We will be staying in Buxton for 5 days and would love ideas for easy hikes (less than 5 miles and not too slippery) and other activities in the area getting there by foot or bus. Is there a visitor center that would have books or maps?
Posted by
Yorkshire
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WHSmith on Spring Gardens.
You might have a wander to Scriveners , its the bottom end of the High Street,big second hand book shop.
A few minutes walk from WHSmith.
There's a vistor place over towards the Pavillion Gardens.
Hargreaves Cafe on Spring Gardens.
Longnor is worth getting too quirky place, outstanding cakes at the craft centre
Within walking distance is the Royal Oak at Hurdlow
Our new ,just ,family place to go for a meal,prebook at weekends
Posted by
Lake District, England
8134 posts
The tourist information centre at Buxton is now in the Pump Room at the Crescent. It is open on a Sunday to 4pm, and on a week day from 10am.
If you are on that first Sunday train ex Penrith it should still be open when you arrive.
PS- When tickets are released you can now get a through fare to all destinations including the Penrith bus- enter your origin as Keswick Bus Station to find the fares.
That way if the bus is late even an Advance fare is valid on the next train.
Get yourself a local Ordnance Survey 1:25000 (2.5 inches to the mile) Orange Explorer Map. You may well find them in Keswick at an outdoor store or the Bookends shop
Posted by
Lake District, England
8134 posts
PS- Bookings for the trains from Penrith to Manchester/Buxton on Sunday 11 August are now open.
No issues with engineering work that day.
Posted by
Yorkshire
1359 posts
As well as access by bus to the trail.
Buses also run to Litton so be easy to make a loop
Posted by
OP
518 posts
Wow thanks for the info on the trails and it looks like taking the bus from Buxton to Bakewell and then walking from there will be a good plan. Nice to see it visually with the map.
Also thanks for the info on getting to Buxton on the 11th. That is helpful, though it looks now like it might be on the 12th. Still not sure how to divide up our time.
Posted by
Yorkshire
1359 posts
The Derbyshire Wayfarer ticket might be be if intetest too
Posted by
Lincolnshire, UK
2320 posts
You can also get the OS maps on Bing highlight the top circle on the right hand side and click on Ordnance Survey. You can enlarge the map. The side of the square repe]resents Ikm. On the 1:50,000 maps the footpaths are shown as red dotted lines. If you expand to 1:25000 the footpaths are now marked as green dotted lines. This is the best scale for walking as these maps also mark field boundaries making it easier to work nout where stiles or gates are!
Posted by
Lake District, England
8134 posts
The Derbyshire Wayfarer ticket might be be if intetest too
Depending what you are doing so might the Greater Manchester Wayfarer- https://tfgm.com/tickets-and-passes/wayfarer-adult
On the way from Penrith it extends all the way out to Chorley on the train. Before local advance fares that was very useful, Maybe less so now. But I've used it from Bolton many a time.
That extends into Manchester and West Yorkshire. The Derbyshire one into South Yorkshire
And, depending what you are doing neither- with the current £2 bus fares