Grane Mill Haslingden
GEM Trust, Grane Mill, Laneside Road, Haslingden, Lancashire, BB4 5PP
Grane Mill was a state of the art weaving mill built in 1907 when Cotton was King. Originally a scheduled monument and grade II* listed building, the increasingly rare 160ft chimney is complete with over-sail top and proudly declares its name, 'GRANE', for all to see. All the mill's essential building elements survive, including the Engine and Boiler houses with unique almost completely restored Mill Engine, made in Haslingden, which can now be demonstrated by electric motor. Looms are being returned to the North-light Shed and brought back to working order to weave once more. A fine mill donkey engine made in Burnley is run on compressed air and other rescued engines in various stages of restoration together with other related mill and engineering artefacts. These include bikes the weavers would have used plus machine tools and paraphernalia from loom foundries and cotton mills.
The site is being developed into a working museum to not only rescue vanishing regional heritage, but to research textile heritage and use machinery conservation, operation and repair opportunities to educate and provide practical basic training in heritage machinery skills. The Mill gives visitors an insight into Lancashire lives through the prism of the engineering that sustained our families and local communities for decades and made affordable cloth available to the whole world.
Timings & Tours
- Saturday 07 September:
- 11.00 to 16.00
- Sunday 08 September:
- 11.00 to 16.00
- Saturday 14 September:
- 11.00 to 16.00
- Sunday 15 September:
- 11.00 to 16.00
Location & directions
GEM Trust, Grane Mill, Laneside Road, Haslingden, Lancashire, BB4 5PP
- Directions:
- Grane Mill is not at Grane! It is South of Haslingden Town Centre off Manchester Road and the chimney is seen behind the Texaco filling station in between the town centre and the A56 roundabout from the motorway link.
- Contact on day:
- Anthony Pilling
- Telephone number:
- +447754668523
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking not required
Accessibility details
Children accompanied by an adult are very welcome. Access to the Stott Engine House is up a flight of steps, yard surfaces are uneven setts requiring due care. Visitors must keep well clear of moving machinery when it is being demonstrated. On site parking is limited.
Additional information
The whole site is being gradually conserved and repaired as Grane Engineering Museum by the Grane Mill Preservation Group of volunteers on behalf of the GEM Trust and in partnership with the Heritage Trust for The North West. It is rated by the LCC / Historic England Lancashire Mills study as 'Exceptional' heritage, but also on the Heritage at Risk Register so much work remains to be done. It really is a work in progress.
