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Photograph © Colin Babb, under this
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Forge Needle Mill, Redditch
Location
Grid reference: SP 046 685
OS sheet: 139
Postcode: B98 8HY
Off A441 Birmingham to Evesham road, N of Redditch. Follow brown signs off the Sainsbury's roundabout.
A water-powered needle scouring and polishing mill, last worked commercially in 1958 and now restored
as part of a museum. Machinery still works at weekends, and on Tuesday afternoons.
Opening times 2016
February, March, & October to November: Tuesday to Friday 11.00-16.00; Saturday & Sunday 13.00-16.00.
April to September; Monday to Friday 11.00-16.30; Saturday & Sunday, 11.00-16.00. Closed
December, & January 2016.
National Mills Weekend opening times 2016
Saturday and Sunday, 11.00-16.00.
Special events - see web site for details.
Wheel will be turning machinery.
Contact
Charlotte Dean and Petrina Muscroft
tel. 01527 62509.
Web site
www.forgemill.org.uk
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