We arrived at the public car park located around 200 metres away, £3 for the day.
There is a little park for under 8s and an outdoor table tennis table with equipment, the mill is very well looked after and quite educational, the walk around the reservoir is excellent, well maintained paths and walkways, lots to see all the way around and there is access to the trans pennine way if you want a long bike ride.
All this is free, we left a £5 donation to keep the mill maintained.
The cafe serves stone baked Pizzas made from scratch baked with flour from the mill (£8-9 each) and they were very tasty (pepperoni for me and barbecue pulled pork for my son), Ice cream was £2.50 in a cone.
There was a lovely selection of home made cakes, we didn't have one but we're very tempted.
All in all its 5* and we will...
Read moreAn absolute gem of a place to visit! Brilliant for young and old. The cafe is well equipped and the use of the home made sourdough in the food is awesome! The mill is well signed as to what things do and the museum staff are knowledgeable, friendly and informative. The toilets were clean and accessible. My little man had a great time in the play park while we played table tennis. The walk around the reservoir is great for kiddos with plenty of information boards for them to find and look at. We...
Read moreAs a family we love to go here we go around the mill as well as have an amazing walk around the resevoir where there are numerous species of ducks geese swans greebes and others and we love feeding them also there are lots of species of fish in the lake and after the ducks have had their fill the big koi, mirror, and ghost carp come for their share they are massive fish and its just a lovely few hours away from the hustle bustle of the town where we can enjoy wildljfe...
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