Its trackbed can still be discerned in places (e.g. at Whitehough, close to Chinley, and just beyond the end of the bypass on the way south to Buxton).

A tunnel to the north of the station collapsed during building, trapping a gang of navvies, who were close to death by the time they were rescued.

All through the station's existence it has experienced a peculiar anomaly in that reconstructing the collapsed viaduct also involved realigning the railway line a little way to the north.

The old station house is owned by Burnage School For Boys in Manchester and is opened for visits frequently.

The school is currently headed by Paul Bertram[8] and was previously co-headed by Jennifer Rackstraw and Louise Moore.

[11] Former Buxworth player Alan (Bud) Hill went on to play for Derbyshire for over fourteen seasons, scoring more than 12,000 first-class runs at an average of 30.89.

The eldest son, Joel Henry Clayton,[15] emigrated to the US to live with an uncle at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.