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Pavilion Gardens (Buxton)
 Pavilion Gardens (Buxton) ... beautiful historic venue which hosts a variety of fairs and events.Newest Review: ... was eventually created in the December of 1869 called the Buxton Improvement Company. The development of the initial area of land in the centre of the town was to become known as the Pavilion Gardens, although the pavilion itself, which would become one of the focal points of the area, did not open until a couple of years after the Park was built, in August 1872. Following on from this The ... more ... Concert Hall, now known as the Octagon, opened in 1875 and the Buxton Opera House opened in 1903.
The Park was designed by a well known landscape gardener called Edward Milner and opened the public on the 11th May 1871. This was a remarkably short ti...more |
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Pavilion Gardens (Buxton): The Pavilion Gardens, Buxton (775 words)
by micksheff - written on 03/01/08 (Very useful, 122 readings)
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Buxton is a Spa town in Derbyshire, right on the edge of the Peak District National Park. People have come here since medieval times to enjoy the healing properties of the towns natural springs, and even before then it was a Roman Spa town. It is however probably true to say that it was during the Victorian era that Buxton was really transformed into a league of its own, and the resort began to flourish. The Victorian period saw the arrival of the super rich businessmen and entrepreneurs and it was these people that began to flock here in their droves for recreational purposes. Prior to this, the wealthy citizens that had enjoyed Buxton had been largely ...
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