Quarry Bank

Second-hand bookshop

The EV charging points are out of order, sorry.

The Upper Garden Café can be accessed by members and paying visitors, and dogs are welcome.

The weaving Shed Restaurant is in the Mill Yard

Dogs on leads welcome around the wider estate and on a short lead in the mill yard, garden, Styal village, outdoors at the Garden Café and footpaths through the main visitor areas of Quarry Bank.

Toilet facilities can be found in the mill yard and upper gardens. Facilities include baby change, and a Place to Change Facility.

Accessibility guides can be found at visitor reception and entrance to the gardens.

Lift in mill. No lift in Apprentice House.

A Place to Change facility including a changing bench and hoist can be found in the Mill Yard. An accessible toilet can be found in the Upper Garden behind the café.

Motorised wheelchairs permitted within mill but due to narrow nature of some areas maximum width restriction 900mm. Powered mobility vehicles not permitted within mill. Powered mobility vehicles not allowed in glasshouse due to narrowness of space. Due to narrow spaces in the Apprentice House, power wheelchairs & power mobility vehicles not permitted.

Braille guide on the mill is available on request at visitor reception.

Photobook in Apprentice House

Technically we offer the use of a Place to Change toilet facility, that includes a hoist and changing bench. This is located in the Mill Yard.

A powered mobility vehicle (Tramper) is available to borrow. You'll need to book this in advance by calling 01625 445864. You'll be asked where you wish to use it so it can be ready for you there when you arrive.

On right-hand side of the car park are 16 designated parking spaces on a flat, firm surface. These spaces are for use of visitors holding an official Blue Badge. If you need to park close to the entrance but do not have a Blue Badge, you can ask at visitor reception for a one-day pass to use those bays. Visitor reception is 75m from the parking bays.

Induction hearing loop in Visitor Reception, both the Mill Yard and Garden shops, as well as the Upper Garden Café, Weaving Shed Restaurant and Ice Cream Parlour.

Large print guide on the mill are available on request at visitor reception.

Mill café is 40m from the cobbled mill yard down a sloped flagstone path leading to a level entrance.

The shuttle buggy service offers transfers between visitor reception, the mill yard, (for access to the mill, the mill shop and toilets) the Apprentice House, the garden, and Styal village. Due to narrow footpaths, the drop-off point is at the Methodist Chapel, 250m from the Village Hub. The buggy can carry a wheelchair if it can be folded.

Garden shop is 250m from visitor reception and 30m from the garden café, across essentially level compacted gravel or stone-flagged surfaces. Level entrance to second-hand book shop. Access to mill shop by stone stairs with seven steps with a handrail on both sides, or by a powered platform lift for wheelchairs and buggies.

Virtual tours of the workers cottage and the Apprentice House are available upon request.

We want to make sure that Quarry Bank is equally accessible for all visitors. The historic buildings and landscape that we care for present challenges in creating access for all, but we have taken steps to ensure that as many people as possible are able to experience Quarry Bank’s story. Please visit the Access at Quarry Bank page for more information.

Four 69cm-wide wheelchairs to borrow. They're not self-propelled and you must have a helper to push, but they can pass through most doorways on the site, with some exceptions inside the mill.