Light Up New Mills 2023

Preserving the Past, Celebrating the Present: New Mills Heritage Unveiled

Between us we’re going to light up the whole of New Mills for an entire weekend by transforming our streets into magical, illuminated galleries. We’ll be bringing the spirit of the Lantern Procession into our homes with an all-people-friendly, window-display-based walking trail for people to explore on foot, to see new places, or to see familiar places in a new way.

Here are just a few of the wonderful windows from Light Up New Mills 2020.

If you live or work in New Mills and you want to link in with the theme, here are some ideas which may help:

• New Mills Heritage Past: the geology, the river, industrial mills, cotton, calico, farming, a look at the previous uses of your shop, the old buildings. Try New Mills Local History Society for more information or pop into the Heritage Centre in High Lea Park for inspiration!

• Celebrating the Present: The community, the local businesses, the creativity, the new uses for old buildings, the walks and trails, landscape and nature, outdoor activity, the festival, the carnival, other New Mills annual events, and whatever you love about living and working in New Mills.

We’re sure you will all have lots of your own ideas about how to light up and decorate your windows. If you have any questions please email us at info@newmillsfestival.co.uk or message us via facebook @New Mills Festival. 

Please let us know if you are taking part so that we can pin your address onto our map by submitting this form:

CLICK HERE

Have a look at THE MAP to see who has signed up so far

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