Watermills in the United Kingdom
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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 10,000 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 wind mill was preferred.
Today only a fraction of these mills survive. Many are used as private residences, or have been converted into offices or flats. A small 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.
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[edit] England
- Alderley Edge Watermill, Cheshire
- Boot Watermill, Eskdale, Cumbria
- Bourne Mill, Colchester Essex
- Brindley Water Mill, Leek, Staffordshire
- Bunbury Mill, Bunbury, Cheshire
- Cheddleton Flint Mill, Cheddleton, Staffordshire
- Churchill Forge Mill, Churchill, Worcestershire
- Claverton Pumping Station, Claverton, Somerset
- Cobham Watermill, Surrey
- Cogglesford Watermill, Sleaford, Lincolnshire
- Crabble Corn Mill, Dover, Kent
- Crumplehorn Watermill, Polperro, Cornwall
- Daniels Mill, Bridgenorth, Shropshire
- Dean Heritage Centre, Cinderford, Gloucestershire
- Docton Mill, Devon
- Eling Tide Mill, Eling, Hampshire
- Fladbury Watermill, Worcestershire
- Gants Mill, Somerset
- Gleaston Watermill, Cumbria
- Haxted Watermill, Surrey
- Headley Water Mill, Headley, Hampshire
- Hever Watermill, Hever, Kent
- Hambleden Mill, Mill End, Buckinghamshire
- Heatherslaw Mill, Etal, Northumberland
- Hornsbury Mill, Somerset
- Ifield Watermill, Crawley, West Sussex
- Killhope Wheel, Weardale, County Durham
- Kingsbury Watermill, St Albans, Hertfordshire
- Letheringsett Watermill, Norfolk
- Little Salkeld Watermill, Cumbria
- Lode Watermill, Cambridgeshire
- Lurgashall Watermill, Sussex
- Mapledurham Watermill, Mapledurham, Oxfordshire
- The Mill at Sonning, Sonning Eye, Oxfordshire
- Mill Green Watermill, Hatfield, Hertfordshire
- Mill On The Soar, Leicestershire
- Nether Alderley Mill, Nether Alderley, Cheshire
- New Hall Mill, West Midlands
- Otterton Mill, Budleigh Salterton, Devon
- Pakenham Watermill, Suffolk
- Pann Mill, Buckinghamshire
- Pateley Bridge Watermill, North Yorkshire
- Path Head Watermill, Tyne and Wear
- Quarry Bank Mill, Styal, Cheshire
- Redbournbury Mill, Hertfordshire
- Sarehole Mill, West Midlands
- Scarcroft Watermill, West Yorkshire
- Shalford Mill, Surrey
- Soham Mill, Cambridgeshire
- Stretton Watermill, Cheshire
- Thorrington Tide Mill, Thorrington, Essex
- Three Mills, East London
- Thurnham Mill, Lancashire
- Tide Mills, East Sussex
- Town Mill, Lyme Regis, Dorset
- Wellesbourne Watermill, Warwickshire
- Whitchurch Silk Mill, Whitchurch, Hampshire
- Whitemill, Dorset
- Winchester City Mill, Winchester, Hampshire
- Woodbridge Tide Mill, Woodbridge, Suffolk
- Worsbrough Mill, South Yorkshire
[edit] Scotland
- Dounby Click Mill, Dounby, Orkney
- New Abbey Mill, New Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway
[edit] Northern Ireland
- Dundonald Old Mill, Dundonald, County Down
[edit] Wales
- Crugybar Watermill, Carmarthenshire
[edit] Isle of Man
- Groudle Glen, Isle of Man
