Watermills in the United Kingdom
The use of water power in Britain was at its peak just before the Industrial Revolution . The need for flour was great and steam power had not yet become established. It is estimated that at this time there were well in excess of 10,000 watermills in the country.
Today only a fraction of these mills survive. Many are used as private residences, or have been converted into offices or flats. A small number have been preserved or restored as museums where the public can see the mill in operation.
This is a list of some of the surviving watermills in the United Kingdom
England
Alderley Edge Watermill , Cheshire
Boot Watermill , Eskdale , Cumbria
Brindley Water Museum , Leek, Staffordshire
Bunbury Mill , Bunbury , Cheshire
Cheddleton Flint Mill , Staffordshire
Churchill Forge Mill , Worcestershire
Cogglesford Watermill , Sleaford , Lincolnshire
Crabble Corn Mill , Dover , Kent
Crumplehorn Watermill , Polperro , Cornwall
Daniels Mill , Shropshire
Docton Mill , Devon
Fladbury Watermill , Worcestershire
Gants Mill , Somerset
Gleaston Watermill , Cumbria
Haxted Watermill , Surrey
Hever Watermill , Hever , Kent
Hornsbury Mill , Somerset
Ifield Watermill , Crawley , West Sussex Kingsbury Watermill , St Albans , Hertfordshire
Letheringsett Watermill , Norfolk
Little Salkeld Watermill , Cumbria
Lode Watermill , Cambridgeshire
Lurgashall Watermill , Sussex Mapledurham Watermill , Berkshire
Mill Green Watermill , Hatfield , Hertfordshire
Mill On The Soar , Leicestershire
Nether Alderley Mill , Nether Alderley , Cheshire
Otterton Mill , Devon
Pakenham Watermill , Suffolk
Pann Mill , Buckinghamshire
Pateley Bridge Watermill , North Yorkshire
Path Head Watermill , Tyne and Wear
Quarry Bank Mill , Styal , Cheshire
Redbournbury Mill , Hertfordshire
Sarehole Mill , West Midlands
Scarcroft Watermill , West Yorkshire
Soham Mill , Cambridgeshire
Thurnham Mill , Lancashire
Town Mill , Lyme Regis , Dorset
Wellesbourne Watermill , Warwickshire
Whitemill , Dorset
Woodbridge Tide Mill , Woodbridge, Suffolk
Worsbrough Mill , South Yorkshire
Wales
Isle of Man
See also: List of windmills , windmill , windpump
