Day: 11 September 2022

PDNPA News

• Recent discoveries in Derbyshire and the Peak District to be revealed at the annual Archaeology Day 23rd November 2023
  Some of the Peak District and Derbyshire’s most fascinating recent archaeological discoveries and research are to be revealed at the annual Derbyshire Archaeology Day.
• Sarah Dines MP and National Park CEO Phil Mulligan in conversation on a range of local Derbyshire Dales issues 23rd November 2023
  Derbyshire Dales MP Sarah Dines met with Peak District National Park chief executive, Phil Mulligan to discuss a range of issues affecting local residents and constituents.
• Double celebration as local green businesses receive recognition at Peak District environmental award scheme’s 20th anniversary event 9th November 2023
  Businesses which support their local community, economy and environment were honoured at an extra special Peak District awards ceremony.
• Tree safety work starts Monday 6 November on Tissington Trail 6th November 2023
  Ash dieback tree safety work will be carried out on the Tissington Trail from 6 November to 22 December 2023.
• New National Park pay and display locations to go live 26th October 2023
  The Peak District National Park Authority has confirmed that pay and display charges will soon apply at an additional 13 of its car park locations, with payment machines going live from the first week of November (2023).
• Statement from the Peak District National Park Authority on planning performance designation 6th October 2023
  Following confirmation from the Minister for Housing & Planning that the Authority’s planning service is no longer at risk of designation, chief executive Phil Mulligan said: “We warmly welcome the Minister’s recognition of the hard work undertaken across more than a year to achieve figures for our planning responses that have now routinely exceeded the […]
• New exhibition charts the story of discovering the past in a Peak District valley 28th September 2023
  A fascinating new exhibition called ‘Finding Whitle’ opens today in Leek.
• Three new audio chapters of Voices from the Peak and a tour 25th September 2023
  This October, Derbyshire poet Mark Gwynne Jones is set to release three new audio chapters of his popular series Voices from the Peak, and will be performing his award-winning one-man show Voices from the Peak – Live!.
• Nature is being prescribed to help Derbyshire Dales patients 22nd September 2023
  Following being successfully introduced in the High Peak, Nature Prescriptions are now being prescribed by health professionals in the Derbyshire Dales.
• Historic limekilns are set to steal the limelight for Heritage Open Days in the Peak District National Park 24th August 2023
  Two limekilns, one recently restored at Minninglow and one as yet unrestored at Butterton in the Peak District National Park, will be open to the public on four days in September as part of the Heritage Open Days 2023 scheme.