Council Meetings

Full Council (usually held the third Monday of the month)
Chair: Councillor Elisa McDonagh (Mayor)

The Town Council has two Committees:

Environment & Town Affairs (usually held the first Monday of the month)
Chair: Councillor Andy Jordan

Finance, Buildings & Personnel (usually held the second Monday of the month)
Chair: Councillor Alison Clamp

Meetings for 2022/23:

Admission of public: All welcome. If you wish to join a meeting, please contact the Town Clerk for full meeting details including Covid precautions.

As it will not always possible to keep this page updated, please also check the meeting agenda page –http://www.wirksworthtowncouncil.gov.uk/agendas/

Annual Town Meeting Tuesday 19 April 2022, Main Hall, Town Hall (6.30pm)
Dates of Scheduled Council Meetings 2022/23 (6.30pm start):
23 May 2022 (Annual Meeting of Town Council) 20 June 2022 18 July 2022 19 Sept 2022 17 Oct 2022 21 Nov 2022	19 Dec 2022 23 Jan 2023 20 Feb 2023 20 Mar 2023 no meeting (elections)
Environment & Town Committee Meetings 2022/23 (6.30pm start):
9 May 2022 6 June 2022 4 July 2022 5 Sept 2022 3 Oct 2022 7 Nov 2022	5 Dec 2022 9 Jan 2023 6 Feb 2023 6 Mar 2023 no meeting (elections)
Finance, Buildings & Personnel Committee Meetings 2022/23 (6.30pm start):
16 May 2022 13 June 2022 11 July 2022 12 Sept 2022 10 Oct 2022 14 Nov 2022	12 Dec 2022 16 Jan 2023 13 Feb 2023 13 Mar 2023 no meeting (elections)

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)