Branch Diary
- Bus social - route 15
Saturday 6 September 2025 11:40
Traveller's Rest
We start at the Travellers Rest in Apperknowle then walk down to the Miners Arms in Hundall before continuing down the hill to Drone Valley Brewery's tap session.
Some lovely beers can be expected at all three venues and if you want to grab some lunch as well as pints the Travellers Rest is famed for their cheese boards and pork pie platters!
Getting there: Bus 15 departs Dronfield Civic Centre at 11:40 Getting back: Buses 43 and 44 provide a regular service past Drone Valley Brewery back into Dronfield.
- Branch meeting
Wednesday 17 September 2025 19:30
White Swan
This is our formal monthly meeting for sharing pub, club and brewery news, getting updated on CAMRA's campaigns, planning what the branch will be doing and voting for pub awards - all over a pint or two of course.
Whilst this is a business like meeting, we try to avoid that dragging on too long and enjoy a relaxed, social pint or two!
- bus social - Peak Sightseer
Sunday 28 September 2025
Multiple venues
The Peak Sightseer is an open top bus tour that runs from Chatsworth House to Bakewell and Castleton with some feeder trips available from Meadowhead and Chesterfield. You'll get to enjoy a grandstand view of some stunning Peak District scenery. There are also some great pubs along the route too...
We'll be joining the feeder bus from Woodseats Library at 09:58 through to Chatsworth, then staying on for the Blue route tour through to Castleton.
Having done the sightseeing bit, we'll be working our way back towards Chatsworth calling in pubs in villages along the way with options in Castleton, Hope, Hathersage, Grindleford, Calver and Baslow. We can then return to Woodseats or Chesterield using one of the feeder buses for connections to Dronfield.
GETTING THERE: - bus 44 gets to Woodseats at 09:52. Join it at Unstone Green 09:30, Dronfield station 09:34 or Coal Aston 09:40. - bus 43 gets to Woodseats at 09:22. Join it at Unstone Green 08:57, Gosforth 09:05, Dronfield Woodhouse 09:08 or Wreakes Lane 09:13. There is a Costa Coffee next to the bus stop in Woodseats if you fancy a brew whilst waiting for the open top bus!
GETTING BACK: We'll play it a little bit by ear on the day, there are a choice of feeder buses from Chatsworth to both Chesterfield and Woodseats, from both places you can then jump on either a 43 or 44 to Dronfield and there are pubs by the bus stops if you have a little bit of time to wait.
TICKET: The Peak Sightseer tour ticket allows all day unlimited travel on the open top buses: Adult £12 Concession (inc Senior/Disabled passes) £7 Group of up to 5 travelllng together £30.
You can buy tickets from the driver of the open top bus or on the Stagecoach app. If you buy on the app you get the additional benefit of unlimited travel on Stagecoach's normal local buses in the area at no extra cost, this includes the 43/44 from Dronfield.