• Sarehole Mill was first built as a corn grinding mill but has only been used for rolling sheet metal, grinding blades and wire rolling.
  • This is a drawing of Sarehole Mill, believed to have been drawn by the young Tolkien brothers. It depicts the mill as it was when they were young.
  • Sarehole Mill has two waterwheels, one of which is operational and is utilized to granulate wheat each Wednesday and Sunday, water levels allowing.
  • Sarehole Mill Museum highlights. Historically, the water wheels at this mill were powered by a steam engine. ... Good to know when visiting Sarehole Mill Museum.
  • Sarehole Mill was the inspiration for the village and mill in The Hobbit, since JRR Tolkien used to live in the area and spent much of his childhood by the mill.
  • English: Sarehole Mill is a water mill in a Grade II listed water mill (in an area once called Sarehole) on the River Cole in Hall Green, Birmingham, England, known...
  • Sarehole Mill has a team of 10 volunteer millers, 15 volunteer gardeners and eight volunteer guides. ... The steam engine at Sarehole Mill.
  • Sarehole Mill. Visit one of Birmingham’s last surviving working watermills, where you can spot waterfowl and learn about the inspirations for the books of J.R.R...
  • In Carpenter's biography, Tolkien was quoted as saying, "There was a willow hanging over the mill-pool (at Sarehole) and I learned to climb it.
  • Visited Sarehole Mill today. Had a great talk with the miller he was very busy, I understand the mill was working for the first time this year so he was pretty busy...