Bere Mill Gardens NGS open days 16/03/25, 13/04/25, 26/05/25 and 25/08/25

Bere Mill is an area of ancient agricultural land, which was first built in the 10th century. The mill, powered by water, supported the milling and farming use which stretched over the subsequent thousand years after it was built. During this time, it was the local corn mill and the base of an extensive water meadow system since the late 1600s. Bere Mill was also the founding location of the Portals banknote operation, where paper for the Bank of England was produced by hand. Today, it remains an iconic fishing spot and now a model environmentally friendly farm.

Bere Mill comprises:

• A modernised mill house in family use with self sufficient power and utilities
• A 250 acre grassland farm combining river valley grazing with upland chalk farming
• A butchery selling the home produced lamb and beef
• A wild trout fishery
• A barn converted for community use and events
• An accompanying riverside farm cottage for rent

Bere Mill seeks to preserve an idyllic and unspoilt slice of England while fighting for environmentally correct and non intrusive solutions to modern life.