Step inside Buxton Crescent and bring the Buxton water story to life.

Buxton’s leading Heritage Attraction and Tourist Information Centre

 

The Buxton Crescent Experience

Open Daily

10:30am to 4.00pm

Last Entry

3.00pm

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Buxton Visitor Centre & The Pump Room

Opening Hours 

10:00am – 5:00pm daily

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Learning

We are a charity dedicated to providing exceptional experiences for families, schools and youth groups.

Public Learning & Families

Education is at the core of everything we do, and we’ve always got things in the pipeline for children and young people.

Our Pitter-Patter sessions are a fantastic way to access Buxton’s heritage with children under 6, where we open the Crescent Experience and Assembly Rooms with playful activities.

For older children, look out for our Crescent Crafts sessions and check our What’s On page for new and fun events.

Schools & Groups

Our education team have many years of teaching experience and we understand how important it is to make the most of a school trip.

From the start, we work with you to create an inspiring itinerary of exciting workshops, activities and experiences both in our spaces and with other organisations in Buxton.

We are uniquely positioned to offer cross-curricular trips, with relevance to history, geology, archaeology and more.

We also have access to Buxton Museum’s handling boxes, allowing your students to get hands-on with real Roman and Stone Age artefacts.

"Buxton's thermal mineral water has inspired people for over 2,000 years. It was the Romans who first discovered the warm spring."
The Duke of Devonshire
Patron - Buxton Crescent Heritage Trust

Our visitor experience...

tells the stories of Buxton, The Crescent, its famous water and the many people who came to seek its cure. Click here to read more.

Our Premium Guided Tours set off in the morning, where you can dive deep into the rich history of our area aided by our warm and wonderful hosts.

For those who prefer to discover at their own pace, the Experience opens to Self-Guided visitors at 1pm.

Large group? Or a sensory tour during quiet times? Please contact us and we can help get that arranged.