Stunning ornamental gardens and world-famous Georgian and Victorian architecture provide an impressive backdrop to a rich and vibrant range of music, theatre and festivals. Whether you're after a Peak District adventure, a relaxing escape or a bit of both, Buxton is the place to be.
The Buxton Pudding almost resembles the modern day crumble, put with a twist; a thin layer of jam in the middle. The history of this recipe is quite an exciting one, as it actually a heritage recipe dating back to the reign of Queen Victoria. The recipe was found in an attic inside an old cook book.
Buxton is the highest market town in England, standing at over 300 metres above sea level. The town's market charter was granted in 1813. The town also boasts what was once the largest unsupported dome in the world at 44.2m – narrowly beating the Pantheon in Rome (43m).
Visitors have travelled to bathe in Buxton's mineral waters for thousands of years but Buxton is also deservedly renowned for its beautiful Georgian and Victorian architecture - much of it linked with the 5th Duke of Devonshire's ambitions to create a spa town to rival Bath back in the 18th century.
Also in Lower Buxton, you will find our main shopping street, Spring Gardens, with a mix of independent and chain stores, charity shops and cafes. Alongside Spring Gardens is the Springs Shopping Centre with a variety of stores, ranging from Waitrose to New Look to WH Smith.
Shopping in Buxton offers a variety of independent businesses as well as high street brands in both lower and higher Buxton, such as clothing boutiques, gift shops, furniture and homewares, deli and local produce, craft beer and many more.
Buxton Market is run by a Community Interest Company called Buxton Markets. Outdoor Market Day operates every Tuesday and Saturday from 9am - 4pm at Market Place Car Park.
I think that Bakewell has more charm. You will know that Chatsworth House and Haddon Hall are both close to Bakewell and well worth a visit. And do try a Bakewell Pudding. Or indeed Bakewell tart!
Of the two towns, Buxton has more facilities and more to interest the visitor (Matlock itself has little to interest the Tourist although Matlock Bath is worth a day visit).
Buxton is nice enough! There is some crime, but it's a smaller town so there's certainly worse places. It's pretty in places, afew areas to avoid though.
“The greater part of Buxton is more than a thousand feet above sea-level. This high altitude makes it colder than it would be if its temperature depended upon latitude alone.
Parts of a new series of award-winning ITV crime drama Unforgotten will be filmed in Buxton in the coming days. The programme follows two detectives, DCI Cassie Stuart (played by Nicola Walker) and DI Sunny Khan (played by Sanjeev Bhaskar), as they solve cold cases of disappearance and murder.
Robert Stevenson was born in Buxton in 1905, the famous film director who blended fantasy with credibility in Disney live action motion pictures such as Mary Poppins and Bed Knobs And Broomsticks. Tim Brooke Taylor was born in Buxton in 1940 and was best known as a member of The Goodies.
Now to head back to the starting point for the main event: Buxton's infamous 'Blue Lagoon'. With its striking blue colour and picturesque white shores, Harpur Hill Quarry in the Peak District is the perfect example of a dangerous beauty.
There is some debate about the source of the water but the generally accepted hypothesis is that rain water falling on the Mendip Hills to the south of the city infiltrates the Carboniferous Limestone and flows to the north, beneath the North Somerset coal field reaching a depth of 2.5 km from where it obtains its heat ...
Along with its history, Buxton is a bustling, arty town that's surprisingly well connected for its location. With an international music festival, touring theatre shows and a university campus, there's bags to do and a great community spirit.
But no house in any Derbyshire village is as sought out than one in Edensor on the Chatsworth Estate. In fact, last year, it won the top spot on the Telegraph's most desirable places to live in the entire country.
"Buxton, while possessing a pleasantly low temperature in summer, rightly enjoys the reputation of being the coldest place in England during the winter." So a major factor in the founding of the Buxton Station was in response to the realisation that the weather did have an influence on health and diseases.
The boundaries were drawn to exclude built-up and industrial areas; in particular Buxton and the quarries at the end of the Peak Dale corridor are surrounded on three sides by the park. Bakewell and many villages are in the national park, as is much of the rural west of Sheffield.
Aldi is to relocate to the edge of the town. Its existing Station Road supermarket will then be demolished and replaced with a single-storey McDonald's and 53 parking spaces, which will create the equivalent of 62 full-time jobs.
Staff and shoppers said an emotional goodbye to Marks and Spencers in Buxton on Saturday 27th April, as the store closed its doors for the final time. Shelves were left empty as 85 years of history for the store in Buxton came to a sad end.
