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Buxton

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About Buxton

Buxton is a spa town in the borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, in the East Midlands region of England. It is England's highest market town, sited at some 1,000 feet (300 m) above sea level. It lies close to Cheshire to the west and Staffordshire to the south, on the edge of the Peak District National Park. In 1974, the municipal borough merged with other nearby boroughs, including Glossop, to form the local government district and borough of High Peak.

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On the show — 11 mentions total

If you look at photos of this place, it's absolutely beautiful — it's called the Lagoon of Buxton. Absolutely stunning, but it's really toxic and really dangerous, so they're doing everything they can to stop people from swimming in it, but because it looks so beautiful, people just ignore the signs and keep going in.

from No Such Thing As Gorillas On The Beach, 2016-04-01 at 00:15:37 · read transcript

Other times Buxton came up

  1. They included things like... These are all complete ones, by the way. Angry Troll-Up 37. Offers? Amazing. There was another one. Less Venus in Furs, more Derek in Buxton. Interested? To Derek in Buxton. This is my favourite, favourite, favourite, favourite one. You mentioned Craigslist. They have some really funny postings that have gone up and a lot of them are jokes, but some of them...

    208: No Such Thing As A Female Egg Thief, 2018-03-23 · listen

  2. No Yeah, they actually had a deal Bath did this bath, Buxton, which for overseas listeners is another big spa town in the UK Had deals with the NHS, contracts where people will get prescribed water treatments And you'd go in and be sent there for back and joint pain and stuff like that.

    415: No Such Thing As Tiddlywinks In The Wild West, 2022-02-25 · listen

  3. No. Yeah, yeah, they actually had a deal. Bath did this bath. Buxton, which, for overseas listeners, is another big spa town in the UK, had deals with the NHS contracts where people get prescribed water treatments and you'd go in and be sent there for back and joint pain and stuff like that. Actually in World War II, there are really cool pictures, if you look it up.

    No Such Thing As Tiddlywinks In The Wild West, 2022-02-25 · listen

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