Buxton Museum’s favourite visitor: Cynthia’s story
A visitor’s memories, first shared by Buxton Museum in 2018 and published by Explore Buxton in 2020.
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Page 13 of 20: Discover some of the best events and things to do in Buxton, hidden gems, news, reviews, history and the future of the town.
Monkey Brew in Buxton: a local story
In this guest feature, Georgia Wild of Buxton Museum and Art Gallery explores the story behind Monkey Brew.
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In 2019, Buxton Museum won an East Midlands heritage award for the touring exhibition Hoards: a hidden history of ancient Britain.
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Buxton man was Director of classic Hollywood film Mary Poppins
Buxton-born filmmaker Robert Stevenson directed Mary Poppins and received an Academy Award nomination in 1965.
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Buxton Heritage Action Zone: 2019 funding announcement
In 2019, Buxton was selected as one of 69 towns to share a £95 million fund for historic high streets.
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Buxton Well Dressing 2021: Derbyshire milestones
Discover how Buxton marked well dressing in 2021 after the previous year’s cancellation, with the local procession and well blessing service.
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A historical report on Buxton’s July 2019 heat and an update on the UK temperature record. A Met Office account records 32.7°C at Buxton on 3 August 1990.
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A reported sighting over the Cat and Fiddle road in 2019
A witness’s account of unusual lights in 2019, with context on a 1716 parish record and NASA’s UAP study.
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An archive of our 2019 Father’s Day ideas for Buxton; offers, businesses and prices may have changed.
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High Peak’s 2022 No Mow May plans
In 2022, High Peak Borough Council announced that selected green spaces would be left uncut during No Mow May to support wildflowers and pollinators.
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M&S closed its Buxton store in 2019 after 85 years
Staff and shoppers said an emotional goodbye to Marks & Spencer in Buxton on Saturday 27 April 2019, as the store closed its doors for the final time.
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Hoards: ancient treasure exhibition at Buxton Museum in 2019
Explore Hoards, Buxton Museum and Art Gallery’s 2019 exhibition of ancient treasure, which looked at why people buried valuable objects.
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The Chakra Lounge: a 2019 opening review
2019 archive: This review describes The Chakra Lounge when it opened in Buxton. Visit The Chakra Lounge for its current menu and opening hours.
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A Buxton café’s 2019 look at palm oil
A 2019 feature on palm oil and the environment, updated with context on conservation and certification.
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Explore Buxton wins Theo Paphitis Small Business Sunday award in 2019
Read how Explore Buxton became one of Theo Paphitis’s Small Business Sunday winners in January 2019 and what the award recognised.
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Café in the Cavern: a 2019 review
Revisit our 2019 review of Café in the Cavern at Poole’s Cavern, a stop beside the walking routes through Buxton Country Park and Grin Low Woods.
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Joan Collins dazzled the audience at Buxton Opera House on Sunday 24 February 2019 as part of her touring show Joan Collins, Unscripted.
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Buxton Crescent: December 2018 restoration update
At a public meeting in December 2018, the project team gave an update on restoring the Grade I listed Crescent.
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