Growing success for an event in Derwent Valley has resulted in the creation of a new week-long festival of activities in Belper.
Launched in 2005, the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site's Discovery Days have steadily increased in length and activities.
Last year, over 2,000 people turned out over two days to take part in over 60 events, many of them free-of-charge.
In 2008, the Discovery Days Festival will kick off on Saturday October 25 and run right through the nine days of the school half term, ending on November 2.
Over 70 events have already been confirmed for those nine days, with more in preparation, ensuring this will be one of the busiest weeks of activities the Derwent Valley has ever seen.
As well as the usual mix of guided walks, exhibitions and children's craft sessions, there will be four very different musical events, talks about the World Heritage Site and a chance for some hands-on conservation work along the Cromford Canal.
World Heritage Site Co-ordinator Adrian Farmer said: "The Discovery Days have been hugely popular in the past.
The only problem has been people couldn't get around the 15 miles of World Heritage Site fast enough to attend all the activities that interested them.
"That has been one of the reasons the Discovery Days will now be filling the whole of the half term week.
"The other is that with so many enthusiastic volunteers wanting to get involved, we now have far too many events for just two days."
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