Buxton

Buxton is a spa metropolis in Derbyshire, within the East Midlands region of England. It has the very best elevation – approximately 1,000 feet above sea degree – of any marketplace city in England. 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 till 1974, Buxton changed into then merged with different localities lying normally to the north, such as Glossop, to shape the neighborhood authorities district and borough of High Peak within the county of Derbyshire.

Despite being within the East Midlands, economically Buxton is inside the sphere of impact of Greater Manchester. The populace of the metropolis become 22,115 at the 2011 Census. Buxton landmarks consist of Poole's Cavern, an extensive limestone cavern open to the public, and St Ann's Well, fed with the aid of the geothermal spring bottled and bought the world over by way of Buxton Mineral Water Company. Also inside the town is the Buxton Opera House, which hosts several tune and theatre fairs every year. The Devonshire Campus of the University of Derby is housed in one of the town's historic buildings. Buxton is twinned with cities: Oignies in France and Bad Nauheim in Germany.