historic walking tour

Saddleworth Museum (in conjunction with the Saddleworth Historical Society) as part of its' heritage open day offers a free historic walking tour around Uppermill with a knowledgeable local guide. Discover a 13th century routeway, turnpike road , a 3-mile canal tunnel and three railway tunnels, and see evidence of our story from corn mill to […]

Saddleworth Historical Society (in conjunction with the Saddleworth Museum as part of heritage week)  offers a free historic walking tour around Delph with a knowledgeable local guide. The walk is on hard surfaces. Discover those features showing Delph’s development as an industrial & commercial village in the 18th c.& 19th c. There is no charge […]

Saddleworth Museum (in conjunction with the Saddleworth Historical Society) as part of its' heritage open day offers a free historic walking tour around Uppermill with a knowledgeable local guide. Discover a 13th century routeway, turnpike road , a 3-mile canal tunnel and three railway tunnels, and see evidence of our story from corn mill to […]

Saddleworth Historical Society (in conjunction with Saddleworth Museum as part of the heritage festival weeks) offers a free historic walking tour around Scouthead with a knowledgeable local guide. Meet at 2.00pm at  Wrigley St off Upper Turf Ln behind A62 sat nav OL4 4AP. From Roman road to turnpike roads, children exploited, and children educated.  […]

Saddleworth Historical Society (in conjunction with Saddleworth Museum as part of the heritage festival weeks) offers a free historic walking tour around Friezland and Grasscroft with a knowledgeable local guide. Meet at 2.00 pm Friezland Christ Church entrance Oaklands Rd sat nav OL3 7LG. Mills and Millowners may have gone but their impact still remains […]