As part of the National Heritage Open Days celebrations, Woohoo is proud to have helped develop the Middleton Heritage Trail, leading visitors through the town’s Golden Cluster of Architecture and History.

Map of the Heritage Trail

Middleton, a town with a rich and proud history is located in the borough of Rochdale, and is famous for its arts and crafts architecture, as well as its silk industry and links to radical reformers.

The trail – developed by Woohoo, along with council officers, local residents and volunteers with the help of funding from Historic England, Middleton Township and the Shared Prosperity Fund – has been created as part of the Middleton Town Centre Conservation Area Regeneration plan.

Covering 24 sites, the heritage trail leads visitors through a celebration of the long and proud history of the town. Each site having its own captivating story, visitors can choose to follow the trail in one go or follow one of three shorter routes. Guided walks of these trails will be taking place on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15^th September 2024.

Visitors to the trail will marvel at Middleton’s oldest church, explore architectural gems designed by eminent Middleton architect Edgar Wood, and discover the town’s links to the Jacobite rebellion and the Peterloo Massacre. The trail journeys through Middleton’s parks and green spaces, with participants also having the opportunity to discover the beautiful late 19th century suburbs, stunning Palladian architecture, Middleton’s mills and learn about Middleton’s social history to understand what it would have been like to live and work in the town during the industrial revolution

Grounded in architectural thinking, Woohoo is a collective of specialists in Heritage and Sustainability, providing our services to Architects, Homeowners, Commercial Clients and Local Authorities. We work together to use our individual knowledge of these specialist areas to guide clients through their project and deliver their ambitions, with solutions that that make a real difference to clients, place, and project.

To discover more information about the Middleton Heritage Trails click here, and to learn more about Woohoo’s heritage and sustainability mission follow this link.