Buxton railway station
Buxton railway station serves the Peak District town of Buxton in Derbyshire, England. It is managed and served by Northern Trains. The station is 25+3⁄4 miles south-east of Manchester Piccadilly and is the terminus of the Buxton line.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: roger geach, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Derbyshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “BUX”, “Buxton Railway Station”, and “Buxton Station”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Buxton Opera House and The Slopes.
Buxton Opera House
Theater building
Photo: Davepape, Public domain.
Buxton Opera House in The Square, Buxton, Derbyshire, England, is a 902-seat opera house. It hosts the annual Buxton Festival and the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival, among others, as well as pantomime at Christmas, musicals and other entertainments year-round. Buxton Opera House is situated 1,200 feet southwest of Buxton railway station.
The Slopes
Park
Photo: Dave.Dunford, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Slopes is a Grade-II-listed public park in Buxton, Derbyshire in England. The area was laid out by landscape architect Jeffry Wyatville in 1811 for William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, as pleasure grounds for the guests of The Crescent hotel to promenade. The Slopes is situated 1,000 feet south of Buxton railway station.
Buxton Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Douglal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Buxton Town Hall was opened in 1889 on the Market Place in Buxton, Derbyshire, England. It lies in the town's central Conservation Area overlooking The Slopes. It is a Grade-II-listed building. Buxton Town Hall is situated 1,400 feet south of Buxton railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buxton and Burbage.
Buxton
Photo: sidibousaid, CC BY 2.0.
Buxton is an ancient spa town in the Peak District, England. It is in the county of Derbyshire which is classified as part of the East Midlands but it is probably more associated with the North West of England.
Burbage
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burbage is a village in the High Peak district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. At the 2011 Census Burbage was a ward of the High Peak Borough Council.
Harpur Hill
Village
Photo: Roger May, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harpur Hill is a small village on the outskirts of Buxton, Derbyshire, England. It is in the Cote Heath ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It has a primary school, a park, a pub, a working men's club and a Methodist church. Harpur Hill is situated 1½ miles south of Buxton railway station.
Buxton railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: High Peak District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.26079° or 53° 15′ 39″ northLongitude
-1.9131° or 1° 54′ 47″ westElevation
1,001 feet (305 metres)Operator
Northern TrainsNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“BUX”Open location code
9C5W736P+8QOpenStreetMap ID
node 5060042354OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
6952198Wikidata ID
Q2932479
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Japanese—“Buxton railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Buxton”
- Dutch: “Station Buxton”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة بوكستون”
- French: “Buxton”
- French: “gare de Buxton”
- Japanese: “バクストン駅”
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