Cheddleton Flint Mill in Leek

Fascinating.lmpressed by the enthusiasm of the volunteers who work there.

What a lovely peice of history. Lots af brilliant information and a proper working waterwheel and mechanism within. Stumbled across this while on the Churnet Valley railway. No advertisement at the station but its just a short walk down the canal and youll find it!

Lovely place and nice people industrial archeology at its best , run by volunteers funded by donations

I stumbled upon this by cycling along Cauldon canal, I didnt know it was there but what a fantastic place. Fantastic to see the waterwheels working

Very interesting place, good for photography. Has parking for disabled but not wheelchair friendly.

Fascinating and very well maintained place.Extremely friendly volunteer staff.

Fantastic place really interesting staff very friendly and helpful taken around by a guide explaining how everything worked and progress dog friendly

Fantastic afternoon. The tour guide was very knowledge, friendly and very good with our two girls making it all easy for for them to understand the whole process of flint milling. Would highly recommend a visit.

Well kept and very interesting historic flint mill. Very informative tour given.

Great place for a walk on the canal.

Excellent impromptu tour by the volunteer guide. I wish we had more time but we had a train to catch.

Run by volunteers, so buildings not always open. Check opening times if your visit requires travel from long distance.

Such a wonderful place. Very historic and kept beautifully. The walk around it is lovely too. So good for our children to explore and learn

Very informative guide (volunteer. Lovely place.

A fascinating place with some very nice and knowledgeable volunteers. Definitely worth a visit!

An interesting visit. I learned how flints were used in the china industry.

Beautiful museum and lovely, enthusiastic volunteers.Well worth spending a few hours here.

A small but hugely interesting living museum, two large working water wheels and history going back several hundred years, from corn to supplying the pottery industry. ,free entry but donations welcome, a lovely little walk from the Cheddleton steam railway, both a must to visit

Lovely old flint mill right by canal. Was closed when we were there due to Covid but will visit again when fully open. But a great place to take in during your walk along canal or steam railway line.

Nice walk along the Caldon Canal

Wonderful look back in time with lots of old tools and machinery to view.The volunteers do a great job of preserving the past but are low in number.Having spoke to them they told me they are always on the lookout for helpers,so now is your chance.

Such interesting history. And are water wheels so amazing. Well, Cheddleton Flint Mill have two.

Working mill with enthusiastic and knowledgeable volunteers. No charge for entry or being guided around. We left £10 in donation box which we thought was excellent value.

This is such a beautiful place to visit. Specially when the mill is working and there is the chance to visit all the buildings on the site. The atmosphere is very beautiful specially with the canal passing just by the mill. Have a walk around and ask to visit the various building on the site. It is interesting also to know about the process the flint goes through and how it get used. It is definitely worth stopping here.

Only passed it when cycling along the caldon canal, always looks interesting one of these days I must cycle by a little later so its open and I can stop and visit.

Open Wednesdays plus a few other days, check online. Fascinating chunk of history and really nice group of people happy to show you round. Free entry with donation welcome. Good social distancing and sanitiser available

As a resident in Cheddleton I have the pleasure of the Flint Mill on my doorstep. I have visited many times and even after 20 years still love to see the place and learn about the history. I would recommend a visit.

Lovely little spot. lovingly maintained mill, you can explore all over and even the dog can join in. Beautiful spot with lots to see. Definitely worth stopping in if youre in the area.

Fantastic place, friendly volunteers

We visited here in winter and it still felt amazing to stop and take a look. We loved the water fall along side the mill. During the summer with an ice cream in hand you drift away.

Lovely tranquil place by canal, ran by volunteers so hit and miss when open but welcome to walk around when shut

A nice walk, great views, plenty of history to read about around the outside and inside when open. Free entry yet voluntary contributions welcome

This little gem hidden in Cheddleton Staffordshire is a lovely place to visit if you like outdoor walks, canals or fishing. The mill is lovely and the canal opens up to a small lake right by the mill. This hold perch, pike and roach. Thats what Ive seen myself, there maybe more. The canal is very sleepy and I am yet to see a canal actually on the move. The thing I love about fishing canals is that people walking or and boats tend to always speak. A good morning or afternoon from a stranger actually rare event these days. The mill is next to a nice restaurant/bar so after a good days walking or fishing you can rest your feet or tell stories about that one that got away over a drink and some food.

Looks interesting but every time we come this way on canal it is closed. Why not hand if over to someone who can make something of it? Could be very interesting.

Happened to be passing while the mill was working. Mill originally dates back to 1100. North and South mill buildings were open and they also opened up the adjoining cottage for me to look around. Guide was very enthusiastic and took time to show me all of the mill workings and to explain the various processes and history of the site. Free entry - donations welcome.

Loved it looked around and very interesting. Then went on 4hr barge trip.Fantastic.

Very interesting industrial heritage site manned by enthusiastic volunteers and reliant entirely on visitors donations. Well worth a visit.

Its gone really down bank since I last took my kids not bin properly looked after just starting to clean the place up but parts still shut of to public that used to be open and moved a lot of the old stuff that was on display there was one chat that took the time to chat about the old place and about the lady of 100 that was the last miller that worked there nerd to be kept the way it was the things you have cleaned up you cleaned up to much took the old carictor out of the place

Moored near here and had a look round in the evening when it was closed then went back the next day and saw the two wheels working. Was shown round by a lovely volunteer. Stunning place, lots of history and nature in a smashing spot. Well worth a visit.

Very interesting, some very informative volunteers who also keep the grounds looking nice. Good working water wheels. Free but donations appreciated

Friendly and knowledge docents. Well worth the time to learn a bit of history.

Fascinating old place, you get free guided tour. Well worth a visit.

Very unhelpful volunteer. I wanted to visit the mill and at the same time walk the dog along the canal towpath and was told that I could not park my car unless I was solely using the mill. This was in spite of the fact that a mini bus full of children and their guardian parked there and disappeared up the canal. I could have understood if the car park had of been busy, but it was practically empty. Very unhelpful staff member who has put me off going ever again he should be ashamed of himself.

Fabulous attraction and what a team of volunteers. They opened up for us whilst doing a maintenance job and provided a compact rundown of the history of the mill. Well worth a visit and to throw a few shillings into the hole in the wall to support their efforts.

Really interesting museum that I didnt realise existed until wandering along the canal. There was a volunteer there who gave us a talk about the different parts of the mill. Great to see local history being preserved and coming to life. Within easy walking distance of Oceans Waffle House and Gustos.

Didnt get the tour, but a picturesque little piece of local history. Makes part of a good bike ride along the 550 national cycle route

Very interesting place to visit all done with volunteers and donations to keep it open

The volunteers here really know what they are talking about, very interesting to talk to. A lovely place to walk around and explore some of the history, and look at the mechanisms involved in the processing of flint.

Brilliant ..... our industrial heritage is alive here and needs preserving. Worth a visit especially if you get to chat to the volunteers who keep the place going......recommend a visit.

A truly memorable sight when both wheels are in full flow!Fantastic working twin water mills; now a museum complex run by volunteers. The Southern one; nearest Churnet Hall, has been in use since 1253 when records show it being used as a corn mill. This building was upgraded around 1777, when the Northern mill was built and both became flint grinding mills for the nearby Potteries ceramics industry. This change of use was probably prompted by the building of the Cauldon Canal in 1777, which linked the Wedgwood Factory in Etruria to the Cauldon Low limestone quarries. The Cheddleton Flint Mill Complex is beautifully situated between the footpath of the canal and the banks of the river, whose course has carved a gorgeous valley with many photo opportunities to be taken advantage of.For those interested in industrial heritage, the older Southern wheel is just over 20ft diameter and the Northern is 22ft. They are both breast-shot wheels fed by a water race from the River Churnet. On site there is also a Millers Cottage, They were last used in 1963 and are being kept in glorious health by the volunteers of the Cheddleton Flint Mill Industrial Heritage Trust since they took responsibility in 1967.Please visit and donate to help keep the Flint Mill alive.