Greenfield Valley Heritage Park

The Battery Works employed local people to shape pots and pans from brass sheets.

The Meadow Mill, built in 1787, produced rolled copper sheets for Thomas Williams's companies.

[1] The location was chosen due to the stream’s reliability (rarely flooding or freezing) and consistent pace, contributing to the superior quality of the cotton thread.

[3] After Smalley’s death in 1782, his widow Elizabeth partnered with industrialists William and Thomas Douglas, Daniel Whittaker, a Manchester merchant, and the inventor and cotton machinery manufacturer Peter Atherton.

[4] The Lower Cotton Mill, designed by Atherton and financed by William Harrison and John Dumbell (both later admitted as partners) was constructed in just ten weeks during the summer of 1785.

Near the visitor centre there is an old village school which was originally built near the town of Holywell but was reconstructed in the valley.

The centre also provides information on woodland walks, educational activities, bird watching and fishing in the area.