Armley Mills Museum
Leeds. West Yorkshire |
Armley Mills, once the world's largest woollen mill, is now an award-winning industrial museum.
Exhibits dating from the 18th and 19th centuries show the history of textiles, clothing and engine and locomotive manufacture in the area. The museum also illustrates the history of cinema projections, including the first moving pictures taken in Leeds, as well as 1920s silent movies. During the regular 'working weekends' several exhibits are operated including water wheels, a steam engine and the great spinning `mules'.
There have been mills on this site since the 17th Century, the original buildings having been developed in the late 18th century when a woollen mill and a corn mill were built. A fire in 1805 destroyed these mills but they were rapidly replaced with the building which can be seen today. From the early 19th Century Armley Mills became one of the world's largest woollen mills, continuing the cloth-making tradition until Leeds City Council took over the Mills in 1969 in order to create a museum illustrating the mills' and the city's industrial past.
Location:
Armley Mills, Canal Road, Armley,
Leeds LS12 2QF.
Tel: (0113) 263 7861
Fax: (0113) 263 7861
2 miles west of Leeds City Centre off the A65.
Opening Times:
Tues-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 1-5pm.
Also open on Bank Holiday Mondays.
Admission Price [2005] please confirm prior to visiting:
£2 adults, £1 concessions and 50p children (accompanied by an adult)
Wheelchair Access:
Ramped access (some ramps are steep), toilet and lifts.
Facilities:
Gift shop, picnic area and free parking.
Buses to and from Leeds:
5A, 14, 66, 67 - frequent service Monday to Saturday daytime, 3 buses per hour evenings and Sunday
Text © Leeds City Council.
Photography © Red Door VR Limited.
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