New Mills
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Understand
Get in
By train
New Mills has two railway stations:-
New Mills Central
address: Station RoadTrains from Manchester Piccadilly (c.30 mins) and Sheffield (c.55 mins). -
New Mills Newtown
address: Albion RoadTrains from Manchester Piccadilly and Buxton (c.26 mins).
By bus
Key bus services include:- High Peak Buses 199 Skyline service: Manchester Airport–Buxton, stops on A6 road near Newtown station, not at central bus station (Timetable)
- High Peak Buses 61: Glossop–Buxton, hourly during the day, no evening service (Timetable)
- High Peak Buses 64: Glossop–Macclesfield, twice daily, not Sundays (Timetable)
- Stagecoach 358: Stockport–Hayfield/Glossop, hourly (Timetable)
By car
New Mills is just off the A6 trunk road (follow A6015 signposted Hayfield, New Mills). There are pay-and-display car parks on Market Street, Torr Top Road and at the Town Hall (on Spring Bank Rd).Prices: up to 1 hour free, £0.70 for 2 hours, £1.80 for 4 hours, £2.40 per day.There is also free street parking, for up to an hour which is available on Market Street and Union Road in the Town Centre and unrestricted parking is widely available a short distance away from the town centre in almost any direction.Get around
- High Peak Buses 389: New Mills town service (Timetable)
- High Peak Buses 60: Hayfield - New Mills - Macclesfield
See
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address: Torr Top Street/Union St/Station RdGritstone gorge containing the Goyt and Sett rivers, several historic mill buildings, Torrs Hydro—a small-scale community hydroelectric power scheme—and the Millennium Walkway, an impressive aerial walkway over the waters of the River Goyt opposite a historic mill building.
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New Mills Heritage & Information Centre
phone: +44 1663 746904address: Rock Lane, New Mills, SK22 3BNSmall museum and exhibition; refreshments and toilets available. New Mills Community FestivalThe New Mills Festival takes place in September each year and includes a lantern procession through the Torrs as well as talks, walks, concerts, gigs and exhibitions.
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address: 117 Dye House LaneThe former town prison, now a private house with a quaint 19th-century plaque explaining its curious name.
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address: High Street, SK22 4BRProbably not worth a special visit, but worth seeking out if visiting the Drunkard's Reform, above: look on the wall at the rear of the Masons Arms car park for a rare and rather interesting early 19th-century stone-engraved advertisement for the pub, with masonic symbols and figures in 19th-century dress.
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High Lea Park
phone: +44 1663-743434 (New Mills Council offices)address: St. Marys Road, New MillsOver the last two years New Mills Town Council have invested tens of thousands of pounds in many new pieces of play equipment for all ages, from toddlers to pensioners. Visitors have said that where they previously went to Manor Park in Glossop or The Pavilion Gardens in Buxton they would now rather visit High Lea Park. Visitors from Manchester and all other towns en route such as Stockport and Marple have said that it is so easy to get to being so close to Central Station. Town Hall
Do
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Stroll through Torrs Riverside ParkOne possible route is to descend from Torr Top car park (just off Market Street), passing Torr Top Cottages, a listed range of weaver's cottages , walk downstream along the River Sett to its confluence with the River Goyt (site of the Torrs Hydro reverse Archimedes screw). Take the right-hand fork to cross the Millennium Walkway and view the Grade II
Walk or ride the Sett Valley TrailThe Torrs is at the western end of the Sett Valley Trail, a 2½-mile trail for walkers, cyclists and horse-riders, terminating at Hayfield.
Walk the Peak Forest Canal towpathWalk along the canal from near Newtown station southwards to Whaley Bridge (3 miles) or north to Marple (4 miles), returning by train or bus.
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phone: +44 1663 747435address: Church Lane, SK22 4NPNew Mills AFC play in the Northern Premier League Division One North, the eighth tier of English football.
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Play a round at New Mills Golf Club
address: Eaves Knoll Road, SK22 4QENew Mills Golf Course is an 18-hole course established in 1907 on the hillside above the town with views to Kinder Scout and the Cheshire Plain. Visiting golfers are welcome.
Buy
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address: 6 High StreetSecond-hand bookshop.
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Cooperative
address: Church Street, SK22 4NGLargest supermarket in town. -
address: 9 Union RoadCycle shop.
Eat
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Simply Indian
address: 76 Market St, SK22 4AAMid-market Indian restaurant and takeaway. -
Llamedos Café
address: 30 Market St, SK22 4AEGood breakfasts. -
Gioia Mia
address: 41 Market St, SK22 4AACosy café with friendly owner, mainly English food with a few Middle Eastern dishes. -
Crispy Cod
address: 71 Market St, SK22 4AAWell-regarded traditional English takeaway—good fish and chips, generous portions. -
phone: +44 1663 741468address: 34 Union Road, SK22 3ESRecently opened vegetarian café.
Drink
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phone: +44 161 427-1634address: Brook Bottom, SK22 3AYTraditional country pub in pretty, isolated stone-built hamlet at the end of a narrow no-through road. Cheapish food and Robinson's beer. Alternative routes (on foot) are via a rocky bridleway from Strines railway station (½ mile), or by walking downstream along the Goyt from the Millennium Walkway to Hague Bar picnic site (Waterside Road), climbing to the A6 in Hague Bar then following Hague Fold Road opposite (1¾ miles).
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phone: +44 1663 743178address: Rowarth, SK22 1EBCharacterful out-of-the-way place in delightful rural setting next to stream with replica waterwheel. Streamside garden (slightly spoilt by oversized decking erected for the 2006 World Cup) with adventure playground, and Pullman railway coach converted into overnight accommodation. No public transport. Free house, decent food. Live music on Friday nights. Close to pretty hamlet of Rowarth, in good walking country (the streamside path north towards Higherfold Farm is particularly attractive).
Sleep
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phone: +44 1663 742365address: Mellor Road
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phone: +44 1663 744321address: Whitle Fold
Connect
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New Mills Heritage & Information Centre
address: Rock Lane, SK22 3BN