Coldharbour Mill
Coldharbour Mill
Watermill
A former Fox Brothers textile mill built in 1797 with a ‘new’ 1821 breastshot waterwheel, now the largest working example in the South West. In 1865 steam power was added. In 1981 the factory closed, and reopened in 1982 as a working museum of the textile industry.
Photograph © Martin Bodman under this ...
Coldharbour Mill and chimney. Photograph © Wellington Camera Club
Coldharbour Mill waterwheel. Photograph © Wellington Camera Club
Stoking the boiler at Coldharbour Mill. Photograph © Wellington Camera Club
Sluice gate at Coldharbour Mill. Photograph © Wellington Camera Club
Location
ST 063 122
181
Near Cullompton, about 2 miles SE of junction 27 on the M5. Follow signs to Willand via B3181, then brown signs to Working Wool Museum.
Contact
Do you own or look after this mill? Contact us
Opening Times:
Open all year, Tuesday to Sunday, 9.30am to 4.30pm and also some Bank Holiday Mondays – see website. (Closed 25th and 26th December).
Groups, coach parties and school/college groups are welcome by prior arrangement.
Additional Information:
There is an 18ft suspension wheel, running line shafting for spinning, also an 1888 restored Lancashire boiler, a 1910 steam engine and an 1867 beam engine. There is a Mill shop and Cafe.
For admission prices, dates of Steam Days and other special events see website:
www.coldharbourmill.org.uk