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80th Anniversary of D-Day Event
A beacon lighting ceremony will take place to mark the 80th Anniversary of D-Day on Thursday 6th June 2024, at Sindelfingen Park in Dronfield. The service will begin promptly at 9:00pm, so we encourage residents to arrive at 8:50pm. Local musician Keith Burkitt will be playing music from the era for the duration of the event.
The service will be officiated by Reverend Ian Price, who will lead a series...
Posted: Fri, 17 May 2024
New Mayor of Dronfield
Councillor Pam Jones was elected as the new Town Mayor for 2024/25 at the Annual Dronfield Town Council Meeting.
The Mayoral Chain of Office was presented to Pam by her predecessor, Councillor Susan Burkitt, who will continue to serve as Deputy Mayor.
Posted: Fri, 17 May 2024
Creation Of Community Orchard
Dronfield Town Council has agreed to the creation of a Community Orchard, which will be located on a small section of land located between Poplar Close, Chestnut Close, Highgate Drive and Greenacres Close.
The creation of the orchard will begin with the planting of 12 fruit trees which will be a variety of apple, plum, cherry and pear.
The area will be managed by the Town Council and the Community Orchard...
Posted: Fri, 17 May 2024
Dronfield Parish Church Clock
The Dronfield Parish Church Clock is currently displaying the incorrect time, due to birds nesting in the clock mechanism. We are not undertaking any immediate maintenance, so that the nesting birds are not disturbed. At the end of the nesting season, the clock will be serviced and returned to accurate timekeeping.
Posted: Thu, 16 May 2024
Civic Centre £1/2 million Regeneration Plan Agreed
Dronfield Town Council agreed to support proposals put forward by the Project Steering group (DTC and NE Derbyshire District Council) to renew the public realm aspects of the Civic Centre area.
The final design includes a new town square, event spaces, improved pedestrian links, crossings, new street furniture including benches and bins. Enhanced landscaping will see resurfaced Tarmac areas, re-lined...
Posted: Tue, 14 May 2024
Extreme Wheels in Dronfield - May Half Term!
For May Half-Term, Extreme Wheels Roadshows are putting on a wide diverse range of Action and Extreme sports sessions!
Sessions are completely FREE - and will include one of the following: mobile skatepark, laser tag, KMX, drift trikes, body zorbing...and more!
Extreme Wheels will be in Dronfield on Tuesday 28th May at Sindelfingen Park from 1pm to 3pm.
Dronfield Extreme Wheels sessions are funded by...
Posted: Mon, 13 May 2024
Bleed Kits installed in Dronfield
Dronfield Town Council are pleased to support the Dronfield Rotary Club with their Bleed Kit project. The Rotary Club have funded the purchase of Bleed Kits through proceeds from their weekly Community Lottery and dentations to the 2023 Santa's Sleigh attraction.
Bleed Kits are specifically designed to handle 'life threatening bleeding'. In the event of a traumatic injury, a person can lose critical...
Posted: Mon, 29 Apr 2024
Mobile Library Routes - 29th April to 19th July 2024
The mobile library timetable for the 12-week period 29th April to 19th July 2024 is now available.
Due to the May Bank Holiday the service scheduled for Monday 27 May will now take place on Monday 3 June.
The North mobile is off the road on Friday 10 & Monday 13 May, the South mobile off the road on the week beginning 8 July and 16-17 July.
For further information tel: 01629 533444 or email ask.library@derbyshire.gov.u...
Posted: Fri, 19 Apr 2024
Derbyshire Police - Knife Amnesty 13th to 19th May 2024
Derbyshire Police are supporting a knife amnesty campaign from the 13th to 19th May 2024.
Full details are on the attached poster.
Posted: Mon, 15 Apr 2024
Extreme Wheels Returns – 2 & 9 April 2024
Extreme Wheels are coming to Sindelfingen Park today, 2 April and on 9 April, thanks to funding provided by Dronfield Town Council.
The event will start at 1 pm and ends at 3 pm each date. It will provide a range of action and extreme sports activities, and the best part is that it's completely free for everyone. You don't need to make any bookings beforehand, just show up and take advantage of this...
Posted: Tue, 2 Apr 2024
