Broadbottom contains many interesting places to see. Many of these are remnants of the textile industry which was the reason for Broadbottom’s existence as a village or of the railway which took the textiles to market.
- Lymefield visitor centre
- Broad Mills with its fascinating remains of water power, steam engine, weaving sheds
- The Station and its footbridge, original buildings, warehouse with train access.
- The historic Dye Vats
- The Etherow Gorge: romantic rocks and woods and fast flowing river
- Summerbottom Weavers’ Cottages
- Access to Great Wood
- Lymefield tea-rooms, farm shop and garden centre
- The Woodland Trust’s Tom Wood, just across the river
- Views across Manchester and Cheshire from the top of the hill