Photograph © Martin Bodman, under this Creative Commons Licence

Coldharbour Mill, Uffculme

Location

Grid reference: ST 063 122
OS sheet: 181
Postcode: EX15 3EE
Near Cullompton, about 2 miles SE of junction 27 on the M5. Follow signs to Willand via B3181, then brown signs to wool museum.

A four-storey textile mill built around 1797. In 1865 the mill concentrated on worsted production with both steam and water-power. In 1981 the Coldharbour Mill Trust converted the mill into a working museum of the woollen and worsted industry. There is an 18ft, 1821 breastshot suspension wheel, running line shafting for spinning, also an 1888 restored Lancashire boiler, a 1910 steam engine and an 1867 beam engine. Mill shop. Restaurant.

Opening times

April to October, daily, 10.00 to 16.00. November to March, Monday to Friday 10.00-16.00.

National Mills Weekend opening times

Saturday & Sunday, 10.00-16.00.

Contact

Museum Office, tel. 01884 840960.

Email

info@coldharbourmill.org.uk

Web site

www.coldharbourmill.org.uk