Projects
Our projects include everything from gardening and crafts to fundraising and events.
All our active projects are listed below – along with others which have now been completed.
We give details of ways to get involved in our regular newsletters. If you're interested in a particular activity you can also sign up for a WhatsApp group, to keep in touch with like-minded members.
For more details on any project, just click on the title...
Active Projects
For more details, click on project title...
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We are encouraging people to leave their cars at home by supporting an initiative to develop a network of safe and pleasant routes for walkers, cyclists and in some cases horse riders. The aim is to link residential areas with schools, places of work, the town centre and shops – as well as existing cycle trails and footpath networks.
This is an ongoing project. Most recent activities have included a day-long 'travel' event in the Market Place including displays, activities, a chance to try electric bikes and mobility scooters, and information about bike and car share schemes and public transport.
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Each year we work with other organisations to decorate the town for Christmas. Over the last couple of years – and with the support of local people and businesses – we have put some of the sparkle back into Buxton.
Fairfield Road – Gateway to Buxton
Fairfield is one of the main routes into town, but it wasn't the greatest advert! So a group of local residents got together to improve it by cleaning, tidying and beautifying.
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Utilising Corporate Volunteer Hours
Employees from some local companies have used paid 'volunteer' time off to help the Town Team with projects including repainting the bridges in the Pavilion Gardens.
A series of work sessions on The Slopes has become a regular activity, with a team of volunteers meeting weekly to take care of everything from weeding, trimming, cleaning moss from stone walls, urns and railings, and painting the benches – not just on The Slopes, but at numerous sites around the town.
This neglected garden alongside the River Wye has been transformed thanks to volunteers who have planted flowers, cut back trees and cleared the river. It also includes valuable initiatives such as Rewilding the River Wye.
Once a month, the group meets somewhere around the town, taking bags, barrows and litter pickers with them, to clear out the rubbish and keep Buxton looking beautiful.
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AND THERE'S MORE...
That’s not all: we're always on the lookout for new projects. If you have a suggestion that fits in with Town Team objectives – or if you'd like to get involved in helping with any of our projects – we’d love to hear from you. Contact details below.
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Completed Projects
All our completed projects are listed below, others are ongoing.
To read more details about any of these projects, please visit our Google Drive archive here: ARCHIVE
Turner's Memorial Restoration
Buxton Means Business
Vox Pops
Winter Lights Competition
Welcome to Buxton Station
Buxton on the Move Day
Utilising Corporate Volunteer Hours
Neighbourhood Development Plan
Peak District Boundary Walk
Shop Local Scheme
Open Gardens Trail 2017
Merchandise
Markets Regeneration
Friends of Buxton Station
Pop-Ups & Incubators
Green Man Gallery
Market Place Enhancement
Crescent Planters
Buxton BID
Buxton, Too Lovely to Litter
Buxton in Bloom 2016
Open Gardens 2016
Buxton Spring Fair 2016
Buxton Market Revitalisation
Buxton Railings Clean 2016
Buxton on the Move Conference
Tour of Britain 2015
Buxton in Bloom 2015
Talking Signposts 2015
Buxton Spring Fair 2015
Buxton Spa Prize
Spring Clean & Railings Clean 2015
2020 Vision: the Buxton Conference
Artisan Market Trials
Beautifying Buxton Phase I
Buxton in Bloom 2014
Talking Signposts 2014
Buxton Illustrated Map
ATCM Town Team of the Year
Buxton Spring Fair 2014
Big Buxton Spring Clean 2014
Christmas Crawl 2013
One Year On
Academy of Urbanism Visit
Talking Signposts Trial 2013
Buxton Spring Fair 2013
Green Man Gallery
Christmas Crawl 2012
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