We’re working hard to engage more people with our heritage

We’ve had a busy but wonderful summer working with a variety of groups & organisations to engage new communities with the Mill & share all it has to offer!

We started off the season by welcoming the 1st Charmouth Cubs to the mill and had a great time hosting this dedicated young group who were all working towards achieving their Environmental Conservation badge.

In order to achieve their badge, the cubs have been looking at sources of renewable energy so being powered solely by water, a visit to Town Mill was the perfect venue!

During their visit, the group saw how just water from the River Lim is used to turn the mill’s huge waterwheel and how this drives the cogs and gears to turn the giant millstones and pr0duce wholesome flour.

Akela Mel Davies told us “the cubs enjoyed a very informative tour of the Town Mill and were able to participate in trying our different milling methods and ask lots of questions. We were even treated to a bag of flour which we plan to use to make breadsticks at our forthcoming camp!”

We also welcome an energetic bunch from the Bridport Badminton Club - a little further afield and all first-visitors to Town Mill.

Like all first time visitors, they were captivated by the mill, its scale - yet the simplicity of the milling process and how natural energy from the river is harnessed to create milling momentum!

In July we were delighted to complete a project we had been working on in collaboration with The Woodroffe School to produce a range of student-designed artistic festival flags to be displayed at the mill.

With a brief of “What does Town Mill mean to you?” and this produced a wonderful range of outputs from the students.