It was fascinating insight into victoriana textiles. The guide he was excellent, full of hands on knowledge of the textile industry , seting off some off the working machines brought it all to life .

I've got to say, absolutely brilliant. We had a tour by a very pleasant lady, which made it personal and a really fascinating tour. Working exhibits make this place come to life and the admission was way too cheap for the experience. We'll definitely return again.

For £3 the Queen Street Mill Textile Museum is a must visit place especially if you have children. This place is the only steam powered weaving mill left in the world and is so interesting for young and old alike, I believe the mill is in threat of closure, so, please do not allow this place to close and support the volunteers that work there with a visit. In September 2021 four of us went on a guided and light hearted tour by an extremely knowledgeable guide (I have forgotten his name) that answered all of our questions and had a funny poem to recite to us at the end. Then on to see Ian in the boiler house, he is a retired engineer that is passionate about steam and also well worth a visit after the tour of the mill. He will allow you to stoke the boiler with coal and let off a little steam. Access to the museum is easy and parking is free with lots of spaces. You can buy plenty of textile related souvenirs from the gift shop inside which are reasonably priced. Also inside the museum there is a cafe that sells tea and cakes etc. Hope you enjoy.

What an amazing place! I didn't expect to love this place so much but the passion and knowledge from staff and volunteers draws you in painting a visceral picture of life at the mill. From the incredible and creative engineering to the social history, an exceptional experience and all for £3! Thank you so much for such an enjoyable day

Definitely worth a visit!! A fantastic history of the local manufacturing industry in the area. Great to see so much of it surviving in working order. Great tour and staff👌🇬🇧

This should be on everyone's "Things to see before I die". What overpowers you is just how close together the looms are in the main hall. NOTE: This is a textile factory that was still running only 40 years ago! Safety measures? (= didn't exist!) The fantastic staff/volunteers are extremely knowledgable, friendly and will answer straight away anything you ask. They tell you first-hand accounts of what the workers had to put up with and how, for example, they communicated despite the noise of the looms. For the £3 entrance fee (= "nothing") a full guided tour is included - Unbelievable value for money! I have been before, but learn something new each time and will go again soon! Remember, this is the LAST worldwide remaining example of a fully-equipped steam-powered textile mill and is Grade 1 listed. This is what the industrial revolution really was about. In my opinion it belongs permanently fully-funded and must never be allowed to close to the public. It is a national treasure. I just hope that the people "up there" and in charge of funding know this! New roads, railways, airports - all not important compared to making sure this stays open. P.S. For film fans, the mill features in several films e.g. The Kings Speech amongst others.

One of the finest examples of traditional weaving with working demonstrations. Unfortunately, Peace (the steam engine) is currently not working due to lack of staff. Still worth a visit to see the processes and there are daily tours with good explanation from the enthusiastic guides. Just check the timing on the day to ensure you’ll get on a tour.

Absolutely fascinating insight into victoriana work practices. The tour guide was excellent, full of hands on knowledge of the textile industry and really brought it to life.

How did I not know about this place? I've lived in the area for my whole life and only just been introduced to Queen Street Mill. Enjoyed a lovely walk around mid-morning, very quiet with only a few people in there finished with a cracking brew sitting by the pond - wonderful place. Lots of activities for little ones, good prices and friendly staff. The only downside was the steam engine wasn't running, however we were told they were in the process of restarting it through donations so hopefully it'll be back up and running soon.

Great piece of local history

This is a uniquely interesting and engaging insight into the once huge Lancashire Cotton Industry in a working steam powered mill.

Richard our guide was informative and definitely knew his stuff sharing stories of his time working in the mill. Fantastic value for money, lovely little cafe. Would recommend highly.

Great place to visit, friendly, knowledgeable staff and a brilliant step back in time.

Really great museum that you can still see the machines in working order. Well worth the trip

A fascinating insight into our history and heritage. The staff are friendly and very knowledgeable. Well worth a visit.

Fascinating tour. Unfortunately due to necessary repairs to the chimney, the steam engine couldn't be operated. Will definitely be going back when it is.

Fabulous place & Wendy got to fire up the boiler. So much history. Cannot let this die help support it if you can.

Burnley’s Hidden Gem, a restoration project to Englands Industrial Revolution. Recommended day out, good for kids, nice cafe.

(Translated by Google) Even more interesting, even more informative, even more loving and more authentic is hardly possible. The ladies and gentlemen are bursting with expertise and enthusiasm. It's amazing how much you can learn here. Most of it is in operation so it does not stay with gray theory. Definitely highly recommended. (Original) Noch interessanter, noch informativer, noch liebevoller und noch authentischer ist kaum möglich. Die Damen und Herren strotzen vor Fachwissen und Begeisterung. Es ist unglaublich wie viel man hier lernen kann. Das meiste ist in Betrieb so dass es nicht bei grauer Theorie bleibt. Auf jeden Fall sehr sehr empfehlenswert.

Can not recommend this place highly enough. My guide (I didn't catch his name but believe he is a regular volunteer there) was so very friendly and informative. He even took part of his own time to allow us to go back and photograph more of the loom floor after the tour and never once made me feel rushed when taking photos. This was my second visit and certainly won't be my last.

Better signage would make it easier to find but it’s a great museum. Guides very enthusiastic and really helped to explain the process and what working that was like. Cafe we is good too

Best place I've been to in a long time. What surprised me was the the scale of the factory, there are three hundred machines left now but there were nine hundred when it was at it's peak. Richard, our guide, was the best guide that we've ever had anywhere, he worked in a mill from the age of fifteen and he knows the operation inside out, nothing was too much trouble for him to explain.

Great stories, fantastic staff, best 3 pound ever spent. Take the kids and grand parents

What a brilliant survival - a working mill with its looms and compound steam engine still in working order. Fantastic tour by Richard who really knew his stuff. Nice cafe, very friendly and helpful staff.

Closed when visited in April 2017

Excellent museum. Very interesting indeed. It will be a great shame and a loss if it does indeed close in September.

Having not been for a while I decided it was time to support another local attraction. We were a bit pushed for time so had a walk through without the tour and had a cuppa tea in the Tacklers cafe. I would definitely recommend a visit, with Helpful staff and a good look into our history. We will be going again, especially when the old engine is repaired and in full flow, which is a site to see.

Absolutely fabulous fascinating visit hosted by a wonderful guide Richard. Unique steam worked mill with every process expertly explained....amazing how skilled the operators had to be. The team manning the boilers were terrific too, nothing too much trouble. Visitor numbers are underwhelming but what a magnificent few hours is being missed. Surely every school should come. Something of which Lancashire should be very proud indeed and should be doing everything to promote.

Just loved it. Knowledgeable tour guides who made it so interesting and the boiler room was very impressive. A great place to visit to remind us of our heritage.

Well worth visiting. Knowledgeable volunteers conducting tours and demonstrating machinery. Make sure you see steam engine and have a chat with Ian in the boiler room.

Fascinating look into our industrial heritage. The only remaining working steam cotton mill

Nice museum with a fantastic room full of old weaving looms. Cheap to get in and lots of interesting machines to look at.

Lovely place, full of interesting things & history... Helpful polite knowledgeable, recommended for visit & a lovely bit of cake & coffee to finish off in the cafe 😁😁

What a gem! Boiler room alone is worth the puny entrance fee. A brilliant staff makes it a great place to visit.

Absolutely loved it here. Incredible place and fantastic that it operated until the 80s meaning it has retained so much. Fantastic staff/volunteers and a wonderful tour with demonstrations. The tour guide had worked in the textile and mill environment and it was great to hear things first hand from him, and nice that others working there are learning the skills to hopefully keep the history alive.

What a hidden gem this museum is. Very interesting & informative. Staff extremely friendly & helpful. £3 an adult entry fee, the guided tour is free....still can't believe it! Highly recommended for anyone, lift available for those with mobility issues. Has large free carpark, cafe & small gift shop

Nice day out. They are currently advertising for a steam engineer so that the boilers and engine can work which will make it so much better. The cafe was really well priced with pleasant staff and a good menu. This made the visit to be honest. A tour guide was most knowledge and was happy to let you drop in and out. Recommend.

My family worked in this mill, it was wonderful to visit, the guide was excellent, and everyone very friendly.

Come on in. It's Grade 1 listed, a large portion of the northlight weaving shed is as it always was, the tours are very informative and I hope the boiler is soon re-certificated. Very reasonable entry price.

Superb piece of history, see the machines running and understand how they work, the staff are so passionate and the guded tour ( included in the £3 admission) is excellent, please support this cause to keep them going!

This was such a treat with the working demonstration of history.

I visited primarily to visit the mill steam engine only to discover at the end of the tour that the engine was closed to the public. There was no mention of this on the website nor was I informed when I paid the entrance fee. In fact the website even advertises regular talks inside the engine shed during opening hours. It was a long journey for me to make that could easily had been rearranged for another time had we been properly informed. A small alteration to the website and a simple explanation at the reception is all that was needed.

My cat has been sighted here...

Great guide very informative keep this place alive !

I love this place

Fabulous to see the huge weaving shed and the original looms in operation.

Very interesting trip into the Lancashire textile industry past. Places like this must be preserved for future generations to see.

Superb place to visit. Possibly the best industrial heritage experience I have witnessed. Feeling the entire building humming and vibrating as the engine, looms and lineshafting runs is awesome.

Love this piece of history! I take my grandchildren from time to time to embed the knowledge of how and were their great grandparents worked and other relatives, and how hard working in the mills was for cotton mill workers through time. Well worth a visit ! Help keep this historical place open, please visit.

Brilliant. A great afternoon out.

A superb time capsule with excellent knowledgable friendly dtaff.

Great showcase of the local area's historical industry. I managed to see the engine and boiler room working.

We were amazed that this mill has survived intact. The dedicated team of staff maintain the beautiful old steam engine called "Peace", the enormous boilers that provide the steam, the shafts and pulleys that clatter and grind throughout the building, and 300 looms that all still have power to them. It really is incredibly impressive, and it's the only time I've seen a real mechanical loom in operation. Sadly, this mill is under threat of closure due to the cuts. Go and see it while you still can, it will amaze young and old, it's like stepping back in history.

Very interesting and great value

Very good interesting museum

A very interesting visit. The last steam-powered Victorian cotton mill in the world. An excellent guide, full of knowledge and explanation. Well worth a visit, very reasonably-priced entry.

I enjoyed my visit to queen st mill .The staff are knowledgeable and pleased to answer any questions you may have.The weaving shed is a sight to behold and the noise of the machines incredible(how they worked in those conditions is hard to contemplate but they did).The steam engine called Peace that drives the looms is a beautiful piece of machinery and can be viewed at close quarters.A great example of our industrial heritage that must be preserved for future generations to experience as once it has gone can never be replaced.

Lots to choose from, didn't stock our product, pond pump,disappointed

Piece of Lancashire heritage

Brilliant place

Nice place for kids

Great place to take the family and to let children know the grass roots on industry in the north of England

Wonderful gem, a must to visit

History what else is there to say

Very worth a visit when it is at full production

Good

This place is a very good place to visit, keeping our textile heritage alive.a great steam engine and a shed full of Lancashire looms.not to be missed.

Great place to visit and the staff were very helpful excellent.

Very interesting experience with well presented exhibits. Knowledgeable guide brings the whole thing alive and helps you understand what life was like for those who used to work here. The noise in the loom area is amazing, and it is hard to imagine how it must have sounded when all the looms were running.

Just to say the museum is still open, although only on certain days. Last day open this year, 2018, 15th September. Check website.

Only three stars because alas this wonderful museum has now closed. There were lots of things to see and it was interesting to watch what the weavers used to do, as my great aunt was one, in that very mill!

We had a really interesting guide. This Textile Museum must be kept open. Mills such as this put the "Great " in Great Britain!