Sarehole Mill
One of two surviving water mills in the Birmingham area, Sarehole Mill provided the inspiration for the writer JRR Tolkien, who lived nearby and visited as a boy. Houses a fine display of Victorian rural life. Branch of Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery.
Cole Bank Road,Hall Green,
Birmingham B13 OBD.
Tel: 0121 777 6612.
Fax: 0121 464 0400
Contact: Stephen Spencer, Irene do Boo
- Opening hours:
April to October- Tues to Sun 11.30am - 4.00pm
- Admission:
- Free.
- Facilities:
- Toilets.
- Services:
- Guided tours all year round.
- Education Programme.
- Special events.
- Disabled visitors:
- Site difficult for wheelchair users due to cobblestones, uneven floors and steep stairs (no lift).
- How to get there:
- Bus: No.11.
- Car or Coach A-Z reference 1E 107. Leave A34 at junction with School Road and Cole Bank Road (traffic lights); Sarehole Mill is in Cole Bank Road on r/h side shortly after roundabout.
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- Parking:
- Cars: Cars: car park on adjoining Sarehole Recreation Ground.
- Coaches: in road.
- Average length of visit:
- 1 hour.