Local groups
If your local group is not listed here, email us with details and we will add them.
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Dent Community Housing Project
Dent Community Housing Project keeps a register of people interested in being involved in, or obtaining a house via, the Dentdale Community Led Housing Project. Please note that CLH schemes may take s...

Cowgill Shufflers
Couch to 5km It’s never too late to get involved to enjoy running, jogging, walking and some conversation …and at your own pace. All welcome including children and dogs. Meet at the Notice Boa...

Dent Pre-School
The Pre-School is proud to have served families in the dale for more than 25 years. Run from premises adjoining the village school, it is staffed by a highly qualified team of Early Years professional...

St John the Evangelist, Cowgill
Holy Communion on 1st Sunday of the month at 2.30pm plus service or event on the 3rd Sunday at 2:30pm. Priest: The Rev. Christine Brown. Churchwarden: Janice Moorby and Heather Fraser St John the Evan...

Sedbergh Red Squirrel Group
We are a small group of people trying to conserve red squirrels in the Sedbergh and Dentdale area. Our aims are to raise public awareness of the difficulties facing red squirrels and to encourage more...

Cowgill Community
This online newsletter provides an informal way of sharing information about events, items for sale, road closures etc for residents of Cowgill. The distribution list is opt-in and all messages are se...

Dent Grammar School Educational Foundation
This educational charity gives grants to the school and local young people aged under 25, raising income from buildings and land which it owns. For more information contact the chair, Heather Fraser. ...

Rhumes Barn Gym
The dale has its own community gym located above the football changing rooms on the first floor of Rhumes Barn, off Beech Hill. For membership details contact Jill Mitchell. ...

Dentdale Methodist Church
Dent Chapel, The Laning, Dent village. Services; April to October 6.30pm, November to March 2pm. Monthly Coffee Morning 23/7/22, 20/8/22, 17/9/22, 22/10/22, 19/11/22 , 10/12/22 Harvest Sunday Septembe...

Knit and Natter
This group meets on Mondays (1.30-3.30pm) at the Heritage Centre, Dent (Methodist Room when the centre is closed). ...

Women’s Institute
Dentdale WI meets on the second Wednesday of the month at 7.15pm in the Memorial Hall. Click here to view minutes of meetings. ...

Dentdale Memorial Hall
The Sedgwick Room and Haygarth Room within the Dentdale Memorial Hall provide meeting venues for many of the dale’s organisations. The building is shared with the adjoining village school and pre-sc...

Dentdale Head to Foot
With guest speakers invited to talk on a wide variety of topics, this group meets on the first Friday of each month in the Sedgwick Room, Dentdale Memorial Hall, at 2pm. A small donation of £2 is req...

Dentdale Community First Responders
Trained volunteers provide a ‘first response’ service via 999 calls. An annual fundraising barbecue is normally held on the first weekend in May. ...

Dentdale Christian Fellowship
We hold ‘Bring and Share’ evening events monthly. Annual Festival starts 05/08/22. Ring for details. ...

The Dentdale Choir
The choir meets every Tuesday evening, between September and April/May, at 7.15pm in Dentdale Memorial Hall. Events include an Annual Spring Concert, carol services at Dent and Cowgill churches and pr...

Dent Parish Council
Meets on the first Monday evening of the month (except January) in the Sedgwick Room, Dentdale Memorial Hall; once or twice a year, meetings are held in the Sportsman’s Inn, Cowgill. Chair: Graham D...

Meditation Centre
Located in Flintergill, Dent, the centre is based in a restored former Methodist chapel and provides a tranquil setting for a range of meditation and yoga courses. Open daily to visitors, the centre c...

Dent Library
The Reading Room on Main Street is open Tuesdays, 9am-7pm and Saturdays, 9am-2pm. Stock is mainly fiction, junior fiction, and paperback but with some non fiction and hardbacks – cookery, needle...

Sedbergh & Dent United Football Club
Dent FC formed in 1991 and at the end of the 2018/19 season merged with Sedbergh Wanderers to become Sedbergh & Dent United. It is hoped that the Sedbergh & Dent United will be able to compete...

St Andrews church, Dent
St Andrew’s, Dent, Holy Communion Sundays, 11.15am. Vicar: Andy Burgess. Churchwarden: Janet Skublics and David Wright. ...

St Andrew’s Bellringers
New members welcome. Bell-ringing practice at St Andrew’s Church, Dent, every Wednesday 7.30-9pm. Duties, Sunday 10-10.30am, weddings and other special occasions. ...

Dent Allotments Association
The village allotments are located close to Church Bridge. The site has more than 20 plots and there is usually one available for local residents to rent. ...