Bunbury Mill

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Museum, Historical place

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Bunbury Mill is a watermill located to the east of the village of Bunbury, Cheshire, England. After being at risk of demolition, it has been restored as a working museum. The structure is designated by Historic England as a Grade II listed building. ()

Built: 1844 (180 years ago)Coordinates: 53°7'6"N, 2°38'23"W

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Mill LaneBunbury CW6 9PP EnglandUnited Kingdom

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+44 1829 733244

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Bunbury Mill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Beeston Castle, Oulton Park, Sandstone Trail, Peckforton Castle.

2.3 miW
Forts and castles, Historical place
Beeston Castle
59 min walk • Beeston Castle, crowning a rocky crag with sweeping views over the Cheshire countryside, is a fortress steeped in history and legend. This medieval castle, now in ruins, was built in the 1220s by Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester, on the site of an earlier...
4.2 miN
Racetrack, Sport venue, Sport
Oulton Park, Tarporley
108 min walk • Oulton Park is a hard surfaced track used for motor racing, close to the village of Little Budworth, Cheshire, England. It is about 5 miles from Winsford, 13 miles from Chester city centre, 8 miles from Northwich and 17 miles from Warrington, with a nearby rail connection along the Mid-Cheshire Line.
2.5 miW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Sandstone Trail
64 min walk • The Sandstone Trail is a 55-kilometre long-distance walkers' path, following sandstone ridges running north–south from Frodsham in central Cheshire to Whitchurch just over the Shropshire border. The path was created in 1974 and extended in the 1990s.
2.4 miW
Forts and castles
Peckforton Castle
63 min walk • Peckforton Castle is a Victorian country house built in the style of a medieval castle. It stands in woodland at the north end of Peckforton Hills one mile northwest of the village of Peckforton, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
4.8 miSW
Forts and castles, Garden, Park
Cholmondeley Castle
122 min walk • Cholmondeley Castle is a country house in the civil parish of Cholmondeley, Cheshire, England. Together with its adjacent formal gardens, it is surrounded by parkland. The site of the house has been a seat of the Cholmondeley family since the 12th century. The present house replaced a timber-framed hall nearby.
~1180 ftW
Church
St Boniface's Church
6 min walk • St Boniface's Church stands prominently in the village of Bunbury, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. The church dates mainly from the 14th century.
4.8 miN
Church
St Peter's Church
122 min walk • St Peter's Church is in the village of Little Budworth, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
2.6 miE
Canal
Barbridge Junction
67 min walk • Barbridge Junction is the name of the canal junction located at Barbridge, Cheshire, where the Shropshire Union Canal Middlewich Branch terminates and meets the Shropshire Union Canal main line.
3 miNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic architecture
St Helen's Church, Tarporley
77 min walk • St Helen's Church is in the village of Tarporley, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Malpas.
4.8 miSE
Church, Gothic architecture, Gothic Revival architecture
St Mary's Church, Nantwich
123 min walk • St Mary's Church is an active Anglican parish church located in Monk's Lane, Acton, a village to the west of Nantwich, Cheshire, England. Since 1967 it has been designated a Grade I listed building. A church has been present on this site since before the time of the Domesday Survey.
5.2 miSE
Museum, History museum
Dorfold Hall
133 min walk • Dorfold Hall is a Grade I listed Jacobean mansion in Acton, Cheshire, England, considered by Nikolaus Pevsner to be one of the two finest Jacobean houses in the county. The present owners are the Roundells.

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When is Bunbury Mill open?

Bunbury Mill is open:

Monday closed
Tuesday closed
Wednesday closed
Thursday closed
Friday closed
Saturday closed
Sunday 1 pm - 5 pm