Local Activities

Things to do in Buxton

Devonshire Spa in th eUniversityDevonshire Spa. Based at the Devonshire Campus within the University of Derby Buxton. Choose from beauty, hair and spa salons open for the majority of the year, providing a wide variety of treatments at a greatly reduced cost!
http://www.devonshire-spa.co.uk/.

Go Ape. An award-winning high wire forest adventure course of rope bridges, tarzan swings and zip slides... all set high up in the tree tops.
www.goape.co.uk

Poole's Cavern. Poole's Cavern is a 2 million year old, natural limestone cave situated in the beautiful woodland of Buxton Country Park. One of the great caves of the Peak District.
www.poolescavern.co.uk

Pavilion GardensPavilion Gardens. The Pavilion Gardens is a wonderful historic venue situated in the heart of Buxton. Nestled in 23 acres of recently restored pleasure gardens, the main building is a natural base for tourists coming to the town.
www.paviliongardens.co.uk

Things to do in the Peak District

ChatsworthChatsworth. You can't help but discover something new on a day out at Chatsworth. As well as being one of Britain 's most famous and welcoming historic houses Chatsworth has a wide range of attractions for all the family.
www.chatsworth.org

Haddon Hall. this remarkable old house is surrounded by terraced Elizabethan gardens and is set amongst the rolling countryside of the Peak District National Park.
www.haddonhall.co.uk

Castleton Caverns. The Castleton Caverns comprise The Blue John Cavern, Treak Cliff Cavern, Speedwell Cavern (all clustered around the Winnats pass) and the great Peak Cavern, just outside Castleton village.
http://www.bluejohn-cavern.co.uk/
http://www.peakcavern.co.uk/
http://www.speedwellcavern.co.uk/
http://www.bluejohnstone.com/

Eyam. www.eyamvillage.org.uk

Pennine Way. The Pennine Way starts in the small village of Edale.
www.thepennineway.co.uk

In the Vicinity

Alton Towers. Splash yourself silly in the Waterpark, play a round on our Extraordinary Golf course or luxuriate in the wonderous Spa.
www.altontowers.com

Jodrell Bank. The Jodrell Bank Visitor Centre welcomes you to the world famous Lovell Radio Telescope and Jodrell Bank Observatory, the astronomy research centre of the University of Manchester.
www.jb.man.ac.uk

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 

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