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, two art galleries and garden are all run by volunteers. In addition, there are six tenanted businesses - a pottery, a knitwear studio, an art framing studio, a tea and dining room, a cheesemonger and a microbrewery. As a result, opening times vary across the site as detailed below.
Opening Hours:
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 £2.50 Children £1.00
Family Ticket £6.00
must be accompanied by an adult.
Our two art galleries, in the Old Bakery at the mill, offer regular exhibitions of paintings, drawings and sculptures by leading artists of the region. Exhibitions in the David West Gallery, on the first floor, are chosen by the Mill Art Selection Team, whilst exhibitions in the ground floor Courtyard Gallery are scheduled by the Town Mill Arts Guild (TMAG).
Open (During
exhibitions):
11:00am-
4:00pm, Tuesday to Sunday,
(Plus Bank Holiday Mondays)
Check Current Mill Exhibition
Admission: Free Check Current TMAG 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
10:00am - 3:00pm Sunday
More Information
Telephone: 01297 443454
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.
Telephone: 01297 444999
Open:
10:30am- 1:30pm and 2:30pm - 5:30pm, Tuesday to Saturday
The Mill Tea & Dining Room - purveyors of the finest cream
teas and the most splendid of English foods - serves breakfast, elevenses, luncheon, afternoon tea and
supper throughout the year.
For details of opening hours and sample menus, please go to:
For reservations: Tel: 01297 445757
The Town Mill Cheesemonger specialises in the best of the cheeses from the
West Country, but also stocks the tastiest cheeses from the rest of the UK
and the continent, as well as Biscuits, Preserves, Clotted Cream, Butter,
Drinks and Ice Cream.
Shop Opening - Please see the website:
www.townmillcheese.co.uk
or call 01297 442626
Following the Town Mill Trust's recent acquisition of
the old Malthouse building beside the mill, part of that building has now
been converted to house a microbrewery. The brewery started
making its first beer - Cobb Bitter - in March 2010.
Opening Hours:
The shop
operates irregular hours at present.
Please contact the Town Mill
Brewery before you visit to avoid a
wasted journey.
Telephone: 01297 444354
or e-mail general enquiries to: office@townmillbrewery.com
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