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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Fairfield, Derbyshire


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Fairfield is a district of Buxton in the High Peak of Derbyshire. The historic medieval village of Fairfield was centred around a village green. When you visit Fairfield, Derbyshire, Walkfo brings Fairfield, Derbyshire places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.

  

Fairfield, Derbyshire Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Fairfield, Derbyshire


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With 54 audio plaques & Fairfield, Derbyshire places for you to explore in the Fairfield, Derbyshire area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Fairfield, Derbyshire places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

Fairfield, Derbyshire history


The name Fairfield derives from the Germanic faeger feld meaning ‘fair open land’ Cistercian monks and Benedictine nuns founded monastic granges at Fairfield in the early 1200s AD. Fairfield was a chapelry in the parish of Hope (whereas Buxton was in the Bakewell parish) Fairfield and Buxton shared a medieval corn mill on the Wye in Mill Dale, where Ashwood Park is now.

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Visit Fairfield, Derbyshire PlacesYou can visit Fairfield, Derbyshire places with Walkfo Fairfield, Derbyshire to hear history at Fairfield, Derbyshire’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Fairfield, Derbyshire has 54 places to visit in our interactive Fairfield, Derbyshire map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Fairfield, Derbyshire, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Fairfield, Derbyshire places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Fairfield, Derbyshire & the surrounding areas.

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Best Fairfield, Derbyshire places to visit


Fairfield, Derbyshire has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Fairfield, Derbyshire’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Fairfield, Derbyshire’s information audio spots:

Fairfield, Derbyshire photo Great Rocks Dale
Great Rocks Dale is a dry valley in the Derbyshire Peak District known for its extensive quarrying. It is also known for extensive quarry quarrying in the Peak District.
Fairfield, Derbyshire photo Buxton Town Hall
Buxton Town Hall was opened in 1889 on the Market Place in Buxton, Derbyshire. It lies in the town’s central Conservation Area overlooking The Slopes. It is a Grade-II listed building.
Fairfield, Derbyshire photo Old Hall Hotel
The Old Hall Hotel is one of the oldest buildings in Buxton, Derbyshire, England. The current building dates from the Restoration period, built around and incorporating an earlier fortified tower. It is believed to be the earliest known British building of cross-axial form.
Fairfield, Derbyshire photo St John The Baptist Church, Buxton
St John The Baptist Church is a Grade II* listed parish church in Buxton, Derbyshire. The church was built in the 1930s and is located in the area of Buxton. It is now owned by the Church of England.
Fairfield, Derbyshire photo Cavendish Hospital
Cavendish Hospital is a geriatric healthcare facility in Buxton, Derbyshire. The hospital is managed by Derbyhire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust.
Fairfield, Derbyshire photo Poole’s Cavern
Pooles Cavern is a two-million-year-old natural limestone cave on the edge of Buxton in the Peak District, in Derbyshire, England. The cave forms part of the Wye system, and has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Fairfield, Derbyshire photo Buxton Pavilion Gardens
Buxton Pavilion Gardens is a Victorian landscaped public park in the spa town of Buxton in Derbyshire. The River Wye flows through the gardens, which are a Grade II* listed public park of Special Historic Interest.
Fairfield, Derbyshire photo Harpur Hill Quarry
Limestone was extracted there from 1835 to 1952 for lime burning at lime kilns to produce quicklime. The quarry was used by the Royal Air Force as a chemical weapons storage depot during the Second World War. The RAF depot closed in 1960 and the site is now vacant. A small part of the abandoned quarry has flooded to become a quarry lake.
Fairfield, Derbyshire photo Health and Safety Laboratory
The Health and Safety Laboratory (HSE Laboratory or HSL Buxton) is a large 550-acre research site in rural High Peak, Derbyshire. It researches new methods in industrial safety.
Fairfield, Derbyshire photo Black Edge
Black Edge is a summit, 507 metres (1,663 ft) high, on a sharp ridgeline above the village of Dove Holes in the Dark Peak area of the Peak District in Derbyshire.

Visit Fairfield, Derbyshire plaques


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Fairfield, Derbyshire has 13 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Fairfield, Derbyshire plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Fairfield, Derbyshire using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Fairfield, Derbyshire plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.