Dronfield Santa’s Sleigh Operations for Christmas 2024

Rotary in Dronfield Santa’s Sleigh will operate again this year.

The Sleigh will stop on its 6 evenings travelling round the streets, wherever children gather. Santa is continuing to use updated tracking technology. The Tracker will go live as the Sleigh leaves Callywhite Lane, or Sainsbury’s Car Park so you can track Santa’s journey.

Tracker link rbrotary.org.uk/g/show/dronfield

Please listen to Santa’s helpers as they are there to keep you safe as well as collecting your kind donations. We will be collecting cash but will have a Sum Up Card reader with us.

Thank you to our Sponsors:

Henry Boot plc; Padley & Venables, Banner Plant, Ferndale Garden Centre, Jays Refractory Specialists Ltd, Sidey Elecrical Ltd and Power Depot.

Thank you also to Mitchel Ingram of JM Trees & Groundcare who tows the Sleigh every night and to Egg on Legs who created and printed the decals for the Sleigh.

The Routes

Friday, 13th December 2024 Snape Hill & Coal Aston

5.00pm Greendale Shopping Centre; 5:10 pm Hartington Road /Alexandra Road

5.20pm Cecil Road; 5:30 pm Snape Hill Crescent; 5:35pm Thirlmere Drive; 5:40pm Snape Hill Crescent, 5:50 pm Fairview Road; 6:00pm Hawthorne Avenue 6:10pm Sycamore Avenue; 6:15pm Marsh Avenue

6:25pm Snape Hill Lane, 6:40pm; 6.35pm Summerfield Rd & Derwent Road. 6.45pm Chequers P.H. 6.55pm Wilson Road, Coal Aston;

7:00 pm Birches Fold & Cunliffe Street

7:10pm Drury Lane near Eckington Road, 7.15pm Drury Lane at corner with Bents Lane & Kiln Hill, Cross Lane, 7.20pm – 7.40pm Holmley Lane; then Sheffield Road and Dronny Bottom.

Monday16 December 2024 Holmesdale Estate

5.05pm Park Avenue; 5.20pm Greendale Shopping Centre.

5.35pm The Avenue / The Lawn, 5.50pm Stonelow Road bus stop layby;

6.00pm – 6.15pm Frithwood Drive; 6.25pm – 6.35pm Stonelow Road

6.40pm Oakdell/ The Knoll, 6:50pm Oakhill Road/Falcon Road

7.00pm Ferndale Road, Firthwood Road, 7.15pm Barnard Avenue.

7.15pm Barnard Avenue Shops, 7.25pm The Ridgeway & Prospect Road

7.35pm Warren Rise, 7.40pm Falcon Road / Falcon Rise junction;

7.45pm Oakhill Road, 7.55pm – 8.05pm Holmesdale Road

Tuesday, 17 December 2024, Hilltop

5.00pm Garth Way; 5.15 pm Garth Way/ Curzon Avenue;

5.25 pm Hollins Spring Avenue/Hillside Avenue; 5.40pm- 5.55pm Highfield Road/Netherfield Crescent and Highfield Road top of Netherfield Crescent;

6.20pm Lundy Road; 6.25pm Angelsey Road; 6.40pm Highgate Drive;

6.50pm Burns Drive; 7.05pm Highgate Drive/Hallowes Drive/Hallowes Drive;

7.15pm Cemetery Road/Palmer Crescent; 7.25pm School Lane;

7.35 – 7.45pm Fletcher Avenue.

Wednesday 18 December, 2024. Dronfield Woodhouse

5.00pm Bus Stop, Pentland Road/opposite shops

5.10pm – 5.03pm Balmoral Crescent, 5:40pm Stubley Drive/Bubnell Road 5.55pm Barnes Avenue/Stubley Close 6.15pm- 6.20pm

Longcroft Road and Smithy Croft. 6:40pm – 7.00pm Longcroft Road, Northern Common, Leabrook Road Wentworth Road. 7.00pm Stanford Road opposite Arundel Close, Sherwood Road, Wentworth Road, Carr Lane and Stubley Lane.

7.30pm High Street / Church Street. 7.40pm Lea Road.

Thursday 19 December 202 4. Gosforth Valley

5.00pm Gainsborough Road / Gosforth Drive top junction.

5.15pm Gainsborough Road/Hogarth Rise.

5.20pm Coniston Road- By pass end 5.30pm Sheards Drive, Ullswater Drive, 5.45pm Coniston Road/Ullswater Drive; 5:55pm Coniston Road/Grange Ave, 6.05pm Coniston Road/Kendal Drive.

6.15pm Coniston Road/Windermere Avenue,

6:25 pm Coniston Road/Rothay Close. 6.35pm Ashford Road

6.45 pm Ravensdale Road / Norbury Close, 6.55pm Allestree Drive.

7.20 pm Jolly Farmer PH.

Friday 20 December, 2024 Unstone and Apperknowle

5.00pm – 5.15pm UNSTONE Old Whittington Lane & Whittington Lane.

5.20pm Sheffield Road Bus Stop, 5.30pm Horse & Jockey PH

5.40pm – 5.50pm Cheetham Avenue 5.50pm – 6.00pm Loundes Road.

6.10pm – 6.15pm Crow Lane at junctions with Church Street and St Johns Road.

6.25pm HUNDALL visit to Miners Arms, Hundall.

6.45pm APPERKNOWLE - Visit to Travellers Rest PH.

6.55pm High Street opposite bus stop

7.10pm COAL ASTON Eckington Road service road in front of houses.

Round the Pubs

7.20pm Cross Daggers Public House, Brown Lane, Coal Aston

7.35pm Rutland Arms, Holmesfield

7.45pm The Angel, Holmesfield

7.55pm George and Dragon, Holmesfield.

8.15pm Blue Stoops, High Street

8.25pm Manor House, High Street

8.35pm Green Dragon, Church Street

8.45pm White Swan, Chesterfield Road

8.55pm The Underdog, Chesterfield Road

9.05pm Dronfield Arms, Chesterfield Road.

STATIC DISPLAYS

There will be 7 days of static display and Charity Bucket Collections outside Sainsbury’s Supermarket, Dronfield from 8.00 am to 4.45pm each day on:

Friday,13 December; Saturday, 14 December; Monday,16 December;

Tuesday, 17 December; Wednesday,18 December; Thursday,19 December and Friday, 20 December.

All timings and routes are provisional and subject to change in the event of inclement weather or traffic disruption. Keep an eye on the Dronfield Santa’s Sleigh Facebook Page or visit www.dronfieldrotary.org.uk for the latest information.