Buxworth Villlage

Deep Mid-Wicket is located in the village of Buxworth. It is a sprawling village on the edge of the Peak District National Park in the High Peak area of the Peak District.

Buxworth has….
• A pub – The Navigation inn
• A church – St James (Church of England)
• A school – Buxworth Primary School
• A scheduled ancient monument – Bugsworth Basin
• A canal – Peak Forest Canal
• A cricket club – Buxworth Cricket Club
• Footpaths & tracks galore including the Peak Forest Tramway Trail

Things to do in the Buxworth Area

See our suggestions for a few things to do in the Buxworth area

History

The village of Buxworth as it is now known has an interesting and industrial history.

It’s all in the name
The name of the village has changed a few times over the years. Apparently starting off in the 1200’s as Buggesworth, but over time the ‘ge’ was dropped leaving Bugsworth. This name stayed until the early 1900s when the population of the village became so embarrassed by the name it is alleged that residents would get off the train in Chinley (Bugsworth had its own station) and walk the remainder of their journey home. In 1929 a referendum was held and the villagers voted in favour of changing the name to Buxworth. Since then there have been a few attempts to reverse the decision. The most recent being in 1999 when residents voted 3 to 2 in favour of keeping Buxworth.
The historic canal basin retained the name of Bugsworth and most locals still affectionately refer to the village as Buggy.

This video shows clips of Buggy Basin along with a song about the Tipplers who used to work here.

The village is now split into two by the bypass (A6), constructed in the 1980s. If you look on an OS map you can see Buxworth on the North side of the A6 and Crist on the south side. Crist is where the cottage is located but Crist and Barren Clough are now accepted as part of Buxworth.

Buxworth Map

This map shows you a few places to see, paths to walk or places to shop.

Use the + and – buttons to zoom in and out and the arrows to navigate.
Click on the map markers and blue lines for details of each item.

View Buxworth map in a larger map

To find out more details about how close the nearest garage, vet or cash machine is to the cottage have a look at our “The Nearest” map.
Please let us know if there are other things you would like us to add to this map.