Sunday, 14 July 2019 21:28

Chelmorton Festival July 15th to 21st

Chelmorton Festival July 15th to 21st
Chelmorton summer festival 1100 feet above sea level with July dates 15th to 21st Sunday sunshine following Buxton Carnival for the arrival of festival scarecrows, Mermaid swimming in Main Street by Sunday tea-time. Scarecrows driving tractors and fishing in the village green. Bunting with colours of summer eleven hundred feet above sea level in the heart of the Peak District for a sunshine start to festival week, five miles south of Buxton.
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Sunday, 14 July 2019 21:19

Holland Fun Fair Silver Cup win for Chelmorton

Holland Fun Fair Silver Cup win for Chelmorton
Elvis returns 2019 July 13th  Eleven hundred feet above sea level in the heart of the Peak District in the single road linear village of Chelmorton for July sunshine ready for the town carnival of Buxton, Elvis returned for 2019 carnival float entry to scoop a third prize in open class before going on to win the Holland Fun Fair cup for most interactive float.
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Wednesday, 03 July 2019 00:00

Chelmorton flyer hits the letterboxes for summer festival 1100 feet above sea level with July dates 15th to 21st

Chelmorton flyer hits the letterboxes for summer festival 1100 feet above sea level with July dates 15th to 21st
Bunting awaits, Main Street Chelmorton is already dressed with colours of summer bunting eleven hundred feet above sea level in the heart of the Peak District, five miles south of Buxton. Scarecrows, tractors and parties in Main Street, Chelmorton for July Summer festival in the week following Buxton Carnival. Everything, from try your hand at dry stone walling to a beetle drive. No Elvis, but a funky DJ and live band in the Institute on Saturday night.
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Tuesday, 02 July 2019 22:39

Last Days of June – Joint Benefice and summer sunshine from Tideswell to Hollinsclough

2019 Hollinsclough fell race for summer festival
Moon brick Lego at Hollinsclough and Chrome Hill fell race.  June rain and sunshine, eleven hundred feet above sea level in the heart of the Peak District is delivering a bumper grass crop in the fields, head south and some farmers are set on a three-cut year.
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Sunday, 28 April 2019 19:19

Stair-rod rain for Chelmorton camp meet as steamy campers warm around a giant bonfire fuelled by the big wind

Steamy campers dry in Chelmorton rain-storm weekend bonfire meet for Camping and Caravan Club
A fire so big it looked like the moon was dancing in the field! Red fire buckets adorned Primitive Meadows field in a hideaway campsite in the very heart of Chelmorton village, eleven hundred feet above sea level in the heart of the Peak District. Bad luck with a rain-lashed weekend did not stop campers forming circle around a mighty bonfire set for the Derbyshire meet.
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Thursday, 04 April 2019 16:41

No April fools for Chelmorton road closure

No April fools for Chelmorton road closure
From sun tan lotion to snow in April showers, as temperatures bounced between zero and thirteen heatwaves for the early days of April in Chelmorton. No joke for April fools - pinch punch, first of the month as the yellow work signs arrived to advise the road would be closed for two weeks from Monday April 15th. Main Street and the Ditch have become traffic light alley with works on the smart new blue water pipes; tap pressure is up…
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Monday, 04 March 2019 20:00

Cambridge Blue for Chelmorton Girl

Chlelly girl, Morgause Lomas is a Varsity Hockey Blue for Cambridge
Yellow goal smock over Cambridge blue to defend the line and stop the penalty in 2019 hockey Varsity match for Chelmorton girl. Hockey player, Morgause Lomas from Main Street Chelmorton wins a Cambridge Blue March 3rd in Oxbridge 2019 Varsity hockey match. Morgause, playing shirt one, yellow goal smock for Cambridge University, stood the line to save a penalty in the 58th minute of the Varsity Oxford Univ game against Cambridge which took place on the neutral ground of Southgate…
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Monday, 04 March 2019 19:54

Last Days of February - Chelmorton first-ever four-way lights on Main Street

If a roundabout arrives, it will be time for the village youngsters to get those driving test forms ready!
Red traffic lights for February heat wave, but no traffic jams in Main Street. Record temperatures have driven the start of a healthy grass growth in Chelmorton, let’s not forget the Feb snow and last year’s 2018 Beast from the East. There is no doubt the field grass has got body in the warming days of Feb as grass grows, red or green light. Meanwhile with great excitement the first-ever traffic light multi-zone, four-way system ever to arrive in Main…
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Sunday, 03 February 2019 00:11

Chelmorton Snow in February sunshine

Chelmorton Snow in February sunshine
First weekend of February for picture postcard snow scenes eleven hunderd feet above sea level in the heart of the Peak District in the linear village of Chelmorton. Mid-week snow found roads from Leek to Buxton closed with the A515 delivering five hour delays for trucks coming up from Newhaven. Plough tractors chained up trucks and kept the Ashbourne road moving into the night. It was time for cars to find their front tow hooks in the boot and get…
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Tuesday, 22 January 2019 22:35

Chelmorton January sunshine in the snow - photo gallery

Chelmorton January sunshine in the snow - photo gallery
First snow, some very cold mornings, then sunshine and more snow for Tuesday January 22nd , leaving the village of Chelmorton, eleven hundered feet above sea level as a picture postcard location in the heart of the Peak National Park. Look at our photo gallery after the break...
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Friday, 18 January 2019 21:50

First proper snow for 2019 lands in Chelmorton for tea time Friday Jan 18th

First proper snow for 2019 lands in Chelmorton for tea time Friday Jan 18th
Proper snow falling eleven hundred feet above sea level in the village of Chelmorton in the heart of the Peak District. This was the first proper chunky flakes of snow for 2019. New Year had been marked by one of the biggest joint benefice church turnouts, hosted at Biggin. Villagers from Chelmorton to Monyash and Hartington rallied in the warm Sunday air for a joint service.
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Thursday, 27 December 2018 01:34

Big turnout for Christmas Day in St John's church, Chelmorton

The meaning of Noel in St John's, Chelmorton, Christmas Day
Bells rang loud in Main Street for Christmas morning as folk walked through the gates of St John's Church to celebrate the birth of Baby Jesus. David Race took the service, lighting the last candle to celebrate the birth light of Jesus. The sermon focused on the terms of the meaning of Noel. Hark the Herald Angels rang out louder than the bells as a full church congregation, pews packed full roared out a favourite Christmas Carol while Elle-May played…
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Wednesday, 12 December 2018 14:06

Christmas Carol service - Chelmorton Christmas dates for St Johns Church Main Street

Christmas Carol service - Chelmorton Christmas dates for St Johns Church Main Street
Joy of Christmas for December in Chelmorton, much of the waterwork road digging is finished! A December joint benefice welcomes Taddington, Monyash and more to Sunday December 23rd at St Johns, Main Street. For Christmas Chelmorton Carol service, Hollinsclough Silver Band will be in St Johns church Main Street Chelmorton, Sunday afternoon, December 16th. Three pm service. All children are invited to take crib figures down the aisle, eleven hundred feet above sea level for the 2018 family carol service.…
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Saturday, 10 November 2018 17:33

Christmas fayre in the Institute & Carol Singing on Main Street for Xmas 2018

Christmas fayre in the Institute & Carol Singing on Main Street for Xmas 2018
If you can't wait until December, Christmas comes early at Chelmorton this year. Irene Ottey, Debbie Race and Glenys Heap have organised a November date for Christmas Fayre in the Chelmorton Institute. Saturday November 24th is the date for your diary, from two pm until four, there will be a range of local foods, cards and gifts. Refreshments, bran tub, raffle and tombola. The fayre is in aid of the Church of St John, the Institute and the Buxton food…
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Friday, 09 November 2018 12:35

Chelmorton first snow Nov 21st 2018

Chelmorton first snow Nov 21st 2018
First snow for winter 2018 arrives in early hours of the morning Wed, Nov 21st. A light scattering of snow on the ground for breakfast in Chelmorton. Snow scattered across the fields either side of Main Street at eleven hundred feet above sea level and more solid on the hillside of the Low at fourteen hundred feet. Folk in Chelmorton, Derbyshire ate breakfast with glistening scattering of snow outside the windows for the first fall of winter in the 2018…
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Thursday, 01 November 2018 15:43

Three witches behind the door of the Hall for Halloween on Main Street

Three witches behind the door of the Hall for Halloween on Main Street
The Witches of Chelmorton; not one, but three for 2018. Ring the bell and summon the monsters as iron-clad men, monkeys and lions joined the Three Witches of Chelmorton to greet youngsters at Primitive Hall, eleven hundered feet above sea level on the dark cloudy evening of October 31st, Halloween 2018. Road works challenged the crossing of Main Street in the darkness as many of the little ones chose the wise move to stand back from the door of the…
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Saturday, 20 October 2018 22:50

Chelmorton Road Works – digging for water at eleven hundred feet above sea level

Chelmorton Road Works – digging for water at eleven hundred feet above sea level
Road works adorn Main Street, more bollards than we have ever seen in the linear village at the heart of the Peak District. Are these the highest road works in Derbyshire at eleven hunderde feet? The work is being done by Amey on behalf of Sevent Trent Water. Fibre cable is also still about the pavements; some has been connected to the poles but reels still sit at the roadside by the post box.
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