Herefordshire & Parts Of Neighbouring Counties

SAT. 9th and SUN. 10th MAY, 2026

This year 20 mills hope to be open to the public in this area; 9 in Herefordshire, 5 in Shropshire, 4 in Worcestershire and 2 in Powys.

PLEASE  RESPECT  THE  OPENING TIMES

HEREFORDSHIRE 

Clodock Mill near Longtown                                              HR2 0PD        NGR: SO326274

SATURDAY 2.00pm-5.00pm & SUNDAY 2.00pm-5.00pm;  Donations to Air Ambulance.

Parking. Light  refreshments available. Entrance by bridge over the River Monnow near Clodock Church. A corn mill in a lovely situation with two pairs of stones.

A separate turbine formerly generated  electricity. Hopefully the mill will be grinding during the weekend

Fair Oak Farm Cider Mill,  Bacton                                    HR2 0AT    NGR: SO354321

SATURDAY & SUNDAY 11.00am-5.00pm. Donations to the Laurie Engel Fund for Teenage Cancer Trust. From Bacton Church continue uphill for about a mile. At the T-junction the drive to the farm is straight ahead. Parking in top field. A traditional 17th-century horse-drawn cider mill and press fully restored, still in its original setting. After a gap of a hundred years, the mill is again worked by a horse – the only one now operating commercially in the UK. Fair Oak cider will be available for tasting and purchase, and you can meet Featherstone, the mill horse.

Olchon House Farm Mill,  Llanveynoe, nr. Longtown      HR2 0NT     NGR: SO307299

SATURDAY 11.00am-4.00pm. Donations to Llanveynoe Church. Parking. This mill was recently restored to working order. There is a large iron waterwheel with an unusual rim gear, used for milling animal feed and driving farm machinery.

Hopefully it will be grinding corn on National Mills Weekend.

Court of Noke Mill, nr. Staunton on Arrow                      HR6 9HW     NGR: SO372595

SATURDAY & SUNDAY 10.00am – 4.00pm  Entry free, contributions to the Rivers Trust would be welcome. Water gardens fed the waterwheel, now restored, which ground corn for prize Hereford cattle. The 19th century low breast-shot waterwheel and complex iron gear drove barn machinery and a pair of millstones.

Mordiford Mill                                                                      HR1 4LW     NGR: SO572372

SATURDAY & SUNDAY 10.00am – 4.00pm  (Phone07788 622516) .  Free entry. Donations welcome (to  maintenance of mill). Parking at rear. Do not park in yard in front of mill. Access is off  B4224, 100 yards S of mill, on S side of Mordiford village. A tall stone corn mill on a steep site, restored to working condition. The large overshot waterwheel drove iron machinery & 2 pairs of stones.  Waterwheel will be working.

Rowlestone Mill,  near Ewyas Harold                                 HR2 0DP        NGR: SO370270

SATURDAY 10.00am-6.00pm  Donations. Parking at village hall (by church) or in field near mill (weather permitting). A dramatic leat to mill from a waterfall. Refreshments. The external overshot waterwheel will be turning and driving a Victorian apple scratter (the alternative to the horse-worked cider mill).

The Corn Mill, Michaelchurch Escley                                 HR2 0JS        NGR: SO315345

SUNDAY 12.0 – 5.00pm  Like Clodock, this was one of the early medieval mills of Ewyas Lacy and was still working in 1942. There is some machinery in place and the internal overshot wheel will be turning if there is enough water. The garden will be open with a walk along the leat and river side.

Clenchers Mill, Eastnor                                                       HR8 1RR        NGR:SO731351

SATURDAY only 10.30-12.30  Free entry. Limited parking at ford, 100 yards away. 1½ miles S of Eastnor church, down Clenchers Mill Lane. 18th century timber-framed mill on Eastnor Castle Estate, with restored water supply and working 1820 iron overshot waterwheel – one of the oldest in the county. Machinery of wood & iron drives a pair of millstones and a recently restored bolter. A second-hand Armfield grain cleaner has been re-assembled.

Water supply  permitting, the mill will be grinding from 11.00 and 12 noon.

The Clover Mill, Spa Retreat, Cradley WR13 5NR   NGR: SO732488

SUNDAY only. 10.00-4.30pm.  Free entry. Parking. Refreshments and cakes available. Take the northward turning of the A4103 (Hereford – Worcester road), half a mile E of Stony Cross. After half a mile, bear left, cross the stream, and turn left again along a track to the mill, with a ‘Clover Mill’ sign. Late 19th C corn mill, complete with waterwheel and 3 pairs of stones. Older generation of mill alongside is now a house. Impressive building with machinery and turning waterwheel (water level permitting).

SHROPSHIRE

The Mill on the Green,  Ludlow                                          SY8 1EG         NGR: SO507745

SATURDAY & SUNDAY. 10.00-4.00pm  Free entry. Café. By Dinham Bridge, on E side of river Teme below Ludlow Castle. Much altered former mill building housing café and restaurant. 

Attractive site by very impressive weir. Modern waterwheel generating electricity.

Daniel’s Mill,  Bridgnorth                                                    WV16 5JL      NGR: SO718918

SATURDAY & SUNDAY 10.00am-4.00pm  Admission charge: Adults £7.00,  Children £5,  Family 2 adults & 2 children £20.00. Off the B4555, ¾ mile S of  Bridgnorth. 3 pairs of millstones, powered by very large waterwheel fed by water at 2 levels. In dramatic setting by Severn Valley Railway viaduct. The 38ft diameter waterwheel will be turning. Cafe and shop will be open, with flour & gifts  etc. on sale.

Down Mill, Eudon                                                                WV16 6AL        NGR: SO682898

SATURDAY 10.00am – 4.00pm  (phone 07971 535688) Free entry. From the B4364 Bridgnorth to Ludlow road take the minor road towards Eudon George.  The track to the mill is 200yds. on right. Former corn mill with machinery for two pairs stones but no waterwheel.

Restoration ongoing.

Wrickton Mill, Neenton                                                       WV16 6RS    NGR: SO642858

SATURDAY 11.00 am – 4.00pm (phone 07875 499372)  Free entry. From B4364 at Neenton, take the minor road to Wrickton. Turn right at the end of the lane and the track to the mill is 100yd on the right. Corn mill with three pairs of stones and overshot waterwheel, which will be turning if conditions allow..

Charlcotte Furnace,  Neenton                                             WV16 6RR     NGR: SO639861

SATURDAY 11.00 am – 4.00pm Free entry. From B4364 at Neenton, take the minor road towards Wrickton. Just past a pair of cottages turn right onto a farm track. Charcoal-fired blast furnace constructed c1700 with blast formerly provided by a waterwheel. An important survival recently refurbished by English Heritage.

WORCESTERSHIRE  

Danzey Green Windmill,  Avoncroft Museum                  B60 4JR          NGR: SO952682

SATURDAY & SUNDAY 10.00-4.00pm  Admission charge includes access to 19-acres and 30 historic buildings. Fees: Adult: £16.50, student: £13.00, children (5-17 yrs): £8.80, under 5 yrs: free. plus family rates. Free Parking available. Located two miles south of Bromsgrove. Explore a carefully restored 19th-century post mill.

Forge Needle Mill,  Redditch                                               B98 8HY         NGR: SP046685

SATURDAY & SUNDAY 10.00 am – 4.00pm: Adults £7.15,  Children £2.25, Family ticket £16.50.   Off A441 Birmingham to Evesham road, N of Redditch. Follow brown signs off Sainsbury’s roundabout. Restored water-powered needle scouring & polishing mill; for more details see www.forgemill.org.uk.   The mill is a listed building which houses original water-powered machinery – waterwheel currently undergoing repairs, but would normally be working at weekends.

Knowles Mill,  nr. Bewdley                                                  DY12 2LX          NGR: SO762765

SATURDAY & SUNDAY Open all day. Free entry. Parking at foot of  Dry Mill Lane, Bewdley, then ¾mile walk upstream alongside Dowles Brook. Corn mill in a beautiful setting with main gearing and one pair of stones visible through the front door plus frames of an overshot waterwheel.

Brook House, Feckenham                                                     B96 6HX     NGR: SP005614

SATURDAY & SUNDAY 11.00 am – 3.00 pm. Free entry. Very limited parking on adjacent bridleway. The house is beside the B4090 west of  village centre. Waterwheel installed in the pit of a demolished needle mill in 2015, may be turning.

POWYS

Talgarth Mill                                                                         LD3 0BW   NGR.  SO155537

SATURDAY 10.00am – 3.00pm. A fully working former corn mill, now milling a variety of award winning wholegrain flours with a single pair of French burr stones, driven by an overshot waterwheel. Guided tours by the miller of the day available between 11am and 3pm. £5 per adult, £2.50 for children 5-15. £12 for a family (2 adults and 2 children) . Children under 5 free. Booking advised, especially for larger groups, contact “tours@talgarthmill.com“. Park in free town car park on SW side of village, then only a short walk to the village centre and Talgarth Mill www.talgarthmill.co.uk.

Pontysgawrhyd Mill, nr Meifod                                          SY22 6XT         NGR. SJ194155

SUNDAY 10.00 am-6.00pm. Free entry. Off the A490, north of Welshpool. After crossing the River Vyrnwy, the drive to the mill is on the left. Surviving half of a very interesting early 19th century double corn mill complete with a waterwheel and machinery for two pairs of stones. Restoration ongoing.

SEE ALSO THE MILLS ON OUR ‘MILLS OPEN’ PAGE.

NEXT NATIONAL MILLS WEEKEND IS 8th -9th MAY IN 2027.

Compiled by Midland Mills Group – www.midlandmills.org.uk – in good faith on the information supplied to them, but the Group can accept no liability for its accuracy.