Editing Buxton (section)

=== 20th century ===
Buxton held a base for British and Canadian troops in [[World War I|the First World War]]. Granville Military Hospital was set up at the Buxton Hydropathic Hotel, with the [[Palace Hotel, Buxton|Palace Hotel]] annexed. The author [[Vera Brittain]] trained as a [[Voluntary Aid Detachment]] nurse at the [[Devonshire Royal Hospital|Devonshire Hospital]] in 1915. The [[Royal Engineers]] based in Buxton used the Pavilion Gardens' lakes for training to build pontoon bridges.<ref name=":2"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=13 December 2019 |title=Canadian Red Cross Special Hospital Buxton 1915–1919 |url=https://buxtonmuseumandartgallery.wordpress.com/2019/12/13/canadian-red-cross-special-hospital-buxton-1915-1919/ |access-date=9 November 2020 |website=Buxton Museum and Art Gallery |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC – World War One At Home, Buxton Pavilion Gardens, Derbyshire: Bridge Building Practice |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p022x6c4 |access-date=21 January 2020 |website=BBC |date=30 July 2014 |language=en-GB}}</ref> Prisoner of war camps at Ladmanlow and Peak Dale were established in 1917 to supply workers for the local limestone quarries.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Roberts |first=Alan & David |title=Breaking Stones – Two World War One Prisoner of War Camps |publisher=Roberts Publications |year=2020}}</ref>

[[RAF Harpur Hill]] became an underground bomb-storage facility during [[World War II]] and the country's largest munitions dump. It was also the base for the Peak District section of the [[Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Service|RAF Mountain Rescue Service]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 June 2015 |title=R.A.F. Maintenance Unit 28 – Harpur Hill |url=https://buxtoncivicassociation.org.uk/raf-maintenance-unit-28/ |access-date=9 November 2020 |website=Buxton Civic Association |language=en-GB}}</ref> Prisoner of war camps for Italians and Germans were set up on Lismore Road, off Macclesfield Road and at Dove Holes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WW2 People's War – Buxton in Wartime – Memories of a War Baby (part 3). |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/64/a4361564.shtml |access-date=9 July 2022 |publisher=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=WW2 People's War – Buxton in the second World War (1939–45) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/69/a5535669.shtml |access-date=9 July 2022 |publisher=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=WW2 People's War – Memories of when the bombs passed over. |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/68/a2334368.shtml |access-date=9 July 2022 |publisher=BBC}}</ref>

After a decline as a spa resort in the earlier 20th century, Buxton had a resurgence in the 1950s and 1970s. The Playhouse Theatre kept a [[Repertory theatre|repertory]] company and pop concerts were held at the Octagon (including [[the Beatles]] in 1963).<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 April 1963 |title=The Beatles Bible – Live: Pavilion Gardens Ballroom, Buxton |url=https://www.beatlesbible.com/1963/04/06/live-pavilion-gardens-ballroom-buxton/ |access-date=21 January 2020 |website=The Beatles Bible |language=en-GB}}</ref> The Opera House re-opened in 1979 with the launch of the Buxton Festival, and the town was being used as a base for exploring the Peak District.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Langham |first=Mike |title=Buxton: A Peoples' History |publisher=Carnegie Publishing Ltd |year=2001 |isbn=1859360866 |location=Lancaster |pages=217–219}}</ref>