Dunster Working Watermill

Dunster is a special place, flooded in history with colourful gardens. Once you reach the South Terrace, the views are breathtaking you can look across the Bristol Channel one way and deep into the wild moors of Exmoor the other.

Historic and fascinating working water mill. INational Trust and part of the Dunster Castle It is easy to see how it all works, and you can buy various flours that are milled there in there shop.

We attended today 29/9/24. We attended with two young children and the staff were superb. A staff member took the time to explain the whole process to the children and they got the chance to make some flour. The staff member (sorry I didn't get your name) was very good. She was was knowledge and patient. Taking the time to answer so many questions (even about trees local to the mill). Thank you a very enjoyable trip. The mill itself whilst lovely is fairly small. But coupled with a trip to the castle and surrounding area was a lovely day out.

A really lovely place to visit and very interesting to see the mill and how it all works. Special thanks to the mill volunteer whose name I unfortunately didn’t get (she was wearing an RNLI lanyard!) who took time to explain the process to us inside with the mill stones and cogs, and outside with the mill wheels and water. She really made our visit and it was great to hear it from someone who knew so much!

Delightful mill still producing flour daily. You can enjoy a cake made from the spelt flour in the tearoom next door.

There are regular tours but I found it more interesting chatting to the millers who were happy to share their knowledge.

If you're going to the castle anyway this is well worth the walk down the hill.

Really fascinating working water mill. It is National Trust and part of the Dunster Castle ticket but we just visited the mill. It is easy to see how it all works and you can buy various flours that are milled there in the adjacent shop. It feels much more like a real mill than a museum.