This years food festival is postponed until September of this year, the exact dates will be announced later this year.

The ever popular Bakewell Food Festival attracting thousands of visitors each year will once again be held around the streets of the beautiful and historic Peak District riverside market town. Bakewell's wealth of shops, pubs and cafes will be open as normal and craft and gift fairs will be held in the Town Hall, Brigade Hall and Medway centre. 

A selection of photos from the 2024 festival

Travelling

The roads into Bakewell can become quite congested at certain times due to the shear volume of people attending this event, to help alleviate this, please consider traveling by public transport.

Sheffield to Bakewell: https://bustimes.org/services/218-bakewell-chatsworth-sheffield

Derby to Bakewell: https://bustimes.org/services/61-the-sixes-derby-belper-wirksworth-matlock-bakew

Chesterfield to Bakewell: https://bustimes.org/services/170-bakewell-baslow-chesterfield

Derby to Buxton:  click for the timetable

Parking

If you are travelling by car, parking is off Agricultural Way DE45 1AH