• Sarehole Mill and grounds are open Friday - Sunday, 11am – 4pm.
  • It is one of two working water mills in Birmingham and is presented by an enthusiast who makes the hour long tour both entertaining and educational.
  • Sarehole Mill is a Grade II listed water mill, in an area once called Sarehole, on the River Cole in Hall Green, Birmingham, England.
  • Mabel was given a house to live in at Sarehole on the Wake Green Road where her two boys explored the area and she taught them reading, writing, languages...
  • In the 1850s a steam engine was installed and a chimney built, which provides Sarehole Mill with its distinctive silhouette.
  • One of two surviving water mills in the Birmingham area, Sarehole Mill provided the inspiration for the writer JRR Tolkien, who lived nearby and visited as a boy.
  • Sarehole Mill Museum in Birmingham - one of the highlights of 10 Things to Do in Birmingham off the Beaten Track and 10 Best Things to Do for Couples...
  • Despite being in the centre of urban sprawl, Sarehole Mill and the Shire park have magically managed to retain an Olde England, rural feel.
  • SAREHOLE MILL in Birmingham is part of the Tolkien Trail, which retraces the childhood influences of the famous author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
  • Once leased by Matthew Boulton for metal working, it is now a corn mill and milling takes place most Sundays.
  • The Sarehole Mill standing on the Cole Bank Road, is a fine example of one of more than fifty water mills that existed in Birmingham at one time.
  • Sarehole Mill is a pleasant if sedate attraction on the face of it: a water mill dating back 200 years, one of only two left in Birmingham.
  • One of the key places that helped formulate Tolkien’s stories when he was a child was the Sarehole Mill, a watermill dating back to the 16th century.