Live band hired for weddings and parties in Derbyshire
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This is an area of extremes, with large cities like Derby, and wild Hill country like the Peak District. If you're thinking of hiring a band in the winter, there in mind that if you are holding the event in some wild location in the peaks, up steep singletrack roads, that the guests and musicians may have great difficulty getting through to you. Fortunately, it is exceptionally rare whether to stop things happening, and musicians always very dedicated at doing everything they can possibly do to get event. If the band can't get there, then the guests aren't likely to get there either.
The gritstone uplands of the Derbyshire Peak District are at the centre of the North Midlands. Derbyshire's stately homes at Chatsworth, Haddon and Kedleston owe much to the mellow beauty of the yellow and grey building stones of the county. South Derbyshire lacks the rugged grandeur of the Dales and the Peak District further north, but it is fine walking country, with large areas of soft, undulating, pastoral scenery through which rivers meander lazily. To the west the River Dove, coming down from the Dales, winds along the Staffordshire border to meet the River Trent. Further east the Trent is joined by the Derwent, which flows through Derby. The soil in this area is deep and rich, producing good crops of wheat and barley, much of which goes to the breweries at Burton upon Trent across the Staffordshire border. Clay found around Swadlincote is used for the town's pottery industry, an extension of the Staffordshire potteries.
Derby, Derbyshire, DE1 2RD, Derbyshire
Charity event The CT Ensemble ref: 6576
Blackfordby Village Hall Santop Lane, Blackfordby , DE11 8AL, Derbyshire
Birthday The MW Barn Dance/Ceilidh band ref: 6414
Conkers, Rawdon Road, nr Swadlincote, S.Derbyshire, , DE12 6GA, Derbyshire
50th Birthday Party SH American Blue Grass Blues Barn Dance Band ref: 4605.1
Rosliston Village Hall Rosliston Rd, Rosliston. Derbys , DE12 8JW, Derbyshire
Surprise 50th Birthday Party The SK Ceilidh/ Barn Dance Band ref: 6510
Roslisten Forestry Centre, Burton Road, Rosliston, Swadlincote, Derbyshire. , DE12 8JX, Derbyshire
Live music booked for Wedding The SI String Quartet ref: 2026.3
Alrewas HayesAlrewas Hayes Nr Lichfield, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire,, DE13 7DL, Derbyshire
Charity Ball Harp - Audrey ref: 2072
Hoar Cross Hall Spa Resort,Maker Lane,Hoar Cross,Burton upon Trent, , DE13 8QS, Derbyshire
Black Tie Jubilee Gala Dinner The SI String Quartet ref: 2026.3
St Mary's RC churchDarley Lane, Derby , DE13AX, Derbyshire
Live music booked for Wedding The PS String Duo ref: 6249
Branston Golf and Country Club Burton Road, Branston, , DE14 3DP, Derbyshire
Live music booked for Wedding - Gavin and Helen The DF Party Band ref: 6503
As long ago as the Norman Conquest, Derby had a population of more than 2000 and no fewer than six churches. In 1717 England's first silk mill was established in Derby by Thomas Cotchet and John Lombe, who produced silk which became famous throughout Europe. Some of the city's finest i8th-century houses date from this period, and the wrought-iron gates of the silk mill still stand near the public library.
Industry expanded rapidly in the middle of the iQth century with the building of the Midland Railway's great locomotive and coach works, now run by British Rail. Derby is the home of Rolls-Royce. In one of the city's 20 parks, the Arboretum, stands a monument to the engineer Sir Henry Royce who, in partnership with the Hon. C. S. Rolls, the businessman, established the firm in Derby in 1908.
The Riverside Hotel, Riverside Drive, Branston, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire. , DE14 3EP, Derbyshire
Norm's 60th Birthday Celebration! The TLD Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4424
Newton Park Hotel, Newton Solney, Nr Burton - upon - Trent, Staffordshire. , DE15 0SS, Derbyshire
Live music booked for Wedding The HS String Quartet ref: 2633.1
Stanton Village Hall, Burton on Trent, DE15 9TJ, Derbyshire
60th Birthday & retirement The MR String Quartet ref: 2338
Burton upon Trent is a town known since the Middle Ages as the centre of British brewing, and pervaded by a scent of hops and malt. Michael Bass, who became Lord Burton and gave the town some of its finest buildings, among them the town hall and the churches of St Paul and St Modwen. There are three bridges with views of the Trent: the wide, modern bridge; the old wood and iron Ferry Bridge; and a footbridge which connects the market-place to Andressy Island, the site of the Ox Hay children's playground and gardens.
Little Eaton Village Hall Vicarage Lane Little Eaton Derby, DE21 5EA, Derbyshire
Live music booked for Wedding Of Steve & Alison The TLD Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4424
Little Eaton Village Hall Vicarage Ln, Little Eaton, Derby, DE21 5EA, Derbyshire
30th Wedding Anniversary (Surprise) The MW Barn Dance/Ceilidh band ref: 6414
Breadsall Memorial Hall43, Brookside Road, Breadsall, Derby, DE21 5LF, Derbyshire
50th Birthday Party The LR Duo Barn dance Band/ Ceilidh Band ref: 4456.4
Merrieworth Merrieworth, Kings Croft, Allestree, Derby , DE22 2FP, Derbyshire
90th Birthday Party - Bill The ST Jazz Trio ref: 6185
The Georgian House Hotel Ashbourne Road Derby , DE22 3AD, Derbyshire
Live music booked for Wedding The MR Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4968.1
Kedleston Country House HotelKedleston Road Derby , DE22 5JD, Derbyshire
Joint 50th birthday party - Jane and Georgina The TD Jazz Trio ref: 3791.1
Mickleover Country Park Social Club Ltd Merlin Way, Mickleover, Derby , DE3 0UJ, Derbyshire
After wedding party - Jeremy and Rebecca The BS Ceilidh/ Barn Dance Band ref: 4960
Mickleover Court Hotel Etwall Road, Mickleover, Derby , DE3 0XX, Derbyshire
Live music booked for Wedding - Andrew and Annette The TLD Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4424
MICKLEOVER GOLF CLUBUTTOXETER ROAD MICKLEOVER DERBY, DE3 9AG, Derbyshire
70th birthday party The RP Ceilidh/ Barndance Band ref: 4956.1
Bonsall Village Hall Bonsall Village Hall The Dale Bonsall Derbyshire , DE4 2AA, Derbyshire
30th Birthday Party The ST Gypsy Jazz Trio ref: 3857
Rowsley Village Hall,, DE4 2EE, Derbyshire
Family Party / Day after a Wedding The BB Ceilidh Band / Barn Dance Band ref: 4368.1
Rowsley Village Hall, School Lane, Rowsley, Matlock. , DE4 2EE, Derbyshire
Family Party / Day after a Wedding The BB Ceilidh Band / Barn Dance Band ref: 4368.1
Matlock is a resort on the Derwent among woodlands and hills, with dramatic views of peaks and crags. The Heights of Abraham, 750 ft above the town, are said to have been named by an officer who fought under General Wolfe, because of their resemblance to the heights scaled in the capture of Quebec.
Matlock was a spa in Victorian times and is today a popular inland tourist resort. The Lido has two swimming-pools, and the Derwent Gardens have been transformed into a nocturnal fairyland.
From Matlock Dale there are easy paths up to the formidable-looking peak of High Tor, 380 ft above the dale. Riber Castle, now a ruined landmark with four tall corner towers, was built by John Smedley, a textile manufacturer, in 1862.
East Lodge Hotel Rowsley, Derbyshire. , DE4 2EF, Derbyshire
Live music booked for Wedding - Lucy and Mark The RM String Quartet ref: 6514
East Lodge Country House Hotel Rowsley, Matlock , DE4 2EF, Derbyshire
Live music booked for Wedding Alan - guitarist ref: 2528
The Whitworth CentreStation Road, Darley Dale, Derbyshire, DE4 2EQ, Derbyshire
50th Birthday Party The BB Ceilidh Band / Barn Dance Band ref: 4368.1
The Orangery Restaurant Audley St Elphin's Park Dale Road South Darley Dale. , DE4 2RH, Derbyshire
Live music booked for Wedding Reception - Ben and Elena Glenn - Classical/Spanish Guitar ref: 6178
The Glebe Field Centre, Crich Glebe Field Close, Crich , DE4 5EU, Derbyshire
60th birthday party The SK Ceilidh/ Barn Dance Band ref: 6510
Crich is a village on a hill—its name comes from a word meaning 'hill'—with fine views. It is noted for its Tramway Museum, containing 40 trams of the iqth and 2oth centuries, housed in a disused quarry. The exhibits include a Sheffield horse-drawn tram of 1874, in which visitors can ride, and a Prague tram brought from Czechoslovakia just before the Russian invasion of 1968. Just above the quarry, flashing 950 ft up, is the Beacon Light, a war memorial to the Nottingham and Derbyshire Regiment, the 'Sherwood Foresters'.
Lea Green Development Centre Main Road, Lea (near Matlock), Derbyshire,, DE4 5GJ, Derbyshire
Live band hired for Wedding - Caroline and Michael The MW Barn Dance/Ceilidh band ref: 6414
Willersley Castle Cromford, Matlock. , DE4 5JH, Derbyshire
Parish Retreat Weekend The FP Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 6063
Darwin Lake Holiday Village Darwin Lake, Jaggers Lane, Darley Moor, Matlock, Derbyshire , DE4 5LH, Derbyshire
Live band hired for Wedding - Louis and Laura The MW Barn Dance/Ceilidh band ref: 6414
Upper Oldhams Farm, Monyash, Derbyshire. , DE45 1JS, Derbyshire
Live band hired for Wedding The DM Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4207.1
Marquee, Camping and Caravan siteHopping Farm Youlgreave nr Bakewell, DE45 1NA, Derbyshire
Live band hired for Wedding of Bernadette & Andrew The CN Barn Dance/Ceilidh Band ref: 4480.2
Bakewell is a valley town on the Wye surrounded by richly wooded hills stretching to high moorland. Its fine arched and buttressed bridge was built nearly 700 years ago, while the brown stone buildings, which have a warmth of colouring unusual in Peakland, mostly date from the I7th and 18th centuries. Outstanding are the Old Market Hall, Old Town Hall and Holme Hall, a mansion built in 1626.
Bath House is another brown stone building, built in 1697 for the Duke of Rutland. It is still fed by warm springs which were known in Roman times. The town's name comes from the Saxon bad-quell meaning 'bath well'.
Chatsworth House Chatsworth House, Chatsworth, Bakewell , DE45 1PP, Derbyshire
Live band hired for Wedding - Erik and Laurice The BR Piano & Cello Duo ref: 6589
Chatsworth House, Bakewell, Derbyshire. , DE45 1PP, Derbyshire
Live band hired for Wedding The MR Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4968.1
Ashford War Memorial Institute Ashford in the Water, Derbyshire, DE45 1QA, Derbyshire
70th birthday party The ST Jazz Trio ref: 6185
Great Longstone village hallChurch Lane Great Longstone Derbyshire, DE45 1TB, Derbyshire
30th Birthday Party for Becky The BV Gypsy Jazz Quartet ref: 3795
The Grange Station road, Great Longstone, Derbyshire, DE45 1TS, Derbyshire
Live band hired for Wedding - Andrea and Robert The SK Ceilidh/ Barn Dance Band ref: 6510
Youlgrave Village Hall, Holywell Lane, Youlgrave, Derbyshire. , DE45 1UT, Derbyshire
Birthday Party The BB Ceilidh Band / Barn Dance Band ref: 4368.1
Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick - Derbyshire suite Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, Derbys , DE55 1AU, Derbyshire
Ceilidh at Methodist Summer Fellowship holiday The BS Ceilidh/ Barn Dance Band ref: 4960
The Hayes Conference CentreSwanwick Alfreton Derbyshire, DE55 1AU, Derbyshire
Methodist Family Event The BS Ceilidh/ Barn Dance Band ref: 4960
The Hayes Conference Centre Swanwick, Alfreton , DE55 1AU, Derbyshire
Church Social The SR Ceilidh/ Barndance Band ref: 4882
Somerlea Park Leisure Centre,Sherwood Street, Leabrooks, Alfreton , DE55 1LB, Derbyshire
this is a large, modern, timber clad centre, with balcony overlooking the Bowling Green. It also holds functions, and since its opening in 2008 has hosted weddings, birthday parties and wedding anniversaries, and being complete with stage was great for jazz bands and barn dance bands to perform.
60th birthday (Jonty) The TLD Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4424
Santos Higham Farm Main Road, Higham, Alfreton, Derbyshire , DE55 6EH, Derbyshire
60th Wedding Anniversary - Doreen and Alex The BT Trio Ceilidh Band / Barn Dance Band ref: 4456.1
Honeysuckle CottageSmithymoor, Stretton , DE55 6FE, Derbyshire
Birthday/Retirement Party for Sue Alan - guitarist ref: 2528
Alfreton Golf Club Wingfield Road, Alfreton, Derbyshire , DE55 7LH, Derbyshire
60th Birthday Party for Jan The TLD Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4424
The Gardens,Chesterfield Road, Oakerthorpe, Alfreton Derbyshire , DE55 7LP, Derbyshire
Live band hired for Wedding drinks reception - Jennifer and Ian The ST String Quartet ref: 2747.1
Belper Leisure Centre John O'Gaunts Way, Belper, Derbyshire , DE56 0DA, Derbyshire
40th Birthday do but also fundraiser for Type 1 Diabetes The MR Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4968.1
Nealies Function Room Derby road, Milford, Derby , DE56 0RA, Derbyshire
Live band hired for Wedding - Frances and John The MR Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4968.1
Belper Community Hall, Bridge Street, Belper, Derbyshire. , DE56 1AB, Derbyshire
30th Birthday [Ellie] The TLD Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4424
Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1HZ, Derbyshire
70th Birthday The CS String Quartet ref: 6055
Shottle Hall White Lane, Shottle, Derbyshire, DE56 2EB, Derbyshire
the hall has a lovely dining room with chandeliers, with doors opening out to the garden. A marquee can also be erected for weddings and larger events, or to make room for a ceilidh band. There's even a gazebo in the garden where in fine weather the string quartet could perform for the drinks reception of the wedding.
Evening Wedding Reception - Steve and Sarah The MR Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4968.1
Shottle Hall White Lane, Shottle, Derbyshire , DE56 2EB, Derbyshire
Live band hired for Wedding - Mark and Stacey The TLD Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4424
Shottle Hall, Shottle, Derbyshire, DE56 2EB, Derbyshire
Live music booking for Wedding The HS String Quartet ref: 2633.1
Alderwasley Village Hall Chapel Lane, Alderwasley, Belper, Derbyshire , DE56 2RB, Derbyshire
40th Birthday party - Shona The TB Barn Dance/ Ceilidh Band ref: 6166
Chapel LaneAlderwasley Belper Derbyshire, DE56 2RB, Derbyshire
Wedding blessing for Thomas and Whitney The MW Barn Dance/Ceilidh band ref: 6414
Lumbleigh HouseFarnah Green, Belper, Derbyshire , DE56 2UP, Derbyshire
Live music booking for Wedding - Emma and Adam The MR Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4968.1
Ashbourne Town Hall Ashbourne , DE6 1ES, Derbyshire
Live music booking for Wedding - Luke and Sema The MW Barn Dance/Ceilidh band ref: 6414
Bentley Brook InnFenny Bentley Ashbourne, DE6 1LF, Derbyshire
Burn's Supper The MR Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4968.1
Ashbourne is one of the most attractive market towns in Derbyshire, often called 'the gateway to the Peak', as it stands on the fringe of the Peak District National Park. In Church Street is the I3th to 14th-century Church of St Oswald, one of the most handsome parish churches in England, with a spire 212 ft high. The church is renowned for its 18th-century white marble sculpture of Penelope Boothby by Thomas Banks. She was the daughter of a local family and died aged five in 1791. The church also contains several monuments and effigies of the Cokaynes, a notable local family in the 1$th and 16th centuries. Sir John
Yeldersley HallYeldersley Ashbourne Derbyshire, DE6 1LS, Derbyshire
Live music booking for Wedding - Francesca and Jason The PS String Duo ref: 6249
The AlleysThe Alleys, Jolly Lane, Atlow, Ashbourne, DE6 1NS, Derbyshire
Live music booking for Wedding - Martin and Jo The MW Barn Dance/Ceilidh band ref: 6414
Marquee, Orchard View, Atlow, Ashbourne, Derbyshire. , DE6 1NT, Derbyshire
Private garden party The SB Jazz Trio ref: 3608.2
Callow Hall Mappleton Road, Ashbourne, Derbyshire , DE6 2AA, Derbyshire
Live music booking for Wedding - Emily and Sam The MW Barn Dance/Ceilidh band ref: 6414
Ilam Hall, Ilam, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, , DE6 2AZ, Derbyshire
Live music booking for Wedding The DM Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4207.1
YHA Ilam HallIlam, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, DE6 2AZ, Derbyshire
Carolyn's 50th birthday The MR Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4968.1
Wyaston Village Hall 4 Orchard lane, Wyaston, Ashbourne Derbyshire , DE6 2DR, Derbyshire
50th Birthday - Sara SH American Blue Grass Blues Barn Dance Band ref: 4605.1
Bank Farm Calwich Ashbourne Derbyshire, DE6 2EB, Derbyshire
Post Wedding Party The TLD Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4424
Hulland Ward Village Hall Dog Lane, Hulland Ward, Derbyshire , DE6 3EG, Derbyshire
the hall is located in open countryside, and being in such a rural position, it fits the idea of country dancing, whether all is plenty of room for this.
Live music booking for Wedding - Caspar and Grace The MR Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4968.1
Millennium Village Hall, , DE6 3EH, Derbyshire
25th Wedding Anniversary Ceilidh The LD Ceilidh/ Barn Dance Band ref: 4885
Millennium Village Hall, Dog Lane, Hulland Ward, Ashbourne, , DE6 3EH, Derbyshire
25th Wedding Anniversary Ceilidh The LD Ceilidh/ Barn Dance Band ref: 4885
Marquee, Camping & Caravanning Club Site, Belper Road, Hulland Ward, Ashbourne, Derbyshire. , DE6 3EN, Derbyshire
this a great place to have a party, at a caravan and camping club site. The caravan and camping club have a very laid-back social philosophy that allows this to happen. I'm not sure that the caravan and motorhome club (formerly the Caravan club) do things like this, though they do organise club events which are often not on club sites, and do on many occasions involved qualifications of one sort or another. Campers obviously enjoy being outdoors, fit and energetic, so always love ceilidhs and dance enthusiastically. Caravanners (I'm one of them) can be very similar, or can be the kind of people who like to sit in their caravan and watch TV, just as if they were at home, but with a different view. I would have guessed that on this occasion there was plenty of wild dancing, but I can't find the report from the ceilidh band to confirm this. But then nobody goes the effort and expense of hiring a ceilidh band unless they expect to dance enthusiastically. It would be a waste of time.
Party The CN Ceilidh Band ref: 4480.1
Hulland Ward, Derbyshire, DE6 3FX, Derbyshire
60th Birthday party The RM String Quartet ref: 6514
Meynell Langley Kirk Langley, Derbyshire , DE6 4NT, Derbyshire
Live music booking for Wedding - Hester and Philip The BS Ceilidh/ Barn Dance Band ref: 4960
Mugginton Village Hall Church Lane, Mugginton, Ashbourne , DE6 4PL, Derbyshire
Afternoon Tea The ST Jazz Trio ref: 6185
Willington village hall, derbyshire, DE65 6EB, Derbyshire
fund raiser The OB Jazz Ensemble ref: 3542.1
Morley HayesMorley Hayes Hotel & Golf Club, Main Road, Morley, Derbyshire, DE7 6DG, Derbyshire
Surprise 30th birthday for Sophia The MW Barn Dance/Ceilidh band ref: 6414
The Coopers Arms Weston on Trent , DE72 2BJ, Derbyshire
70th Birthday Party (Jean) The MW Barn Dance/Ceilidh band ref: 6414
Risley Hall Hotel, Risley, Derbyshire, , DE72 3SS, Derbyshire
this was originally a Saxon manner heading back to the 11th century, but the building is much more recent than this but still very old and agreed to listed building.
Daughter's wedding The SI String Quartet ref: 2026.2
Ticknall, Derbyshire, DE73 7JS, Derbyshire
Calke Abbey Calke Abbey, Ticknall, Derby , DE73 7LE, Derbyshire
Live music booking for Wedding The PS String Duo ref: 6249
Donington Park Farm HouseMelbourne Road Isley Walton Castle Donington, DE74 2RN, Derbyshire
Wedding Reception for Colin & Amy The ST Jazz Trio ref: 6185
Donington Park Farmhouse hotel in Castle Donnington, , DE74 2RN, Derbyshire
this is a 17th-century farmhouse complete with wooden barns, you old black-and-white farmhouse, so very appropriate for jazz, which in its original form was folk music of the southern states of America. The barns give ample room for any kind of music.
Michael House SchoolShipley Ln Heanor Derbyshire, DE75 7JH, Derbyshire
Live music hired for Wedding The MR Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4968.1
Sawley Women's Institute HallWilne Road, Sawley, Derbyshire, NG10 4QD, Derbyshire
Private Party - Eileen The MW Barn Dance/Ceilidh band ref: 6414
Unstone Grange Trust, Crow Lane, Unstone, Derbyshire , S18 4AL, Derbyshire
Live music hired for Wedding Reception The MH English Barn Dance Band ref: 4997
The George HotelMain Road Hathersage Derbyshire , S32 1BB, Derbyshire
Live music hired for Wedding Maxine - Harpist ref: 6366
Grindleford, Derbyshire, , s32 2ha, Derbyshire
Party The CL Jazz Function Band ref: 3500.2
Losehill House Hotel and Spa Lose Hill Lane, Edale Rd, Derbyshire , S33 6AF, Derbyshire
Live music hired for Wedding - Ellen and Thomas The EM String Quartet ref: 2889.1
Earles Club Hope Cement Works, Hope, Derbyshire, S33 6RP, Derbyshire
Birthday/university reunion The CL Barn Dance/ Ceilidh Band ref: 6395
St Pauls Church Hasland, Chesterfield Derbyshire, S41 0JX, Derbyshire
Live music hired for Wedding The AW Jazz Trio ref: 6050
Chesterfield isan ancient town mentioned in Domesday Book, is an important, but not gr industrial centre standing on the edge of large industrial areas, including the Chesterfield Tubes steel pipe casting plant. It is probably best know travellers by the twisted spire of its parish church.
Riverside ClubChesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 7RE, Derbyshire
Forces Reunion The HF Function/ Party Band ref: 6314
Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 7UX, Derbyshire
Live music hired for Wedding The ST Jazz Trio ref: 6185
Ringwood hall, Brimington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, , S43 1DQ, Derbyshire
Live music hired for Wedding The MR Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4968.1
Ringwoodhall HotelBrimington Chesterfield Derbyshire, S43 1DQ, Derbyshire
Live music hired for Wedding drinks reception for Lynnette & David The TD Jazz Trio ref: 3791.1
St Mary's Parish Hall, St Mary's Road, Glossop, Derbyshire, , SK13 8ND, Derbyshire
50th Birthday party The DM Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4207.1
Hartington Hall, Hall Bank Hartington Nr. Buxton Derbyshire , SK17 0AT, Derbyshire
Live music hired for Wedding The MR Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4968.1
Although Buxton is one of the highest towns in England, at 1007 ft, Buxton is sheltered by the even higher hills surrounding it. It is a spa town and owes its fame to the 5th Duke of Devonshire who, at the end of the i8th century, built the town's beautiful Crescent as a rival to fashionable Bath. The Devonshire Royal Hospital, opened in 1859, has a dome 156 ft in diameter, one of the widest in the world. Buxton's springs, charged with nitrogen and carbon gas, well up from great depths at a constant temperature of 28°C (8z°F), just as they did in
Roman times. The water, unlike most spa water, is pleasant to drink. Spas have lost much of their appeal today, but Buxton is still attracting visitors because of its fine situation and the facilities it offers for every kind of sport, as well as concerts and drama. It has two golf courses, and there is an indoor spa-water swimming pool in The Pavilion, which is set in 23 acres of gardens and has also a theatre and concert hall.
Corbar Woods, only half a mile from the Crescent, offer pleasant walks, and there are splendid views from nearby Corbar Hill. Ash wood Dale is an attractive valley, about a mile from the town centre to the east. Lovers' Leap, in the dale, is a huge natural cleft in the limestone rock where, according to tradition, two runaway lovers on a horse leapt the chasm to avoid pursuit. To the north-west there are splendid views of the Goyt Valley from the main road which zigzags its way down towards Whaley Bridge.
Hartington Hall, Hall Bank, Hartington, Nr Buxton, Derbyshire, , SK17 0AT, Derbyshire
Live music hired for Wedding The BSI String Quartet ref: 2647
Gradbach Youth Hostel, Quarnford, Buxton, Derbyshire , SK17 0SU, Derbyshire
Walking club reunion party + birthdays The DM Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4207.1
The Old Hall Hotel,, The Square, Buxton, Derbyshire, , SK17 6BD, Derbyshire
Live music booked for Wedding The TS Scottish Ceilidh Band ref: 4371
Cressbrook Hall Cressbrook Hall Near Buxton, Derbyshire , SK17 8SY, Derbyshire
Live music booked for Wedding - Philip and Sarah The CL Barn Dance/ Ceilidh Band ref: 6395
Cressbrook Hall, Cressbrook, Near Buxton, Derbyshire , SK17 8SY, Derbyshire
Live music booked for Wedding reception The DM Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4207.1
Hargate Hall, Wormhill, Derbyshire. , SK17 8TA, Derbyshire
Live music booked for Wedding The DM Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4207.1