• July 4 to July 12, 2020
• Dedication: July 5, 2:00p.m. starting at Higher Buxton Well Dressing.
• Wells in the Making: July 1 to 3, various times in St John the Baptist Church (at the junction of Manchester Road and St John’s Road). Visitors welcome; contact Christine Gould 01298 70156 for further details.

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Well Dressings

In 2019, there were four:

• 1. Higher Buxton Well on the west side of the Market Place. In the latter part of the week, this is in the midst of the funfair
• 2. St Ann’s Well at the well on The Crescent
• 3. Spring Gardens Well Dressing a well dressing with 3 separate faces on Spring Gardens, at its junction with The Quadrant
• 4. Lion Head Fountain Well Dressing in the Pump Room opposite St Ann's Crescent. Only accessible when the Pump Room is open

On occasions when a Flower Festival is held in St John the Baptist Church on different dates from the main Well Dressing event, a Well Dressing board will often feature in the Church as part of the Festival.

How to get there

Buxton is located on the A6 between Bakewell and Stockport.

CAR: town centre car parks are convenient but it can be difficult to find a place in the latter part of the week when the funfair occupies the Market Place. However, it is usually possible to find on street parking a little away from the town centre.

SATNAV: SK17 6EQ    Show Marker  
This is a convenient nearby postcode that can be entered into your car’s satnav. It is not necessarily the postcode where the dressings are located

BUS: Every Day: regular services from Manchester, Macclesfield, Sheffield, Chesterfield, Ashbourne, Derby and various local destinations.
For bus services in Derby, Derbyshire and the Peak District, see the Derbyshire Public Transport website. Various Day Tickets are available giving unlimited travel during the day on buses (and in some cases trains) in the relevant area. For bus services outside Derbyshire see Traveline.

TRAIN: (station in lower part of town centre): Every Day: roughly every hour from Manchester.
For details of train services and tickets, see National Rail Enquiries.

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High Peak Borough, Derbyshire, England.

• Buxton Wells Dressing Festival
• Wells Dressing Petalling Time-Lapse Video