Wear Mill

Wear Mill was an integrated cotton works on the Cheadle Heath bank of the River Mersey in Stockport, Greater Manchester, in England. It was started around 1790 and added to, particularly in 1831 and 1884.

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Type: Industrial building
Description: cotton mill in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Also known as: “Wear Mill, Stockport” and “Weir Mill”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Stockport Viaduct and Stockport railway station.

Stockport Viaduct

Bridge

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Stockport Viaduct, alternatively known as the Edgeley Viaduct, carries the West Coast Main Line across the valley of the River Mersey in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England.

Stockport railway station

Railway station

Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.

Stockport railway station serves the market and industrial town of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England. It is located 6 miles south-east of Manchester Piccadilly, on a spur of the West Coast Main Line to London Euston. Stockport railway station is situated 1,400 feet southeast of Wear Mill.

Hat Works

Museum

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The Hat Works is a museum in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, which opened in 2000. Before that, smaller displays of hatting equipment were exhibited in the Stockport Museum and in the former Battersby hat factory. Hat Works is situated 900 feet east of Wear Mill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stockport and Edgeley.

Stockport

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Stockport is a town in the south east of Greater Manchester, historically in Cheshire, at the point where the rivers Tame and Goyt combine to form the Mersey.

Edgeley

Suburb

Edgeley is a suburb of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England. It is characterised largely by Victorian terraced housing around Alexandra Park. The population in 2021 was 14,182.