We
are a heritage site and working museum with a restored and operational
water wheel.
PATH HEAD WATER MILL offers
a great day out for all the family and also schools who can benefit
from cheap entry to the mill and the wealth of information and experiences
which provide a key link-in with the current National Curriculum.
Come along and visit us
and see the changes and amazing progress made to date in restoring this
once derelict site in Blaydon, Tyne & Wear into a local educational
and community resource. We're just 10 minutes from the MetroCentre.
We currently have the following
facilities:-
- Student visits with National
Curriculum a specialty.
- On-site parking
- Disabled toilets
- Single level for prams and wheelchairs
- Picnic areas
- Superb wooded walks
- Refreshments available
- Pole Barn - Housing two rack saw benches (under restoration)
- 20ft high Flywheel & Crankshaft display
- Victorian Patent Derrick crane
- Stand-on Sun Dial
- Wind Pump
- Hydraulic Ram Pump
- Water Turbine
- Reed Bed Filter
- Reservoir
Please take the time to have
a look through this web site, and if you have any questions please contact
us. All progress on the restoration is recorded in our Quarterly Newsletter
which will be kept posted on this site.
If you would like to support
us in our on-going restoration and developments of the site, annual
membership is available for families, please see our membership page.
Although Vale Mill Trust
has been partly funded by a number of organisations, as a registered
charity we rely on continued support. Our membership fee is small and
gives you (together with up to 5 relatives) free entry twice each year
(including demonstrations of the workings of the mill) and access to
all facilities on site. (except during special events)
