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Quarry Bank Mill

Quarry Bank Mill

one of the best preserved textile mills of the industrial revolution

Museums and Galleries

Explore social and industrial heritage!

Cheshire’s Peak District has many working museums, with carefully preserved and restored original machinery and buildings that bring alive the stories of the people whose lives were shaped by industry. These museums cover everything from historic houses, the local textile industry, a collection of combustion engines, ancient market towns and canals. Visitors can also call at Jodrell Bank to view the unique Lovell Telescope, the 3D theatre or stroll through the 35 acre Arboretum with national collections of Malus and Sorbus. Also visit one of the stunning, independent galleries specialising in contemporary art, prints and paintings.

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  1. Jodrell Bank Planet Pavillion

    Add Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre to your Itinerary

    Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre

    Type

    Heritage / Visitor Centre

    Macclesfield

    Enjoy a family day out at the Discovery Centre – whatever the weather we’re sure to inspire you.

    Walk around the base of the telescope or find answers to the wonders of the Universe in the...

  2. None

    Add The White Gallery to your Itinerary

    The White Gallery

    Type

    Gallery

    Bollington

    Art gallery exhibiting over 50 local artists. Original art, ceramics, photography and bespoke framing service.

  3. None

    Add Victoria Mill Arts Centre to your Itinerary

    Victoria Mill Arts Centre

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    Arts Centre

    Congleton

    Come and spend time at the new Victoria Mill Arts Centre in Congleton which hosts a variety of free arts and crafts workshops throughout the year as well as an excellent exhibition area, studio space...

  4. None

    Add Thornville Gallery to your Itinerary

    Thornville Gallery

    Type

    Gallery

    Disley

    See a vast array of high quality pictures, paintings and prints plus a selection of books for the discerning collector and investor. Affordable picture framing and restoration service also available....

  5. silk museum display

    Add Silk Museum: Paradise Mill to your Itinerary

    Silk Museum: Paradise Mill

    Type

    Museum

    Macclesfield

    Silk Museum: Paradise Mill is an award-winning museum with 26 jacquard hand looms.

    The mill has been restored to give an idea of working conditions during the 1930s when the mill prospered,...

  6. exterior of old hall at tatton

    Add Tatton Park - The Old Hall to your Itinerary

    Tatton Park - The Old Hall

    Type

    Museum

    Knutsford

    The atmospheric Old Hall was the original old manor house in the park. Built as a manor house at the turn of the fifteenth century the Old Hall presents a Tour Through Time, travelling through 500...

  7. heritage centre display

    Add Silk Museum: Heritage Centre to your Itinerary

    Silk Museum: Heritage Centre

    Type

    Heritage / Visitor Centre

    Macclesfield

    Silk Museum: Heritage Centre Galleries, in the magnificent Old Sunday School, built in 1814, is a new gallery displaying vibrant silk costumes from 1830 to the present day, haberdashery and...

  8. Silk Museum

    Add Silk Museum: Park Lane Galleries to your Itinerary

    Silk Museum: Park Lane Galleries

    Type

    Museum

    Macclesfield

    Museum in a former school of art, looking at the properties of silk, design education, Macclesfield's other textile industries, social history and machinery.

    Audio visual programmes and...

  9. art from firbob andpeacock

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    Firbob and Peacock Gallery

    Type

    Gallery

    Knutsford

    A stunning new, independent gallery specialising in contemporary art.

    The gallery is ideally located for art lovers from across the region, in the centre of the beautiful, market town of...

  10. cuckooland

    Add Cuckoo Land & Clock Museum to your Itinerary

    Cuckoo Land & Clock Museum

    Type

    Museum

    Tabley

    Largest collection of antique cuckoo clocks. Five fairground organs, 12 trumpeter clocks and tools all from the Black Forest.

    The Cuckooland Museum would like to welcome you to be astonished at...