page_title: Buxton
section_title: Sport
hierarchical_section_title: Buxton / Famous Buxtonians / Sport
caption_attribution_description: English: Mick Andrews on a Yamaha TY by 1975Català: Mick Andrews amb una Yamaha TY cap a 1975
context_page_description: Buxton is a spa town in Derbyshire, in the East Midlands region of England. It has the highest elevation – about 1,000 feet above sea level – of any market town in England. Close to the county boundary with Cheshire to the west and Staffordshire to the south, Buxton is described as "the gateway to the Peak District National Park". A municipal borough until 1974, Buxton was then merged with other localities lying primarily to the north, including Glossop, to form the local government district and borough of High Peak within the county of Derbyshire. It is also near to Greater Manchester. The population of the town was 22,115 at the 2011 Census.
  Buxton landmarks include Poole's Cavern, an extensive limestone cavern open to the public, and St Ann's Well, fed by the geothermal spring bottled and sold internationally by Buxton Mineral Water Company. Also in the town is the Buxton Opera House, which hosts several music and theatre festivals each year. The Devonshire Campus of the University of Derby is housed in one of the town's historic buildings.
  Buxton is twinned with two towns: Oignies in France and Bad Nauheim in Germany.
context_section_description: William Shipton (1861 in Buxton – 1941 in Buxton), cricketer, 1884 to 1893, later solicitor in Buxton
  Fred Smith (1887 in Buxton – 1957), footballer before WWI, mainly for Macclesfield
  Bobby Blood (1894 in Harpur Hill – 1988 in Harpur Hill), footballer for Port Vale, West Brom and Stockport
  George Bailey (1906 in Buxton – 2000), steeplechaser, competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics
  Frank Soo (1914 in Buxton – 1991), Stoke City F.C. footballer (173 pro appearances) and first mixed-race professional  to represent England
  John Tarrant (1932–1975), long-distance runner, nicknamed "The Ghost Runner", lived in Buxton
  Mick Andrews (born 1944 in Buxton), former international motorcycle trials rider
  Les Bradd (born 1947 in Buxton), former footballer, over 580 pro appearances, all-time leading goalscorer for Notts County
  Carl Mason (born 1953 in Buxton), professional golfer
  Mark Higgins (born 1958 in Buxton), former Everton, Bury and Stoke footballer, 265 pro appearances
  Lorraine Winstanley (born 1975), BDO darts player, lives in Buxton
  Dean Winstanley (born 1981), BDO darts player, lives in Buxton
  Ben Burgess (born 1981 in Buxton), Irish footballer, played for Hull City F.C. and Blackpool F.C.
caption: Mick Andrews, 1976
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