Memorial Hall Defibrillator

More life saving equipment for Wirksworth

Following a successful application to the Derbyshire Dales District Council Welcome Back Fund, the Town Council have installed a new defibrillator outside the Memorial Hall. The equipment will be available 24 hours a day, via the 999 service. This means there are now 12 defibrillators within Wirksworth, Bolehill and Steeple Grange. In order to save a person’s life, a defib must be used to deliver a shock at the earliest possible moment after cardiac arrest, if possible within 3−5 minutes (ideally even sooner) hence the benefit of having them throughout the town.

The full list of defibrillator locations is now as follows:

1. Outside Steeple Grange dentist (available 24 hours, code required from 999)

2. Bolehill red telephone box (available 24 hours, code required from 999)

3. Wirksworth Fire Station (available 24 hours, code required from 999)

4. Outside the Co-op (available 24 hours, code required from 999)

5. Wirksworth Town Hall – opening hours only no code required

6. Coach House dentist – opening hours only no code required

7. Waltham House (available 24 hours, code required from 999)

8. Memorial Hall (available 24 hours, code required from 999)

9. Anthony Gell Secondary School – opening hours only no code required

10. Wirksworth Leisure Centre – opening hours only no code required

11. Hannage Brook Medical Centre – opening hours only no code required

12. Wirksworth cricket club scoreboard (available 24 hours, code required from 999)

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)