Buxton: The Crescent, the Opera House and the Warm Spring
East Midlands, England
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Buxton: The Crescent, the Opera House and the Warm Spring
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Buxton's spring rises at a steady 28°C, and by 1460 it had been declared holy and dedicated to St Anne. The water is piped to St Ann's Well at the foot of the Slopes, opposite the Crescent that John Carr built in the 1780s for the 5th Duke of Devonshire. Frank Matcham's Opera House of 1903 reopened in 1979 with the first Buxton Festival, the Pavilion Gardens lie beside it, and on the edge of town Poole's Cavern is a limestone cave.
Required Activities
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of 4
See Buxton Crescent, the Georgian crescent built in the 1780s by John Carr for the 5th Duke of Devonshire, and taste the spring water at St Ann's Well
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of 4
Visit Buxton Opera House, the Frank Matcham theatre of 1903
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of 4
Walk the Pavilion Gardens
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of 4
Go underground in Poole's Cavern
See Buxton Crescent, the Georgian crescent built in the 1780s by John Carr for the 5th Duke of Devonshire, and taste the spring water at St Ann's Well
Visit Buxton Opera House, the Frank Matcham theatre of 1903
Walk the Pavilion Gardens
Go underground in Poole's Cavern
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