Torr Vale Mill, a Grade II listed building, is located opposite the Millennium Walkway which it is linked to by a single span footbridge across the River Goyt. Although the mill was still partially in regular use until last year, the majority of the site has not seen any maintenance for many years.

A look at the mill today reveals a scene of dereliction and neglect with many of the buildings that make up the mill overgrown with foliage and evidence of mindless vandalism.

However, things could possibly change in the near future as there are plans to restore the mill and breathe new life into the site for community use. See the Regeneration page.

The picture on the right, although only showing part of the run down condition of the mill, is typical of the the deteriorating state of the the majority of the site.
(Click on the image for a better view)

As can be seen, the challenge facing those who embark on the restoration project of this magnitude, is immense.

However, seemingly impossible tasks are no strangers to New Mills, as a look across the River Goyt from the Mill will show, as there before you are two truly remarkable man-made structures.

The first is the enormous, almost vertical, stone railway supporting/retaining wall that stretches from the river bed up to the railway, far above your head. This is a remarkable feat of engineering when one considers that it was built in the Victorian era without any of today's modern machinery.

The second is the award winning Millennium Walkway, a 170 metre steel elevated walkway, completed at the end of 1999. The walkway runs along the side of the huge retaining wall, some 20 to 30 feet above the fast-running River Goyt.