I’m not quite a gentleman of leisure but I do like get out and about so I gathered online resources about events and venues local to Chesterfield for for me to browse through. Somebody else may benefit from this collection, but bear in mind, the list is tailored somewhat to my tastes. I may have written about specific local venues and events in the Outdoors section, or you can browse via tags such as chesterfield or peak district.
Map of Leisure Venues
General Listings/News
Trip Advisor
Things to do in Chesterfield, Sheffield and Nottingham.
Eventbrite
Things to do in Chesterfield and surrounding areas, with a map.
Derbyshire Times
URL: https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/whats-on
Destination Chesterfield
‘Destination Chesterfield’: https://www.chesterfield.co.uk/visiting/events/ and Twitter account.
Specific Venues
The Crooked Spire
Chesterfield’s parish church, The Crooked Spire, has events such as lunchtime concerts and a Twitter page:
Favourite Venues
Sheffield
Sheffield Botanical Gardens and the Winter / Peace Gardens are some of my favourite local places:
https://www.theoutdoorcity.co.uk/sheffield-city-life/events
Peak District
I enjoy Matlock (and Matlock Baths), Ashbourne, Buxton and Bakewell.
Others
Not too keen but there is Derby, Meadowhall (Meadowhell), Crystal Peaks,
Public Lectures
University of Nottingham
URL: https://exchange.nottingham.ac.uk/blog/event_category/public-lectures-seminars
- Hear from our panel of experts on how they’ve dealt with recent changes in the policy making and public engagement landscape and what they’ll be taking forward into the future.
University of Sheffield
They have a What’s On Page and runs an annual festival called Off the Shelf in October. They have a Twitter page:
Don’t forget to join us on 7 December for our seminar on How Epidemics End! @unishefhistory https://twitter.com/UniShefAH/status/1460183724662923266
“Students can come here from all over the world and become concert pianists…Sheffield is such a musical city and we have world class culture”.
Thanks to @shftelegraph for their recent article about @sheffielduni All-Steinway School accreditation. ⭐️🎹
https://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/news/people/sheffield-students-can-access-the-best-pianos-in-the-world-with-universitys-new-music-status-3460655
Fantastic documentary from @VisitSheffield on #LittleAmal’s welcome to Sheffield, representing the simple message from refugees:”don’t forget about us”@walkwithamal
Proud to have played a part in this with @professorvaness @otsfestival alongside many city partners👏#MadeTogether https://twitter.com/johnjtomlinson/status/1465378354522116101
This Disability History Month Bethan Davis takes us on a trip to Early Modern Europe, to discuss the lived experiences of a few famous sufferers of hypertrichosis (abnormal hair growth). Check it out!
#twitterstorians #DisabilityHistoryMonth
http://www.historymatters.group.shef.ac.uk/tracing-hypertrichosis-disability-early-modern-europe/
The latest #MadeTogether story features in today’s @SheffieldStar:
Diana Buckley, Head of Economic Strategy & Commissioning @SheffCouncil, discusses working in partnership with @sheffielduni to support, and challenge, the city to be the best it can be👇
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/city-region/news/getting-under-skin-city
Sheffield Hallam University
I am an almunus. There’s no place to find listing of public lectures and events but they do have festivals – SHU news and a Twitter page:
Jayne Taylor, head of student recruitment and access development @sheffhallamuni has written for @timeshighered about the ‘first in family’ metric, arguing it’s still a useful measure of disadvantage. Read here 👇
It was a proud day for @sheffhallamuni when we were named #SOMO21 University of the Year for our commitment to widening participation, student support, and local communities.
We’re delighted to support this report about the excellent work happening to promote social mobility🧵👇
🗣️ “We are committed to creating a healthier, happier and more connected Sheffield, and we welcome the @DameKellysTrust’s active involvement with our @movemoresheff network” – @annalowephysio
📰 Read more about the new wellbeing initiative launching in Sheffield this January👇
🗣️ “Football is the “king sport” in Cameroon. But it has become more than a sport, with many Cameroonians arguing that football is politics”
📰 Dr Jo Clarke & Becky Ashworth have written about why hosting the #AFCON2021 is so important for Cameroon 👇
https://theconversation.com/drama-delays-and-domestic-unrest-why-hosting-afcon-is-so-important-for-cameroon-174721
It was great to talk to @ashnahurynag on this morning’s #Daily podcast for @SkyNews about some of the psychological reasons why some athletes have decided not to get vaccinated. @HallamHRI @SHU_SPARC @HallamUniNews @sheffhallamuni https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1480796623823323136
Meetup
The website meetup.com lists local events organised by meetup groups.