Introducing Buxton
With its grand Georgian architecture, central crescent, leafy parks, tourists and thermal waters, Buxton invites comparisons to Bath. It’s smaller in scale, however, and lodged a little less far up its own backside. While the Romans discovered the natural warm-water springs, the town’s heyday was not until the 18th century when ‘taking the waters’ was highly fashionable. After years of relative obscurity, ambitious restoration projects have put the sparkle back into the town, especially the resurrection of the Opera House, which had fallen into disuse in the 1970s.
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Every Tuesday and Saturday, colourful stalls light up Market Pl. The town itself is made for hours of browsing idly and café-crawling.
Situated just outside the border of the Peak District National Park, Buxton is an excellent, picturesque base to get to the northern and western areas.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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RE: Peak district, near youlgreave
by mike9 24 July 2011
For buses, check http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/.buses . Youlgreave is quite a small place, not much more than a village, but Bakewell and…
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RE: Recommended towns: English pubs
by jquinlano 18 July 2011
You're unlikely to have any 'trouble' in any of those cities really. Dodgy areas are usually pretty obvious in most towns. If you want…
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Re: Peak District
by e4electro 31 May 2011
Goyt Valley Campsite, side of the Shady Oak Pub in Fernilee, on the Whaley bridge to Buxton road !!! WARNING !!!! DANGEROUS!!!NO SECURITY!!…
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