Event Information

The largest book fair in the Peak District of Derbyshire, with around 30 dealers in attendance.

Everyone welcome including children and pets.  Easy disabled access throughout.  

The venue is near to the town centre and shops, with other tourist attractions in the vicinity including Chatsworth and Haddon Hall.

The second Bakewell book fair of the year will be held on Saturday 15th August. 

Key Details

Time & Date 11th April 2026, 10:00 - 16:00

Venue Bakewell Agricultural Centre, Agricultural Way, Haddon Road, Bakewell, Derbyshire, DE45 1AH

Organisers Louise Harrison, T P Books Tel: 07719 606211 Email: l.harrison539@btinternet.com

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Ticket Information

Admission £ 1.00

Travel Information

Parking

Pay & Display.

Driving

M1, J29

Train

Matlock 9 miles, Grindleford 9 miles, but no taxi rank at either.

Bus

To Bakewell - Trans-Peak from Derby or Manchester; X18 or 240 from Sheffield or 170 from Chesterfield.

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Highlights

If you are thinking of attending this fair, why not have a look at some of the books recommended by some of the Members who will be there.

An Architectural Account of the Churches of Shrops...

D. H. S. Cranage

Wellington: Hobson & Co

£400.00

Offered by Salsus Books

Paul Nash

Andrew Causey

Clarendon Press, Oxford

£148.00

Offered by Yardley Books

The Drawings of Sir Frank Brangwyn R.A. 1867 -1956

James D Boyd

F Lewis Publishers Leigh-on-Sea

£70.00

Offered by Yardley Books

The Wood Engravings of Gwen Raverat

Reynolds Stone

Faber & Faber

£75.00

Offered by Yardley Books

A Broken String of Beads

Rigby Graham

Cog Press, Leicester

£40.00

Offered by Yardley Books

Masks Mimes and Miracles : Studies in Popular Thea...

Allardyce Nicoll M.A.

Cooper Square Publishers Inc.

£45.00

Offered by Yardley Books

Alice Neel : The Subject and Me

Moira Jeffrey

Talbot Rice Gallery

£28.00

Offered by Yardley Books

Catalogue Raisonne of the Works of Samuel Palmer

Raymond Lister

Cambridge University Press

£195.00

Offered by Yardley Books

Simply Not Cricket Catalogue du jazz britannique 1...

Philippe Renaud

Philippe Renaud

£165.00

Offered by Yardley Books

John Constable's Skies

John E Thornes

University of Birmingham Press

£38.00

Offered by Yardley Books

Lucian Freud on Paper

Sebastian Smee

Jonathan Cape

£36.00

Offered by Yardley Books

Ferdinand Preiss Art Deco Sculptor - The Fire and...

Alberto Shayo

Antique Collectors' Club

£48.00

Offered by Yardley Books

The Temple of Flora

Robert Thornton . Intro by Ronald King

Weidenfeld & Nicholson

£35.00

Offered by Yardley Books

North of Rome

Richard Church

Hutchinson of London

£22.00

Offered by Yardley Books

Private View

Bryan Robertson / John Russell / Lord Snowden

Nelson

£28.00

Offered by Yardley Books

Frank Brangwyn 1867-1956

Libby Horner & Gillian Naylor (Eds)

Leeds Museum and Art Gallery

£55.00

Offered by Yardley Books

Walter Keeler

Emmanuel Copper & Amanda Fielding

City Gallery Leicester

£35.00

Offered by Yardley Books

James Morrison Land and Landscape

John Morrison

Sansom & Company

£75.00

Offered by Yardley Books

Adolphe Valette & L. S. Lowry

Celia Lyon ( SIGNED COPY )

Prose Book Publishing

£36.00

Offered by Yardley Books

Fair Exhibitors

If you would like to see which Members will be at this fair, you can browse through them all below. Just select the letter their name starts with and click their name to see their specific page.

Exhibitors A-Z

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Showing 1 Results

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Books

Alastor Rare Books | James Eaton Cleobury Mortimer

56

B

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Books

C

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Showing 2 Results

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Claremont Books and Prints | Suzanne & Gordon Leete Market Harborough

95

D

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E

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H

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I

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J

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M

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N

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P

Name & Trading Name

Showing 1 Results

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R

Name & Trading Name

Showing 1 Results

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S

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Salsus Books | David T Salt Kidderminster

116

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Yardley Books | Bob Yardley Chesterfield

73

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