Thank you for your continued support, ‘visitnewmills.co.uk’ was launched in 2015 to help both show how we serve the community, and showcase the best parts of New Mills, the town with the big heart. A lot has changed in these 7 years! But, we still love it here, and we want to show the rest […]
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New to New Mills located at the old Sunseekers is Luxe Aesthetics Hair & Beauty. Jennifer the owner offers a wide variety of treatments covering advanced aesthetics and anti-wrinkle treatments, beauty and hair extensions, Whilst Sarah offers all aspects of hairdressing. Both have a wealth of experience having been in the hair & beauty industry
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Local rivers update – the Goyt and the Sett It’s time for an update on our lovely rivers – the Goyt and the Sett in the Mersey catchment, just upstream of Stockport and downstream of Buxton. As you probably know, we had a long running pollution incident on the Goyt down at Mousley Bottom, which
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For those of you that don’t know Rowarth is a hamlet about 2.5 miles (4 km) north of New Mills and sits on the edge of the Peak District within the parish boundary of New Mills. Friends of Rowarth are a community group bringing together the people of Rowarth with the aim of improving their beautiful place
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New Mills has always cared about Fairtrade and was the first town in the High Peak to gain Fairtrade Town status. Fairtrade ensures a minimum price to protect growers but to gain the Fairtrade mark the farmers have to meet strict environmental standards. Many Fairtrade producers then go on to becoming organic farmers. Fairtrade producers
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Since the middle of October our garden has been home for a one-footed robin; two legs but one foot, and I’ve no idea how it lost the other. It gets chucked mealworms and crumbs of cheddar from time to time and seems to do well on them, but does struggle perching, preferring to rest itself
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Local environment and angling writer Andrew Griffiths talks to New Mills’ resident Charlie Copestake about novel arrangements in the ‘smallest room’. He may be no Dustin Hoffman but New Mills has its very own ‘Rain Man’ in the form of Spring Bank’s Charlie Copestake. Charlie collects rain by the barrel-load and while money doesn’t grow
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Visit New Mills loves supporting the repair cafe with Quizits and insurance cover – but did you know how many different things they repair – here is a recent list (and several of them needed multiple repairers) Electric scooter – customer took it away to put it on charge as the success of the repair couldn’t be
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Founded in our very own New Mills, MY URBAN TRAIL is a new women’s outdoorwear brand, set to dress the new generation of modern-day explorers. For too long, dull designs have overpowered women’s outdoorwear, but we say no more! We think you deserve to love pieces for both style and functionality. Their debut collection features
Eagles or Doves? Aquilegia is a really common and splendid sight at the moment on roadside verges. Originally a wild flower, there are also many cultivated varieties in gardens and many of these have escaped back into the wild leading to a confusing picture! Original wild varieties are deep blue but can also be pink or
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