Grendon Guest House

The wonderful town of Buxton is one of our great historical Spa towns. It is also the highest market town in England. With the gathering fame and quality of its summer festivals and the new development surrounding the re-opening of the pump rooms, these are exciting times for local and visitor alike. Though still a place of enduring elegance and peacefulness, modern Buxton pulses with modern cultural activity.

It also makes a great base for a Derbyshire holiday. The A6 and A515 roads take you quickly and scenically to the pretty towns of Bakewell and Ashbourne, and to Chatsworth, the seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, and Haddon Hall, a marvellous example of Elizabethan arcClickecture. For those with a real love of country houses, you can reach the superb Hardwick Hall nr Chesterfield in under an hour. Lovely Kedleston Hall near Derby is also well worth a visit and is reachable in just under an hour. For those with a passion for industrial history, the World Heritage town of Cromford, the birthplace of Britain’s industrial revolution is only a 40 minute drive away.
Towards Cheshire are Lyme Park, Little Moreton Hall and Tatton Park, different but hugely popular National Trust estates.

The Buxton Festival has become one of Britain’s best. Held annually through three weeks in July it draws many famous national and international names from the worlds of literature and music (of the opera, chamber and classical variety). A flourishing fringe runs parallel with the festival proper and is now the biggest in England. It includes a fascinating range of events: music; theatre; poetry; comedy; fine arts and much more.

The Gilbert and Sullivan festival has also won huge acclaim since its inception in 1994 and is now of world importance. It follows the Buxton festival at the end of July and runs into mid-August.

The stunning Peak district scenery affords opportunities for extensive sight seeing by car, on foot, by bicycle, or even horseback. From Grendon one can walk into the beautiful Goyt valley the divide of the three counties of Derbyshire, Cheshire and Staffordshire.