List of watermills in the United Kingdom

The use of water power in Britain was at its peak just before the Industrial Revolution. The need for power was great and steam power had not yet become established. It is estimated that at this time there were well in excess of ten thousand watermills in the country. Most of these were corn mills (to grind flour), but almost any industrial process needing motive power, beyond that available from the muscles of men or animals, used a water wheel, unless a windmill was preferred.

Today only a fraction of these mills survive. Many are used as private residences, or have been converted into offices. At least one is now a whiskey distillery, and another is a gin distillery. A number have been preserved or restored as museums where the public can see the mill in operation.

This is a list of some of the surviving watermills and tide mills in the United Kingdom.

England

Bedfordshire

Bowman's Watermill, Astwick Bromham Watermill, Bromham Clophill Watermill, Clophill Franklin's Mill, Biggleswade Holme Mills, Holme Hulcote Mill, Hulcote Stotfold Mill, Stotfold The Olde Watermill, Barton-le-Clay

Berkshire

Abbey Mill, Reading Bagnor Mill, Bagnor (now occupied by the Watermill Theatre) Boxford Mill. Boxford Calcot Mill, Reading Chamberhouse Mill, Thatcham Dun Mill, Hungerford Denford Mill, Hungerford Eddington Mill, Eddington Hungerford Mill, Thatcham Sindlesham Mill, Reading Twyford Mill, Twyford Weston Mill, Weston

Buckinghamshire

Castlethorpe Mill, Castlethorpe Dodd's Mill, Chenies Ford End Mill, Ivinghoe Hambleden Mill, Hambleden Haversham Mill, Haversham Pann Mill, High Wycombe

Cambridgeshire

Elton Mill, Elton Hauxton Mill, Hauxton Hinxton Mill, Hinxton Hook's Mill, Guilden Morden Houghton Mill, Houghton Lode Watermill, Lode Maxey Mill, Maxey Old Mill, Water Newton Topcliffe Mill, Meldreth Sacrewell Mill, Peterborough Soham Mill, Soham

Cheshire

Bollington Mill, Bollington Bunbury Mill, Bunbury Church Minshull Mill, Church Minshull Dunham Massey Sawmill, Dunham Massey Hall Nantwich Mill, Nantwich Nether Alderley Mill, Macclesfield Quarry Bank Mill, Styal Stretton Watermill, Stretton Trafford Mill, Mickle Trafford, Chester Walk Mill, Waverton, CheshireWalk Mill Official Website Built 2008

Cornwall

Bar Pool Mill, Falmouth Boscastle Mill, Boscastle Carbeal Tide Mill, Torpoint Carthew Mill, Carthew Cotehele Mill, Calstock Dinham Tide Mill, St Minver Gerrans Sea Mill, Gerrans Heskyn Mill, Tideford Hingham Mill, near Wadebridge Kestle Mill, Kestle Little Petherick Creek tide mill, Little Petherick Melinsay Mill, Veryan Penpoll tidemill, Feock Perranarworthal Manor Mill, Perranarworthal Poltesco Higher Mill, Ruan Minor Poltesco Lower Mill, Ruan Minor Polvellan or Pool Tide Mill, Looe Poughill Mill, Bude Salter Tide Mill, Saltash Tregarus Mill St Stephen Tregidden Mill, Tregidden Tregoose Old Mill St Columb Major Trevillett Mill, Tintagel Treway Mill, Zennor Trewen Mill, Trewen Wheal Martyn, Carthew

Cumbria

Acorn Bank Mill, Penrith Beckside Mill, Kirkby-in-Furness Blennerhassett Mill, Aspatria Brampton Mill, Appleby Boot Watermill, EskdaleBoot Mill Official Website Gleaston Water Mill, UlverstonGleaston Watermill Official Website Heron Corn Mill, MilnthorpeHeron Corn Mill Official Website High Mill, Alston Little Salkeld Watermill, PenrithLittle Salkeld Watermill Official Website Milton Mill, Crooklands Muncaster Mill, Ravenglass Old Fulling Mill, Ambleside Rutter Mill, Great Asby Sparket Mill, Hutton Stott Park Bobbin Mill, Ulverston Wythop Mill, Embleton

Derbyshire

Arkwrights Mill, Cromford Caudwells Mill, Rowsley Derby Silk Mill Haarlem Mill, Wirksworth Masson Mill, Matlock Bath Stainsby Mill, Chesterfield Lumsdale Mills, Matlock

Devon

Bicclescombe Mill, Ilfracombe

Bicklegh Mill, Tiverton Branscombe Manor Mill, Branscombe Clyston Mill, Broadclyst Coldharbour Mill, Cullompton Cricklepit Mill, Exeter Docton Mill, Hartland Finch Foundry, Okehampton Hele Mill, Hele Bay, Ilfracombe Manor Mill, Seaton Morwellham Quay, Gunnislake Otterton Mill, Budleigh Salterton Sidbury Mill, Sidbury Town Mills, Chudleigh Town Mill, Totnes

Dorset

Boar Mill, Corfe Castle Cann Mill, Shaftesbury Castleton Water Wheel Museum, Sherborne Hembury Mill, Askerswell King's Mill, Marnhull Loverley Mill, Moor Crichel Maiden Newton Mill, Maiden Newton Mangerton Mill, Bridport Melbury Abbas Mill Shaftesbury Pegg's Farm Mill, Iwerne Minster Place Mill, Christchurch Sturminster Newton Mill, Sturminster Newton Town Mill, Lyme Regis White Mill, Sturminster Marshall Upwey Mill, Weymouth

Durham

Brignall Mill, River Greta Killhope Wheel, Killhope Leap Mill Farm, Burnopfield Path Head Watermill, Blaydon Old Fulling Mill, Durham

East Sussex

Bartley Mill, Bells Yew Green Bateman's Park Mill, Burwash Hellingly Watermill, Hellingly Michelham Priory Mill, Hailsham Park Mill, Etchingham Sheffield Mill, Furners Green Tide Mills, Newhaven See also:- Medway watermills

East Yorkshire

Beswick Mill, Beswick Corn Mill, Stamford Bridge Old Mill, Sutton upon Derwent Welton High Mill, Welton

Essex

Alderford Mill, Sible Hedingham Beeleigh Mill, Maldon Bourne Mill, Colchester Bran End Mill, Stebbing Easterford Mill, Kelvedon Elmbridge Mill, Little Easton, Felsted Mill, Felsted Fyfield Mill, Fyfield Harlow Mill, Harlow Hartford End Mill, Hartford End Hylands Mill Hylands Park Little Hallingbury Mill, Little Hallingbury Little Parndon Mill, Little Parndon Roydon Mill, Roydon Roxwell Mill, Roxwell Stebbing Town Mill, Stebbing Thorrington Tide Mill, Thorrington Tilty Mill, Tilty Abbey Writtle Mill, Writtle

Gloucestershire

Arlington Mill, Bibury Dean Heritage Centre, Cinderford Egypt Mill, Nailsworth Kilcott Mill, Hillesley Little Aston Mill, Upper Slaughter Old Mill, Lower Slaughter Owlpen Manor, Owlpen Stanway Watermill, Stanway, Cheltenham Syreford Mill, Andoversford

Greater London

Butter Hill Mill, Carshalton Clock Mill, Bromley-by-Bow House Mill, Bromley-by-Bow Merton Abbey Mills, Merton Ravensbury Mill, Morden Upper Mill, Carshalton

Hampshire

Abbey Mill, Bishops Waltham Abbey Mill, Winchester Alderholt Mill, Fordingbridge Anstey Mill, Alton Ashlett Mill, Fawley Barton's Mill, Old Basing Beaulieu Tide Mill, Beaulieu Beaurepair Mill, Sherborne St John Botley Mill, Botley Chase Mill, Bishops Waltham Chesapeake Mill, Wickham, Hampshire College Mill, Winchester Durley Mill, Botley Eling Tide Mill, Eling Fulling Mill, Old Alresford Gaters Mill, West End Greatham Mill, Greatham Greywell Mill, Greywell Hartley Mill, Hartley Wespall Headley Water Mill, Headley Hockley Mill, Twyford Isington Mill, Binstead Laverstoke Mill, Laverstoke Longbridge Mill, Sherfield on Loddon Lower Mill, Old Basing Lower Neatham Mill, Alton Monxton Mill, Monxton New Mill, Eversley Nether Wallop Mill Nether Wallop Old Mill, Selborne Paulton's Park Sawmill, Paultons Park Pilcot Mill Dogmersfield Quay Mill, Emsworth Rooksbury Mill, Andover St Cross Mill, Winchester Sadler's Mill, Romsey Shawford Mill, Shawford Town Mills, Andover Turk's Farm Mill, Bentley, Hampshire Upper Mill, Longparish Weir Mill, Old Alresford Wharf Mill, Winchester Whitchurch Silk Mill, Whitchurch Winchester City Mill, Winchester Woodmill, Southampton

Hertfordshire

Kingsbury Watermill, St Albans Mill Green Watermill, Hatfield Moor Mill, Bricket Wood New Barnes Mill, St Albans Park Mill, St Albans Pre Mill, St Albans Redbournbury Mill, Redbourn Shafford Mill, St Albans Sopwell Mill, St Albans

Isle of Wight

Calbourne Mill, Calbourne Gatcome Mill, Gatcombe Lower Calbourne Mill, Calbourne Pan Mill, Newport St Cross Mill, Newport St Helens Tidal Mill St Helens Tidal Mill, Yarmouth Yafford Mill, Yafford

Kent

Ashbourne Mill, Tenterden Bartley Mill, Frant Bradley's Mill, Speldhurst Chilham Mill, Chilham Christmas Mill, Edenbridge Crabble Corn Mill, Dover Chart Gunpowder Mills, Faversham Furnace Mill, Lamberhurst Hever Watermill, Hever (Medway) Hope Mill, Goudhurst Hythe Watermill, Hythe Periwinkle Mill, Milton Regis Swanton Mill, Mersham (Stour) Ryarsh Mill, Ryarsh (Medway) Wandle Mill, Benenden

Lancashire

Higher Mill, Helmshore, Rossendale Thurnham Mill, Conder Green Forge Bank Mill, Halton

Leicestershire

Claybrooke Mill, Claybrooke Magna Cotes Mill, Cotes Mill On The Soar, Broughton Astley Shepshed Watermill, Shepshed Glenfield Watermill Glenfield

Lincolnshire

Alvingham Mill, Alvingham Atkin's Mill, Scopwick Baines Mill, Louth Baldock's Mill, Bourne Bridge Street Mill, Louth Church Mill, Market Rasen Claypole Mill, Claypole Claythorpe Mill, Aby Cogglesford Mill, Sleaford Crown Mill, Louth Hibaldstow Wind and Water Mill, Hibaldstow Holdingham Mill, Holdingham Hubbards Hill Mill, Louth Hudd's Mill, Stamford James Street Mill, Louth Ketsby Mill, South Ormsby King's Mill, Stamford Londonthorpe Mill, Manthorpe Manor Mill, Kirkby Green Molecey's Mill West Deeping Spittlegate Mill, Grantham Stevenson's Mill, Horncastle Stockwith Mill, Hagworthingham Tealby Thorpe Mill, Tealby Tetford Mill, Tetford Thoresway Waterwheel, Thoresway Tyson's Mill, Tealby Westgate Mill, Louth Whitton's Mill, Gainsborough Young's Mill, Kirkby Green

Norfolk

Aldborough Watermill on Scarrow Beck Bintry Watermill on the River Wensum Bolwick Hall Watermill on the Mermaid Buxton Watermill on the River Bure Congham Oil Mill near Congham Eade's Watermill at Great Witchingham Foulden Mill, Foulden Gimingham Watermill on the River Mun Glandford Watermill on the River Glaven Gresham Watermill, Gresham, Gunton Park Sawmill, Gunton Park Heacham Watermill Hempstead Watermill Kettle Watermill, King's Lynn Letheringsett Watermill, Holt Letheringsett Brewery watermill Little Cressingham Wind and Water Mill, Little Cressingham Mundesley Watermill on the River Mun Narborough Bone Mill on the River Nar Sheringham Watermill, Sheringham Snettisham Watermill, Snettisham Weybourne Watermill

Northamptonshire

Ashton Mill, Oundle Billing Mill, Billing Hardwater Mill, Great Doddington Towcester Mill, Towcester

North Yorkshire

Darley Mill Centre, Nidderdale Esk Mill, Danby Fountains Abbey Mill, Ripon Gayle Mill, Hawes, WensleydaleGayle Mill official website Howsham Mill, Malton Low Mill, Bainbridge Low Mill, Bilsdale Low Mill, Keighley Pateley Bridge Watermill, Nidderdale Raindale Mill, York Tocketts Mill, Guisborough The Mill, West Burton

Northumberland

Heatherslaw Mill, Etal Ridley Mill, Stocksfield Whittle Mill, Horsley

Nottinghamshire

Bath Mill, Mansfield Cuckney Mill, Cuckney Fiskerton Mill, Fiskerton Ollerton Mill, Ollerton Rufford Mill, Rufford Warsop Mill, Warsop

Oxfordshire

Ascott Mill, Ascott-under-Wychwood Bliss Tweed Mill, Chipping Norton Charney Mill, Charney Bassett Church Mill, Standlake Combe Mill, Long Hanborough Goring Mill, Goring-on-Thames Kings Mill, Oxford Little Clanfield Mill, Clanfield Lower Kingstone Mill, Ashbury Mapledurham Watermill, Mapledurham The Mill at Sonning, Sonning Eye Sandford Mill, Cothill Standhampton Mill, Stadhampton Venn Mill, Garford Wroxton Mill, Wroxton

Shropshire

Borle Mill, Netherton, Highley Daniels Mill, BridgnorthDaniels Mill Official Website Upton Mill, Little Hereford, Shropshire. Wrickton Mill, Neenton

Somerset

Bishop's Lydeard Mill, Bishops Lydeard Burcott Mill, Burcot Clapton Mill, Ston Easton Claverton Pumping Station, Claverton Combe House Hotel (originally a tannery) Holford Combe Sydenham Mill, Combe Sydenham Dunster Working Watermill, Dunster Gants Mill, Pitcombe Hestercombe Mill, West Monkton Higher Mill, Croscombe Hinton Farm Mill, Mudford Hornsbury Mill, Chard Orchard Mill, Williton Piles Mill, Allerford Priston Mill, Priston Rode Mill, Rode Saltford Brass Mill, Saltford Stratford Mill, Henbury Tonedale Mills, Wellington Williton Mill, Williton Wookey Hole Paper Mill, Wells

South Yorkshire

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet, Sheffield Bedgreave New Mill, Killamarsh Sharrow Mills, Sheffield Shepherd Wheel, Sheffield Top Forge, Thurgoland Worsbrough Mill, Barnsley Wortley Top Forge, Wortley

Staffordshire

Boar Mill, Moddershall