The historic mill and gardens in Greater Manchester you can visit for free with a lottery ticket

This weekend you can visit the historic Quarry Bank Mill for free - all you need is a National Lottery ticket or scratch card. The offer is part of National Lottery Open Week, which began on March 9 and runs until March 17, so there’s still some time to make the most of it and enjoy a day out.

Sites funded by the National Lottery across the country have participated in the week-long offer, which is to say thank you to National Lottery players who have helped play a role in vital conservation work. Quarry Bank is among those taking part.

Situated just over the border in Styal, Quarry Bank is an important heritage site of the Industrial Revolution with one of the best-preserved cotton mills, built by industrialist Samuel Greg, in the UK. Visitors can see working machinery from the period and visit the Apprentice House, where young workers lived in cramped conditions.

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It’s a place of contrast, with the mill and the workers’ quarters sitting side-by-side with the wealthy owners’ elegant Georgian home and its beautiful gardens. The wider estate also includes Styal Village, an early nineteenth century village built for the mill workers.

Usually a family ticket for the site - for one adult and up to three children - usually costs £33, and includes access to the Mill, Apprentice House, Quarry Bank House, upper and lower gardens. But this weekend an adult and up to four children can get free admission with presentation of one line of a National Lottery game.

The date of the draw isn’t relevant and proof of purchase of a National Lottery game can be either hard copy ticket or digital. All National Lottery games (including