For more information, please contact Derby City Parks:

• Telephone: 01332 293111
• Park Rangers: 01332 367800 every day, including weekends, from 9am until 9.30pm
• Email: parksadmin@derby.gov.uk

Events taking place in Derby City Parks

Date	Event name	Park/ Location	Times	Website	Contact information
July
August
Monday 9 to Monday 16 August	Annual Fun Fair	South Avenue Recreation Ground	Unknown	-	David Cox - 0115 9382769
Tuesday 10 August	Hunt the Bugs	Aboretum Park Wildlife Garden	10am - 3pm (under 12s)	n/a	01332 255093
Wednesday 11 August	Hunt the Bugs	Sinfin Moor Park Nature Reserve	10am - 3pm (under 12s)	n/a	01332 255093
Thursday 12 August	Hunt the Bugs	Markeaton Park	10am - 3pm (under 12s)	n/a	01332 255093
Thursday 12 August	Hunt the Bugs	Sunnydale Park Local Nature Reserve	10am - 12 noon (under 12s)	n/a	01332 255093
Sunday 15 August	Nature Trail Walk	Allestree Park	2pm - 4pm	n/a	W.M.Grange - 01332 551403
Sunday 15 August	Just for Dogs - Charity Dog Show	Darley Park	10.30am - 4pm £1 per a dog to enter	Just For Dogs -	Margaret Smith - 01335 361363
Tuesday 17 August	Hunt the Bugs	Chaddesden Park Nature Reserve	10am - 12 noon (under 12s)	n/a	01332 255093
Tuesday 17 August	Hunt the Bugs	Arboretum Park Wildlife Garden	1.30pm -3.30pm (under 12s)	n/a	01332 255093
Wednesday 18 August	Hunt the Bugs	Elm Wood Local Nature Reserve	10am - 12 noon (under 12s)	n/a	01332 255093
Wednesday 18 August	Hunt the Bugs	Sinfin Moor Park Nature Reserve	10am - 12 noon (under 12s)	n/a	01332 255093
Thursday 19 August	Hunt the Bugs	Markeaton Park	1.30pm - 3.30pm (under 12s)	n/a	01332 255093
Saturday 21 August	Big Fun Run (5km)	Darley Park	11am - 3pm Standard Entry: £12 (£6 con)Charity Entry: £8 (£5 con)	Big Fun Run -  Fun Run  -  219kb	Hamish Moir - 01620 890788 info@bigfunrun.com
Wednesday 25 August	Bike recycling event	Arboretum Park	2pm - 6pm - Reconditioned 2nd hand bikes for sale, and donations of old bikes welcome	Cycle Derby -	01332 641773 cyclederby@derby.gov.uk
Sunday 29 August	Dogs Day out and Fun Dog Show	Darley Park	11am - 3pm	Ashbourne Animal Welfare -	Wanda Mielczarek
September
Friday 3 September	Derby Homes - It's a knockout	Chaddesden Park	12.30pm - 5pm - Fun activties for all the family delivered by Derby Homes. Enter teams of 6 - 8  people in the knockout.	Derby Homes -	Derby Homes Community Initiative team - 01332 711000 elizabeth.wilcox@derbyhomes.org
Saturday 4 September	Littleover Fun Day	King Georges V Playing Fields	1pm - 4pm Live entertainment, bouncy castle, dog show, raffles, stalls and more	-	Nanda Savage - 07812 300951 nanda.savage@dcys.org.uk
Sunday 5 September	Darley Park Concert	Darley Park	-	-	Barbara Whieldon - 01332 287339
Saturday 11 September	Alzheimers Society 3rd annual walk	Markeaton Park Orangery	Two routes into "memory wood", with musical performances, craft stalls and games	Alzheimers Socirty -	Jacqui Marsh - 01332 208845
Thursday 22 September	Bike recycling event	Arboretum Park	2pm - 6pm - Reconditioned 2nd bikes for sale. Donations of old bikes welcome	Cycle Derby	01332 641773 cyclederby@derby.gov.uk
Friday 24 - Sunday 26 September	Derby Festè -Luminarium	Cathedral Green	Lights and Colours show - with more events in the Market Place	Derby Feste -	Barbara Whieldon - 01332 287339
Friday 24 -Sunday 26 September	Derby Festè - Les Commandos Percu	Bass Recreation Ground	Internationally acclaimed percussion and pyrotechnic act	Derby Feste	Barbara Whieldon - 01332 287339
Saturday 25 September	Derby Model Boat Club -Venetian Night	Mundy Pool - Markeaton Park	6pm - 9pm	-	Mr B A Green-Armytage - 01332 239899
Sunday 26 September	Fun Dog Show	Markeaton Park	11am - 3pm (£1 per a dog per a class) Waggiest tail, saddest eyes, prettist bitch and more!	-	Dawn Wilson - 01332 361491
October
Saturday 9 October	North Midland League Cross Country Races	Markeaton Park	1pm - 3.15pm		Alan Domleo - 01332 290679
November
Sunday 7 November	Derby City Bonfire	Markeaton Park			Barbara Whieldon - 01332 287339
December
12 December	Diabetes Uk - Santa Dash	Darley Park	12noon - 3pm £8 Adult and £5 a child, (you get Santa Suit and refreshments).	Diabetes Uk -	Joy Tootell - 01922 614500/ 07590 73410 Joy.tootell@diabetes.org.uk

Weekly

• b-active goes green offers free activities for eight to 12-year-olds on parks across Derby. The sessions take place three times a week throughout the year, as well as extra sessions during school holidays and after school clubs. You can take part in den building, survival skills, grass boarding, a climbing wall, animal tracking and the smoothie bike! For more information, please visit the link above or contact the b-active goes green team by telephone: 01332 641254 or minicom: 01332 256666

• DVO (Derby) satellite club. This orienteering clubs (for beginners and families) meets every Wednesday at the Darley Barn Outdoor centre from 6.30pm to 8pm. Please telephone either Val Johnson: 01773 824754 or Rex Bleakman: 01283 733363.

You may like to visit the following pages.

• Golf Courses
• Park Football
• Fishing
• Bowling
• Derby's Parks
• Library Events
• Museums Events
• Sports Events

See the Park Events Information page to see more details about the events we have throughout the year.

How to find the parks

The following postcodes should be helpful if you are using satellite navigation systems but please be aware that the parks themselves do not have their own postal codes. (Except Darley Fields).

• Allestree Park - DE22 2ET, DE22 2HF
• Bass Recreation Ground - DE1 2PB
• Chaddesden Park - DE21 6LA, DE21 6LN
• Chellaston Park - DE73 1NQ
• Darley Park - DE22 1EN, DE22 1DS
• Darley Fields - DE1 3SA
• Field Lane - DE24 0GW
• Markeaton Park - DE22 4AA, DE22 3BG
• Mundy Play Centre - DE22 4NH
• Normanton Park - DE23 8DA
• Race Course - DE21 6AL
• Stockbrook Park - DE22 3WH
• Sinfin Moor Park - DE24 9HW

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