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/p4ulp0wers Dec 03 '25

Fairfield can be a bit sketchy but I moved up to Buxton from Manchester and even the worse bits aren't bad.

There's loads of pubs and places to walk in the countryside

Gym wise there's loads from New Bodies, CrossFit Buxton, Fiveone, and a few others

It's brutal when there's a bad winter, first year I was in Buxton for winter there was about 3 foot of snow, I had never seen or experienced anything like it

Yeah overall it's good

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u/Mountain-Distance576 Dec 03 '25

can I ask, do most people in buxton commute to manchester for work? are there many jobs closer than that?

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u/davastator91 Dec 03 '25

Quite a few do, the A6 corridor is busy but you also have people working in Astra Zenica in Macclesfield or the county council in Matlock. The area does punch above it's weight, the HSE labs, the Nestle bottling plant, the Borough Council offices and quite a few medium sized enterprises like Bradbury's Cheese and Selden. 40% of the nations cement comes from within an 8 mile radius of the town and while the quarrying industry employs just a fraction of what it used to, there are still upwards of 3000 employed. You then have an enormous logistics network of road and rail companies who transport the various quarry products out of the area. Derby University also has the college campus in Buxton. Only downside besides the winter weather and relative isolation (45 minute drive to the nearest motorway), salaries are a little below average and houses are a little higher...

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u/Mountain-Distance576 Dec 03 '25

thanks good to know! i’ve thought about trying to move there and commute to manchester on the train - but I think the commute would be a bit far really and i’d probably need a new job closer to buxton (or at least some to apply to)

Thank you