Free Admission Open from Saturday 4 April to Sunday 2 November, Tuesday to Sunday 12 noon-4pm (closed Mondays, except Bank Holidays) Sarehole Mill was built in 1765 on the site of Biddle's Mill, which dated back to 1540. For most of Sarehole's working life it was used to grind corn, but in the industrial revolution it was used for blade grinding and metal rolling as well. The Mill is open to the public from April to October and to school parties throughout the year. Sarehole Mill is a fine example of one of more than fifty water mills that existed in Birmingham at one time. Matthew Boulton's father rented the Mill and Sarehole farm in 1756. When his father died, Boulton used the Mill for making buttons and for metal rolling until he moved his operations to Handsworth in 1761. In the late 1890s Sarehole was the childhood haunt of Hobbit author J.R.R. Tolkien, and famously mentioned in The Lord of the Rings.

Sarehole Mill Cole Bank Road Hall Green Birmingham B13 OBD Tel: 0121 777 6612 Fax: 0121 236 1766 Birmingham A-Z: Page 17 ref 1E Buses: 11 (0121 200 2700 travel information)