Sunny Bank Mills: Mill Tours for Heritage Open Days 2022!

Schedule

Fri Sep 09 2022 at 10:00 am to Sun Sep 11 2022 at 04:00 pm

Location

Sunny Bank Mills Archive | Farsley, EN

Join us for a behind the scenes tour of some of the Mills' hidden and disused spaces and learn about their history.
About this Event

An opportunity to visit a unique heritage site. Sharing the stories of the Mill and the workers who made our textile heritage.

**** Please note this booking is for the Heritage Mill Tour of the site only. Archive visits are also available over the Heritage Weekend and should be booked separately using the following link

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sunny-bank-mills-heritage-open-days-archive-booking-2022-tickets-328820740687

Dating from 1829, Sunny Bank Mills was an important woollen & worsted mill, with an interesting history. It is still owned by the family who helped found the mill in late Georgian times. In 2008 it stopped cloth production and the business was sold. In the years since, cousins William and John Gaunt have regenerated the mill as an inspirational and creative space for more than 80 independent businesses, a cultural destination with a contemporary art gallery and studio artist community, and a heritage site of national importance with its own textile Archive. Our expert guides will take you around the Mill, show you secret spaces and reveal hidden stories.

As part of the tour you will also have a chance to visit our textile Archive which contains a complete record of cloth samples woven at the mill since the 1880s and many artefacts and objects to take you back in time to the days it employed over 900 people spinning and weaving some of the finest cloth in the world, here in Yorkshire.

You can also explore this unique collection through our exciting virtual tour of the site and a 360-degree experience of the Archive and collection via our website: https://www.sunnybankmills.co.uk/heritage/archive-360/

Free to attend, Mill Tours must be pre-booked. Archive visits should be booked separately on the link above.

MILL TOUR TIMES

Friday 9 Sept: 10am; 12; 2pm

Saturday 10 Sept: 10am - 2pm. Hourly.

Sunday 11 Sept - 11am; 12; 2pm; 3pm

Make your way to the Main Yard and look out for the Tours Start Here sign!

ACCESS

There are some access restrictions on the mill site tour due to the old nature of mill buildings. Some buildings have step access only. Please contact us if you have accessibility needs.

COVID-19 CONSIDERATIONS

This event will run in line with local & national government guidelines at the time of the festival.