The historic water mill in Stone that featured in a recent episode of Channel 4’s The Restoration Man will be open to the public on Sunday 1st June.
The restored 17th century Mosty Lea water mill sits in the Moddershall Valley just outside of Stone off the A520 Longton Road. If you’re going along on Sunday, however, you’ll have to park at Kibblestone Scout Camp on Kibblestone Road in Oulton. There’s then a beautiful walk through the Moddershall Valley to Mosty Lea.
The mill will be open between 2pm and 4pm.
The mill featured on The Restoration Man recently when presenter George Clarke visited to find out more about the network of water-powered flint mills in the Moddershall Valley that powered Stoke-on-Trent’s pottery industry.
Volunteers will be on hand on Sunday to bring the history of this amazing building to life – and the water wheel will be turning!
Admission is free, although donations towards the upkeep of Mosty Lea are welcomed on the day.
If you can’t make it on Sunday, the mill will also be open to the public on these dates between 2pm and 4pm:
- Sunday 6th July
- Sunday 3rd August
- Saturday 13th / Sunday 14th September
Click HERE to see photos of Mosty Lea from a Heritage Open Day in September 2010 – one of our first articles on A Little Bit of Stone!
