Lodge Mill Middleton

Fire crews were called to a blaze at a commercial building on Townley Street near the town centre at around 8.45pm on the 30th December 2021..All of the three floors of the mill were alight when the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service arrived, and eight fire engines attended the scene.

Built in the mid-1800s, the mill buildings had been used as a silk weaving, cotton weaving, and a cloth dying mill over the years. The building fell into disrepair in the early-2000s.

Lodge Mill taken  in 2019