Visit Styal Places

Welcome to Visit Styal Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Styal

  

Styal Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Styal

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Styal history

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Styal village grew during the early years of the Industrial Revolution when industrialist Samuel Greg built a cotton mill and textile factory, Quarry Bank Mill. The mill was situated on the bank of the River Bollin in order to use the water current to power the waterwheels.

Styal landmarks

Quarry Bank Mill and its village still stand today; the mill ceased operation as a working factory in 1959. It is now owned by National Trust who operate it as an industrial heritage museum.

You can visit Styal places with Walkfo Styal to hear history at Styal’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Styal has 45 places to visit in our interactive Styal map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Styal, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Styal places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Styal & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 45 audio facts unique to Styal places in an interactive Styal map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Styal Places Map
45 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Styal historic spots	Styal tourist destinations	Styal plaques	Styal geographic features
Walkfo Styal tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Styal

  

Best Styal places to visit

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Styal has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Styal’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Styal’s information audio spots:

Cotterill Clough Nature Reserve Cotterill Clough is a 5.6-hectare (14-acre) nature reserve near Manchester Airport. The reserve was purchased in 1934 by public subscription as a memorial to T. A. Coward. It is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of Manchester city centre.

Styal Cottage Homes Styal Cottage Homes were open from October 1898 to 1956 and housed destitute children from the Manchester area. They were established in Styal by the Chorlton Poor Law Union Board of Guardians who financed the project with a loan of £50,000 from Liverpool Corporation.

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Visit Styal plaques