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BUXTON

At 1,000 feet above sea level, Buxton jointly holds the title of the highest market town in England and is surrounded by some of the country’s most spectacular scenery – with the UK’s oldest National Park on its doorstep.

Founded by the Romans who called it Aquae Arnemetiae, meaning Spa of the Goddess of the Grove, for centuries Buxton has been a

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