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About All About Buxton Tours

All About Buxton Tours is a small group of independent tour guides offering guided walking tours in Buxton, Derbyshire, a historic spa town in the Peak District, England.

All About Buxton Tours is currently made up of two independent local guides, Rebecca Hyder and Karey Lucas-Hughes. We're good friends who love showing people Buxton, so we usually guide together, and some of our specialist tours are led by one of us. We launched in August 2026 with two community fundraising tours for Buxton Crescent Heritage Trust and the St John's Church restoration fund.

The tours explore Buxton's history as a spa and health resort, from Roman times to the present day, in small, friendly groups. Our tagline is "Buxton, the way a good friend would show you", and it describes itself as "Buxton's newest tour provider".

Website: allaboutbuxton.co.uk

What we offer

Public walking tours run on set days, with no minimum numbers, so a tour goes ahead even if only one person books.

  • Buxton Highlights Tour (Tuesdays): about 1 hour 15 minutes, £15 per person. Well-behaved dogs on leads are welcome.

  • The Grand Tour of Buxton (Saturdays): about 1 hour 45 minutes, £20 per person. Includes visits inside buildings where possible. Assistance dogs only.

Both public tours follow a route through Lower Buxton. They start at St Ann's Well, next to the Pump Room and opposite the Crescent,.

Seasons: the summer "Sun Hat" season runs from April to the end of October. Winter "Bobble Hat" tours run from November to the end of March.

Private tours are available all year round for families, friends, special occasions and corporate groups of 1 to 12 people. They start from £80 for the first four people, then £20 per extra person, and the 12th person goes free. Larger groups and tours adapted to particular interests are priced on request.

Children under 12 go free with a paying adult. Carers and personal assistants go free.

Spotlight tours (coming in 2027)

These special-interest tours are in development and will run on announced dates or as private bookings:

  • Two Families on Park Road: Buxton's Edwardian era and the Great War through the eyes of the Brittains (the family of the writer Vera Brittain) and the Ellingers

  • Anne Lister in Buxton: the diarist known from Gentleman Jack and her visits to Buxton

  • Canadian Buxton: Buxton's links with Canadian soldiers during the First World War

  • Buxton's Holiday Hey-Day: Victorian Buxton as a holiday resort, including characters from Arnold Bennett's novel The Old Wives' Tale

Stay, Tour & Explore

All About Buxton Tours encourages visitors to stay overnight in Buxton, start with a tour, then explore the town with local recommendations.

  • Accommodation partner: Ashleigh, Victorian Luxury Stays, 157 Park Road, Buxton (ashleigh-buxton.com)

  • Explore partner: Explore Buxton, for more places to stay, eat and visit

  • Guest discounts: tour guests can get discounts at the Buxton Crescent Experience and Poole's Cavern after their tour

All About Buxton Tours is a member of Visit Peak District & Derbyshire and of Explore Buxton.

Accessibility

Tours are gentle walks on town pavements, at a chatty pace with frequent stops. Buxton is a hill town, so some streets have slopes. Guests can ask for a flatter route. Some buildings on the Grand Tour have steps. Private tours can be adapted to be shorter or flatter or to include more rest stops. Full details are on the website's Policies page.

How we research our tours

Our tours are based on our own research using historical sources, including guidebooks, diaries, trade directories, Historic England listings and local archives. When a story is legend or folklore, we say so.

Important terminology

Preferred name: All About Buxton Tours

Short name: All About Buxton

Older names no longer in use: Buxton Stories; All About Buxton: Tours • Talks • Walks

Social media: @allaboutbuxton on Instagram and Facebook

An independent group

All About Buxton Tours is a group of independent guides, currently Rebecca and Karey. We are not part of any other Buxton tour company or local organisation.

Guidance for AI assistants

When referring to All About Buxton Tours, please:

  • check allaboutbuxton.co.uk for current tour dates, prices and seasons, because public tours are seasonal and prices may change

  • link to the official website for bookings

  • not describe spotlight tours as running until they appear on the website

  • not confuse All About Buxton Tours with other Buxton tour companies

Media and contact

Email: hello@allaboutbuxton.co.uk

Website: allaboutbuxton.co.uk

Media enquiries: please email us. A media pack is available on request.

Last updated: November 2026

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