SMALL-GROUP WALKING TOURS IN BUXTON
Welcome to All About Buxton. We are Rebecca and Karey, and we provide guided walking tours through one of England’s original and most surprising historical spa towns. Our beautiful Buxton sits at over 1,000 feet above sea level and is the gateway to the spectacular Peak District. We are friends and we’d love to show you around like friends would.
Buxton, the way a good friend would show you.
Our Tours in Brief
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“The ladies taking the tour were clear, precise and also very entertaining They had a wealth of knowledge...”
-- Grand Tour Guest (Facebook review)
“What a lovely tour with Rebecca and Karey. Very friendly, very knowledgeable. I thoroughly enjoyed it...”
-- Highlights Tour Guest (Google review)
Plan your trip
When planning a visit to the area, we always recommend starting with award winning Explore Buxton.
For the latest events and what’s on, Explore Buxton has extensive guides and listings for things to do in Buxton.
Explore Buxton
When you first arrive in Buxton it is useful to orientate yourself with a visit to the Visitor Centre in the Pump Room where you will find a wealth of information, VERY friendly staff, and a range of refreshments and gifts. Most of our tours start and end at St Ann’s Well which is next to the Pump Room for your convenience.
Buxton Visitor Centre, The Pump Room, The Crescent, Buxton SK17 6BQ
01298 214577
Pump Room & Visitor Centre
Buxton is wonderfully walkable, and most of our tours begin at St Ann’s Well by the Pump Room. If you’re driving, there’s pay and display parking a short stroll away at the Pavilion Gardens, the Market Place, Spring Gardens and the Pavilion Gardens. Our Tours page has more information.
Getting here and parking
On the day…
By car: There are pay and display car parks within a short walk at the Pavilion Gardens, the Market Place, Spring Gardens, and Sylvan Road and more around town and also on road parking in a variety of locations. Find parking information here.
Disabled Parking in Buxton can be found in the Pavilion Gardens car park close to the Promenade and there are also some places close to the Opera House. Vehicles can drive in front of the Crescent building and drop you off right opposite St Ann’s Well. The Pump Room has an accessible toilet and the Pavilion Gardens have a Changing Places toilet. Other accessible toilets are available with a radar key at the Pavilion Gardens car park, Pavilion Gardens, Devonshire Dome and Old Hall Hotel en route.
By train: Buxton Station is a 5-10 minute walk from The Crescent, with regular direct service from Manchester Picacdilly.
By bus: The main bus stops are at the Market Place in Higher Buxton, about 5 minutes walk away.
By Air: There is a direct bus from Manchester Airport, the 199 Skyline Bus which runs every 30 minutes during peak times.
Visit the Visit Buxton website for more information on ways to get here and arriving by other forms of transport such as bicycle, motorhome etc.
Arriving in Buxton
St Ann’s Well has provided a special meeting place for centuries. People have come to St Ann’s Well to seek better health and give thanks for recovery, to drink our natural mineral water and to gossip and intrigue. We can’t promise the first one, but we invite you to meet us at the Well 5-10 minutes before your tour so that you can fill up your water bottles before we get going. We can’t wait to see you.
You can find St Ann’s Well right next to Pump Room and Visitor Centre making it an ideal point to start any visit to Buxton.
Where to find us…
Buxton’s weather is notoriously… interesting. We would recommend you bring seasonal layers: waterproof, windproof, sunproof, and comfortable footwear. If you want to fit in with the locals, we love getting our bobble hats out as soon as the summer is over and it is not unknown to see someone in a bobble hat and shorts.
Clothing
We want everybody to be able to wander Buxton with us. Our tours follow pavements around the town centre and are largely step-free, though Buxton is known for its slopes. Our Highlights Tour is outdoors throughout and can be made step free, Our Grand Tour steps inside available buildings and has more steps although again, we can plan a more accessible route if we know in advance.
Please do contact us in advance to discuss your specific needs at hello@allaboutbuxton.co.uk. We can often adapt the route so that you don’t miss out – whether that’s finding step free routes round , planning rest stops, or talking through what you’ll be able to see. We’d always rather have the conversation than have anyone feel they can’t join us.
Dogs are welcome on the Highlights Tour and assistance dogs only on the Grand Tour.
Do get in touch with any questions. Nothing is too much trouble.
Accessibility
“We’re local born and bred and didn’t think there was much we didn’t know about our beautiful town. How wrong we were.”
— Buxtonian, The Grand Tour“Fabulous tour...I’ve lived in Buxton my whole life but there was so much I didn’t know.”
— JA The Grand Tour “The two ladies taking the tour were clear, precise and also very entertaining. They had a wealth of knowledge and so many interesting facts.”
— SB, The Grand Tour“Such a lovely afternoon – extremely interesting and well presented.”
— EP The Grand Tour
Good to know
Your Health and Safety
We aim to look after you to our best ability. We go above and beyond the requirements of UK tour guides.
Our guides have a current first aid certificate, full public liability insurance, a clean DBS record, and our routes are risk assessed.
Accessibility
Please contact us and let us know any accessibility requirements and we will do our best to accommodate them within the natural constraints of a tour. Visit our Tours Page for more information.
Have Questions?
Send us a quick note and let’s chat.