New Mills Heritage Centre
Local authority museum in New Mills, Derbyshire, United Kingdom.
Attractions in Birch Vale
Photo: New Mills Heritage Centre, Jon loaded here by Victuallers (CC BY 2.0)New Mills Heritage Centre and more near Birch Vale
From Birch Vale, the big name within reach is Lyme Hall, 7.5 km away. All of it lies outside: 2 places within 5 km of its edge, none inside Birch Vale’s built-up area. They include a museum and a zoo.
In Birch Vale
0
inside the built-up area
Within 5 km
2
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
1
in or near town
Best known
The names to know near Birch Vale
After New Mills Heritage Centre comes a zoo.
MuseumNew Mills Heritage Centre1.8 km outside town, to the southwestZooZooThe Garden House4.7 km outside town, to the westEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The map
Plotted on the map
At 6.2 km, The Garden House is the farthest one out.
The dashed line is Birch Vale’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
By kind
What they are
It comes down to a museum and a zoo.
Museums & galleries 1 museum0 in town · 1 nearby
Zoos, theme parks & days out 1 zoo0 in town · 1 nearby
Green: inside Birch Vale. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every place
Place after place
The list runs to 2 places, all within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
3 listed buildings are on Birch Vale’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Birch Vale →
Big names nearby
A little further out
Lyme Hall (7.5 km) leads the 12 big names within reach.
Historic house · National TrustLyme Hall7.5 km southwest
Castle · English HeritagePeveril Castle13 km east
Historic houseChatsworth House29 km southeast
MuseumEnglish Football Hall of Fame22 km northwest
Art galleryManchester Art Gallery22 km northwest
MuseumThe Manchester Museum20 km northwest
CathedralManchester Cathedral22 km northwest
Big drawMuseumScience and Industry Museum22 km northwest · 830K visitors a year
MuseumChetham's Library22 km northwest
MuseumImperial War Museum North24 km northwest · 2K visitors a year
CastleBuckton Castle15 km north
MuseumYorkshire Sculpture Park37 km northeast · 300K visitors a yearPlaces well known beyond Birch Vale (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a National Trust, English Heritage or Cadw property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Before a day out in Birch Vale
What is there to see near Birch Vale?
No attraction is mapped inside Birch Vale itself. Within 5 km of it are New Mills Heritage Centre and The Garden House.
Does Birch Vale have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Birch Vale: New Mills Heritage Centre.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Birch Vale?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Lyme Hall (National Trust), 7.5 km southwest.
What are the best-known days out near Birch Vale?
Within 40 km: Lyme Hall (7.5 km), Peveril Castle (13 km), Chatsworth House (29 km), English Football Hall of Fame (22 km).
Where are Birch Vale’s historic buildings listed?
Birch Vale has 3 listed buildings. They are on its History page, from Historic England’s list, not repeated here.
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap (museums, galleries, zoos, theme parks and attractions, castles, forts and abbeys, and historic houses and gardens that are open to visitors) and Wikidata (what each place is, who runs it, its website and visitor counts). A place counts for Birch Vale when it is inside the ONS 2022 built-up area, and as nearby within 5 km of its edge. Opening times and prices are not shown: check the official site.
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (13)
- New Mills Heritage Centre: Jon loaded here by Victuallers, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lyme Hall: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peveril Castle: Darren Copley from Sheffield, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chatsworth House: Rprof, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- English Football Hall of Fame: Marnanel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Manchester Art Gallery: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Manchester Museum: DrPhoenix, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Manchester Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Science and Industry Museum: Science Museum Group, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chetham's Library: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Imperial War Museum North: Imperial_War_Museum_2008.jpg: pit-yacker from UK derivative work: IxK85, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Buckton Castle: Richard Nevell from London, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Yorkshire Sculpture Park: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.