Stott Park Bobbin Mill
Museums & Science Centres · Finsthwaite, Cumbria & the Lake District
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🏠 Indoor & outdoor🌲 WoodlandEducationalSeasonal opening
What’s there
- Free parking
- Picnic area
- Dogs welcome
Two car parks: an upper one with about 15 spaces and up to three coaches, and a lower one with seven spaces including three disabled bays. Charges apply to non-members; free for English Heritage members.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Stott Park Bobbin Mill is a preserved Industrial Revolution mill set in four acres of woodland on the western side of Windermere. The machinery is belt-driven and presented as it would have been in the 1870s, and volunteers demonstrate how timber from the surrounding trees was turned into bobbins for the cotton industry. Families can follow a trail around the site, look for wildlife, and browse a second-hand bookshop. The grounds have picnic tables, and the woodland floor is carpeted with bluebells in spring. Guided tours run through the mill, and the site also hosts seasonal family days with craft activities and steam engine demonstrations. It suits children interested in how things were made, and the woodland makes it a good stop for a walk-and-look visit.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
Wet wipes
Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
Safety pinsStraps break.
Portable phone charger- Wet bagFor whatever comes home soaked.
- Face wipes
Rucksack- Painkillers for grown-ups
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Photos: 維基小霸王, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Renée Kools, CC BY 4.0
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