Buxton
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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.
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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
Drizzle
9° / 4°
UV Moderate
Sat
Drizzle
10° / 4°
3.5 mm
Sun
Drizzle
11° / 5°
1.6 mm
UV Moderate
Mon
Drizzle
10° / 6°
4.7 mm
UV Moderate
Tue
Rain
15° / 8°
12.4 mm
UV Moderate
Wed
Drizzle
18° / 9°
1.5 mm
UV Moderate
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
25° / -1°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
15.8h
05:09 – 20:58local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Buxton
5 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Manchester Airport (MAN) at 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 ExpressB MetroMegabusEast Midlands RailwayCrossCountryNorthern TrainsLFCaledonian SleeperTransPennine ExpressAvanti West Coast
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
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Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
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