Burbage, Derbyshire

Burbage
Disused railway bridge, Burbage,which carried the old Macclesfield Road over the line. Viewed looking NE over Burbage and Buxton. The bridge is completely filled some 15 yards in. To the north lies the 500 yd Burbage Tunnel which took the line into the Goyt Valley.
Burbage  Burbage shown within Derbyshire
OS grid reference	SK047728
District	High Peak
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BUXTON
Postcode district	SK17
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
List of places UK England Derbyshire

Coordinates: 53°15′11″N 1°55′48″W / 53.253°N 1.930°W / 53.253; -1.930

Burbage, is a village in Derbyshire, and was a parish until 1961, when it became part of the parish of Buxton.

Burbage is well known for its Brass Band, the Burbage Band (Buxton).

Burbage backs onto Grinlow Woods and provides access to Solomon's Temple.

Burbage Tunnel is a remnant of the Cromford and High Peak Railway, which operated from 1831 to 1967, although the section near Burbage was abandoned in the 1890s in favour of a new alignment via Buxton.

The table below shows the population of Burbage from 1871 to 1951:^[1]

Photographs of Burbage can be found at GENUKI

Burbage Golf Club (now defunct) first appeared in 1899. It continued until the 1920s. ^[2]

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Media related to Burbage, Derbyshire at Wikimedia Commons