Helmshore Mills Textile Museum
Helmshore Mills are two mills built on the River Ogden in Helmshore, Lancashire. Higher Mill was built in 1789 for William Turner, and Whitaker's Mill was built in the 1820s by the Turner family.Photo: robert wade, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Opening hours:
Friday—Sunday: noon—4:00 PM
public holidays: closed - Type: Museum
- Description: Wool and cotton mills in Lancashire, England
- Address: Holcombe Road, Haslingden, Rossendale, BB4 4NP
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Helmshore Viaduct and Ravenshore Viaduct.
Helmshore Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Christine Johnstone, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Helmshore Viaduct is a bridge, which is situated 430 feet north of Helmshore Mills Textile Museum.
Ravenshore Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Raymond Knapman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ravenshore Viaduct is a bridge, which is situated 4,200 feet southeast of Helmshore Mills Textile Museum.
Church of St Peter
Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Peter is situated 1 mile northeast of Helmshore Mills Textile Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Haslingden and Irwell Vale.
Haslingden
Town
Photo: Matthew Hartley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Haslingden is a town in Rossendale, Lancashire, England. It is 16 miles north of Manchester. The name means 'valley of the hazels' or 'valley growing with hazels'.
Irwell Vale
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Irwell Vale is a village within the Rossendale borough of Lancashire, in North West England. which lies at the confluence of the River Ogden and River Irwell.
Haslingden Grane
Hamlet
Haslingden Grane is the glaciated upper portion of the valley of the River Ogden, which lies west of Haslingden and is in the north east section of the West Pennine Moors.
Helmshore Mills Textile Museum
- Categories: textile museum, building, tourism, watermill, industrial building, and tourist attraction
- Location: Rossendale, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.68963° or 53° 41′ 23″ northLongitude
-2.33734° or 2° 20′ 14″ westOperator
Lancashire County CouncilOpen location code
9C5VMMQ7+V3OpenStreetMap ID
way 620398274OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrialOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=watermillOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q12059834
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