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Buxton
Town in Derbyshire, England

Buxton

Buxton is a spa town in the borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, in the East Midlands region of England.

Plan a trip to Buxton→From Nottingham, Leicestershire

It is England's highest market town, sited at some 1,000 feet (300 m) above sea level. It lies close to Cheshire to the west and Staffordshire to the south, on the edge of the Peak District National Park. In 1974, the municipal borough merged with other nearby boroughs, including Glossop, to form the local government district and borough of High Peak.

See

Worth seeing

  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.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Buxton Opera House & Pavillion Arts Centre

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

How locals move

Getting around Buxton the local way

  • Go nextAfter taking in the splendid scenery and trekking to your heart's content, either camping out overnight or staying in Buxton, you might want to continue on to Sheffield, another post-industrial Northern city with more to offer than that description suggests.

From Wikivoyage: Macclesfield, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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