Bakewell is held at the beginning of July. Rugby union is played regularly in the town by Bakewell Mannerians RUFC, who currently compete in Midlands 2 East (North). The town is represented by two football teams, Bakewell Red Lion FC and Bakewell Town FC; both compete in the Hope Valley Football League. Bakewell has a large recreation park to the east of the town centre, which has tennis courts, children's playground, and football/cricket pitches. In the town itself, and located near to the library, is the municipal swimming pool and gym. Alongside the River Wye is a popular riverside walk. Bakewell
Selina Huntington Bakewell Campbell Selina Huntington Bakewell Campbell Selina Huntington Bakewell Campbell (12 November 1802 – 28 June 1897) was an important woman in the Restoration Movement, which is sometimes referred to as the Stone-Campbell Movement. Selina was also the second wife of Alexander Campbell. Selina Bakewell was baptized at nineteen years of age by her mentor, Alexander Campbell, and had a close relationship with his wife, Margaret Brown Campbell. She became a member of the Wellsburg, West Virginia Church of Christ and formed a very close relationship with the Campbell family. So close that, as Margaret lay dying of turberculosis, Margaret secured a