Watermills · West Midlands
Britain's industrial heritage
Mills, mines, ironworks and the Industrial Revolution's first sites.
Britain industrialised first; Britain therefore preserves the world's earliest factory floors. Ironbridge in Shropshire (1779 — the first iron bridge) is the symbolic centre, but the network extends to Cromford (the first water-powered cotton mill, 1771), the Wedgwood factory at Stoke, Saltaire's worsted-wool village near Bradford, and the slate mining villages of north Wales. Together they form a UNESCO-recognised industrial landscape.
Places in this guide
📷 4Watermills · Central Scotland
Lower City Mills
Lower City Mills in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
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★ Iconic📷 3Watermills · Yorkshire & the Humber
Old Mill House
Old Mill House is a watermill in the United Kingdom.
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📷 5Watermills · South West England
Gants Mill
Gants Mill — Grade II* listed building-listed watermill in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
📷 5Watermills · South East England
Chesapeake Mill
Chesapeake Mill is a place of interest in the United Kingdom.
📷 4Watermills · North East England
Rutter Force
Rutter Force in England North East, United Kingdom.
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📷 5Windmills · East Midlands
Moulton Windmill
Moulton Windmill is a windmill in the United Kingdom.
📷 3Windmills · South East England
Quainton Windmill
Quainton Windmill is a windmill in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Windmills · Yorkshire & the Humber
Skidby Mill
Skidby Mill is a windmill in the United Kingdom.
📷 3Windmills · North West England
Lytham Windmill
Lytham Windmill — Windmill, dating to 1805.
📷 3Windmills · East of England
Old Buckenham Windmill
Old Buckenham Windmill is a windmill in the United Kingdom.
★ Iconic📷 4Mines & mining heritage · North West England
Honister Slate Mine
England's last working slate mine, in the Lake District since the 17th century.
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