Mill Open Days
Dunkirk Mill Museum is now closed until April 2025.
Gigg Mill Weaving Shed will be open on the following dates in Autumn and Winter 2024-25. Please click on the Book a Visit button at the bottom of the page.
Saturday 16 November (Gigg Mill only)
Saturday 25 January 2025 (Gigg Mill only)
Saturday 22 February (Gigg Mill only)
Saturday 15 March (Gigg Mill only)
St Mary’s Mill, Chalford:
St Mary’s Mill will next be open for National Mills Weekend in May 2025. Details will be posted here in due course.
There’s something different to see at each site. During the spring and summer you can visit Dunkirk and Gigg on the same day. At Dunkirk you can experience the huge water wheel turning and driving textile machinery; at Gigg you can see historic looms and try weaving yourself. Click the links for more information and to book tickets. See opposite for opening dates.
Dunkirk Mill Museum
Dunkirk Mill Museum is part of a large mill complex, reached by an attractive walk down the former railway track, past the restored mill pond. At the Museum, the water wheel will run and the guides will demonstrate all the intricate machinery that was used to finish the cloth after it left the loom.
Gigg Mill, Weaving Shed
Demonstrations of handloom and powerloom weaving and a chance for some hands-on experience.
Weaving demonstration of the dobby loom.
St Mary’s
An opportunity to visit one of the region’s most attractive mill sites and see the splendid Tangye steam engine turn once more.
The mill is privately owned and only opens occasionally during the year, either for special events or pre-booked tours.
Image Credits: ‘Stroud from near Rodborough Fort, Alfred Newland Smith. STGCM 1961.195 © Museum in the Park, Stroud’