Buxton

Worth seeing in and around Buxton

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Axe Edge

   Axe Edge Moor is the major moorland southwest of Buxton in the Peak District, England. It is mainly gritstone.

   3.9 km · moorland and hill in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Buxton Opera House

   Buxton Opera House in The Square, Buxton, Derbyshire, England, is a 902-seat opera house. It hosts the annual Buxton Festival and the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival, among others, as well as pantomime at Christmas, musicals and other entertainments year-round.

   300 m · opera house in Buxton, England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Harpur Hill Quarry

   Harpur Hill Quarry is a disused limestone quarry on Harpur Hill, Derbyshire, England. Limestone was extracted there from 1835 to 1952 for lime burning at lime kilns to produce quicklime.

   2.9 km · limestone quarry lake in Derbyshire, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Buxton Town Hall

   Buxton Town Hall was opened in 1889 on the Market Place in Buxton, Derbyshire, England. It lies in the town's central Conservation Area overlooking The Slopes.

   300 m · Grade II listed town hall in Buxton, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Buxton Crescent

   Buxton Crescent is a Grade-I-listed building in the town of Buxton, Derbyshire, England. It owes much to the Royal Crescent in Bath, but has been described by the Royal Institution of British Architects as "more richly decorated and altogether more complex".

   200 m · Grade I listed building in Buxton, High Peak, England · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Devonshire Dome

   The Devonshire Dome building is a Grade II* listed 18th-century former stable block in Buxton, Derbyshire. It was built by John Carr of York and extended by architect Robert Rippon Duke, who added what was then the world's largest unsupported dome, with a diameter of 44.2 metres.

   400 m · Grade II* listed building in Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   The Bull Ring

   The Bull Ring is a Class II henge that was built in the Late Neolithic period near Dove Holes in Derbyshire, England. It has coordinates 53.300695°N 1.884423°W / 53.300695; -1.884423, and is National Monument number 23282.

   5 km · Neolithic henge monument in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Church of St Anne

   St Anne's Church is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Buxton, Derbyshire.

   700 m · church in Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Errwood Hall

   The ruin of Errwood Hall is a popular tourist destination in the scenic Upper Goyt Valley within the Peak District of England.

   5.2 km · ruins of Victorian mansion · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Errwood Reservoir

    Errwood Reservoir is a drinking-water reservoir in the Peak District National Park, within the county of Derbyshire and very close to the boundary with Cheshire. The reservoir was the second of two reservoirs built in the Goyt Valley, the other one being Fernilee Reservoir.

    4.7 km · reservoir in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Buxton Crescent

   Built for the Fifth Duke of Devonshire between 1780 and 1789.

2. 02
   Pavilion Gardens

   John's Road, SK17 6BE, paviliongardens@highpeak.gov.uk.

3. 03
   Poole's Cavern

   A pleasant (and free) walk through woodland from here leads to Solomon's Temple, a folly on a limestone hill with elevated views over Buxton and the surrounding area.

4. 04
   Solomon's Temple

   Victorian folly tower on top of a Bronze Age barrow.

From Wikivoyage: Buxton, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

1. 01
   Buxton Opera House & Pavillion Arts Centre

   Water Street, SK17 6XN, admin@boh.org.uk.

From Wikivoyage: Buxton, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Buxton

Airports

Manchester (MAN), 26 km · East Midlands (EMA), 61 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 63 km

Stations

Buxton railway station, 300 m · Chapel-en-le-Frith railway station, 5.9 km · Dove Holes railway station, 4.7 km

• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Buxton

  61 km · quickest by road, 1h 48m · £7–9
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• Liverpool → Buxton

  73 km · quickest by road, 2h 3m · £8–11
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• Leeds, West Yorkshire → Buxton

  65 km · quickest by road, 2h 2m · £8–11
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