all supposed to pee in the pool now?

Are there any Park Wardens? Despite signs stating all dogs must be on a lead and no dogs within 3m of equipment I witness the rules being frequently broken. At the recent Maazi food festival I witnessed a free roaming dog urinate against a woman while having a picnic with here family. At Dimple park virtually a constant stream of free roaming dogs and urinating against the equipment. Surely with the amount of countryside we have dogs have no business at the parks. Look forward to seeing some action on this or shall the public use facebook to name and shame these people?

There's no place like it! Stunning views and lovely people.

One hell of an adventure trail. My kind of playground.

NRRD MPS IN VOLED IN IT

Lovely weekend walks,typical English views.Bakewell is my favourite quaint English village ❤️

Lovely beautiful countryside. Went in our caravan and did some exploring. Need a bit more time next time. Matlock is beautiful with a lovely clean park and walks. Will be back.

It's great here, very pretty & peaceful. By all means visit but if you are planing to move here, er... try Oxfordshire first.

A great day out near Darley Dale !! Really nice relaxing walk.

We enjoyed a great day walking along the River Dove - had an adventure crossing the stepping stones :) and enjoyed delicious ice cream before driving home

Brilliant area to visit summer or winter!! :) xx

The surrounding areas for camping and walking is s must.

I have been told that the potholing is very good? Although I have to adit I don't go underground. ..lol :) xx

Bakewell on a bank holiday Monday...car parking ticket machines out of order.Get your act together Derbyshire Dales Council !!

After sending for a new bin for my sister in law on the 17th Jan i was told it woud be 7 to 10 working days but the said bin still hasn't come. I rang the people back and was told that somebody would ring me back once they had contacted serco. That was nearly aweek ago and my sister in kaw is still waiting for her bin as some numpty bin man has removed the blue recycle bit out of hers

very very dissapointed they wouldn,t even send an autistic boy of 7 a few picstures of their bin lorries after he took the time to write to them they just sent his letter back to him & We contacted them they said it,s not a thing they do.

So disappointed � re: up keep of grass areas in Ashbourne

I have tried to make light of the situation but I am now very frustrated.

My wife & I both approaching our 80s are sick & tired of cyclists flashing by us on our daily walk along Broad Walk in Hall Leys Park. The first indication of their presence is as they pass us silently from behind at speed with no warning. There was in the past a notice re cycling in the park but obviously the council have bowed to the needs of cyclists & removed them. The majority show no consideration to others whether old or young. Why can walkers in a park not expect to be safe? Occasionally the same applies to mobility scooters due to their silent motors. Both bikes & scooters should have some means of politely warning pedestrians when approaching them from behind like a bell.

The above also applies to the footway on the road bridge over the river where cyclists are frequently seen cycling on the footway past Bridge News. Are they not able to walk 100 metres?

Apologies to those few who are more courteous but it is the bad ones you remember.

I visited the Derbyshire Dales today up at Monsal Dale beautiful countryside. But I was disgusted to find the toilets are now closed up there. There is a near by pub and cafe but these are hardly ever open! We need public toilets!

I am writing to you today to express my absolute disgust in the filthy toilet facilities on Matlock Park (Matlock Green end). My mother took my daughter to use the toilet yesterday afternoon around 4pm and said the stench of urine was unbearable. The terracotta coloured tiles on the floor were black and sticky too. Both my mother and daughter were retching at the smell and state of the facilities. It's an absolute disgrace in this day and age for toilet facilities that are expected to be used by children to be in such a vile state. Are they ever actually cleaned?

I am absolutely disgusted and in shock. As a career for a young child with severe autism I often visit new places, today I visited Bakewell where I was extremely surprised to have received a PCN, this is due to the poorly placed, inadequate and lack of signage that was displayed in the Granby Road pay and display car park. I displayed by blue badge very clearly and proceeded, I did not see the sign that displayed very small writing that payment is still needed even with a blue badge. I have never seen this before and do not have this problem when using car parks in the South Yorkshire Council area. When we first arrived I was shocked by how small the disabled bays were, in fact I struggled to get the child's wheelchair from the car and this resulted in an injury to my back as I was concerned I would hit the car next to me with my door, secondly the bays were not accessible from a foot path and very poorly placed as I had to dodge cars that were driving in and out of the car park, because I was thinking about the safety of the child in my care I did not walk closely enough to the pay and display machine for the sign to be noticeable as I assumed I would not be paying. As the disabled bays were the exact same as a regular bay I do not see the point in having them if you still have to pay, it really is a puzzle to me, it is disgusting and I don't know how you can justify treated people that have disabilities in this way. I will be expecting a reply with a serious apology if not more.

Closing the majority of public toilets is unacceptable. Especially those in the children's paddling pool area in Hall Leyes Park. They’ve had to put portaloos next to the existing closed toilets which is insane, and they stink. Are we all supposed to pee in the pool now?

Are there any Park Wardens? Despite signs stating all dogs must be on a lead and no dogs within 3m of equipment I witness the rules being frequently broken. At the recent Maazi food festival I witnessed a free roaming dog urinate against a woman while having a picnic with here family. At Dimple park virtually a constant stream of free roaming dogs and urinating against the equipment. Surely with the amount of countryside we have dogs have no business at the parks. Look forward to seeing some action on this or shall the public use facebook to name and shame these people?