Bright Winter Nights will return to Bolsover Castle this November illuminating the town’s iconic landmark and featuring a newly commissioned interactive digital art installation The immersive light experience was launched in 2023 by Junction Arts to mark the 30th anniversary of the lantern parade the event promises to be bigger and better co-created with the local community and specialist artists Bolsover Castle will once again come to life with live projections The centrepiece for this year’s Bright Winter Nights has been commissioned by the Bolsover Place Board and will feature a dazzling It will be created in collaboration with Derbyshire storytellers Babbling Vagabonds video projection artists Illuminos and young people in Bolsover The numerous light displays will feature a diverse range of voices including an installation co-created by the LGBTQIA+ community via a national partnership with Dreamy Place who stage festivals in Brighton and Crawley Participants from the PlatformThirty1 project ‘Know Your Neighbourhood’ will also see their work featured in Bright Winter Nights The project is a creative community project designed to increase opportunities for connection for individuals and reduce loneliness Through creative workshops in communal spaces participants have explored a wide range of art forms Project Manager at Junction Arts said: “Bright Winter Nights is back more community involvement and more chances to engage with the artworks We’re excited to be working in partnership with so many great organisations to bring together one amazing event that will mark the start of the festive season Every piece of content at Bright Winter Nights has been co-created by the community working with professional artists – representing voices from all parts of Bolsover.” “The concept of the event is the same as last year with more interactive elements for visitors to explore we can’t wait for people to come along and experience it.” Bolsover Place Board member and General Manager of Hardwick Estate & Stainsby Mill said: “Bright Winter Nights is such a special and important event in the heart of Bolsover It’s incredibly exciting that it is back for 2024 It will showcase the very best of what the district has to offer and will both attract visitors to the town and provide an important moment for local residents to come together and celebrate the place where they live and work Bolsover is a thriving and dynamic place with so much to offer and Bright Winter Nights celebrates and showcases the town and wider district at its very best.” Joel Wileman from Bolsover Castle said: “At English Heritage we’re striving to make new connections with the community through heritage and tell everyone’s story Bright Winter Nights and Junction Arts’ wider work fits perfectly with this vision so we’re delighted to extend the ticket allocation to 1,000 for 2024 The Castle was built by William Cavendish for impressive celebrations and Bright Winter Nights will continue this trend in style.” Junction Arts is organising the event in partnership with English Heritage and arts organisations Platform Thirty1 Bright Winter Nights is funded by Arts Council England and Bolsover District Council Tickets are the same price as last year, £2 per child and £3 for adults and are available to buy now: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on/bright-winter-nights-29-nov-24/ The Bolsover Christmas Market and the Bolsover Lantern Parade are all part of the Bolsover Winter Festival – a weekend of festive fun that will take place on the 29th and 30th of November Looking for things to do with the family in Chesterfield? Check out our events page to find out more: https://www.chesterfield.co.uk/visiting/events/ Junction Arts supports the marketing and economic growth of the town through Chesterfield Champions a network of over 200 organisations across Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Destination Chesterfield Coordinator (Investment and Marketing) Chesterfield is improving its standing as an attractive town for businesses and professionals Our businesses step up to support vital causes and breathe new life into community initiatives Ann Fomukong-Boden shares her excitement for a packed summer of events in Chesterfield Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website These cookies do not store any personal information Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads Preference cookies are used to store user preferences to provide content that is customized and convenient for the users like the language of the website or the location of the visitor Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors Undefined cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet XFASTINDEX Horizon 29 is being built by McLaren Construction (Midlands and North) in three phases for clients BGO Wire PropCo Ltd and Equation Properties it will span 1,150,256 sq ft and have a total of eight warehouses Phases 1A and 1B were completed in February this year comprising offour warehouse units (units 1 Phase 2 is the construction of two single-storey base build distribution warehouses – units 7 and 8 These will be 249,995 sq ft and 249,866 sq ft respectively with associated mechanical and electrical installations All external works are also being undertaken by McLaren Sustainable features will include solar PVs, air source heat pumps, enhanced cladding The units are designed to achieve a BREEAM Rating of ‘Excellent,’ with an EPC ‘A’ Rating managing director of McLaren Construction (Midlands and North) said: “Horizon 29 is going to be a premier distribution centre for Derbyshire and the wider East Midlands It provides an ideal opportunity for tenants looking for direct and easy access to the M1 north and south we are building two more units at the site - and as with earlier phases – they will be highly energy efficient buildings with the potential for the whole of the roofs to be used to gather energy from PV to not only power the units but to put energy back into the National Grid.” Got a story? Email news@theconstructionindex.co.uk 16 hours Following a recent expansion into North America, Murphy Group has now entered Australia. 3 days A Devon housing development has emerged as the centre of a web of corruption. 30 minutes MTX Contracts has been selected as the preferred bidder to build a £54m diagnostic centre in Pitsea, Essex. 30 minutes House-builder Springfield Properties has promoted Darren Thomson to construction director for its north of Scotland operations. 16 hours Controversial government plans to allow developers to pay into a central nature levy to offset local environmental harms are generating increasing opposition. 3 days Dolphin Living has appointed The Hill Group to deliver the redevelopment of the New Era housing estate in Hackney. © 2025 The Construction Index [Company No ' + response[i].created_nice + ' ' + response[i].description + ' Bolsover District Council has invested heavily in the area By NOTICEBOARD · 20 February 2025 MAJOR DEVELOPMENT: A new events hub will be part of the major development at the Market Place The final phase of Bolsover District Council’s investment in Shirebrook Market Place is set to start over the coming days Following the improvements to the public environment for bus passengers in Shirebrook the final phase of the Shirebrook Market Place: Reimagined project will see the wider public realm works recommence It will also involve the erection of the new Events Hub building utilising external funding from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and Government-awarded Regeneration Fund a series of preparatory works will take place within the Market Place as the transformation of the public realm recommences Beyond the remaining design work this will see adjustments to the electricity supply and the felling of trees along Victoria Street and Station Road as the Council prepares for the latest improvements to be implemented Bolsover District Council leader said: “We know that our town centres are the hearts of our local communities and that as a result the health and condition of our town centres is really important It is for this reason that the council has been committed to enhancing our town centres for many years investing in the preparation of improvement plans and seeking external funding to help us deliver them “It is always challenging to bring together sufficient funding for this kind of project but through our determination to deliver improvements for our communities we have convinced the new Labour Government to invest in Shirebrook through their Regeneration Fund.” Shirebrook market will continue during February and March as normal but with certain areas out of action to preserve public safety while they are being worked on the Market Place will become a working site and for public safety reasons the whole area will be cordoned off and become unavailable During this period alternative public toilets will be put in place prior to the existing public toilet block being no longer available However, Shirebrook Town Council wish to keep the market within the Market Place area to support the market traders and keep footfall in the town centre and the council are supporting this desire and are actively pursuing temporary road closures along Victoria Street Station Road and Market Place on market days as is the case elsewhere in Derbyshire bus services from Market Street will be unaffected The temporary road closures will be formally advertised but as part of this local businesses will also be notified to enable them to plan accordingly to minimise disruption for their staff and customers The works are expected to run from April to September 2025 and will see the introduction of the events hub building new street furniture and bollards around the edge of the Market Place new cycle stands as well as the completion of the resurfacing of the Market Place “We acknowledge that the improvement works will cause disruption while they are taking place and that to a large degree this cannot be helped But we are working with Shirebrook Town Council to minimise the disruption and support the market traders and local businesses during the works this positive investment will allow us and Shirebrook Town Council to bring more events to the town centre to increase the number of visitors and to promote local shopping which will in turn see our local businesses benefit and strengthen the local community.” LoadingDaily Email Updates {{contentTitle}} Plans have been submitted for a significant housing project in Bolsover which could see the construction of 547 new homes includes 212 homes as the next phase of Persimmon’s ongoing Castle Walk project will be built to meet new energy efficiency standards and feature solar panels and electric vehicle chargers The development will also incorporate a 10-acre town park and significant investments in local infrastructure Persimmon has committed £3.5 million for a new school £1.8 million for primary and secondary education and further contributions to road upgrades and community projects The project also includes provision for a primary school and an extra care facility as well as a new spine road to alleviate traffic congestion on Welbeck Road We offer an exciting opportunity in the East Midlands for companies to plan innovative advertising campaigns alongside consistently excellent reporting Our newsletters are sent directly chief executives managing directors and senior managers across the East Midlands with numerous companies from all sectors – from manufacturing to technology – benefiting from our mix of news and features Contact us: sales@blmgroup.co.uk By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. more information Accept The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this Close To continue 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We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. sits at the crest of a hill with the best view in Derbyshire You could be forgiven for thinking it must be the home of a medieval knight He was so pleased with his “new castle” that he took it for his title The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. The castle seems pretty wondrous to me, not least because it determined my choice of career. As a teenager, I read about it in a book describing a treasure hunt undertaken in the 1960s by the architectural historian Mark Girouard He was looking for traces of the lost houses designed by the Smythsons a talented family of master masons and designers in Elizabethan England Their work at Bolsover formed the climax of his quest and through several lucky breaks I ended up working there myself in my first proper job as assistant inspector of ancient monuments for English Heritage One of the castle’s oddest buildings is its Riding House where each morning the Duke trained his wildly expensive horses in the art of horse ballet This strange sport was popular at the court of Charles I and you can still see something like it at the Spanish Riding School in Vienna A dancing horse performs a tribute to former royal horse master William Cavendish Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty ImagesAt first sight it seems pointless and yet the repetitive discipline required to teach a huge beast to leap through the air involved what we would now call mindfulness and alive to the possibilities of each given moment A rider in superb control of a powerful animal was supposed to represent a person capable of taming the unruly animal passions that lie within us all The castle’s style used to be known as ‘Artisan Mannerism’ the work of artisans not artists … in other words a bit of a bodgeThe castle is a very English wonder because it fuses arcane symbolism and architectural ideas from the ancient fortresses of northern England with the then very modern ideas from Renaissance Italy The Renaissance as it arrives here in Derbyshire looks a bit dodgy to expert eyes familiar with the “real” Renaissance of southern Europe The Venus fountain Photograph: Heritage Image Partnership Ltd/AlamyThe famous statue of Venus in the garden But there’s an intriguing argument that quirky “mistakes” like this were quietly but deliberately introduced by the local craftspeople who thought that even Chesterfield lay practically in a foreign country perhaps her sculptor was secretly laughing at his master for coming home from his Grand Tour of Italy so full of pretentious Bolsover itself – a town so deeply associated with the 1980s miners’ strike – seems an unlikely place for avant garde art and elite sport to have been practised four centuries ago the castle is a reminder of why the mighty are fallen When the British civil wars (1642-51) broke out the Duke of Newcastle became a Royalist general and sent his great leaping horses from the Riding House to the battlefield he lost the key battle of Marston Moor because he had a hangover and didn’t turn up on time The king himself ended up losing both the war The buildings at Bolsover were plundered by Cromwell’s troops Today they survive largely as a roofless ruin, the few remaining rooms empty and echoing. But still they retain a whiff of decadent magic.Series two of Lucy Worsley Investigates is on BBC Two