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Buxton is a spa town in the Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, in the East Midlands region of England. It is England's highest market town , sited at some 1,000 feet (300 m) above sea level. [ 1 ] [ nb 1 ] It lies close to Cheshire to the west and Staffordshire to the south, on the edge of the Peak District National Park . [ 1 ]
Map of Buxton's limestone quarries and freight railways The Buxton lime industry has been important for the development of the town of Buxton in Derbyshire, England, and it has shaped the landscape around the town. Geology The White Peak area of the Peak District is named after the limestone plateau landscape of the ' Derbyshire Dome '. This limestone outcrop is surrounded by a horseshoe ...
The Street is the medieval name of the Roman road that ran across the high limestone plateau of central Derbyshire from the spa town of Buxton (Latin Aquae Arnemetiae) southeast towards modern Derby. The line of the road can be traced from surviving features, confirmed by archaeology, from Buxton as far as Longcliffe just north of Brassington .
Map of High Peak . There are five main areas of settlement in the borough: around Buxton in the south west, around New Mills in the west, around Glossop in the north west, around Whaley Bridge and Chapel-en-le-Frith in the central part of the borough, and the Hope Valley in the east.
Grin Low is a hill overlooking Buxton in Derbyshire, in the Peak District.The summit is 434 metres (1,424 ft) above sea level. [1]Remains of a lime kiln at Grin Low. Grin Low was the main location for the early Buxton lime industry.
A cross section of the Peak District showing the structure of an eroded dome The Derbyshire Dome is a geological formation across mid- Derbyshire in England. Geology Map of the Peak District The White Peak area of the Peak District is named after the limestone plateau landscape of the 'Derbyshire Dome' anticline. The plateau is generally between 200m and 300m above sea level. This limestone ...
In 1835 The Commercial Directory for Derbyshire wrote that an "excellent round course has been formed where horse races take place". [6] Buxton racecourse closed in 1840 and the grandstand was pulled down. [13] Buxton and High Peak Golf Club was founded in 1887, after a nine-hole course was laid out on Fairfield Common in 1886. [14]
Burbage Edge is a gritstone escarpment overlooking the Burbage district of Buxton in Derbyshire, in the Peak District. The hill's summit (marked by a trig pillar) is 500 metres (1,600 ft) above sea level. [1] Burbage Edge view from the east. The boundary of the Peak District National Park runs along the ridge and across the summit.