NATIONAL MILLS WEEKEND
HEREFORDSHIRE & PARTS OF NEIGHBOURING COUNTIES
SAT. 10th and SUN. 11th MAY, 2025
This year 23 mills hope to be open to the public in this area;
9 in Herefordshire, 6 in Shropshire, 6 in Worcestershire and 2 in Powys.
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. 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 young 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 Mills Weekend.
Pontynys Mill, Longtown HR2 0LU NGR: SO326288
SATURDAY 10.00am-4.00pm. Donations. Limited parking. 400 yards N of Crown Inn,
Longtown, entrance on left immediately after the turn to Ewyas Harold. Extra parking on road near the bridge. A complete corn mill with large high-breast waterwheel under restoration and an unusual horiziontal shaft driving 4 pairs of stones.
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 only 10.00am – 4.00pm (Phone 07788 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).
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.
Risbury Mill, Risbury HR6 0NG NGR.: SO540550
SATURDAY only. 10.00-4.00pm. Donations (to the Little Princess Trust). Limited parking.
Entrance is by bridge over Humber Brook, on road from Risbury to Stoke Prior. In a lovely setting.A small corn mill with mostly iron machinery. A complete mill with external waterwheel, 2 pairs of stones and cleaning and dressing machines. There has been flood damage to the interior, so it may not be possible to see all or any of the inside of the mill.
https://www.spab.org.uk/mills/NMW