Postage stamp. Great Britain. Queen Elizabeth II. Millenium Projects. 'Above and Beyond'. River Goyt and Textile Mills (Torrs Walkway, New Mills). 44p


New Mills is a small town in Derbyshire, England, approximately 8 miles (13 km) south-east of Stockport and 15 miles (24 km) from Manchester. It lies at the confluence of the rivers Goyt and Sett, close to the border of Cheshire. The town stands above the Torrs, a 70 feet (21 m) deep gorge, cut through Woodhead Hill Sandstone of the Carboniferous period. It is on the north-western edge of the Peak District, England's first national park.


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