New Mills Juniors Football Club has kicked off a massive fundraising campaign in search of £150,000 towards a new football and community building in the town. The project will be financed using donations from this campaign as well as funding from government, local authority and sporting grants. With planning permission granted in late 2025, the building has been designed […]
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“The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear!” This November, New Mills Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society will be doing just that with their magical production of Elf the Musical, based on the beloved holiday film. Running from Wednesday 19 to Saturday 22 November 2025 at New Mills Art
As part of the build up to Christmas 2025, St. George’s Parish Church in New Mills is once again holding a Christmas Tree andCrib Festival from Friday 12 to Sunday 14 December. We believe the festival has now become an integral part of the Christmas attractions in New Mills and the wider community, and is
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In the first half of the 20th Century, Sheffield’s steel workers and Manchester’s cotton mill workers escaped their polluted cities to reach the clean air of the Peak District. They travelled by train on the Hope Valley line which passes through New Mills. Today the Peak District National Park exists for all of us to
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Blythe House Hospice’s New Mills charity shop has been shortlisted for the UK’s Favourite Charity Shop Awards for the East Midlands. The winner will now be decided by a public vote.The Awards, run by the Charity Retail Association, are now in their second year and are a celebration of the impact that charity shops have
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The Handlebards – a four-strong troupe of actors – return to New Mills on 30 July, with an outdoor performance of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Pedalling from venue to venue with all of their set, props and costumes on the back of their bikes, the HandleBards are spending the summer bringing environmentally sustainable Shakespeare
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New Mills Juniors Football Club has submitted plans for a football and community building at Ollersett Fields in New Mills. Aimed at providing a secure indoor space for use in community functions and events as well as enabling football activity, the building will feature a canteen with accessible toilets, baby changing facilities and players’ changing
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Once again, the New Mills Art Theatre presents a pantomime that sparkles and shines, and what a pantomime it is. This script, by Nick Lawrence is fresh, new up to date and entertaining. Added to which are some new faces in the cast. Director Cathryn Yates has worked wonders with her principals, they were well
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Despite the freezing weather, rehearsals for Dick Whittington, New Mills Art Theatre’s Pantomime, are on the right track! Dick is determined to find fame and fortune in old London Town, but big baddie King Rat and his nasty rat pack overrun London, leaving our hero to sort it out – and sort it he does!
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New Mills comes alive with Christmas spirit as visitors from across the High Peak and beyond head for one of the most vibrant Christmas festivals in the North West: the New Mills Christmas light switch on and markets. The festivities begin on Saturday 30 November from 5pm, with the light switch on at 6.30pm. With
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