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 Buxton is on the edge of the Peak District
National Park, the first National Park to be designated in Britain.
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Buxton
- Travel by coach - If you'd like to speak
to someone about your journey you can ring Traveline on 0870
608 2 608. |
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Buxton -
Travel by road - Buxton is on the A 6. A nearby
large town is Macclesfield. Buxton is about 25 miles from MANCHESTER. |
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Buxton is 10 miles west of Bakewell,
10 miles east of Macclesfield
and 15 miles SE of Stockport. |
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Buxton
- Travel by train - Buxton Station, Station
Road, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6AQ. Ticket office. Waiting room.
Pay phone. Toilets. Whole station step free access. Manchester
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Buxton -
Sport - Buxton & High Peak Golf Club,
Townend, Waterswallows Road, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 7EN. Tel:
01298 26263. |
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Buxton -
Sport - Buxton swimming pool. Tel: 01298
26548. |
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Buxton
- Sport - Buxton F.C, Silverlands, Buxton.
Tel. 01298 24733. |
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Buxton -
Shopping - Buxton offers a wide range
of shops in the Spring Gardens Shopping Centre, the High Street
and the Cavendish Arcade. Markets are held every Tuesday and
Saturday. Marks &
Spencer, 47 Spring Gardens, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6BJ. Tel:
01298 79311. Woolworths - 44-46 Spring
Gardens, Buxton, SK17 6DB. Tel: 01298 22586. Boots The Chemists, Buxton. Tel: 01298 23084. Royal Bank
Of Scotland. Tel: 01298 79419. Buxton
Post Office. Tel: 01298 23001. |
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Buxton
- Entertainment - BUXTON OPERA HOUSE,
Water Street, Buxton, SK17 6XN. Box Office Tel: 01298 72190.
There is free parking after 6pm in the car park at the rear of
Pavilion Gardens. www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk |
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Buxton
- Other information - Buxton Museum &
Art Gallery, Terrace Road, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6DA Tel:
01298 24658. Buxton Library.
Tel: 01298 25331. Buxton Town Hall. Tel:
01298 28400. |
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Airport indicated is Manchester Airport. Buxton is on the A6. |
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- CHATSWORTH HOUSE, Bakewell, Derbyshire, DE45 1PP. Tel: 01246
582204. chatsworth.org
- SPEEDWELL CAVERN, Winnat's
Pass, Castleton, Hope Valley, S33 8WA. Tel: 01433 620512. speedwellcavern.co.uk.
- The Chestnut Centre, Castleton Road (A625) Chapel-en-le-Frith,
High Peak Derbyshire SK23 0QS. Tel: 01298 814099
- Crich Tramway Village,
nr Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 5DP. Tel: 01773 854321. tramway.co.uk
- Alton Towers, Alton, Staffordshire, ST10 4DB. Tel: 08705 20
40 60. alton-towers.co.uk
