The gorgeous bar at the bottom of a ravine outside Manchester - which you can only reach by an aerial walkway

Nestled in the Torrs Ravine in the middle of New Mills you’ll find Torr Vale Mill, a grade II-listed former cotton mill that has recently entered a new chapter of its long and storied life. Originally built in the 1780s, it is positioned in the centre of the Derbyshire town at the bottom of a dramatic 40-metre deep gorge, and is the place where two rivers - the Sett and Goyt - meet.

Accessible via the Millennium Walkway, a 175-yard aerial walkway spanning this cliffside above the Goyt and linking to the Torr Riverside Park, its heritage cannot be ignored and thankfully, in recent years, it has been lovingly restored back to life by the Cunningham family. Retaining the industrial architecture of the original structure, you can still expect to see barrel vaulted ceilings, exposed stone walls, and cast iron columns at every turn.

While the many years of textile production are now firmly behind it, the mill has not stopped being a hive of activity. Today, its various buildings - some of which were built in the 1800s - provide a home for what has become a hugely popular food and drink hub.

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At the heart of this is The Shrub Club, a bar and restaurant specialising in unique shrub and sherbet cocktails. Established by Matthew Hurst and his wife in late 2019, the concept was originally intended to be focused around the bar, but due to the pandemic it has had to adapt to the changing times.

“I was working as a brand rep for a national wholesaler and my wife was a music teacher,” explains Matthew, The Shrub Club’s founder and head chef. “We were looking for offices, which we found here because we were looking for a change of use, and it turns out there was a leisure unit here. It was a bit of a risk as it was a