All about Well Dressing in the Derbyshire tradition
West Hallam
West Hallam:
July 8 to July 15, 2023
Dedication: July 8, 12:00 noon (TBC)
Well Dressings
Varies from year to year: in 2022 there were ten, situated along the Village (between the gate of St Wilfrid's Churchyard and School Square) and around School Square itself:
1. St Wilfrid’s Church Well Dressings at the gate of the churchyard, next to the Village Hall
2. Village Hall Well Dressings outside the Village Hall
3. The Village Well Dressings along The Village between the Village Hall and School Square
4. School Square Well Dressings around School Square
5. Emma Gregory & Friends Well Dressing
6. Readers’ Group Well Dressing
7. Minors Members & Leaders Well Dressing
8. Bramble Lodge Residential Home Well Dressing
9. West Hallam Animal Charities Well Dressing
10. Charlotte & Friends Well Dressing
11. Community Pre-school Well Dressing
12. Village Pre-school Well Dressing
13. Scargill School Well Dressing
14. Round Well Dressing
15. Mapperley School Well Dressing
16. Stanley St Andrew’s School Well Dressing
17. St Wilfrid’s Church Well Dressing (until 2002)
18. Women’s Institute Well Dressing (2008)
19. Community Well Dressing (until 2007)
20. Ilkeston Women’s Institute Well Dressing (until 2002)
21. Richard & Elizabeth Cooke Well Dressing
22. Kamara & Amelie’s Well Dressing
23. West Hallam Minors Well Dressing
24. Charlotte’s Well Dressing
25. Stanley Common School Well Dressing
26. Ilkeston Guides Well Dressing
27. Personality Well Dressing
28. Kamara & Amber’s Well Dressing
29. Amelie & Lucy’s Well Dressing
30. Charlotte Howarth’s Well Dressing
31. Megan & Friends Well Dressing
32. White Hart Well Dressing
33. Cooke Family Well Dressing
34. Village Pre-school Well Dressing (2001)
35. Jane & Friends Well Dressing
36. Community Pre-school Well Dressing (2001)
37. Julia, Jane & Friends Well Dressing
38. Stanton Vale Special School Well Dressing
39. War Memorial Well Dressings
40. Ilkeston WI Well Dressing (until 1998)
41. Village Aid Well Dressing
Show Past Well Dressings
How to get there
West Hallam is located just off the A609 between Smalley and Ilkeston, on the minor road from Oakwood to Ilkeston via Stanley.
CAR: use DE7 6GR for satnav
During the Well Dressing festivities on Saturday and Sunday afternoon, The Village is closed to traffic and car parking is provided at the School. At other times, use the car park next to the shopping centre in The Village.
BUS: Every Day: at least 1 per hour from Derby and Ilkeston. Services may not call in the village during the Well Dressing festivities; in this event, nearest bus stop is at the White Hart pub (junction of Station road and Beech Lane).