A unique combination of a working watermill with dynamic museum of functional mill machinery with emphasis on the history, developement and multiple uses of water power.

The Western half of the double frontage Mill was built about 1580 on the early 14th century foundations, while the Eastern half was added in 1794. Notice the change from hand axed oak to sawn pitch-pine.

The first record appears on the will of Sir Reginald de Cobham dated 1361. Always a corn-mill it ground flour up to 1919 and then, like most other wind and water-mills, was reduced to grinding meal for local farmers until 1945.

Mr. W. Woodrow, the previous owner spent 20 years in restoration and the collection of exhibits before opening the mill as a Watermill Museum in 1969. Recently a complete refurbishment programme has been canied out, including the full restoration of the waterwheel and mill race.

BRASSERIE OPENING HOURS

Open for Lunch and Dinner all Year
Morning Coffee and Afternoon Teas
Easter to October 31 st
Closed Mondays

Easter to October 31st
Including Bank Holiday Mondays
Closed Mondays
1Oam to 5pm

ADMISSION

Adults £1.00
Children 75p

Course Fishing £7.00 Per Day Two Rods

Haxted Mill is situated on the River Eden, just on the Surrey side of the Kent-Surrey border, almost two miles West of Edenbridge. It stands beside the road which joins B2029 at Lingfield Common with B2026 at Edenbridge.

All working: - The large waterwheel still driving the Mill after 150 years.
A Cornish tin-mine wheel.
A pumping waterwheel from Sussex which supplied water last century to a manor.
A Suffolk farm-mill models of a hammer mill and grindstones.

Course Fishing.

Wander round the picture gallery with watercolours, old postcards, photos and drawings, with site maps, some of them the only relics of mills long gone. Probably the oldest surviving wooden water wheel, a mysterious grindstone dug up under the foundations of the new Tesco store in Croydon, and a unique hydraulic water level control. Take the rather precipitous climb to the three upper floors to see other exhibits and artifacts.

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