Ford End Watermill
Location
Grid reference - SP 941 165.
OS Sheet – 165.
About 3 miles NE of Tring, off B488 to Leighton Buzzard, 600 yds N of Ivinghoe parish church. Small, brick and weatherboarded watermill with a mansard roof, overshot waterwheel and two pairs of stones. First recorded in 1616, but built earlier on the site of an old farm mill; in use until 1963. Restored to working order by a succession of volunteers now under the Ford End Watermill Society, it retains the atmosphere of the late 1800s. Flour milled using original machinery. Unusual sheep wash in tailrace. Opening times
Easter Monday, then May to September, Bank Holiday Mondays, 2nd and 4th Sundays and National Mills Day, 14.30 - 17.30.. Milling 15.00 - 17.00 approx., on Bank Holidays and 2nd Sundays in May & July. National Mills Weekend opening times
Sunday only 14.30 - 17.30. Contact
Chris Tugby, 01442 825421. E-mail
millman@fordendwatermill.co.uk
Party bookings
Mrs Sue Jones,
01296 660436. Website
www.fordendwatermill.co.uk | 
