Blackpool Mill, Canaston, Pembrokeshire, SA67 8ED. UPDATE August 2024: NOW OPEN as a heritage restaurant.

Details

Accessibility:

The Mill heritage site itself is enclosed, which a level public footpath passes from the roadside.

British restaurant https://www.facebook.com/BlackPoolMill/

Built on the site of a former iron forge in 1813. A Grade II listed, four-storey Georgian riverside corn mill, powered by water until 1901. Then fell into disuse after WWII. The mill itself is currently closed to the public, and has been acquired by the owners of nearby Bluestone (please see its venue entry on this website)  and there are plans to reopen the mill. UPDATE August 2024: NOW OPEN. Set amongst a large network of woodland with ample paths, picnic areas and walkways.

"The restoration phase internally has included the repair of 32 main beams ends, where the rotten ends have been replaced and spliced with steel plates. The mill spans four floors, with many of the floor timbers and joists requiring repairs. The walls are finished with the original lime mortar, all lovingly restored. The mill machinery has been retained, cleaned, treated, and preserved for future display. Externally, the leat in the front will be fully restored, requiring it to be drained, cleared of undergrowth, and repairs to the stonewalling. Two new sluice gates have also been fabricated, and the mill will receive a fresh coat of render as part of the transformation phase.

The transformation will take the mill from a historic industrial building to a spectacular heritage restaurant, with formal dining across the ground and first floors and a banqueting facility on the third floor. The second floor is devoted to a state-of-the-art industrial kitchen. In the eastern annexe will be the bar, and the toilet facilities in the western annexe. Above each annexe will be themed private dining areas.

Access to the mill will be greatly enhanced with a passenger lift to the upper three floors, and dumbwaiters will be installed for food service across all levels."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool_Mill

"Blackpool Mill is a 19th century flour mill in the community of Martletwy, in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. It sits to the west of Blackpool Bridge on the southern bank of the Eastern River Cleddau, downstream from Canaston Bridge. Built in 1813 on the site of former ironworks, the mill is a Grade-II* listed building,[1][2] which is intact and contains working machinery, but has ceased commercial operation.[3] Blackpool Mill is listed by RCAHMW as an historic place name.[4]

Address:

Blackpool Mill, Canaston, Pembrokeshire, SA67 8ED.

Email:

https://www.bluestonewales.com/about-us/contact-us and info@blackpoolmill.com

Phone:

01834 862444 and 01437 541233.

Website:

https://www.facebook.com/BlackPoolMill/

http://www.bymez.co.uk/blackpool-mill-and-slebech-woods

https://en-gb.facebook.com/BlackPoolMill/

https://www.bluestonewales.com/about-us/projects/blackpool-mill

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool_Mill

https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/40227/

Opening Hours:

UPDATE August 2024: NOW OPEN as a heritage restaurant.. The Mill heritage site itself is enclosed, which a level public footpath passes from the roadside.

Directions:

Situated 4.3 miles from Narberth via the A40. Please note there may be a new road layout now in place to reach it. OS SN 06001144.

Transport:

For more travel information go to https://www.traveline.info/ or call  0800 464 00 00

Amenities:

Dyrham service station 1.8 miles on the B4314. and The Bush Inn pub – on the B4314.