February has seen the arrival of noisy groups of Siskins chattering in the treetops These are striking little yellow birds with a black crown and dark stripes. There have also been some female and male kestrels around the Torrs Riverside Park, often perching on lampposts, trees and cables. If you stop and listen, you’ll hear […]
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New Mills is a great place to see wildlife, and in January plenty of it can be found in the Torrs riverside park, especially if you follow the riverside footpaths to the local nature reserves at Mousely Bottom or to Goytside Meadow. If you are quiet, you will often hear the birds, and then get
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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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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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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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