 Situated on the lower, western slopes of the Pennines,
Macclesfield was first known for buttons, then later as a silk
town.
Silk mills, chapels and banks, all
solid square buildings of blackened stone, are scattered throughout
the town.
The Heritage Centre was once a huge
Sunday school and now houses the splendid silk museum and shop.
Nearby Paradise Mill is a working
museum of the town's former silk industry. Twenty six hand -
powered Jacquard looms survive and are used to demonstrate the
skills of a dying craft.
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