Visitor Information
Directions
Coldharbour Mill is only 5 minutes by car from junction 27 of the M5. Follow the signs to Willand (B3181), then the brown tourist signs saying ‘Working Wool Museum’ to Uffculme. There are bus connections from Exeter, Cullompton, Tiverton, and Taunton (see below). The nearest mainline railway station is Tiverton Parkway. Please click here for a Map.
Bus Routes:
The stop nearest the Mill is 'Russet Close/Coldharbour Mill
Stagecoach Devon Route 1 ('Culm Valley Connect') Exeter/Tiverton/Exeter; seven days, but reduced service on Sundays & Public Holidays.
First Routes 92 Taunton/Exeter/Taunton & 92A Taunton/Tiverton/Taunton; seven days, but reduced service on Sundays & Public Holidays.
Opening Times
Summer Period: Easter to October 2010.
The Mill is open for self guided tours from 10 am – 4 pm seven days a week, but please note that our volunteers do not work at weekends, so there are no machines running in the factory and the water wheel is not run at weekends.
The Shop is open from 10 am – 5 pm seven days a week.
The Restaurant is open from 10 am – 5.30 pm seven days a week.
Ticket Prices 2010
Self Guided Tour (reduced prices at weekends)
Adult £5.00 (£3.50)
Child £2.50 (£1.75)
Family (2 adults + 2 children) £12.50 (£9.00)
Concession £4.00 (£3.00)
Steam Up & Self Guided Tour
Adult £7.50 Child £4.00
Family (2 adults + 2 children) £20.00
Concession £7.00
Self Guided Tours.
Production of knitting wool at Coldharbour Mill can be followed on the self directed tour of the main spinning and weaving floor (Level 2).This is a unique journey through the different stages of making a yarn to a finished woven cloth. Visitors are able to see the original spinning and weaving machinery, some powered by the fully restored water wheel.
The Mill Shop
The Mill shop is operated by John Arbon Textiles (www.jarbon.com). The mill shop has a wonderful array of fibres, yarn, textiles, craft equipment, textile books, gifts and toys.
The Gillbox Restaurant
Open daily from 10am until 5:30pm (March – October) Reduced hours between November & February telephone 0800 389 3859.
GROUP BOOKINGS WELCOME BY ARRANGEMENT
Details available from Museum Office.
If you would like to contact us, please email us info@coldharbourmill.org.uk or telephone the Mill office between 9:30am-1:00pm on 01884 840960
Access
Mobility impaired visitors can access the mill from the back entrance through the double red gates (please ask in the shop). The Factory and the Fox Gallery are fully accessible with the use of the lift. The steam complex is now accessible to wheel chair users.
The Gill Box Restaurant is currently inaccessible to mobility-impaired visitors but does offer alternative, accessible seating arrangements within the museum.
Museum staff are happy to advise wheel chair users about accessibility. The museum has one wheel chair for visitors use subject to availability. Please ring the mill office for further advice or to book this facility.
To see the range of goods available to buy, please visit our On-Line Shop.
For special events please visit our Events page.
If you would like to contact us, please email us info@coldharbourmill.org.uk
