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Queen Street Mill Textile Museum

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"Queen Street Mill is the worlds last steam powered weaving shed in the world. Built in 1894 and ran to 1982 on steam power. This grade 1 listed site is more than a museum. Its an experience.Please note the museum is currently closed for tours but the café is open Wednesdays 12pm - 4pm."
Address: Briercliffe , Burnley BB10 2HX, LAN, GB
Phone: 01282 412555
State: LAN
City: Burnley
Zip Code: BB10 2HX

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One of the finest examples of traditional weaving with working demonstrations. Unfortunately, Peace the steam engine is currently not working due to lack of staff. Still worth a visit to see the processes and there are daily tours with good explanation from the enthusiastic guides. Just check the timing on the day to ensure you’ll get on a tour.
This should be on everyone's "Things to see before I die". What overpowers you is just how close together the looms are in the main hall. NOTE: This is a textile factory that was still running only 40 years ago! Safety measures? = didn't exist! The fantastic staff/volunteers are extremely knowledgable, friendly and will answer straight away anything you ask. They tell you first-hand accounts of what the workers had to put up with and how, for example, they communicated despite the noise of the looms. For the £3 entrance fee = "nothing" a full guided tour is included - Unbelievable value for money! I have been before, but learn something new each time and will go again soon! Remember, this is the LAST worldwide remaining example of a fully-equipped steam-powered textile mill and is Grade 1 listed. This is what the industrial revolution really was about. In my opinion it belongs permanently fully-funded and must never be allowed to close to the public. It is a national treasure. I just hope that the people "up there" and in charge of funding know this! New roads, railways, airports - all not important compared to making sure this stays open. P.S. For film fans, the mill features in several films e.g. The Kings Speech amongst others.
For £3 the Queen Street Mill Textile Museum is a must visit place especially if you have children. This place is the only steam powered weaving mill left in the world and is so interesting for young and old alike, I believe the mill is in threat of closure, so, please do not allow this place to close and support the volunteers that work there with a visit. In September 2021 four of us went on a guided and light hearted tour by an extremely knowledgeable guide I have forgotten his name that answered all of our questions and had a funny poem to recite to us at the end. Then on to see Ian in the boiler house, he is a retired engineer that is passionate about steam and also well worth a visit after the tour of the mill. He will allow you to stoke the boiler with coal and let off a little steam. Access to the museum is easy and parking is free with lots of spaces. You can buy plenty of textile related souvenirs from the gift shop inside which are reasonably priced. Also inside the museum there is a cafe that sells tea and cakes etc. Hope you enjoy.
I've got to say, absolutely brilliant. We had a tour by a very pleasant lady, which made it personal and a really fascinating tour. Working exhibits make this place come to life and the admission was way too cheap for the experience. We'll definitely return again.
Nice day out. They are currently advertising for a steam engineer so that the boilers and engine can work which will make it so much better. The cafe was really well priced with pleasant staff and a good menu. This made the visit to be honest. A tour guide was most knowledge and was happy to let you drop in and out. Recommend.
Better signage would make it easier to find but it’s a great museum. Guides very enthusiastic and really helped to explain the process and what working that was like. Cafe we is good too
Burnley’s Hidden Gem, a restoration project to Englands Industrial Revolution. Recommended day out, good for kids, nice cafe.
Best place I've been to in a long time. What surprised me was the the scale of the factory, there are three hundred machines left now but there were nine hundred when it was at it's peak. Richard, our guide, was the best guide that we've ever had anywhere, he worked in a mill from the age of fifteen and he knows the operation inside out, nothing was too much trouble for him to explain.
Absolutely loved it here. Incredible place and fantastic that it operated until the 80s meaning it has retained so much. Fantastic staff/volunteers and a wonderful tour with demonstrations. The tour guide had worked in the textile and mill environment and it was great to hear things first hand from him, and nice that others working there are learning the skills to hopefully keep the history alive.
Went to the evening Halloween tour with my mother in law who uses a wheelchair. The whole place was accessible except the boiler house, but the staff opened another door so we could see in from outside. The tour was really interesting and well presented with facts, information and some spooky stories. The team worked really well together to produce a well choreographed event that made us jump! Hopefully they will run it again next year. If so, I recommend it for a Halloween evening that's a bit different.
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