Buxton

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Buxton

Coordinates53.26°, -1.91°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

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. It lies close to Cheshire to the west and Staffordshire to the south, on the edge of the Peak District National Park. In 1974, the municipal borough merged with other nearby boroughs, including Glossop, to form the local government district and borough of High Peak.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Andrew Bingham

British politician (born 1962)

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Elizabeth Spriggs

British actress (1929–2008)

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Robert Stevenson

British film director (1905-1986)

Tim Brooke-Taylor

English comedian and actor (1940-2020)

James Brindley

English engineer

Dave Lee Travis

British radio and television presenter

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Bill Jones

English footballer (1921-2010)

Lloyd Cole

English singer and songwriter

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Frank Soo

English footballer (1914-1991)

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Alan Hill

Cricket player of England. (born 1950)

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Ben Burgess

Irish footballer

David Fallows

English musicologist

John Hartle

British motorcycle racer (1933–1968)

Carl Mason

English professional golfer

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Andy Proudlove

British footballer (1955-2017)

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Arthur Marsden

English cricketer (1880-1916)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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Books about Buxton

The international conference on mine safety research at Buxton, England, July, 1931

George Samuel Rice · 1932

[Report 1943]

Buxton (England). Borough Council · 1943

[Report 1942]

Buxton (England). Borough Council · 1942

[Report 1939]

Buxton (England). Borough Council · 1939

[Report 1946]

Buxton (England). Borough Council · 1946

[Report 1938]

Buxton (England). Borough Council · 1938

Third British Glass Convention, Buxton, May 18th-May 20th 1933

British Glass Convention (3rd 1933 Buxton, England) · 1933

The cotton industry - today and tomorrow

International Cotton Congress (1954 Buxton, England) · 1954

Search results from Open Library.

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