Masson Mills

Lovely visit - thought we'd be a couple of hours but stayed all day. Alot to see for free (we didn't pay for a tour but maybe next time). Lovely walk along the canal too with a surprise dinosaur!

What an amazing museum! Thoroughly enjoyed our visit today. Had a cuppa and a cake in the cafe before heading off to the factory, where we saw machines in action and learnt all about the process of fabric making right from the raw material. Absolutely brilliant! Well worth the £6 per person we paid - thank you for a wonderful afternoon!

Lovely visitor center with very welcoming staff

Fascinating Mill crammed full of significant industrial machinary used in the production of yarn to create cotton fabric. Some machines are over 150 years old and are still working. See the demonstrations and have a tour round, ask any questions you have to helpful museum staff. Limited opening hours so important to check with them. Great cafe too where you can buy your admission tickets .

Very enjoyable guided tour that shows how cloth was produced from cotton. Working machines give a great experience enabling you to imagine how harsh and noisy it was for the workers including kids working in the mills. Good cafe, wheelchair accessible.

Really interesting museum. Think steampunk weaving machines and the reason workers rights are important today!

Good parking. Lots of modular shops, a good tea room and the outside visit to the river and rapids is wonderful. They also have a working museum of the former life as a wool weaving plant.

Sir Richard Arkwright's Masson Mill is a water-powered cotton spinning mill. The mill was built in 1783. It forms part of the Derwent Valley Mills, a WORLD HERITAGE SITE. Nearby is Willersley Castle, the house Richard Arkwright built for himself within the parish of Matlock. The retail village, never reopened following the COVID-19 pandemic. They do tours, but unfortunately for us we missed the time of the tours, (check there website before going, photo attached) there is parking at the mill, they seemed to have changed one of the buildings for the mill into a small multi storey car park.