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The Bridge Mill

One acre organic gardens around working water mill. Cottage garden style planting; herb garden with medicinal and dye plants; productive fruit and vegetable garden, and wild woodland. The water garden by the river Tamar is being redeveloped after tree felling by beavers and ash die-back.

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The Bridge Mill
The Bridge Mill
The Bridge Mill
The Bridge Mill
The Bridge Mill
The Bridge Mill
The Bridge Mill
The Bridge Mill
The Bridge Mill
The Bridge Mill
The Bridge Mill
The Bridge Mill
The Bridge Mill
The Bridge Mill
The Bridge Mill
The Bridge Mill
The Bridge Mill
The Bridge Mill

About The Bridge Mill

The one acre gardens at The Bridge Mill comprise a series of smaller gardens set around the house. By the house, a garden room and small courtyard garden is being developed and behind, a a shady cliff face is home to ferns and green flowers. A sunny end of this cliff face makes an ideal natural rockery. Close by, a herb garden is divided for growing plants with different purposes – culinary, fragrance, medicinal, poisonous and dye plants for colouring wool. A large productive vegetable and fruit garden provides produce all year round. Behind the mill is a wild woodland and water garden around the mill leat, mill race, water wheel and river. This area is under redevelopment as a result of ash die-back and tree felling by beavers! The wild shady garden is now rather sunny!
The grounds extend to 16 acres in all. The smallholding is run organically with traditional farming methods employed to encourage wildlife. The Bridge Mill is a County Wildlife Site and a Key Devon Dragonfly site. The mill is listed in the Domesday survey of 1086 so visits will be especially of interest to history groups/U3a etc.
Visits comprise a guided mill tour and walk around the smallholding with lake, mill pond and riverside wildflower meadows as well as the garden areas.
For details of other opening times please see website.

Website:

https://www.thebridgemill.org.uk

The Bridge Mill features

Location details

The Bridge Mill,
Mill Rd,
Holsworthy,
Devon,
EX22 7EL

Directions to The Bridge Mill
Between the chapel by river bridge & church at top of hill. The mill is at bottom of hill opp Short & Abbott agricultural engineers. See website for detailed directions.

The Bridge Mill openings

Visit by Arrangement

This garden opens for By Arrangement visits from 11 May to June for groups of 15+.

Please contact the garden owner to discuss your requirements and arrange a date for a group or bespoke visit.

Refreshments Home-made teas in the garden if the weather is fine, or in the stable if wet. Home-made cakes with organic tea/coffee. Gluten free cakes & dairy alternatives available.
Admission Adult: £5.00
Child: £0.00

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair access to the ground floor of the mill and most of the gardens plus accessible WC and baby change facilities.
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FAQs

Payment is by cash only. Please get in touch with the owners for more details.

Sorry, there is no available parking for coaches at The Bridge Mill at this time.

Sorry, no dogs are allowed in the garden at this time.

Yes, there are various plants offerred for sale at The Bridge Mill, please enquire with the owners for more details.

Yes, one or more routes at The Bridge Mill are accessible to wheelchair users.

Yes. The Bridge Mill seeks to offer a sustainable refuge for nearby fauna and wildlife. These sanctuaries host diverse habitats supporting indigenous flora and fauna and nurturing local biodiversity.