Buxton Country Park, Solomon’s Temple and Pavilion Park.

 Thursday 12th September 2024

We went into Buxton, and after the farcical impossibility of paying in the Pavilion car park - machine out of order and phone app not playing - we parked at the country park, and even there had to pay inside the visitor centre! 

A cup of coffee and a scone later we walked up to Solomon’s Temple, and back round to the Visitor Centre.

We followed the short route up the steps and steepish paths through the woods.

We couldn’t resist these two characters from the past.

We made our way up to Grin Low and Solomon’s Temple.

Back across the fields above the camp site, and down through the woods.

Afterwards we walked into Buxton Pavilion Park, where one or two of the trees are beginning to show an autumn glow.

We had a coffee in the cafe there - its ’freshly made sandwiches’ turned out to be pre-packed, so we left lunch until we got back to the ranch.

As we walked back up to the car there was a very loud peal of thunder, but the promised storm didn’t materialise. remarkable views of landscape and clouds along the A53.

Somewhere around 4.3 miles in all. We covered the same ground as our walk last October, with variations.

Corbar Wood, Buxton

 Friday 6th October. A two and a half mile walk.

Another day of uninspiring weather. We took ourselves to the very popular Bookshop cafe for lunch, and then into Buxton.

We parked in the Pavilion Car Park and walked through the streets to Corbar Wood.  

The path goes into the wood and up to the trig point and a large cross. From Explore Buxton website: “This cross was installed in 1950 to commemorate Holy Year…It was painted pink by pranksters in the 1990s and cut down completely in 2010 as part of a protest”

For more details see here

 

Lovely short walk through some steep woodland.

 It was clear on top with wide views. 

Buxton Country Park and Solomon’s Temple.

 Thursday 5th October

Four miles, with Harry. We decide to do coffee at The High Peak Bookstore. Then we go into Buxton and walk from the Pavilion car park to Buxton Country Park.

Grin Low has as its high point Solomon’s Temple, a Victorian Folly, built in 1896 to replace an earlier construction on the site of a neolithic burial mound.

All around are the remains of lime kilns.

Nearby in the shelter of a disused quarry is a caravan site.