Belper Arts Trail

02/06/2026

Slightly updated poster for Belper Goes Green!! See you down there, it's going to be a cracking weekend!

29/05/2026

Get yourselves over to Ashbourne this weekend for this lovely, new arts trail ARTbourne

Ashbourne’s first ever town wide art trail is happening this weekend!

Over 100 artists will be exhibiting across 20+ venues throughout the town including St Oswald’s Church, The Link Centre, Ashbourne Town Hall, St Oswald’s Primary School, shops, cafés and even private gardens.

Expect painting, ceramics, jewellery, textiles, printmaking, sculpture, photography, live demonstrations, workshops, street food and live music across the weekend.

📅 Saturday 30 May: 10:30am–4:30pm
📅 Sunday 31 May: 10:30am–3:30pm

🎟️ Wristbands are £5 and include access to all venues, plus a trail map and artist guide. Under 12s go free.

Wristbands available from:
* Shrovetide Walk
* Ashbourne Town Hall
* The Link Centre
* St Oswald’s Church

There’s no set route — just explore Ashbourne at your own pace throughout the weekend.

Parking is available across the town, with QEGS also being used as an overflow car park for Artbourne visitors.

Dogs are welcome in most venues 🐶

We’d love to see you there 💚

22/05/2026

This is so exciting! You may have seen some of these creations being built at Belper Arts Trail or elsewhere. You may have created one yourself.
Get over to Cromford to see the final result!
Welldone to Arthur's Here and There Portable Railway and Fleet Arts for this fabulous project.

09/05/2026

Thank you to everyone who took part in our competitions!
Welldone to Laura who won the Oggel voucher and Jo, pictured below, who won the Lonely Red Planet voucher.
We hope you enjoy spending them!

08/05/2026

Who made it to The Makory?
Show us your makes!
Thank you so much to Derbyshire Makes and Derby Museums and to the artist Milly Melbourne and the driver!
What an absolute treat to have this at Belper Arts Trail 😍
Really wish we'd been able to get down and have a go!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DX4oDXVtjeT/?igsh=OTR1eW56dHUyZzF2

08/05/2026

An opportunity to join Lifetimes Ambition in Belper. 😊

07/05/2026

CALLING ALL ARTISTS! This is from Fleet Arts:
"Calling visual artists inspired by local heritage!
DEADLINE 17th May, 2026.
Apply via our website application form, for your work to be displayed on a widely-visited and public plinth. Part of our opportunities on the UNESCO Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site 'The Triangle'. "

06/05/2026

I didn't do a great job of taking photos this year but here's a few that Sue and I got between us.
Reading all your lovely messages has been fab and heart warming. So glad to hear that people have enjoyed it.
Sad we didn't get round to see so many of you this year but delighted to have been able to watch the full set of Fraser Morgan at the very end.
It all feels like a dream now. Did it really happen?!
Feel free to share your photos! We'd love to see what you saw and did. 😊

04/05/2026

Z is for ZILLIONS of thanks to everyone who made the Belper Arts Trail happen!
Artists, Musicians, sound engineers, foodies, volunteers & venues all!
Massive thank you to the incredible Coopers for their beautiful venue and all their help.
To the council for signage & gazebo logistics.
To all our wonderful supporters in all your capacities.

And big massive cheers to the main set up team. Love hanging out with you so much but less of the heavy lifting at 7am in the rain stufffor awhile now please. 😉💚
Year 13 is done.
Over and Out.

04/05/2026

See you all later for day two of Belper Arts Trail
Don't forget to enter our competitions in the trail guide!
We need winners.

Don't forget - Strutts has artists upstairs!

Don't forget to find the amazing artists in Samantha’s Coffee shop & Bistro (the key to the courtyard has been lost so you have to find them through the cafe or Edinburgh Woollen Mill. (And there is an artist in there too!)

Don't forget to find our new venues - The Spiriualist Church, Lonely Red Planet and Oggel

Don't forget to join Woody Birch Bark for children's stories on The Memorial Gardens.

And don't forget to have a superb time!