Bancroft Mill Engine 2026

Roberts Mill Engine - 600hp

Santa starts the engine

Carols at Bancroft Mill

School visit to Bancroft

Entertainment at Bancroft

Tandem Compound Engine under rebuild

The original 1920 mill steam engine was the 13th and last mill built in Barnoldswick, and is preserved in operating condition with working cotton weaving looms, and regular steamings.

Contacts

Operator: Bancroft Mill Engine Trust

Address: Gillians Lane Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5QR

Telephone: 07830 027 081
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Open Days & Times

In Steam: 22 Mar; 12 Apr; 3, 24 May; 14 Jun; 5, 26 Jul; 16 Aug; 6, 27 Sep; 18 Oct; 8, 29 Nov. 1100-1600. Static: Sat Apr-mid-Nov 1000-1400. (Closed Christmas & New Year.) Visit website or facebook for more details.

Travel

By Bus: various
By Rail: Colne / 5 miles

Facilities

Parking
Refreshments
Souvenir Shop
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Centre piece is a 600hp Wiliam Roberts cross compound engine running on steam supplied by a Cornish boiler, both in their original settings. An original Lancashire boiler is preserved but not steamed. Greens economiser with working engine and many cotton weaving artefacts.

A Smith Brothers and Eastwood 350hp tandem compound engine is under rebuild on site. Tea towels are woven each steaming day, subject to weaver availability.