Wirksworth has signed twinning charters with Die and Frankenau. The towns have agreed to promote understanding by developing contacts between the citizens through joint activities.
Family and individual links
Young people's visits
School links
Musical visits
Artistic exchanges
Sporting exchanges
Social and Community events
Online links
And more!

We organise a group visit to a twin town once a year, or Wirksworth hosts a group of visitors from Die, Frankenau and Varallo. These activities are open to all members. We usually stay in family homes, which is a great way to get to know people.

Here are a few things that Twinners say:

"I feel the main things about twinning for me are visiting another country, getting to know people and their way of life, making friends both here and from France/Germany, also being able to show the Wirksworth area to others"

"We hosted for the first time and met 2 lovely ladies from Frankenau. Luckily for us both spoke English"

"Magnificent landscape; rich flowers; history; a tipple or two; lasting friends; instructions on snail hunting"

"I joined twinning last year and have met wonderful people from Die, Frankenau and Wirksworth who are all now good friends"
We encourage groups and individuals to visit our linked towns and to set up mutual exchanges. This includes participation in a summer Choral festival arranged by Die Cantat, the Dromoise and Diecyclette bicycle events, the Écologie au Quotidien festival along with football links, art activities and Aquabox.