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