Historic watermill to reopen as museum, pub and cafe following restoration

Thwaite Mills, one of the best-preserved working watermills in Britain, has been taken over by four new owners who plan to restore it and reopen it as a working museum with a pub, cafe and canal-side beer garden.

Will Habergham, Terry George, Michael Rothwell and Kirk Allen have taken ownership of the Grade II listed site at Stourton, Leeds, and will begin a full restoration this week, more than two years after the mill closed to the public in April 2024.

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