Mills Hill is an industrial and residential area that lies on the common border of Middleton and Chadderton in Greater Manchester, England.

The damp climate due to the proximity of the Pennine hills is ideal for spinning and weaving as it gives strength and stability to the thread.

Walk Mill was also the site of one of the areas oldest public houses, the Duke of Bridgewater, first licensed in 1842.

The Scowcroft Lane bridge was listed in 1987 and dates to the period the canal was constructed, as does the nearby stone built Coneygreen Lock.

[6] On 11 July 1927 major flooding took place in Middleton when the Rochdale Canal burst its banks at an aqueduct in the Mills Hill area following a period of heavy rainfall, sending millions of gallons of water crashing down into the River Irk below.

History repeated itself on St George's day in 2005 when a bank breached, near Lock 64, sending thousands of gallons of water surging down into the River Irk.

In 1933, there were exchanges of land in the Mills Hill area between the Chadderton Urban District and the Municipal Borough of Middleton.

A smaller area consisting of 9 acres between Mills Hill Road and the Rochdale Canal was transferred to Chadderton.

[12][13] The church initially used a room formerly a barn behind Mills Hill House for worship and Sunday school work.

The Boundary Mill, built in 1860, stood at right angles to the road where the Waterford Dairy (ex Co-op) now stands (it was demolished in the early 1930s).