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Dovedale Crescent, BUXTON, SK17 9BJ

One of the main sources of the River Wye, this resurgence is next to a footpath and just below the B5059 (a bus shelter can be seen through the trees above the spring). The water disappears from sight in Poole's Cavern and flows to this point through passages impenetrable to cavers.

One of the main sources of the River Wye, this resurgence is next to a footpath and just below the B5059 (this picture is taken from the pavement). The water disappears from sight in Poole's Cavern and flows to this point through passages impenetrable to cavers.

A group of 12 Grade II Listed almshouses of 1904. Architect was W.R. Bryden who designed them for Sir James Sawyer. The plans were published in The Building News on January 27th 1905.

Cul-de-sac of large Edwardian houses off Macclesfield Road, first shown on the 1922 25" map. The Buxton Conservation Area appraisal of April 2007 describes the road as follows: "... the outlandish character of Wye Grove, which comprises three-storey semi-detached houses built with a distinctive, jettied, third (attic) storey, marked by a broad, plastered, coved eaves and highly decorative bargeboards. The buildings are mainly stone and render but each pair is different and some also incorporate moulded bricks, terracotta and slate-hanging. The black and white timbering is not used in the vernacular tradition but is used as applied decoration in combination with tile-hanging, most of which has been painted white. Numbers 7 & 8 (the ones at the far end of the road in this photo) are the most unusual, incorporating a little of everything, with filigree details."

Large Edwardian semi-detached house on the corner of Macclesfield Road and Wye Grove, first shown on the 1922 25" map. It shares some of the characteristics of the latter road (see Image) which the Buxton Conservation Area appraisal of April 2007 describes as follows: "... the outlandish character of Wye Grove, which comprises three-storey semi-detached houses built with a distinctive, jettied, third (attic) storey, marked by a broad, plastered, coved eaves and highly decorative bargeboards. The buildings are mainly stone and render but each pair is different and some also incorporate moulded bricks, terracotta and slate-hanging. The black and white timbering is not used in the vernacular tradition but is used as applied decoration in combination with tile-hanging, most of which has been painted white. Numbers 7 & 8 (the ones at the far end of the road in this photo) are the most unusual, incorporating a little of everything, with filigree details."

Old turnstiles for Poole's Cavern, now superseded by a modern Visitor Centre.

Cottage on Macclesfield Road shown on the 1879 1:500 plan. On the left is part of 16 & 18 Macclesfield Road (see Image).

An open field with a footpath along the left-hand edge

A 2 million year old natural limestone cave and a site of special scientific interest. The name derives from an outlaw, Poole, who reputedly used the cave as a lair in the 15th century. It was officially opened as a show cave in 1853 and in 1859 a system of gas lamps was installed. The cave closed in 1965 and reopened in 1976. This large stalactite is known as the "Flitch of Bacon".