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Cities / England

Buxton

EnglandBWh
© OpenStreetMap, CARTO
Buxton coordinate map

Buxton at a glance

Local time   · Europe/London
Today
Rain22° / 15°

5.9 mm rain forecast

Travel basics
Tap water
Safe to drink
Electricity
230 V / 50 Hz · Type G
Drives on
Left
Currency
British pound sterling (GBP)
Language
English
US passport
eVisa

Entry rules change. Verify current requirements before booking.

City context
Population
20K
Elevation
295 m
Climate
BWh
EnglandDetails and sources →

Why visit

Buxton is a Peak District spa-town base for opera-house streets, Georgian crescents, caves, walking routes, and access toward Jodrell Bank. It works when the trip wants upland England with town comforts.

When to avoid

Do not visit Buxton expecting every worthwhile stop to be close together or easy to improvise. A route through Buxton works best when opening days, transport, weather, and distance are treated as cultural logistics, not afterthoughts. In Buxton, it is better to build a tight route than to rely on long transfers between secondary stops. If the main interest is one nearby site, it may be better to treat Buxton as a base rather than the whole destination.

Plan Buxton

Current conditions and the practical reference material that helps turn the saved places into a trip.

The next week in Buxton

7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).

Today
Rain
22° / 15°
5.9 mm
UV Moderate
Wed
Rain
16° / 12°
4.6 mm
Thu
Rain
15° / 11°
9.7 mm
UV Moderate
Fri
Overcast
17° / 8°
UV High
Sat
Overcast
20° / 11°
UV High
Sun
Drizzle
17° / 12°
6.4 mm
UV Moderate
Mon
Drizzle
16° / 11°
3.2 mm
UV Moderate

Climate

Summer (Jun-Sep)

Typical highs around 18°C, lows around 10°C.

Winter (Nov-Mar)

Typical highs around 7°C, lows around 2°C.

In August 4

Drag to scrub across the year.

JFMAMJJASOND
Weather
19° / 11°
Typical high / low
3 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
14.9h
05:46 – 20:38local
Holidays coming up

Public holidays from Nager.Date.

Airports

closest MAN · 26 km

Getting around Buxton

Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.

Local transit operators
Ashbourne Community TransportFlixBus-euFlixbusAimee'sHigh PeakStagecoach YorkshireHigh PeakNational ExpressMegabusEast Midlands RailwayCrossCountry

About Buxton

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.

Area
5 km²
England basics →Country context, advisories, and entry links for the practicalities shown above.
References4▾▴

The links below support the changing or licensed reference material on this page. Personal notes and ordinary geographic facts are not footnoted individually.

  1. City background. Wikipedia summary may be clipped or paraphrased. Structured fields are cross-checked against the related references. Related: Wikidata, Open-Elevation, IANA Time Zone Database, CC BY-SA 4.0.
JFMAMJJASOND22°-2°
highlowrainfallcomfortable months

Monthly highs, lows, rainfall — long-term averages, NASA POWER.

Northern Trains
LF
Caledonian Sleeper
TransPennine Express
Avanti West Coast

Operators and modes are aggregated from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications come from each feed’s route type codes.

  • Weather and climate. Seven-day forecast and long-term monthly climate for the city coordinates. Related: NASA POWER, Open-Meteo license.
  • Getting around. Transit operators from agency GTFS feeds and nearby commercial-airport reference data. Related: OurAirports.
  • Public holidays. Upcoming public-holiday dates used in the annual planning scrubber.
  • Maps, image licenses, and the full dataset registry are listed in site credits.