Tissington Well Dressing -Ashbourne Market

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Ashbourne Market -

Ashbourne was granted its Market Charter in 1257. The cobbled market place hosts the traditional outdoor market every Thursday and Saturday throughout the year. Complementing the wide range of individual shops in the town. You will also find the well-known market stalls such as fruit, veg. bread, cheese, cakes, meat.Also Ladies Fashion, Greeting Cards, Purses and Handbags, Mobile Phone Accessories, Jewellery,  Household, Stationery, Books, Sweets,Pet Food, Bric-a-Brac, Hosiery, Lingerie, Nightwear, Menswear, Plants and Fresh Flowers ,Towels, Tea Towels, Bedding, Giftware and much more. Hot Food and Beverages available too !

 

Tissington Well Dressing.

In Derbyshire, is a well managed estate village which has an ideal blend of duckpond, trees, cottages, church, tearooms and an old hall. To many, Tissington seems to be the model village.

 

Well dressing is an ancient Christian custom with its origins lost in the mists of time; what is certain is that it is a thanksgiving for a supply of clean water and that it is most prevalent in the Peak District and surrounding area. The dressings themselves are beautifully crafted pictures made from flower petals and other natural materials pressed into clay on frames; they take many hours to make and in some places visitors can watch them being crafted. When the Dressings are finished they are set up at wells and springs to decorate them and in some cases there will be events through the short display season.

 

Tissington’s Dressings are erected on the Eve of Ascension Day and a special service takes place on Ascension Day morning itself at the parish church , followed by a procession around the village in which each of the wells are blessed in turn. The dressings stay in place for a week and are taken down on the Wednesday evening following Ascension Day.

 

Prices:

> Adult (16+) £25.00

> Senior (60+) £24.00

 

What's Included?

Executive Return Coach Travel

 

Joining Points – Route Code B

07:30 – Weoley Castle Square

07:32 – Selly Oak

07:36 – Bournville Green

07:40 – Cotteridge Church

07:44 – Bunbury Road

07:50 – Northfield High Street

07:56 – Longbridge (Technology Park)

08:02 – Rubery Great Park

08:10 – Woodgate Shops (Wood Lane)

08:12 – Woodgate Service Station

08:14 – Kent Road, Manor Vets

08:16 – Kent Road, Stag & Three Horseshoes

08:22 – Blackheath

08:30 – Halesowen

See 'Pick-up Points' above for map of exact pick-up locations and times.

 

Thank you to Tissington and Derbyshire county council for the images

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