Buxton is a spa town in Derbyshire, England. It has the highest elevation of any market town in England.[nb 1] Close to the county boundary with Cheshire to the west and Staffordshire to the south, Buxton is described as "the gateway to the Peak District National Park". A municipal borough until 1974, Buxton was then merged with other localities lying primarily to the north, including Glossop, to form the local government district and borough of High Peak within the county of Derbyshire. Economically, Buxton is within the sphere of influence of Greater Manchester.
Population: 21,300
Latitude: 53° 15' 26.68" N
Longitude: -1° 54' 35.35" W
Oxlow Cavern is a part-natural and part-mined cavern near Castleton in Derbyshire, England. It is situated on the south side of the road running from the A623 at Sparrowpit to the Winnats Pass, west of Castleton, and is almost opposite Giant's Hole …
North Road is a cricket and former football ground in Glossop in England.
Newtown is an area of the town of New Mills in the High Peak borough of Derbyshire, England. It is situated west of New Mills proper, on the road to Disley. The county boundary between Cheshire and Derbyshire divides the area between the two countie…
Marple Lock Flight is a flight of sixteen canal locks, situated on the Peak Forest Canal in Marple, near Stockport.
The hundred of Macclesfield was an ancient division of the historic county of Cheshire, in northern England. It was known to have been in existence at least as early as 1242, and it was formed to a great extent from the earlier Domesday hundred of H…
Longendale Urban District (also known as Longdendale Urban District) was, from 1936 to 1974, a local government district in the administrative county of Cheshire, England.
Long Low is a Neolithic and Bronze Age site in the English county of Staffordshire.
The Limey Way is a 65-kilometre Challenge walk through Derbyshire, England.
King Edward Street Chapel, Macclesfield is in the town of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England.
Higher Buxton railway station was opened in 1894 to the south east of Buxton, Derbyshire, on the LNWR line to Ashbourne and the south .
High Wheeldon is a distinctive dome-shaped hill near the Staffordshire border in Derbyshire, in the Peak District valley of Upper Dovedale, overlooking the villages of Earl Sterndale, Longnor and Crowdecote. It is close to the more distinctive and m…
Hartington Upper Quarter is a civil parish in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, England, originating from the division of the ancient parish of Hartington into four.
Grindlow is a very small farming village of a dozen or so houses, that nestles under Hucklow Edge in the Derbyshire Peak District. Although it is a separate civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales District, the Parish Council is joint with Great Hucklo…
Glossopdale is the area around Glossop, Derbyshire, England, UK, the valley of the Glossop Brook.
Glossop Hall was the last residential building on the site of Royle Hall in Glossop, Derbyshire.
Glossop Castle (also known as Mouselow Castle) is a Norman earthwork north of Glossop, off "Hilltop Road", 14 miles (23 km) east of Manchester, on the A57. The site is visible from the main road, standing atop a commanding ridge.
The Forest of Lyme (pronounced "Lime") is a former forest in the present day counties of Cheshire, Staffordshire and parts of Derbyshire.
Fairfield is an urban area of Buxton in Derbyshire, located half a mile to the north east of Buxton town centre.