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
William Bakewell opened a successful real estate company. For four decades, Bakewell served on the board of Motion Picture and Television Fund. Bakewell's autobiography, "Hollywood Be Thy Name--Random Recollections of a Movie Veteran From Silents to Talkies to TV", was published in 1991. On April 15, 1993, Bakewell died of leukemia in Los Angeles at the age of 84. William Bakewell William Bakewell (May 2, 1908 – April 15, 1993) was an American actor who achieved his greatest fame as one of the leading juvenile performers of the late 1920s and early 1930s. Bakewell was a Los Angeles native who attended Harvard