TOWN MILL
OPENING HOURS
The Town Mill site houses a large complex of buildings grouped around a central cobbled courtyard. The watermill, mill gift shop, art galleries and garden are all run by volunteers. In addition, there are five tenanted businesses - a pottery, a knitwear studio, an art framing studio, a café/bistro and a cheesemonger. As a result, opening times for specific parts of the site vary as detailed below.
Come and watch the waterwheel turn as we produce our own stone-ground flour from grain grown organically a few miles along the coast at Tamarisk Farm. A volunteer miller is always on hand to provide informed guidance through the mill.
The hydro-electric system can also be seen in the watermill.
Entrance to the mill is through
the Mill Gift Shop. Our freshly ground flour is available in the shop, where
you can also find a
carefully selected range of attractive gifts
Mill and Gift Shop Open:
Easter - Oct, 11:00am - 4:00pm, Tuesday
to Sunday.
Nov - Easter, 11:00am - 4:00pm,
Saturday and
Sunday.
Plus Bank Holidays and Half Terms.
Admission:
Adults £2.00 Children £1.00
Family Ticket £5.00
must be accompanied by an adult.
The galleries provide regular exhibitions of paintings, drawings and sculptures by leading artists of the region.
Open (During
exhibitions):
11:00am-
4:00pm, Tuesday to Sunday,
(Plus Bank Holiday Mondays)
Admission: Free Check Current Exhibition
Berey Pealing & Don Hudson produce fairly traditional table ware, along with some more exotic pieces, while retaining their own individual styles and methods.
Open:
10:00am - 4:30pm Monday to Saturday and
10:00am - 3:00pm Sunday
More Information
Open:
10:00am- 5:00pm
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
Tim Pritchard,
the owner of Town Mill Framing, offers a wide range of picture-framing options with a reliable and
professional service, specialising in bespoke frames. He also has a small gallery studio of artwork and
cards.
Open:
10:30am- 1:30pm and 2:30pm - 5:30pm, Tuesday - Saturday
Taste Asia at the Town Mill Bistro offers cuisine from as far as Japan to India. The fully licensed Café and Brasserie offers a wide range of drinks and snacks as well as lunch and dinner menus.
Taste Asia is open:
11:00am-
11:00pm,
Every Day
Reservations: 01297 445757 or 445781
The Town Mill Cheesemonger offers a wide selection of cheeses and other foods, with special emphasis on the extensive range of hard and soft cheeses produced in the South West of England.
Open:
Tuesday - Saturday: 10:30am- 5:30pm
Sunday: 11:00am - 4:00pm
Closed Monday
A delightful walled garden laid out and planted to the original 17th century design.
Open: When the mill complex
is open
Admission: Free
The story of the
arrival of electricity in Lyme and a new role for the redundant Town Mill in
the production of electricity in the 1930's.
Open: with the Mill
Admission: With the Watermill Tour
A small exhibition located
adjacent to
the Stone Floor within the Mill. It tells the story of the
Lim Valley, its river, its historic mills and its wildlife.
Open: with the Mill
Admission: With the Watermill Tour
The
Town Mill
Mill Lane, Lyme Regis, Dorset DT7 3PU, England
Tel:
01297 443579 e-mail
info@townmill.org.uk