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About Bere Mill
IMPORTANT NOTICE: In view of the very wet conditions in the field we use to park visitors, the parking for this Sundays opening will be some 1000 yards from the garden. Elderly/disbaled persons may be dropped off at the house where there is also a limted amount of parking.
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 of:
- A modernised mill house in family use with self sufficient power and utilities
- A garden open to the public on select days supporting the National Garden Scheme
- A 250 acre grassland farm combining river valley grazing with upland chalk farming
- 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.
