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Quarry Bank Mill, Styal

Location

Grid reference: SJ 834 829
OS sheet: 109
Postcode: SK9 4LA
2 miles N of Wilmslow, signposted off B5166. 2 miles from J5 of the M56.

A 5-storey Georgian cotton mill, built in 1784. Now a working museum of the cotton textile industry, with working looms and other machinery, powered by a 50-ton Fairbairn waterwheel and a working 1840s steam engine. Owned by the National Trust.

Opening times

March to October, daily, 11.00-17.00. November to mid-December and January & February, Wednesday-Sunday 11.00-16.00. Christmas break, see web site. Groups during opening hours by prior arrangement.

Contact

Reception Office, tel. 01625 527468. Recorded information, tel. 01625 445896.

Email

quarrybankmill@nationaltrust.org.uk

Web site

http://www.quarrybankmill.org.uk/