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Photograph © Jim Woodward-Nutt
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Gleaston Watermill, near Ulverston
Location
Grid reference: SD 260 709
OS sheet: 96
Postcode: LA12 0QH
Just off A5087, S of Gleaston Castle, and N of Gleaston. Follow brown signs from Aldingham.
A 3-storey corn mill, which is a rebuild of 1774 on an earlier site.
Intriguing watercourses and impressive wooden gearing. There is an external
18-ft diameter high breast waterwheel. The watercourse is at present being restored. Licensed tearooms.
Opening times 2017
Easter to September, Wednesday
to Sunday and bank holiday Mondays; closed Mondays & Tuesdays. 11.00-16.30. Parties by arrangement.
National Mills Weekend opening times 2017
Saturday & Sunday, 11.00 - 16.30.
Contacts
Vicky & Mike Brereton, tel. 01229 869244.
Web site
www.watermill.co.uk
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