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
Michael Bakewell versions of the Japanese television series "The Water Margin" and "Monkey", which were screened by the BBC, among many of Manga Video UK's dubs (and many dubs for both Central Park Media and Manga Video UK), e.g., "Cyber City Oedo", "Devilman", "Dominion Tank Police", "Patlabor" (Manga PAL version - movies 1 and 2), "Tokyo Babylon", "Genocyber", "Roujin Z", "Angel Cop", "Violence Jack" and many others. From 1955 until 1972 he was the husband of Joan Bakewell; the couple had two children, Matthew and Harriet. He married Melissa Dundas in 1975. The couple live in East Sussex. Michael Bakewell Michael Bakewell