Stott Park Bobbin Mill, Lakeside, Cumbria
N 54° 17.123 W 002° 57.911
30U E 502266 N 6015274
Stott Park Bobbin Mill is preserved as a working wood turning mill, nowadays operated as a working museum by English Heritage. A very worthwhile place to visit near Lakeside, Cumbria, UK. Working demonstrations on specific dates.
Waymark Code: WMD8J
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/22/2006
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Wonderful venue in superbly laid out grounds. Nowadays water wheel has gone, and replaced with steam boiler and electricity. can see tiny encased Pelton wheel. see gallery.
On working demonstration days you can make your own wooden bobbin.
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"English Heritage, who purchased the abandoned mill in 1983, we can see and experience this bobbin making operation as it was 100 years ago. The steam engine puffs, belts flap, and wheels and pulleys rattle as tour guides give demonstrations of the original bobbin making process. The Lake District had just what these mills needed-fast moving streams and coppice wood. But it was the cotton industry's development in Lancashire with its insatiable demand for bobbins that got things rolling."
Parking, entrance fee, toilets, disabled access, gift shop. picnic tables. Café at nearby Lakeside steamer pier (970 m)