Coldharbour Mill Working Wool Museum

Built by Thomas Fox between 1797 and 1799 Coldharbour Mill was at the forefront of Georgian entrepeneurial development and was in continuous woollen and worsted yarn production until 1981. It is the only suviving woollen mill in Devon and one of the few mills in the country that has both original sources of power still in operation: the 1821 water wheel and the 1910 Pollit & Wigzell steam engine.

Reopened in 1982, Coldharbour Mill is both a unique piece of social and industrial history and an enthralling family day out, with a variety of special events throughout the year including the museum's highly popular Steam-Up events. The museum also has an exhibition gallery, a Second World display and various outdoor exhibitions. The museum shop sells a wide range of worsted knitting yarns, rugs and the Devon, Somerset & Blackdown Hills Tartans (now available as kilts) all made exclusively at the mill.

The main mill building and toilet block is accessible to wheel chair users and the museum is planning to relocate the licensed Gill Box restaurant for universal access elsewhere on the mill site.