'Magical' town on Greater Manchester's edge was under-the-radar for years. Now people flock there

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It’s a warm weekday afternoon and friends Helen and Mavis can be found putting the world to rights on a bench just opposite the Clockwork Café, a popular spot with cyclists making their way around High Peak. “It’s a very close-knit community around here,” offers Mavis as she gestures to the high street full of cafes, shops and pubs in front of her.

You can just plonk yourself here and someone will come and chat with you.” A gateway to the Peak District, the picturesque town of New Mills is often seen as an ideal base from which to explore the beautiful Derbyshire countryside.

But the town itself has also become a magnet for day-trippers, many keen to explore the natural sandstone gorge known as The Torrs that sits below the town, and where the River Sett joins the River Goyt. READ MORE: A Greater Manchester hamlet is the 'quintessential English village' It is here that the Torrs Riverside Park sits, a scenic spot home to beautiful meadows leading up to the Peak Forest Canal, a climbing gritstone wall, and Archie, the community-owned hydroelectric turbine.

Descending into the gorge, visitors also flock to Torr Vale Mill, a Grade II-listed former cotton mill, accessible via the Millennium Walkway, a 175-yard aerial bridge.