Pubs and inns in Buxton

Name	Image	Notes
Angel Inn	Winster Place c. 1850s	The Angel began as a coaching inn from at least 1773. It was demolished in 1849 when the Royal Hotel (later the Royal Exchange) was built at Winster Place on Spring Gardens. There was a Royal Vaults public bar in the Royal Exchange building until the 1950s.[16]
Baker's Arms		The Baker's Arms at 26 West Road closed in 2008 and was converted into two houses called Bakers Cottages. It is the oldest building on its side of the road, with a mansard roof added later.[16]
Devonshire Arms (Ashwood Dale)		A pub on the A6 Bakewell Road from the early 1800s until the 1990s. The building on the River Wye was originally a corn mill. The adjacent railway bridge (to Cowdale Quarry) overlooked the pub and is now demolished. Robinson's Brewery used to own the pub. The building is still there.[3]
Devonshire Arms (Fairfield)		On North Road at Fairfield, with views across Fairfield Common and the golf course. Public house since at least 1811. Closed around 2008-2009 and converted into flats.[19]
Dog and Partridge	28 High Street	The inn on High Street (across the road from the Sun Inn) operated from at least 1811 (as the Seven Stars and then called the Dog and Partridge from 1870). It closed around 1910 and the building was subsequently an ironmongers and in 2022 it is a tattoo parlour.[3][16]
George Hotel		The hotel was built as a Georgian spa hotel in about 1770 on George Street. It was bought by the Duke of Devonshire in 1806. American ex-president Thomas Jefferson once stayed at The George. Much of the hotel was converted to the George Mansions apartments. The remaining George Inn closed in 2007.[1][11]
Grove Inn	The Grove Hotel in the 1800s	The Grove Inn was a coaching inn dating back to the 1770s on the corner of Spring Gardens and Manchester Road. It became the Grove Hotel and was operated by Robinsons Brewery from 1937 until being closed in 2013. The hotel bar was called the Grove Vaults and later Charlie's Bar from the 1980s. The building is now empty except for the ground floor shops.[16]
Horse Shoe Inn	29 Fairfield Road	A tavern on Fairfield Road from 1871 or before until the late 1950s. The building is now used as offices.[3]
Jug and Glass	75-79 West Road	An alehouse on West Road (opposite Bath Road) from the early to late 1800s. The building was subsequently a sweet shop and a wine shop and is now a private residential house.[3]
Prince of Wales		Built in 1858 at the lower end of Fairfield Road. In the early 1900s it served the local Marston, Thompson and Evershed brewery and later became owned and run by Marston's. It closed in 2011 and was converted into a funeral directors.[3][19][20]
Red Lion		A pub on Holmfield road in Burbage from the 1820s to the 1920s/30s. It was subsequently Holmfield Bakery before being demolished.[3]
Robin Hood		Heath House on London Road was bought by Martsons Brewery in 1953 and converted into a pub. It changed its name to the Robin Hood in 1969. It was closed in 2014, demolished and replaced by the new Premier Inn hotel, which opened in 2016.[3][19]
Royal Forester		On Victoria Park Road in Fairfield. Built in c.1970. Closed in 2011 and since demolished.[19]
Royal Oak		The inn (recorded in 1857) at Nithen on Manchester Road is now a farmhouse.[16]
Shakespeare		The Shakespeare Hotel was built in 1711 near the old theatre on Tideswell Lane (now Spring Gardens). It was demolished in 1926 to make way for a Woolworths store.[16][21]
Swan with Two Necks		A tavern on Windsor Road in Fairfield from at least the 1820s to 1840s. The building is now a private residential cottage.[3]
Wheatsheaf Inn		The inn was behind The Swan on Church Street. It was a tavern from the early 1800s until about 1950. Marston's Brewery owned the pub in the early 1900s. The building is now a holiday cottage.[16]
White Hart		This coaching inn occupied a four-storey building in Scarsdale Place (off Market Place) since before 1752. It was the breakfast stop for the Manchester to London coaches. It was renamed as The Scarsdale Arms in 1796 but was closed by1802 and was converted into 3 houses. The ground floor of the building is now a parade of shops.[16]
White Lion	The White Lion Inn in the 1800s	The White Lion was built in 1798 as a carrier's inn on Tideswell Lane (now Spring Gardens). Traders set themselves up in the cobbled yard and used it as a base for transporting their goods. It was briefly known as the Marquis of Hartington's Arms. Marston's Brewery ran the pub before it closed in 2011. The White Lion and its adjoining stable block are Grade II listed buildings.[22][11]

There are also historical records of other public houses: the Cheshire Cheese (on Macclesfield Old Road in 1842), the Fountain (on High Street in 1850s), the Fox and Hounds (on West Road), the Hatton and Holden, the Masons Arms (in 1811), the Oddfellows Arms (on High Street in 1864), the Red Lion (on Holmfield in Burbage in 1842) and the White Horse (in 1790).^[16]