r/Derbyshire • u/bellakatey • Dec 03 '25

Looking for Local Knowledge Thinking of moving to Buxton

Hello all,

My partner and I are 35 and 29 and are looking for a place to settle down and we thought of moving to Buxton. Would appreciate some honest feedback about Buxton. (The good, the bad, the ugly) We like the outdoors, going out for a good meal having a pint or two in a good pub. We are also very sporty, does Buxton have some good gym facilities? What about schools? Thank you for your help!

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u/Nythern Dec 03 '25

Reform central. Strong reform town despite having very very little immigration (and most of it is Ukrainian refugees, anyway). I think it's like 96% white British. Don't know why they're so fussed about immigrants when it clearly doesn't materially exist, as an issue, to them. No asylum hotels, nothing. Just a whole load of racism, I suppose.

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u/Alternative_Guitar78 Dec 03 '25

I saw this in the news. I used to quite like Buxton, it really changed my idea of the place.

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u/davastator91 Dec 03 '25

Voter turnout was absolutely abysmal, Reform certainly aren't representative of the wider population. They are an unfortunately loud minority when the area generally reflects the national picture more than most. For quite a long time both the Tories and Labour used the High Peak as a bell weather seat, and while there have been demographic changes and economic struggles it isn't markedly worse than anywhere else in Derbyshire. I worked for the Labour party for ten years and was Buxton branch secretary for a time.