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
Sheffield Canal Basin – Small selection of trendy bars and shops with a monthly Quayside Market
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
- On Thursday 7 July, the Researcher Academy will bring together postgraduate research students, technicians, early-career researchers, research support staff, academics, and senior leaders for our first Research Culture Conference – Building a Healthy, High-Performing Research Ecosystem.
- Would you like to understand what a spin out company is and what is involved in setting one up? Nottingham Technology Ventures are hosting a selection of events focussed around spin out companies in June/July 2022, the first of which is ‘An introduction to spinning out a company from the University of Nottingham’.
- Join us for two days discussing the future of food systems. This conference is open to early career researchers and PhDs, as well as academics.
- Eight postgraduate research students from a range of disciplines have just three minutes to tell you about the world-changing research they are working on right here in Nottingham.
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:
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:
Meetup
The website meetup.com lists local events organised by meetup groups.