Todmorden Mills

Sitting quietly by the Don River, Todmorden Mills is an industrial relic housed in a late-18th-century gristmill-turned-sawmill, then brewery and distillery, then paper mill. Historical exhibits loiter inside the Brewery Gallery, where eager guides show visitors around old millers’ houses and the petite Don train station. The renovated Papermill Theatre and Gallery showcases local and emerging artists, as well as performances by the resident Eastside Players. Nature paths start near the bridge and wind back to the secluded Todmorden Mills Wildflower Preserve, 9 hectares of wildflowers growing on former industrial wasteland, complete with boardwalks and viewing platforms. To get here by public transport, you can catch the subway to Broadway then bus 8, 62, 87 or 100.