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Photo of Buxton, a village in Derbyshire, central England.

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Buxton

Local highlight

Georgian spa town with a grand Crescent.

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Buxton is England’s highest market town, an elegant spa built on a warm mineral spring that still fills St Ann’s Well. The grand Crescent, modelled on Bath, curves below the domed Opera House, which Frank Matcham designed and opened in 1903 and which now anchors the town’s summer festival. Poole’s Cavern runs under the wooded hill above. The station is a short walk from the centre.

More places to visit near Buxton

Photo of Poole's Cavern, a cave near Buxton, Derbyshire, central England.Highlight

Poole's Cavern

Cave near Buxton

Two-million-year-old limestone cavern on the edge of Buxton, with a source of the River Wye and rare 'poached-egg' stalactites.

1.4 km SW

Photo of Solomon's Temple, a folly near Buxton, Derbyshire, central England.Highlight

Solomon's Temple

Folly near Buxton

Victorian fortified tower on Grin Low above Buxton, built as a folly on a Bronze Age burial mound with wide-ranging views.

1.9 km S

Photo of the Peak District, a National Park in England.Iconic

Peak District

National Park near Castleton

Britain's first national park: gritstone edges in the Dark Peak, limestone dales in the White.

2.5 km W

Photo along the Pennine Bridleway, a 205-mile National Trail running from Middleton Top or Hartington to A683 at Cote Moor, England.Highlight

Pennine Bridleway

National Trail

The Pennines for horse and bike — old packhorse trails and drovers' roads.

5.1 km E · spans 6 counties

Photo: Chrome Hill, a viewpoint near Hollinsclough in the Peak District, Staffordshire, central England.Iconic

Chrome Hill

Viewpoint near Hollinsclough

Dragon's-back reef limestone ridge in the upper Dove valley, a sharp-crested fossil-reef hill with dramatic sunrise views.

6.7 km S

Photo of Three Shires Head, a waterfall near Flash in the Peak District, Staffordshire, central England.Highlight

Three Shires Head

Waterfall near Flash

The packhorse bridge and pools where Cheshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire meet — once handy for prize-fighters dodging three county constabularies at once.

7.2 km SW