Festival Walk: Spa and Empire

This event has now sold out, however you may be interested in the following book events:

• Jonathan Kennedy Pathogenesis: How Infectious Diseases Shaped Human History
• Dame Kate Bingham and Tim Hames The Long Shot: The Inside story of the Race to Vaccinate Britain
• Sara Wheeler Glowing Still: A woman’s Life on the Road

 

Take a stroll with creative historian Gertie Whitfield and Discover Buxton Tours through the vastness of the British Empire recorded on the headstones of those who came to seek health in a small provincial spa town high in the Derbyshire Hills.

This walk will take you back to the 19^th century when visitors flocked to take the waters. You will hear some of their family stories and the intimate lives of the citizens of Buxton often at a vulnerable time in their lives.

Strictly limited to 15 people.