Visit The Buxton Pavilion Gardens

If you have decided (too rightly) to stay at No.6 Tea Rooms hotel and stay in the room we recommended, then you’re already waking up to a view of the Pavilion Gardens. A stone’s throw away is a beautiful glass Victorian? greenhouse, take a moment and have a wonder.

Inside you’ll find tropical towering plants under a white framed glass dome, and deep in the small curves of the path through to the other side lives a little pond. In the little pong you’ll find some happy little goldfish and beside it an ‘Ode’ to the little goldfish that defied all odds.

Visiting The Buxton Opera House

To the right of the main entrance of the Pavilion Gardens, you’ll see standing tall and proud, the historically delicately carved Buxton Opera House built by Frank Matcham in 1903. You think the exterior is impressive? Well go inside! For a small town, Buxton has some pretty big names appearing here. From Ian McKellen to Alan Carr and Boy George.

Find something you’d like to see and grab yourself a seat on the ground floor inner circle and be sure to be prompt! They’re very careful about letting latecomers interrupt the main event when entering the venue (which we learnt the hard way when dinner overran).

We went to see a tribute to The Drifters. An amazing show, full of cool-cats charisma, classic American performance channelling the soul of the Late and great original cast member of The Drifters.

Visiting Pooles Cavern, Buxton

Visit Solomon’s Temple, Buxton

On a hill right beside Poole’s Cavern, through a short hike between the tall trees of Sycamore and Willow over little rolling mounds, stands a little temple made of grey stones, home to a winding staircase, and a stunning viewpoint of the wonderful town of Buxton and surrounding areas, this is Solomon’s Temple.

Cycling the Monsal Trail To Bakewell

A not-to-miss experience! For a couple that loves an active holiday, full of nature, and adventure. The Monsal bike trail is one you’ll thoroughly enjoy! It’s a low difficulty cycle route that leads you directly to the wonderful town of Bakewell, home of the Bakewell tart and a cute little love-lock-bridge, great for both beginners and experienced cyclists.

Travelling through the stunning Peak District hills you’ll be seeing some of the most amazing views over the tall trees piercing the skies. You’ll be following a repurposed train track that in 1863 used to carry people from near and far through the Peak District and was closed in 1868. Lucky for us it’s now been one of the most incredible walking cycling or horse riding routes through the Peak District we wouldn’t have been able to do at your own pace in the 1800s.

Even on one of the hottest days of the year as we entered the lightly lit long tunnels a refreshing chill settles on your skin- it’s truly wonderful and a very welcomed feeling after pushing through a longer stretch of the route.

Hike Through Buxton Moore

It would have been a tragedy to end the trip without at the very least a little hike through Buxton to Moore! We would have loved to take more challenging hikes, but alas, we were almost out of time and our train departure time was fast approaching. Nevertheless, we popped into the tourist office where some lovely local ladies gave us some maps and recommended some low difficult short walking routes popped into a local baker and bought some water and sausage rolls and off we went.

We encountered some little waterfalls, cows, cute little bridges, cyclists and old cars as well as the incredible dark coloured hills as far as the eye could see. Nothing like a bit of fresh air and good company to round up an epic action-packed weekend. So for this last adventure, we’ll leave you with a map of our route and some pictures – as I hear they speak a 1000 words!