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Working wool museum manufacturing Welsh "tapestry" bedspreads and tweeds. Shop, tearoom, Weaver's Garden, handspinning demonstrations. Ashford stockists, on-line shop.

Picturesque 200-year-old waterside textile mill producing knitting yarn and fabrics on period machinery. Mill shop, exhibition gallery, restaurant.

Opening Hours: Daily 11-4

Working tartan weaving mill and exhibition. Try weaving. Photo in Scottish costume, clan/tartan, information, shopping, Highland dress, cashmere and crystal.

Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 9-5.30 (6.30 Apr-Oct)
Sun 10-5.30 (6.30 Apr-Oct)

Water-powered woollen fulling mill and Victorian cotton spinning mill. Demonstrations of working machinery. Open daily afternoons April to October.

Opening Hours: Mon-Fri 12-4, Sat, Sun, BH 12-5

History of silk, guided tours with demonstrations of Jacquard handloom weaving, study facilities, silk shop.

Opening Hours: Mon–Sat 11–5, Sun 1–5
please call for winter opening times

New Lanark, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Manufacturers of speciality woollen yarn on historic machinery.

Opening Hours: 10-5 all year

Historic cotton mill with working machinery, set in Styal Estate. Textile-based activities for all ages.

Masson Mills Working Textile Museum contains a unique and comprehensive collection of authentic working machinery, illustrating textile designing, spinning and weaving.

Opening Hours: Mon-Fri 10–4, Sat 11-5, Sun 11-4

Heritage watermill with working Victorian silk-weaving machinery. Kids’ holiday activities, adult workshops, school programmes. Shop, tearoom.

Opening Hours: Call for opening times