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
Ernest Bakewell Ernest Bakewell Ernest Bakewell (1898–1983) was an English-born chemical engineer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Mackenzie in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1933 to 1937 as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and then Social Constructive member. He was born in Leicester and was educated in Nottingham. He came to British Columbia around 1924, settling in Ocean Falls, where he worked for a pulp and paper company. Bakewell left the CCF in 1936 to join Robert Connell's Social Constructives. He left British Columbia around 1939 and returned to England. After training in the matter of munitions