Queen Street Mill Textile Museum

Queen Street Mill is the only surviving steam-powered weaving mill in the world. At the height of the Industrial Revolution the mill housed over 1,100 cotton looms. Just 308 remain today, powered by a magnificent steam engine, Peace, and two Lancashire boilers.

Admission for residents of Burnley and accompanied children is free. All others pay a nominal fee. Visitors using sat nav should noted that the postcode for Queen Street Mill is BB10 2HX.

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Jan 08 - The Queen Street Mill Textile Museum was voted Best Tour in Lancashire by the Association of Industrial Archaeology (AIA) at its annual conference, held at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston.

Lisa

I went here with school and it was very good. The man here taught us a lot about how the mill worked.

Catherine Mead

It was so noisy in the mills that the workers had to learn to lip read.

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Queen Street Mill

Address: Queen St, Briercliffe, Burnley, Lancashire BB10 2HX

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