Quarry Bank

At Quarry Bank you can discover a complete industrial community and experience the very different worlds of owner and worker, who lived and worked here side by side.

Discover what it was like to work in a cotton mill. Experience heritage machinery in action and feel the floors shake beneath your feet as the spinning machines turn and the looms weave. Find out about the life and legacy of Samuel Greg, the founder of Quarry Bank.

Explore the Greg family home, Quarry Bank House, and wander through the stunning picturesque gardens that rise up the banks of the river valley, offering stunning views and spectacular changes through the seasons. By contrast, take a guided tour of the Apprentice House to step into the lives of the pauper children who worked in the mill.

Stroll to Styal village to see how many of the other workers lived. Styal remains a thriving community today. The working mill is the beating heart of Quarry Bank. Set in picturesque gardens and countryside, explore one of Britain's greatest industrial heritage sites.

FACT FILE

Bespoke group visits welcome. Coffee House and gift shop. Admission £4.00, children free. Free on street parking. Open April - November, Tuesday - Saturday 10:30-16:00 also Bank Holiday Mondays. Fleetwood Museum, 6-7 Queens Terrace, Fleetwood FY76BT. www.fleetwoodmuseum.co.uk info@fleetwoodmuseum.co.uk. 01253 876621