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Discover Buxton Character Tours

Join us for a journey into the past with our heritage experiences. Our colourful character guides bring you a unique and entertaining insight into the history of some of Buxton’s most iconic buildings and landmarks.

Chilling Tales of Buxton: a Victorian ghost tour

Join our storyteller, Miss Florence Cook, a Victorian medium, for a chilling promenade performance through the darker side of Buxton’s past. Come on we dare you! A new promenade performance for winter 2024.
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new tour

Anne Lister: sex and sensibility

Join entrepreneur and queer icon, Anne Lister, for a promenade through Regency Buxton as she reveals the contents of her diary, recorded during a seven week stay in the town in the summer of 1825.
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Award-Winning!

Mary Queen of Scots: A Tudor Experience

See 16th Century Buxton brought to life in the tale of Mary Queen of Scots told by the Queen herself in full Elizabethan costume at the Old Hall Hotel, where she stayed over 450 years ago. As you can imagine an audience with the Queen is a most special experience, so come and be guided through the experiences of the imprisoned Queen and her time in Buxton.
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venue based

Robert Rippon Duke: A Very Victorian Affair

Learn about Victorian Buxton as told by Robert Rippon Duke, the architect responsible for many of Buxton’s iconic buildings and advisor to the Duke of Devonshire. In full period dress, his story begins outside the majestic Opera House.
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Vera Brittain at the Devonshire Dome - The Tale of the Wounded Soldiers

We are honoured to be able to tell the story of Vera Brittain in the very place she first nursed; the Devonshire Royal Hospital in Buxton, now home to Buxton & Leek College. In the place where Vera Brittain first formed her testament to a lost youth, our guide tells her powerful and moving story.
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venue based

Anna Seward: woman of enlightenment

Take a constitutional with Anna, a regular visitor to Buxton in the early 1800’s, to hear her tales of Georgian life as she gossips about her fellow guests at The Crescent. An exciting promenade performance created to celebrate the reopening of the Grade I-listed building in 2020.
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open air tour

Miss Lillian Violet Bowdine entertains

Join Edwardian actress, Miss Lillian Bowdine, as she recalls the history of theatre in the town.
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open air tour

Mr Edward Milner & The Pavilion Gardens

The tale of the magnificent Victorian Pavilion Gardens is told by Mr. Milner the eminent landscape architect responsible for the design of the Pavilion Gardens. Mr Milner in full period dress explains his planting and his vision for the design of a pleasure garden.
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Open air tour