The Town Council in your community

The Town Council’s fundamental principles, which will underly all council decisions are Community Cohesion, Communication and Environmental Impact.

Operating by these principles, positive actions by the council in recent years include taking over the running and maintenance of the weekly market and the public toilets along with three play areas from the District Council, and taking over the provision of town Christmas tree and lights from the Rotary club.

Over the past year, since March 2024, the council has provided grants to the following organisations:

Bolehill Improvement Group £250

NOW (Skate Park) £2650

NOW (Town Promotions) £1000

Parkrun £600

Stoney Wood Group £2200

Wirksworth Festival £1000

Wirksworth Carnival £1000

Wirksworth Community Orchestra £100

Wilder Wirksworth £720 *

The Mayor also made contributions of £360 to the Music Centre and Aquabox. Several groups such as Twinning, Festival, Safer Roads, the Infant School and NOW (Skate Park) received support for room hire at the Town Hall and other groups such as Stay & Play, the Farmers Market and The Glee Club receive support via storage.

The Town Council is pleased to support local groups and organisations in order to sustain Wirksworth as a vibrant town and to provide and improve facilities .

*Subject to final ratification

Stoney Wood

Stoney Wood is Wirksworth’s Millennium woodland planted in the area recovered from Stonecroft Quarry. The land on which the wood is planted was donated by Tarmac Ltd to Wirksworth Town Council. The original planting was started by Tarmac but later sections were planted by local adults and children in a project …

Hiring the Hall

We have two buildings with rooms to hire on an hourly basis, and the newly renovated Fanny Shaw’s Community Building (FSCB) which is operated on a key loan system.

Town Hall:- The Main Hall is large, suitable for a variety of uses – dance, exercise, large meeting space, wedding reception, family parties, musical events, etc, whilst other rooms – the Club Room, Ante Room, Council Chamber, are suited to smaller classes/groups. All rooms are available for hire during the day & evening during week days & weekends.

Memorial Hall:- the Hall & Kitchen are available to hire for meetings, parties, fayres, events and classes/groups, during the day & evening during week days and weekends.

Fanny Shaw’s:- Community building key available free of charge for use by groups such as: parents, schools, nurseries, scouts & not-for-profit groups holding events on the park.

Council Meetings

Environment & Town Affairs
(Usually held on the first Monday of the month)
Finance, Buildings & Personnel
(Usually held on the second Monday of the month)
Town Council Meeting
(Usually held on the third Monday of the month)