Heanor Festival Week 2009 May Day events - photos courtesy Ripley & Heanor News

Heanor Festival Week May Day Week 2010

Heanor Festival week is on every May Bank Holiday week, see below for news from previous years (full list of 2009 events on the events page and in the Heanor Festival Week leaflet). Preparations are now well underway for Heanor Festival Week 2010. Lots of events are free and there's sure to be something for everyone. The event has been running for a number of years and was originally known as Heanor Market Town Week. The 2009 events included two competitions, details are below. details of the 2010 competitions will appear here shortly.

 

Heanor Festival Week 2009 Competitions

Photographic Competition

Heanor, Derbyshire, springtime

What does Heanor mean to you? Capture the essence of Heanor in a photograph and you could have the opportunity to win a prize.

There are two categories:
1 - Under 12
2 - 12+

Photographs should be no more than A5 in size. On the reverse side of the photograph write your name, category number and contact number.

If you would like your photograph to be returned, please enclose a stamped addressed envelope.

Send your photograph to:

Festival Photographs
13 Marshall Street
Heanor
Derbyshire DE75 7AT

Closing date: 17 April 2009

 

The winning entries from the Festival competition and a selection of other entries will be exhibited in Heanor Library. Please come and view the exhibition.

Venue: Heanor Library, Ilkeston Road, Heanor, Derbyshire

Date: 25 April - 9 May

Time: Normal Library opening hours   FREE Event

 

Spot the Maypoles Competition

Spot the Maypoles in the shop windows around Heanor Town Centre and have a chance to win a £10 gift voucher!

A total of twelve maypoles will be placed in various shop windows around Heanor Town Centre between Saturday 2nd May and Saturday 9th May. All you need to do is find all twelve maypoles and write down the name of the shops where you found them in the table below or on the entry form on the leaflet. Then fill in your contact details and post your entry forms in one of the boxes at one of the following locations no later than 12noon on Saturday 9th May.

• Heanor Library, Ilkeston Road, Heanor

• Post Office, Godfrey Street, Heanor

• Derbyshire Building Society, Market Street, Heanor

Name of the shops where the maypoles have been spotted:

1 7
2 8
3 9
4 10
5 11
6 12

Your Name: _______________________________________________________

Your Address: _______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

Your Telephone no: _______________________________________________________

The winner will be drawn from all correct entries on Monday 11th May 2009

Festival Leaflet

Download a copy of the leaflet showing all the events during the week (PDF file, requires Adobe Reader), click on picture below. To view leaflet contents as a webpage, click here:

Heanor Festival Week leaflet

Event Leaflet:
Designed by Amber Valley Borough Council
Sponsored by Amber Valley Housing Ltd
Printed by Page Whelan

 

 

Contact Us

For further information on the events:

Telephone: 01773 762042

Email: info@heanorfestival.co.uk

Website: www.heanorfestival.co.uk

 

 

Travel

How to get there...

For travel information please telephone Traveline on 0870 6082608 or visit their website www.traveline.org.uk

Further bus information can be obtained from Trent Barton's website www.trentbarton.co.uk

 

 

Previous festivals

Here are links to previous year's news stories.

Pictures from Heanor Festival Week 2008 (Ripley & Heanor News)

Article and video from Heanor Festival Week 2008 (Ripley & Heanor news)

Heanor Festival Week 2008 (Eastwood Advertiser)

Heanor Festival 2007 (Market Towns Week) (Ripley & Heanor News)