There must be few musicals as well-known and beloved as Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Whether we first encountered it in school productions, or we know it from Jason Donovan’s No 1 hit with ‘Any Dream Will Do’, or the seemingly never-ending tour of it, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s iconic show holds a […]
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In a bid to enhance community engagement and promote sustainability, Visit New Mills is launching an exciting project – Digital Community Notice Boards. Located at high-flow traffic areas, these boards will serve as hubs of information accessible to all, regardless of internet access. Managed by Visit New Mills, the notice boards will be located at
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The picturesque town of New Mills is abuzz with excitement at the news that our weekly Quizit pub quiz has reached one hell of a milestone having raised an incredible £50k for local charities. What started as a small endeavour now includes up to twelve different venues around New Mills thanks to its passionate Quizmasters
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Hello, my name is Neil, I run a small wheel building and off-road bicycle guiding business out of Newtown. Originally from Stockport I met my wife through cycling and moved out here some six years ago. We have been riding the Peak District National Park and surrounding areas for over twenty-five years and between us
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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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Did you know that every time you make an online purchase, you could help Visit New Mills to raise much needed funds for Community projects and it won’t cost you a penny? All you have to do is go to easyfundraising.org.uk and join as a supporter of Visit New Mills. Then you can browse all the retailers and
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In my book there are wild creatures, and there are WILD creatures. The former include bluetits, rabbits, robins, blackbirds and so on…the sort we see every day, but the latter, they are the ones that haven’t seen much of humankind. They spend most of their lives in wild, sometimes desolate places and scarper at the
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Webs of intrigue? I was reading recently about spiders webs and in particular the silk that they’re made from.  Most of us know of its strength, stronger than the equivalent steel thread (so they say) but what I certainly didn’t know was how it actually soaked up heat. I assume this speeds up the
‘Handy for the Hills’ has long been a phrase synonymous with New Mills and has long been an attraction for those that go running in the hills around New Mills. We are spoilt for choice with routes up past The Fox Inn at Brookbottom towards Mellor Cross, up and around Lantern Pike towards Rowarth or
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Anyone walking up behind Whimberry Wood lately will probably have seen the large flock of lapwings which have been wintering there. These wonderfully aerobatic birds, members of the plover family, are evocative of our area preferring to nest on damp meadows where they forage for food (worms and insects), nest, and bring up their young.
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