Editing Buxton (section)

== Economy ==
Buxton's economy covers tourism, retail, quarrying, scientific research, light industry and mineral water bottling. The University of Derby is a noted employer.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 September 2015 |title=University contributes 500 jobs and £32 million a year to Buxton economy |url=https://www.derby.ac.uk/news/2015/university-contributes-500-jobs-and-32-million-a-year-to-buxton-economy/ |access-date=21 March 2023 |website=University of Derby |language=en-GB}}</ref> Surrounded by the Peak District National Park, it offers a range of cultural events; tourism is a major industry, with over a million visitors to Buxton each year. Buxton is the main centre for overnight accommodation in the Peak District, with over 64 per cent of the park's visitor bed space.<ref name=HPP>[http://www.highpeak.gov.uk/business/econdev/Profile/highpeakprofile.pdf High Peak Profile] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926034240/http://highpeak.gov.uk/business/econdev/Profile/highpeakprofile.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024023213/http://www.highpeak.gov.uk/business/econdev/Profile/highpeakprofile.pdf |archive-date=24 October 2007 |url-status=live |date=26 September 2010}}, ''High Peak Borough Council'', September 2010.</ref>

The Buxton Mineral Water Company, owned by [[Nestlé]], extracts and bottles mineral waters.<ref>[http://www.buxtonwater.co.uk/ "Buxton Water"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325175642/http://www.buxtonwater.co.uk/ |date=25 March 2012}}, official website, March 2012.</ref> The ''[[Buxton Advertiser]]'' appears weekly. Potters of Buxton is the town's oldest department store, founded in 1860.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pottersofbuxton.co.uk/about-us/ |title=About Us |website=www.pottersofbuxton.co.uk |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619142936/http://www.pottersofbuxton.co.uk/about-us/ |archive-date=19 June 2015}}</ref>

=== Quarrying ===
The [[Buxton lime industry]] has shaped the town's development and landscape since its 17th-century beginnings. Buxton Lime Firms (BLF) was formed by 13 quarry owners in 1891. BLF became part of [[Imperial Chemical Industries]] (ICI) in 1926 and Buxton was the headquarters for I.C.I. Lime Division until the 1970s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.derbyshireheritage.co.uk/Menu/Archaeology/Limekilns/Buxton-Lime-Firms.php |title=BLF Buxton Lime Firms |website=www.derbyshireheritage.co.uk |access-date=22 February 2020 |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404174506/https://www.derbyshireheritage.co.uk/Menu/Archaeology/Limekilns/Buxton-Lime-Firms.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> Several [[limestone]] [[Quarry|quarries]] lie close,<ref>[http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll=53.253301,-1.883125&spn=0.113177,0.362206&t=h&z=12 Quarries visible as large white areas in satellite image], ''[[Google Maps]]'', September 2010.</ref> including the "[[Great Rocks Dale|Tunstead Superquarry]]", the largest producer of high-purity industrial limestone in Europe, employing 400.<ref>[http://www.bgs.ac.uk/foundation-web/Tunstead.html Superquarries: Tunstead] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906050147/http://www.bgs.ac.uk/foundation-web/Tunstead.html |date=6 September 2013}}, [[British Geological Survey]] website, September 2010.</ref> The quarrying sector also provides jobs in limestone processing and distribution.<ref>[http://www.tarmac.co.uk/products_and_services/buxton_lime.aspx "Buxton Lime"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923064322/http://www.tarmac.co.uk/products_and_services/buxton_lime.aspx |date=23 September 2010}}, [[Tarmac Limited|Tarmac company website]], September 2010</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Laura |last=Hailstone |url=http://www.commercialmotor.com/latest-news/lomas-distribution-consolidates-sites-with-new-depot |title=Lomas Distribution consolidates sites with new depot |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120807021953/http://www.commercialmotor.com/latest-news/lomas-distribution-consolidates-sites-with-new-depot |archive-date=7 August 2012 |website=Commercialmotor.com |date=1 July 2008 |access-date=29 August 2012}}</ref> Other industrial employers include the [[Health and Safety Executive#The Health and Safety Laboratory|Health & Safety Laboratory]], which engages in health and safety research and incident investigations and maintains over 350 staff locally.<ref name=HPP/><ref>[http://www.hsl.gov.uk/about-hsl.aspx About HSL] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100730035536/http://www.hsl.gov.uk/about-hsl.aspx |date=30 July 2010}}, ''HSL Website'', September 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.ndi.org.uk/our-members-and-strategic-partners/a-z-member-list/health-and-safety-laboratory/ Health & Safety Laboratory] {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20110901081656/http://www.ndi.org.uk/our-members-and-strategic-partners/a-z-member-list/health-and-safety-laboratory/ |date=1 September 2011}}, ''Northern Defence Industries Website''.</ref>