Talgarth Mill — Attraction in Talgarth

We visited the Mill and Cafe on a cold winters day. Well worth the visit indeed the 160 mile round trip. But best of all was the wholemeal bread. My wife makes her own wholemeal bread by hand and up to now she has had no competition. Fabulous taste perfectly cooked,slightly moist with a rich flavour. If the bread was not enough we went on to try the Walnut and ginger cake. We are foodies and pride ourselves on knowing what is good. I have to say this was the nicest piece of cake I can remember, rich is flavour with a perfect balance between the fresh ginger the light fluffy icing and a light but somehow rich sponge. 24 hours later that exquisite taste was still with me. The baker at the mill is to die for she deserves national recognition. Wherever you may live just go there see the mill and then have lunch with red cabbage coleslaw fresh salad with light dressing, two slices of wholemeal bread accompanied by salmon or mackerel followed by the best piece of cake on the planet. And if that is not enough the young lady who makes the coffee really knows how to make it. It is wonderful to go somewhere which is very simple and the folk who look after you get it...

Wow this place is awesome!!! We holiday every year to the Brecon beacons and always stay about 10 mins from Talgarth! My husband and son had done the Mill tour in 2019 so we all decided to all go this time. We met Dave at 11am and he showed all the parts of the Mill inside and out. It was very informative, we all learned something and it was interactive for the kids too! We were so engrossed we forgot to take loads of pics!! We did capture our son trying a hand mill!! 😆 Hard work!! Dave was fantastic, all the volunteers were fantastic and the flour milled hereis brilliant! The packing lady recommended the spicy bun loaf which seemed too good to miss. Looking forward to some Easter baking! If you’re in the area the Mill Tour is well worth it! A great opportunity to support some working heritage....

A big thanks to Neil who gave us a detailed insight into the history and renovation of Talgarth Mill. As an engineer I was particularly interested in their solution to introduce pumps to provide the water feed during times when the mill stream is low on water. Excavating a sump beneath the wheel into which the suction pipes would drawer water to feed the wheel was ingenious. But over time and in times of flood the sump would become inundated with silt. Neil identified the problem but with no solution other than manually digging out the silt.

I would like to suggest that when the sump is dug they line it with a builders dumpy bag which would collect the silt. Allowing them to hoist it out periodically to...