Buxton is a spa town in Derbyshire, England. The area features in the poetry of W. H. Auden and the novels of Jane Austen and Emily Bronte. Buxton landmarks include Poole’s Cavern, an extensive limestone cavern open to the public, and St Ann’s Well. The Buxton Festival, founded in 1979, is an opera and arts festival that runs for three weeks in July at various venues including the Opera House.