Torrs Riverside Park

One possible route is to descend from Torr Top car park (just off Market Street), passing Torr Top Cottages, a listed range of weaver's cottages britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-81897-torr-top-cottages-new-mills-derbyshire, walk downstream along the River Sett to its confluence with the River Goyt (site of the Torrs Hydro reverse Archimedes screwtorrshydro.org). Take the right-hand fork to cross the Millennium Walkway and view the Grade II* listed Torr Vale Mill before returning to the town centre via Station Road. Total distance approx. 1 mile, with one steep descent and ascent but otherwise level. Free leaflets describing this and other walking routes around the town is available from News Mills Heritage and Information Centre (see "Connect").

Small museum and exhibition; refreshments and toilets available.

The Torrs is at the western end of the Sett Valley Trail, a 2½-mile trail for walkers, cyclists and horse-riders, terminating at Hayfield.

Walk along the canal from near Newtown station southwards to Whaley Bridge (3 miles) or north to Marple (4 miles), returning by train or bus.

Over the last two years New Mills Town Council have invested tens of thousands of pounds in many new pieces of play equipment for all ages, from toddlers to pensioners. Visitors have said that where they previously went to Manor Park in Glossop or The Pavilion Gardens in Buxton they would now rather visit High Lea Park. Visitors from Manchester and all other towns en route such as Stockport and Marple have said that it is so easy to get to being so close to Central Station.

Probably not worth a special visit, but worth seeking out if visiting the Drunkard's Reform, above: look on the wall at the rear of the Masons Arms car park for a rare and rather interesting early 19th-century stone-engraved advertisement for the pub, with masonic symbols and figures in 19th-century dress.