• JRR Tolkien grew up across the road from Sarehole Mill and in later life he would draw on its rural surroundings to create Middle-earth.
  • It's our Explore Sarehole Open Day today where you can wander round the Mill without the need for a guide.
  • 2,989 Followers, 380 Following, 291 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Sarehole Mill (@sareholemill).
  • Sarehole Mill has a team of 10 volunteer millers, 15 volunteer gardeners and eight volunteer guides. The site received 14,383 visitors in 2019.[3].
  • Sarehole Mill, Birmingham, United Kingdom. 6,090 likes · 6 talking about this · 3,890 were here. Grounds are free to access. Dogs welcome in ground....
  • This prompted a long campaign by local people to restore the building. This was done and Sarehole Mill was opened to the public as a City Museum in 1969.
  • Having a walk along the River Cole came across Sarehole Mill do not live far from the Mill and usually when we walk by the Mill it is not open but today the Mill was...
  • 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.
  • In the 1850s a steam engine was installed and a chimney built, which provides Sarehole Mill with its distinctive silhouette.
  • A complete guide to the Sarehole Mill Tolkien Tour, where you can uncover the inspiration for J.R.R Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.