The 162,000 sq ft (15,100 m2), four-storey mill occupies a 5.15 acres (2.08 ha) site on Welkin Road.

Welkin Mill, is in the valley of the River Goyt, within the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England, located 7.9 miles (12.7 km) south east of Manchester, 1.2 miles (1.9 km) east of Stockport and 3.2 miles (5.1 km) south west of Hyde.

This stretch of the Goyt, shares much of its history with Stockport whose textile tradition started with the silk industry in the late 17th century.

[2] Stockport was very late in embracing the joint stock limited liability company boom.

The Bank of England set up the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in 1929 to attempt to rationalise and save the industry.