Baking
Loaf
Loaf is a family-owned artisan bakery in Crich, on the edge of the Peak District, where bakers have…
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Matlock
Things to do, independent businesses, groups and markets in and around Matlock.
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Every one you choose keeps more money, work and opportunity close to home.
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In the shops
Buy local in Matlock: 5 independents
All 5, by category →Fresh Produce & Growers
Crich fruit and veg
In Crich, Ryan runs an organic and naturally grown fruit and vegetable box scheme, sourced largely from a…
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Drinks, Brewing & Distilling
Aldwark Artisan Ales
A chemist and a farm girl converted their milking parlour in the Peak District into a micro brewery…
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Also here: Andrea Leigh Ceramics and Print, Kitchen Garden Flowers.
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Homewares & Gifts
Andrea Leigh Ceramics and Print
Andrea Leigh combines relief printmaking with ceramics, pressing carved lino into clay to make patterned vessels,…
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Flowers, Plants & Gardening
Kitchen Garden Flowers
Kitchen Garden Flowers grows seasonal, scented cut flowers on its plot in Matlock, Derbyshire, from April…
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The money
Where your money goes
£10 → £25
What a tenner spent with a local independent can be worth to the town before it leaves. Totnes has measured what that means in practice: somebody counted the shopkeepers, growers and makers, and worked out what the town keeps.
Totnes figures
£30mspent a year on food and drink to eat at home, across the town and its parishes
£22mof it imported from the rest of the UK and overseas
£2mmore a year stays here if we buy just a tenth of that imported food locally instead
Source: Economic Blueprint for Totnes & District, local food & drink section (2013). Choosing local isn’t charity. It’s one of the ways we decide what our towns get to keep.
What we stand for
- 0% commission, at every tierYou buy direct. Money never passes through Understead.
- Nobody pays to move up this pageNothing on this page is ordered by who pays. Adverts sit in their own marked spaces.
- Free, for goodMarkets, clubs, groups and community organisations never pay to list.
- Your customers stay yoursFollowers and reviews belong to the business, not to us.
Why buy from a Matlock independent?
Small choices, close to home
When the bread, the veg or the birthday present comes from someone who lives here, the money goes round the town again before it leaves.
- It stays in the townMore of every pound goes on to pay local growers, tradespeople and Saturday jobs.
- You know who made itThe person who grew it, baked it or threw it is usually the one selling it, and will tell you how.
- It keeps the town a townIndependents are owned by neighbours. Their shopfronts, stalls and workshops are what make Matlock look like Matlock.
- Work for the next lotTrades, apprenticeships and first jobs live in independent businesses.
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Why this page exists
This page belongs to Matlock
A place is made by its local people and the independent businesses, groups, clubs, markets, activities and networks they create. Yet much of this local life is hard to find, scattered across word of mouth, social media, small websites, noticeboards and people’s memories.
Understead exists to make what’s local easier to see, easier to find and easier to take part in. What you see is the understead: the smaller, independent and community life of your town that can otherwise be remarkably easy to miss.
Every time you buy locally, join a group, recommend a place or share this page, you’re taking part in local life, and you make it easier for the next person to find.
Further down this page
Shops and makers, by category
Shops and makers
Buy local, by category
Food & Drink
Makers & Crafts
Home, Garden & More
Every category →
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Food & Drink
- Fresh Produce & Growers
- Microgreens
- Gourmet Mushrooms
- Local Meat, Eggs & Seafood
- Cheese & Dairy
- Baking
- Preserves, Pickles & Ferments
- Pantry Goods
- Tea, Coffee & Confectionery
- Drinks, Brewing & Distilling
- Honey & Bee Products
- Herbs & Botanicals
Makers & Crafts
- Ceramics, Pottery & Glass
- Jewellery & Accessories
- Wood, Metal & Fine Craft
- Textiles, Knitwear & Fibre
- Art, Prints & Stationery
- Candles, Soap & Home Fragrance
- Homewares & Gifts
Home, Garden & More
- Flowers, Plants & Gardening
- Health, Beauty & Wellbeing
- Farm Shops & Local Retail
- Zero Waste & Eco Household
- Pet Products
Classes & activities
Classes & activities
Find local teachers, classes, workshops and experiences around Matlock, from yoga and pottery to music, cookery, dance and outdoor skills.
Browse by category
Health & movement
Music & performance
- Dance Classes
- Singing Lessons
- Drama Classes
- Piano Lessons
- Guitar Lessons
- Music Lessons
Art, craft & making
- Pottery Classes
- Art Classes
- Sewing & Textile Crafts
- Craft Workshops
- Photography Courses
- Floristry Workshops
Food, growing & outdoors
- Cookery Classes
- Gardening & Growing
- Foraging & Wild Food
- Horse Riding Lessons
- Climbing & Bouldering
- Paddleboarding & Kayaking
- Sailing & Watersports
Children & families
- Baby & Toddler Classes
- Gymnastics Classes
Art Classes
Easel Weasel Art Workshops
Denise Cliffen teaches painting and printmaking from her home studio at Whatstandwell in the Derbyshire Peak District. Groups stay small at four people, with full-day workshops…
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Pilates
Orchard Pilates Studio
Tricia Durdey teaches Pilates from a studio surrounded by old apple trees on the edge of Wirksworth, the small market town in the Derbyshire Dales. She…
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Pilates
Abi-pilates (Physio led Pilates Classes)
Pilates classes on Thursday evenings at the Whitworth Centre in Darley Dale, run by a physiotherapist who is also an APPI qualified Pilates instructor. Two evening…
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Guitar Lessons
Adam Nash Guitar Tuition
Adam Nash Guitar Tuition is a guitar teacher in Matlock.
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Yoga
Wild Yogi
Wendy Snongjati teaches yoga in Matlock under the name Wild Yogi, holding senior teacher status with Yoga Alliance Professionals. Her Wild Core Flow, Hatha and gentle…
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Pilates
Pilates with Natalie
Pilates with Natalie is a Pilates studio in Matlock.
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Pilates
Revivepilates
Nicki Furniss has taught Pilates since 2018 and founded Revivepilates in Matlock, having worked before that…
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Markets
Market day
Markets
We haven’t found the local markets here yet. Know a market or food hub people around here should be able to find?
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Trade counter
Trade counter
Buying for a shop, kitchen or gallery?
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- 1Say what you need.
- 2Say where you need it.
- 3Choose how far you’ll source from.
- 4Let one supplier or several fulfil it.
When more suppliers match than one request can go to, those on paid plans are sent it first.
Around Matlock, and search nearby
Around Matlock
Matlock is your starting point, not your boundary.
Local doesn't stop at the town sign. The growers, makers, markets and clubs in the villages and towns around Matlock are part of the same local life. Open a neighbouring town's page to see who's there, or put in your postcode, choose how far you're happy to travel, and search everything local within that distance: shops and producers, classes, what's on, groups and markets.
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Reader questions
Reader questions
Quick answers
Independent businesses, classes and activities, groups and clubs, markets, and what’s on in and around Matlock. Understead brings together the local things that are otherwise scattered across websites, social media and word of mouth, so they’re easier to find and discover. There are 12 independent businesses and 0 markets listed here so far, alongside local groups and organiser-published dates.
Local life doesn’t stop at the town boundary. Understead follows the useful local catchment around Matlock, so relevant places in nearby towns and villages can appear here too. Each result tells you where it is, and the Nearby search lets you enter your own postcode and decide how far you want to look.
Use Add something local to tell us about a business, class, group, market or event we’re missing. If you run it yourself, use the appropriate listing or organiser route there. If it’s already on Understead, use its claim or update option where available.
Businesses can show their own website, phone, social channels, enquiry and booking links. Understead doesn’t get between you and the business. Where a business has opened a Shop here, you can also buy through Understead.
Eligible businesses can list free. Understead charges no listing fees and takes 0% sales commission on Shop sales. Shop and Trade subscriptions are optional and pay for extra tools, not a cut of each sale. Normal payment-processing fees may still apply when an online payment is taken.
Not on this page: nothing here is ordered by who pays, and adverts sit in their own marked spaces. Paying never puts a business into results it doesn’t belong in. In search, where several businesses match equally well, one on a paid plan can be listed above a free one.