Tree with spring blossom, Riber Castle in the background
Always the first tree with blossom in our beautiful #Matlock Hall Leys Park 🤍
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Tree with spring blossom, Riber Castle in the background
Always the first tree with blossom in our beautiful #Matlock Hall Leys Park 🤍
Sign up to Derbyshire Green Rewards between 8–31 March for a chance to win a FREE £60 Garden Waste Subscription (or a £60 refund if you’re already subscribed). Earn Green Points for eco‑friendly actions and climb the leaderboard to win monthly vouchers. www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/green-rewards
Garden waste collection, sign up now for 2026/27, www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/gardenwaste
Our Garden Waste Subscription sign-up is now OPEN.
The price for 2026/27 is £60. Residents who sign up before 8th March will be entered into a prize draw, with 25 residents winning 1 x free £60 annual subscription (£60 will be refunded back to the resident)
www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/gardenwaste
Government branded graphic with the words: Local Government Reorganisation in Derbyshire - Government Statutory Consultation
📢 Have your say on local government reorganisation in #Derbyshire.
Proposals for how council services could be delivered in future via #LGR are out for consultation by the Government 👇
www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/your-council...
Local Plan timetable graphic including house keys and an overview of a town centre
We have set out a detailed timetable for completing our revised #LocalPlan and submitting it to the Government by December this year 👇
www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/your-council...
Serco trucks lined up
GOOD NEWS 😊 All of our bin rounds outstanding due to the recent snow and ice were caught up by Saturday.
A reminder that real Christmas trees (cut to 5ft max) will be collected until Friday 6 Feb from those properties that subscribe to our garden waste service.
Thank you 🙏
Entrance to the Ashbourne Airfield site
HAVE YOUR SAY | Local people are invited to help further shape the former #Ashbourne Airfield, which is the largest development site here in the Derbyshire Dales 👇
www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/your-council...
Rear of bin truck with the words "Bins Message"
BINS UPDATE: Forecast for sub-zero temperatures overnight into tomorrow means we've decided against starting the bins catchup on Saturday.
Met Office has issued Yellow Weather Warning for snow & ice from today through to Saturday afternoon.
More info 👇
www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/your-council...
Matlock Town Hall frontage with the words: "Meeting Postponed"
PLEASE NOTE | Due to the Amber Weather Warning for heavy snow this evening issued by the Met Office, we've taken the decision to postpone the scheduled Governance & Resources Committee meeting, which was due to take place at Matlock Town Hall from 6pm.
We'll advise as soon as a new date is agreed.
Bakewell stall market scene with the words Bakewell Stall Market Cancelled
No #Bakewell stall market today due to snow and ice. Our apologies 🙏
Shoppers browsing at Bakewell Market
It's the District Council's Christmas week Monday stall market today in beautiful #Bakewell. As always, scores of stalls for you to enjoy in Granby Road and the Market Place 🎄🎅🎁
A reminder that there will be *no* stall market in Bakewell on Monday 29th December 👍
Christmas and New Year waste collections calendar
PLEASE SHARE 👍 If your regular collection day is on a THURSDAY, don't forget that your Christmas collection is brought forward to *this Saturday*.
Check the calendar below for all your Christmas and New Year collection details.
www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/your-council...
The District Council's Ashbourne Depot
We're acting to resolve the "adverse impact" of an unauthorised #Traveller encampment on land we own in #Ashbourne's Clifton Road coach park - but our leadership has expressed disappointment at Derbyshire County Council's unwillingness to help 👇
www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/your-council...
Free Christmas parking poster
STARTING TODAY! In a scheme designed to boost trade it's *FREE* to park in any District Council pay & display car park after 2pm throughout December.
More info 👇
www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/hop-on-to-shop
Hop on to Shop graphic
Alongside making parking free again in our car parks after 2pm throughout December, Derbyshire Dales District Council is encouraging local people and visitors to hop on public transport to shop in the Dales this Christmas 👇
www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/hop-on-to-shop
Customers at a fruit and vegetable stall at Bakewell Market
Monday means it's market day, organised by your District Council, in beautiful #Bakewell, with scores of stalls for you to enjoy in Granby Road and the Market Place 😊
Job vacancies
#JOB | We have a vacancy for a Trainee Accountant (Career grade 2)
Grade 6 (SCP 10-15) £27,694 - £30,024 per annum
Full time, permanent
Closing date: 7 December 2025
Find out more and apply online 👇https://jobs.derbyshire.gov.uk/finance-trainee-accountant-career-grade-2/48853.job
Entrance sign at Matlock Bath's Station car park
Visitors to #MatlockBath are reminded that charges in the village's 3 council car parks have been reduced to just £2.50 all day til end of March next year.
Reminder comes when access from the A6 south is not possible due to emergency tree removal works 👇
www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/your-council...
Job vacancies
#JOB | We have a vacancy for a Parks Toilet Attendant
Grade 4(SCP 4 – 6) £25,185 – 25,989 pro rata
Part time, permanent
Closing date: 30 November 2025
Find out more and apply online 👇https://jobs.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisuretourismcommunity-parks-toilet-attendant/48825.job
Great Longstone
Do you live in or have a local connection to Great Longstone, Little Longstone, Hassop, Rowland, or Wardlow?
We need your help to understand what affordable housing is needed.
👉 Please complete the Housing Needs Survey here: www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/LongstoneHNS
Extraordinary full meeting of the Council tonight (6th Nov) will consider the Case for Change for Local Government Reorganisation in #Derbyshire and asks Council to approve its preferred option.
The meeting will be broadcast live on our YouTube channel from 6pm 👇
youtube.com/live/dk_Jzus...
Cafe table and chairs
Government legislation means any business within the district wanting to provide tables and chairs for food and drink on the pavement outside their premises must apply for a pavement licence from Derbyshire Dales District Council 👇
www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/your-council...
Mayor Claire Ward (right) with the District Council's Energy Efficiency Officer Celine Stretton
Mayor Claire Ward chatting with an elderly Matlock resident
We were delighted to host a successful visit by East Midlands Combined County Authority Mayor Claire Ward, followed by a Local Retrofit Strategy launch event 👇
www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/your-council...
An artist's impression of the way the reconstructed Walk will look
The original Lady Cokayne's Walk, pictured in 1910
Construction of new tree-lined park Walk to link the Memorial Gardens with the new Sports Pavilion is going ahead in our #Ashbourne Park after we stepped in to provide additional support to the Ashbourne Partnership Trust for the project 👇
www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/your-council...
Job vacancies
#JOB | We have a vacancy for a Health Walks Coordinator
Grade 6: SCP 10 -15, £27,694 - £30,024 per annum, pro rata (£16,616 - £18,014)
Part time, permanent
Closing date: 19 November 2025
Find out more and apply online jobs.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisuretouri...
The retained basketball hoop at the rear of one of the refurbished courts
The new entry gate
The revamped tennis courts in Bakewell Recreation Ground
Two #tennis courts in our #Bakewell Recreation Ground have officially reopened in a £35,000 renovation, managed by the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) and supported by the LTA Tennis Foundation. They can be booked now 🎾
www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/your-council...
Feel it and Dance, Bollywood dance group
Apply to the Local Projects Fund - open to community groups in the Derbyshire Dales!
Wards with funding left: Bakewell, Bradwell, Brailsford, Darley Dale, Hulland, Matlock East & Tansley, Matlock West, Wirksworth.
Apply by end of Feb 👉 derbyshiredales.gov.uk/localprojectsfund
📷Feel it and Dance
Job vacancies
We currently have the following job vacancies:
▶ Democratic Services Officer
▶ Climate Change and Biodiversity Manager
▶ Electoral Services Assistant
▶ Senior Planning Policy Officer
Find out more and apply online at www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/jobs
Job vacancies
#JOB | We have a vacancy for a Senior Planning Policy Officer
Grade 10 (SCP 31-33) £41,771 - £44,075 per annum
Full time, fixed term for 2 years from start date
Closing date: 26 October 2025
jobs.derbyshire.gov.uk/planningbuil...
The resurfaced site of the tennis upgrade in Bakewell Recreation Ground
More great news for our parks development: the new surface has now been laid at the #tennis courts upgrade in our #Bakewell Recreation Ground 👇
www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/your-council...